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Making a home in the Zossi Belt
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| Cyrida_Tikkit | Date: Monday, 27 Aug 2012, 9:14 PM | Message # 1 |
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| No one notices a Jawa, unless they're up front and digging into someones pocket. They're often just left alone and brushed into the back of their mind, though it was nice, life on Tatooine was difficult with the Tusken Raiders constantly attacking their home. It was these raids that brought Cyrida to an idea that was unheard of. They would go into space, and into space they did. With a handful of credits and a large amount of salvage from Tatooine they managed to make a good home on an old Lucrehulk cargo freighter, one of many that hadn't been turned into a warship during the Clone Wars. Along with it they still had enough credits left over to manage a few fighters and mining vessels along with the droids needed to take care of the internal workings of the vessel. Cyrida had managed to rise to the head of his clan and along with his idea it saw them with a new home in space where they were left alone. The Zossi Belt was far out of the way in Wild Space, a large asteroid belt that was just ripe for the picking and the many ores in the asteroids and possible salvage from anything drifting into the system. The Lucrehulk had been moved into the system with ease, moving it into the asteroid belt though was a bit more difficult, though was still done. Using the tractor beams that Y-8 mining vessels had, they pushed asteroids out of the way and moved the Lucrehulk into the asteroid field before moving the asteroids back as an added means of defense and to make sure no prying eyes found the vessels nestled in the belt.
Since then the Tikkit clan had been hard at work, their mining vessels and survey vessels cutting into the asteroids and digging out the ores that would prove valuable to the Tikkit clan later, both in the way of selling the ores off, as well as smelting their own in the large internal smelter to aid in repairs of the ships and droids they had on board. Of course they could always use more and wouldn't complain with having more droids or ships that would aid in the process of mining the asteroid belt.
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| Geoff-Cole | Date: Tuesday, 28 Aug 2012, 5:04 AM | Message # 2 |
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| The Dorvalla Universal Corporation had made leaps and bounds in the mining industry within the last year, holding a number of mining facilities on a number of worlds and even expanding to an ammunition plant, a massive penal facility, shipyards and weapons manufacturing. To say that Dorvalla Universal really was universal in its products was rather close to the truth; the only thing they really didn't dabble in was the medical industry.
At the behest of company president Michael Smith and company owner Geoff Cole, survey teams were often being sent beyond the Outer Rim, deep into Wild Space and beyond, charting new areas where mining rights had not yet been established by the Empire in the hopes of getting the jump on some new claims, as well as the odds of discovery of anything new within the galaxy; one could never quite say where an asteroid full of aurodium could turn up, after all.
The particular team in question here had come to the Parthovian Cluster, to the Faarlsun System largely because it boasted five planets and over a dozen moons, many of which could be ripe for the picking. The survey team had come lightly armed, packing only a minimum of tag-along Dorvalla Universal Security Corps members in the trio of YV-100 freighters, Scylla, Cyclops and Athena. They were the advance party for the larger vessels that were hauling the 'true' mining equipment as things went.
On board the Scylla, Captain Joe 'Tiny' Rogers was diving his attention between the cockpit and a portable holo-screen that was showing a comedy. "Sir, navigation says we're coming up on Koss."
"Keep it steady, then," Rogers replied to the lieutenant piloting the freighter. "If we're lucky, they'll find something on the surface and we won't have to spend weeks converting some damned asteroid to strip-mine the belt."
Geoff Cole
Moff, Abrion Sector
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| Cyrida_Tikkit | Date: Saturday, 01 Sep 2012, 0:01 AM | Message # 3 |
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| The Jawas were too busy with their own mining to take any real note of the vessels that had arrived in the system. Their ship picked them up, though they made no overt moves to contact the vessels or warn them away, they were merely doing their job of making a small living out in a new home. They knew that space also had its hazards, though they were some that they were willing to deal with rather than the Tusken Raiders back on Tatooine. A couple of the Jawas though kept their eyes on the screens that kept track of the freighters that continued to move into the system, taking note of their route while the mining vessels and surveying vessels continued their work. It would seem though the work was being done at a much quicker pace than one would normally expect, then again if anything could be said about Jawas it was that they did work hard. The Y-8 mining vessels continued to move back and forth from the large Lucrehulk to the asteroids around it, filling their cargo up before returning to drop it off, only to return to their tasks at hand.
Most of the real work though was being done inside after the ore was dropped off. Large IW-37 pincer loader droids were carrying the larger pieces of ore from the docking bays to the large internal smelter that had been constructed on board. In the smelter and around it rushed about 8D smelter droids, turning the ores into ingots that were then loaded onto pallets by Pit droids and P-100 salvage droids before they were carried off to storage areas on the ship by the RIC series droids that rushed back and forth. Many of the Jawas were spending time in the gardens on board, or teaching the younger children various trade crafts while the men of the clan oversaw the droid force, including upkeep of the droids. There were still those few though that took the security of the clan at heart that continued to monitor the freighters in the system, they couldnt be too careful or too suspicious of the unknown vessels.
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| Geoff-Cole | Date: Saturday, 01 Sep 2012, 6:29 AM | Message # 4 |
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| It was almost a shame that the Jawa clan had not come forth to the initial scouting party; Dorvalla Universal was always willing to subcontract out to smaller groups in situations such as this, and the Jawas could have stood to make quite the profit. On board the Scylla, Lieutenant Hornbottom was conducting scans of the surface of Koss. Pursing his lips, he let out a low whistle.
"Not much breathable air down there. Cold as the nine hells on the dark side and almost deadly hot on the day side. Uninhabitable to most species. No real signs of surface water. It's all rock terrain, thankfully. Want to come to take a look, Cap?"
