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"It is locked down. Had I known Cade was leading us into yet another idiotic fight with Imperials within minutes of landing, I would have left certain pieces of electronics in it's mounting port on the ship, and it could have flown the ship on command. Fortunately, the astromech droids are still on the ship in their charging stations. The ship is locked. The droids can be commanded to move the ship if and when we need to move it. Unless the Imperials remove the droids, which if they begin to, it would be a good idea to have your droideka explain to them that it's a bad idea, and then have the astromechs move the ship."
Thi whistles in annoyance, and clambers into the Larsan and girl's ship, having his hidden droid float in the open lock and up into a corner of the room to start scanning the ship.
Thi transmits a lock code to the ship, via his droid, to lock the navigation computer, voice locking it to his binary whistling. Then sends a transmission to Thek's droideka, for retransmission to Thek, encrypted and only unlockable by Thek's voice print. Thek: "Thek, Cade is dangerous. He is either cursed, or intentionally leading us into situations where we are congruent to attempts on the empire. I have no love for them, but repeatedly walking into assaults on empirial forces with no plans or knowledge is not just dangerous, it's suicidal. I have locked the ship so he can't leave with it. I suggest you and Taska cease working for him. He hasn't paid us at all yet, only promises. It's no longer sufficient. When you and Theska are done with him, comm me. If you want to leave before then, comm me."
Thi'Wik grimaces, and forces himself up off the ground. "Observation. You have led us into a fight with the Imperials. Annoyance. Again." He says to Cade, looking annoyed. "Recitation. This is the third time your leadership has led to us being in the middle of a fire fight. Conclustion. I have had it with you, Mr. Cade." Thi'Wik brushes himself off. "Warning. If you approach our ship again, I will open fire on you." He tells Cade, and then begins moving away from the explosion, following the others who are running away, screaming.
Thi was talking about contacts, not cybernetics or goggles.
"Yes, we can discuss later." Thi says, as he and Thek split up.
"The energy blade would disrupt the stealth field, it's the same reason the droid can't fire while maintaining the stealth field."
I am assuming, based on the descriptions, that they are NPCs from Star Wars Rebels, they fit two of the characters on the show.
So, I assume it's just me and Thek left? Are we recruiting new people?
As they are landing, Thi tries to remember what he knows about Lothal.
"You are welcome, Thek. If you need help, I can help some with power runs, but unless you want to merge your blade into a blaster, I can do little to actually build it."
Thi works up some preliminary designs on his datapad as the ship lands.
Upon landing, Thi activates his droid, which fades from sight. "Yours appears armed, I would leave it in defense mode on the ship. Mine does not appear at all." Thi gives a whistle of amusement. When he sees the helmet girl waving, he wanders over in that direction, leaving Thek to investigate whatever he is investigating. Whistled idly in binary: "Maintain overwatch, warn of any possible attacks."
"I suggest making it look like something else. Make a vibro dagger, then build the light saber to project from the bottom of the vibro dagger hilt. Then it doesn't look like a light sabre, it looks like a fancy vibro dagger." Thi whistles thoughtfully. "You could use the same power core for both. I suggest an oversized vibrodagger, something of a short sword version of one, to accomodate the multiple components."
"Primarily self preservation, as it is much more likely that one will accidentally cut something one is not intending to cut, such as one's nose, if one cannot see the blade." The small alien comments, while fiddling with the scanner. "One might overcome that by using retinal implants that see a specific spectrum, and then attuning the sabre to that spectrum."
Thi spent the time working on his new droid, using the crystal he found, after some laser etching and some manipulation of it with his senses, as the core for a droid brain. While the droid can't access the force, it can measure the crystal, which can interact with the force. The droids brain is constantly monitoring the crystal, it's vibrations, the energy fields around it, and sending various wavelengths of light and energy through the crystal, and measuring how those energies are changed by passing through the force. The result is the droid, while unable to use the force, can actually monitor the force in the area. It can detect the use of force powers, disturbances in the force, and even receive communications from any Jedi that knows it's basic code who sends out force activity modulated in the correct way. A very subtle method of communications. Additionally, because the gem is constantly sampling the force, the droid has become even more invisible to the force than other droids are, practically invisible to force senses. Combined with a stealth coating that allows it to put up a stealth field around itself, the droid can become completely invisible to both technological and force senses. It has, of course, a small but powerful blaster concealed within it's body, and retractable legs and sensory stalk. It is white with blue lights, and a built in repulsor system. The droid is approximately 2 feet in diameter. Almost all of it's parts were taken from the old Jedi droid found in the ruins. Thi has modified the ship to have a docking cradle for the droid, which is now an advanced Class 1 droid that can act as a navigation droid, in addition to it's stealth abilities. Thi looks up from his scanner pad as he runs it over the droid, a final series of tests now that it's fully active. "I would like you to avoid getting us into a situation where we end up wanted by both the criminal classes and the authorities, if possible."
