Taska nods at Viera. "We'll watch the front and back doors for Imps. Hopefully they won't give you any trouble at the office."
Viera nods to Taska. "Glad to see you'll have my back."
Despite their different approaches to the situation initially, Viera felt that Taska was someone she could rely on - and in their current situation that meant a lot.
I am back and starting tommorrow will post.
The door way is covered by the usual Imperial security. The back door is covered by the same kind of security.
Cade looks at the group and then says I can see the Imps have no real security. I say we go in and explore the area. What do you say the identities I have for you say that you are interns from the Naboo. So what say you?
Thi'Wik rubs his chin. "Observation. I will not pass for a gungan."
Viera looks at the Mrlissi. "Surely you don't have to be an indigenous species to be from that planet?"
Reeb does a quick check on his computer to discover what a Gungan was, and smirks as he tries to imagine the birdman playing the part of a frogman!!
"It seems unlikely, true, but several races share planets of orgin."
Hey guys I just got word that I am deploying there will be more to follow this week !
Taska frowns at Cade. "Cover identity or not, your face still looks the same. I think you should stay out here with me while Viera goes in."
"Observation. Large group unlikely to get past security. Suggestion. Smaller groups more likely. Suggest using multiple entrances, increase odds of one group or another getting in."
the doors are covered but Cade feels like the group can get in. So just to make sure we are all tracking. At the Senate office is Vierra,Cade, ThiWik and Reeb. Who else is there ?
"Large groups tend to also put security on alert and non-herd species can indeed be startled by groups....I am used to following up on things by myself or working with the help of a spotter...informant."
"So I agree."
Viera looks as each party member speaks in turn, waiting for confirmation of who was going to go in and who was to wait outside.
Cade looks at Viera and says We can walk in when your ready
Cade looks around and says There are other entrances so we can split up and go in. Cade passes the the fake IDs to everyone one. The building has four entrances. Cade says to Viera We can go through this door which is the north side. Cade looks at the group and says What side did you all want to go through?
Reeb nervously looks at the others, not too sure which group he should join.
"Ummm...I could probably slice into any of the security doors, if we want to enter that way."
Helrun nods to Reeb and Thi'wik....
"we have know each other a bit longer and might be a convincing security group."
"I am an investigator by trade, but not very technical, Reeb you have the computer skills and Thi'wik you have the repair skills....So in we go?"
Taska looks skeptically at Cade. "I still think you going in there is a bad idea, but I'm going wherever you're going."
Thi'Wik nods in agreement.
Cade looks to Thek and says Good idea here are the IDs. We can meet on the second floor near the gathering hall. Set your coms to channel 616. If there any issues contact me. Cade looks at Taska and nods then moves to the door. Viera follows along with Bounty Hunter.
Group Two moves toward the back door on the south side. As they approach there is a crowd of droids waiting in line. The Imperial is checking the IDs and then moves the droids along. As the group is brought forward. The Imperial asks Give me your IDs and state your business
"Ես Thel'Ven. Ես այստեղ եմ, զբաղվածության հնարավորությունների." The alien says to the trooper in a singsong voice.
"I am Thel'Ven. I am here for employment opportunities."
The Imperial looks at the tiny alien and then looks at the ID. The Imperial says Well that is good, we have two issues in the maintenance bay go with TK-0912. He will escort to the bay. A Stormtrooper shows up and then presents himself to escort the alien.
Next in line the Imperial says
As Cade approaches the Imperial he looks confident. The Imp looks at the ID and says Yes I see here, you are here to escort the Senator's Companions. The Imp leers at Viera and Taska.
You may go. The Imp waves his hand along. The doors his open and the hallway is lit. Cade looks at the ladies and says After You.
Reeb shuffles into the line and casually hands over his id card, then continues into the building. He hopes he looks like a regular, bored wageslave.
"Հասկանալի է. Ես հետեւել միավորը նշանակված." The mrlissi then follows along behind the storm trooper, muttering to itself in technojargon as it fiddles with the electronics kit.
"Understood. I will follow the unit designated."
Helrun presents his ID
"Maintance supervisor, accident investigator, I watch untrust-worthy aliens work on things, and watch for sabotage."
Points to where Thi'wik went..
"And my computer tech." points to Reeb.
The Imperial looks at the ID then says Are you one of the ISB agents or one of Count Vidian men?
Viera follows Cade and keeps quiet. Not knowing who to trust or who's listening, she decides that saying nothing and letting Cade do the talking is the best approach...initially.