Rogers swiveled his chair from the holo-screen to look at the readouts for a moment. "Yeah... yeah, we can pull that off. Pass the word around for the others to settle in and get comfortable. Send out the hypercomm signal to the higher-ups and drop a beacon here. We're claiming this place before anyone else does. Hell, this whole damn system if we can pull it off. Welcome to the big game, boys."
While the Scylla maintained its present orbit, the Athena and Cyclops both fired off hypercomm signals before heading around the area to drop claimant beacons.
Geoff Cole
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| Cyrida_Tikkit | Date: Saturday, 01 Sep 2012, 11:05 PM | Message # 5 |
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| The Tikkit clan had no reason to contact the vessels that had come into the system, after all they were there merely to gather resources to purchase their next batch of droids and move on. Maybe even afford a new ship that they could somehow strap onto the Lucrehulk to make their home even bigger to allow for more Jawas on board which was one of the main goals of the clan, to expand and thrive like they would have been unable to do back on Tatooine. As it was now, their clan was one of the largest when compared to many of the other clans of Jawas on Tatooine.
The fact that they had been in the system longer though meant that they had more information, this being that the planets of the Faarlsun system were in fact already populated, though their populace had a lower technology level which was fine for the Jawas. This just meant that maybe they would have gotten a chance to meet these new people on the worlds and sell them their wares, all of which had now been broken thanks to the ships that had arrived. This meant that Koss was in fact capable of sustaining life and was very much inhabited by whatever or whomever had landed there ages ago or naturally evolved on the world. Within moments of the claim beacon crashing to the surface of the planet, it was quickly found and torn apart by the members of the Koss government to be studied and later locked away. The beacon itself would more than likely flash a few more times before it was pulled apart as well, cutting the signal and shutting down as it was completely torn apart and documented.
In the mean time the Tikkit clan continued their work in the asteroid field, minding their own business and staying out of the way of the freighters.
((While the articles on the planets in the system do not have much, this is a quote I pulled from the article on Faarl, which the system would eventually be named after when he conquers it in ABY
Quote he discovered the Parthovian Cluster, a part of Wild Space with several inhabited worlds rich in plunder but low in technology. Better still for Faarl's purposes, the star cluster was far from the reach of the Galactic Empire.
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| Geoff-Cole | Date: Thursday, 06 Sep 2012, 2:57 PM | Message # 6 |
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| [ Appreciated for the info. The planetary information was, sadly, rather lacking. ]
The marker beacons dropped were not simply thrown onto a planet. In fact, they were stationary space marking beacons. To mark a planet itself would make it difficult to find in some ways, and require much more work and effort than simply, as in this case, dropping a beacon in space outside the gravitational well to mark the area. As such, while it was possible one or more of the half-dozen marking beacons dropped off might be pulled into the gravity well to crash upon the surface of Koss, by and large, the site was marked by Dorvalla Universal.
Having sent off the message in question, the trio of freighters came to a relative rest near each other. Captain Rogers was quite content to sit back and finish watching his comedy, but Captain Lorn Combs of the Athena wanted to explore.
"No point in exploring, Combs," Rogers said idly as he took his eyes off the holo-screen for a moment. "This place is pretty much Dorvalla property now, if all but in name only. If you want to scout out and about, go ahead, but keep regular radio checks. I want an update even quarter hour."
"Oh come on Rogers, there's nothing out here," Combs scoffed as he engaged the Athena's engines, heading away from the resting pair of freighters. "The big guys will be here soon enough and I'd like a look around. There's an asteroid belt that seemed promising, so I may just take a peek over there."
"Fine, fine. Don't go in too deep and get smashed up. Company doesn't like when people die stupid."Added (06 Sep 2012, 2:57 PM)
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[ It has been four days, and there has been no notice. As such, I am proceeding to post. ]
Captain Combs accelerated his freighter to half speed, bringing the Athena head-on towards the asteroid field. Inside, he was hoping to find something of use within the massive cluster of free-floating rocks; something he could take back as proof to Dorvalla Universal in the hopes they'd set him up with a nice, fat bonus that he could spend on his wife and two children.
"Everything good back there?" He called to the pair of Dorvalla Security Corps officers who were riding in the passenger jump-seats. Next to him, his second officer monitored the various sensors, many of which might not be all that useful in the asteroid field due to close proximity of the asteroids, but the second officer was no stranger to cramped quarters, so to speak. "I'm starting a scan now of the nearest large asteroids. We should have something back in a little bit here."
Geoff Cole
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| Cyrnorsil_Vuhrakk | Date: Thursday, 06 Sep 2012, 2:59 PM | Message # 7 |
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| ((Actually, there has been prior notice as my comp is still at the shop and I barely have time to even access AGW, just got a quick moment to look at threads before I have to jump off this Library comp))
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| Geoff-Cole | Date: Sunday, 18 Nov 2012, 10:50 PM | Message # 8 |
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| [ My apologies. I didn't know you played that character. There was no notice of Cyridia being missing from the site. I'll refrain from posting further. ] Added (18 Nov 2012, 10:50 PM)
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[ It's been a while with no sign of Cyrida. As such, I may as well continue the play by myself so as not to leave it hanging. I can only assume the typist is no longer present and as such, will write him out of the thread. ]
Combs saw nothing within the asteroid field save for more asteroids. Maneuvering carefully around some of the smaller ones, the Athena dropped several marker beacons on those which looked more promising than the others; ideal mining spots for Dorvalla to exploit. It was a risky business working this far out from the normal lanes, but Dorvalla Universal was a powerful company in its own right, with a merchant fleet and enough resources to back a rather large endeavor, even this far away from Imperial reach. It was for this reason that the trio of freighters were out here on the survey mission, after all.
Geoff Cole
Moff, Abrion Sector
Controlling Shareholder - Dorvalla Universal Corporation
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