Thi simply shakes his head sadly and remains silent.
"If you cannot contain your rage at my perceived insults, then you should not follow your traditions any further, those who went before you would tell you the same." The bird says sadly. "You court madness..."
Thi shakes his head. "Be it Jedi or non-Jedi, those who, especially in this day and time, flaunt their abilities without need, provoke both danger and show disrespect for their abilities. Pride in a job well done is good, self agrandizing pride is something we should all beware of as a stumbling block that leads to madness." The alien says calmly, not angered by the harsh words, apparently. "Let peace rule your heart, not anger. If my words sting, then examine why they sting. See if they prick some nerve you were not aware of that might lead to a downfall. If my words are unfounded, they should fall from you as water from a fowl's back, leaving your inner peace unaffected."
Faster, Smarter AI. Perhaps with a full on personality. Or perhaps a droid that can understand (if not perform) force abilities. Up to the GM...
I was considering using the crystal he got as a focusing crystal in a blaster, should have some nice effects, if the GM allows it. Alternately, could use it as a basis for a neural net in a droid...
Back to having no way to do the character the way I want. :( All the d20 powers are based around light sabers. Nothing involving using force with tech (despite Anakin Solo per canon being adept at using the force with technology) and no way to boost ranged combat ability with it other than battle mind. *sigh*
Thi looks at the human. "Observation. Not a Jedi am I. No Jedi have there ever been from my race. Continued Observation. The Emperor has not looked hard at my race for those who are force users. Conclusion. Becoming a Jedi against thousands of years of tradition would be stupid." Thi enters his lecture mode, his voice becoming very precise with his words to ensure the meaning is conveyed only via the words. "History Lesson. My species have never allowed Jedi to search their people for candidates. My species have never trusted Jedi, for we find their training methods and beliefs to be... bizarre. The idea of severing ties to ones family and friends is to divorce oneself from what one is. This, to us, makes it much easier to fall into madness. Thus the Jedi intentionally build weakness into themselves, making it easier to fall. And the higher one goes, the farther one falls. The Jedi went very high, and fell very hard. Observation. The Jedi need to cease, as they were. A new Jedi must arise. A Jedi who reject the teachings of the old Jedi, and embrace that which they rejected, friends, family, love. Observation. Non-Droids have emotions, suppressing emotions leads to explosions of emotion, not to lack of emotions." When Thi finishes speaking, he shrugs. "Conclusion. I have no objection to helping you find Jedi, or of fighting the Empire. I have no intention of violating my people's tradition by actually becoming a Jedi. Jedi rely on their abilities, and advertise their abilities, as if they were lame and required them to walk." Thi looks around. "All here with the crystals have used their abilities wantonly, save myself. That which Jedi call the Force is a power which is given to certain people in order that they might perform great deeds when it is time for great deeds. It is as if someone gave you an igniter to start a sun so that you could build a new star system, and the Jedi use it to light their fires, their candles, as a flashlight, and to read by." Thi shakes his head in mild disgust. "Jedi have no respect for that which they wield, and thus take it for granted."
Post in all games : Wife's surgery got moved back a day (scheduling issues in OR). Surgery was completed last night, went smoothly, doctor very pleased with himself. :) Wife awake and says even with the pain from the surgery it's a night and day difference in how she felt before, so good news on that front. I'm afraid I'll be busy again today, but hopefully will be able to get all games caught up and going again by end of week.
"How much is bounty on head worth?" Thi asks thoughtfully.
Thi looks over the crystal. "Interesting..." And then goes back to working on his droid, slipping the crystal into one of the internal slots on his engineering kit.
Thi takes out his tools, and begins using his wireless transmitters to supplement his binary access attempts. He also calls on the force to help gain control of the droid. + "No call Master, Call Sir. Thi no slave owner." The alien says, it's feathers beginning to lay back down as it seems to get the droid under control. "Please state designation and purpose."
Thi looks around, sees no one around, and begins to whistle override programming commands in Binary at the droid, while reaching out to push any arms that come his way away from him. He doesn't try to move the entire droid, just any arms moving in toward him, be they melee or ranged limbs. The entire time, he is trying to override it's programming via binary commands.