Taska nods at Cade and enters the building, wary for a trap and often looking over her shoulder to make sure the man is still there.
As Cade move with the Ladies beyond the barrier all seems well. They walk down hall without incident they arrived at the lift tube. Cade takes a moment to scan the directory.
We should meet our friends on level two then we can head to level 46 to the Senator's office Cade says to the girls. He looks around and then presses the button for the lift.
"Neither one I work free-lance, mostly on Borgo Prime."
"Pretty tough to get work sometimes, but lots of oportunities here."
The Trooper looks over and say Lots of Freelancers here, I thought you worked for the Count Vidian. The Count is in the process of improving the companies here. Go ahead and go
The Trooper waves Helrun and Reb on. Since the tiny alien was sent off do you follow or go on to the 2nd floor?
Cade and the ladies arrive at the second floor. The area is a typical for the Senator style building. The lift opens to a window that shows the city, the night lights. The area is also a promonade of sorts. Cade points to area were they can see the lift. The group moves over to sit down. Since they appear to have time. Cade looks at Taska and says So what's your end game ?
He looks at Viera and then says What's your Buisness with her
The Stormtrooper leads the Thi'Wik to the maintenance bay. There are10 droids that need to be fixed. The Troopr looks and says You need to get to work. I will be over here let me know what you need.
Thi'Wik makes some rude noises in Mrlissi, then begins to look the droids over.
Thi'Wik checks the droids over to see which ones are salvageable, and which ones aren't, and will use parts from one to fix another to fix the ones that can be fixed. The rest he'll down grade to parts.
He'll also check the memories of the droids, and see if any are assigned to work with the Ambassador. If it is, that droid get's repaired no matter what. And he puts the files in the backup ram of the droid, and puts in a program to have the droid not know about the file until it's alone with the Ambassador and then give it to him. Or her.
Viera looks at Cade and then Taska. "We just happened to be in the same place at the same time. Sometimes the Fo..." She briefly stopped before continuing, "Fate plays a strange hand."
Thi'Wik while working on the droids notices a group come into the bay. There is a large group of Stormtroopers, three Imperial Officers and a cyborg of importance. Thi'Wik while pulling on wires hears a conversation.
Are we sure we have the evidence we need? one of the Imperial Officers asks.
Since when do we need more than the Emperor's word? Another Officer asks.
Enough debate, the cyborg says
I am here to get Muunist inline with our new banking programs. The Muunist Senator Gol Torah must be brought in. So we can put in someone from the list. The banking clan has already failed at security and the recovery of the financial data. All we need is some Rebel cell to get that information, and try to go public. The Empire will then have close off coms for Muunist and that will take more credits. I am here to see things go smoothly. Now let's be off to the second floor for the party. The group of Imperials move out.
Meanwhile Cade looks over at Viera and says
Sounds like you almost said the Force. Cade looks very intentionally at her. Then says Tell me what do you know of the Force ?
Meanwhile there appears to be a party starting in the area. The Banking clan members,a couple of Humans, and other various aliens.
Thi'Wik encodes the entire conversation he just overheard into Binary (he speaks binary), and then transmits it to Cade over droid network to the comm network (while buried deep in the guts of a droid with a transmitter). He hopes Cade has a droid or can get access to one to decipher the message. He flags it as low priority, hoping the man will realize a droid in the building would have no reason to send him a low priority binary transmission.
Taska sighs. "I'm here to get paid. Wrecked my ship fighting pirates in the asteroid belt and I need money to get off this rock. If I'm not bringing in your bounty I need to meet these friends of yours who might be able to give me some work."
Helrun encourages Reeb to follow him to where the guard is leading them..
@Reeb
"Now this is how proper management works, you get the tour and after the tech has gotten into the droids you go and look at what has been accomplished."
"No need to do the guards job of sitting and watching the worker work."
@guard "Will we be able to check on our tech from where we are going?"
Cade looks at Taska taking in everything she has told him. We'll now if credits is what you want and you want off this rock. I think that can be arranged. All we need to do is make this drop.
Cade takes a sip of water that offered to him by a passing server. He looks at the lift and sighs I wonder what is tying up our people?
Meanwhile
The Stormtrooper walks Helrun and Reeb into the bay. It has been about 15 minutes since they parted at the entrance. The young alien has worked thru about half the droids needing repair. A tech walks up to Helrun and says You just missed our new supervisor Count Vidian. Should I call him back?