Thi see what he believes a droid of his earlier design in the corner of the room. He moves closer to it and realizes that he separate from the group now as well. He hears a screeching up ahead as well as disturbance in the force. Thi cocks his head. Then whistles in binary. Binary:
R7C4, follow, Analyze Sound Pause. R2C2, follow, Analyze Sound and R7C4. Thi will move slowly toward the sound, feeling out the situation on multiple levels.
Thi looks over at Reeb, as he realizes that everyone else has vanished. "I thought we were in a hurry to leave, and the others go exploring?"
Thi whistles in binary to his R2 unit, who beeps and boops back in the same language, and the two set to work.
Thi'Wik whistles, and his R2 unit beeps irritably but blasts off on hover mode to get closer to the panel, bypassing the rubble, and plugs in. Thi hops through rubble nimbly and joins the mech, also plugging his comp unit in.
Yep, Thi wouldn't balk at working against the Empire. He's not exactly treated well by the empire.
Goals, In Character : Ensure any wanted posters don't have his face on them, get on with his walkabout, design new ships, new weapons, and new ship weapons. Keep his special abilities secret. Goals, Out of Character : End up working with the rebels, as a ship designer and weapons specialist. Keep his special abilities secret.
Updated. Thi spent most of his funds modifying the R2 unit we bought for him earlier. It's now a C2-R2 (Custom R2), and he bought MW blast helmet and blast vest, with the MW improving the ACP, not the DR. Also, you said to let you know what Thi wanted to take from Jedi Sourcebook. They still don't have much in the way of ranged attack powers (which sucks! And not much tech, I know there were powers for that, but I can't find the book they are in). So he took Alter (for 3rd level force training) and Battle Mediation (fits in with his existing Battle skill) and Inspire to inspire those around him, if that's ok. If not, I'll take something else.
Thi'Wik tilts his head at Fett and Jabba, then his pistol vanishes into his sleeve again. "If want better defenses, send schematics of room, in detail, and 50,000 credits. I will send you plans for better defenses. Automated blasters. Better than pig guards." Thi'Wik comments, bobs his head at the Hutt and Fett, and then follows Cade out. "Twice follow Cade. Twice Cade lead into trap. Third time, shoot Cade and collect reward." The bird warns Cade, loud enough for the rest of the room to overhear.
"The Hutt's sworn word he will not try to kill us again unless we attack him." Thi'Wik says, then hoots in amusement. "And for him to take out a non-terminatable contract on himself for 1,000,000 credits, with the caveat that it is only activated if he violates that sworn oath." The overpowered blaster doesn't waver a centimeter from the fat hutt's face.
Thi keeps the small, but overpowered, blaster pointed straight at the gobby fat rolls of Jabba's face, even keeping it there as the others return. "Observation. Cade is the most hated human in the galaxy, inspiring hostility and betrayal in all who know him. Continuation. This one is beginning to understand the desire to kill Cade evinced by others. Conclusion, Cade should be very careful not to get this one into another situation where this one is forced to pull a blaster on a 'friend' of Cade's, or Cade may find that Cade is the one with blaster burns on his face." Thi says evenly while he keeps his blaster centered on Jabba. "Observation, Thi could design an automated weapon system to guard hutt. Additional Observation, this would now be much more expensive for hutt to buy, due to distrust of hutt's word. Conclusion, such a system would, however, have done better than hutt's worthless guards."
Thi holds up one hand at the 3 guards, and lets out an ear shattering whistle. "OBSERVATION : Hutt will die with one more shot. INFORMATION : I can fire three more times before guards can kill me. CONCLUSION : Hutt will die if hostilities continue. COUNTER : Hutt will call off guards, and Hutt will not die. DECISION?" The speech is given in basic.
Thi'Wik watches the guard's chest explode out his back as his small, powerful, blaster takes a direct hit on the idiot. He calmly adjust to avoid the falling guard's corpse and fires at Jabba again.
Thi'Wik pulls his blaster, points it at Reeb, and whistles that he's going to kill the useless slave in his native language. Then, at the last second fires it instead at Jabba's eye.
Thi'Wik launches into berating Reeb, blaming him on the group falling, and asking the human who will pay his fee's now that the human is gone. All in his native language.
Thi'Wik motions at the Gamorran, and goes into a long extended whistling about leading on and not knowing why he has to supervise the human, as humans are always making mistakes, and no doubt this one will no doubt short out the palace and cause it to blow up through incompetence and he'll no doubt be blamed. All said in his native tongue as he follows along behind Reeb, calling him all sorts of names in his native language.
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