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Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731 T (Tapani calendar) = 1008:07:28 RR (Ruusan Reformation calendar)

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 4

by KitKat the Mentat

Meanwhile, back on Chalcedon...

We begged a little time from Sector Ranger, Zil Nax, before giving him a tour of SubLevel 6.

The Jedi and I wanted to have a little talk with the droids who were building the hyper-gravitic mines which might punch a hole in the universe right here at any accidental time.

Jem Vandos plans to end the Games (for now) and start a project which will be, "irritating to The Hutts".

Captain Koleen took us through the deeper levels of Spacer's Tears. She dropped us off on the lesser-used docking port, with no signs of an ancient battle. She continued on with the Sector Ranger.

We entered with Vanys and So'Zen in front of BB-21 and me and Davish and Vorpadaran taking up the rear. So'Zen mentioned to Vanya that an associate of theirs had asked them to collect a certain flower, "if the Force wills it". That phrase struck me as ominous, in context. Otherwise, my medical scanner glove showed that no battles and not even cleaner mouse droid had used this area anytime recently.

So'Zen mentioned that his montralls detected a hyperdrive attempting to start up. Vanya theorized that it could have been a shield generator or other similar devices.

The open archway led to a double-wide hallway. At the end was (as seen in the emergency lights) a door. And there was a reddish force-wall forming an airlock before the door. I noticed that the factory-original airlock-style control panel had a more recent addition on the inside on the other side of the force field. If the temperature of the little space increased by living people entering, a 3-standard-minute timer would count down. Then it would signal the room behind the door to evacuate to space, just enough to cause almost all biological sentient life forms I know of to pass out unconscious, and eventually die, but since the pressure would doubtlessly be reported to security and Maintenance, the unconscious victims would be probably collected before death. Also, I found a simple electric-eye-trip-wire which would have alerted the nearest Security room.

I made a small alteration to the programming so that both detectors would work on a 3-standard-year delay instead of 3 minutes or instantly.

Clearly, the Jedi could sense strangeness going on in The Force.

BB-21 noticed that droids here could access maps of the security checkpoints with local holding cells, in which captured Separatists could be stored locally.
local maintenance search

BB-21 and I made a local search of the base maps cross-indexing with the Purrgil's massive data block. We found that the hyper-gravitic mines were being assembled and stored one level below us.

Just then, Someone stabbed The Math. Several someones were in pain.

Vanya's very very calm voice said something like , "Is there an easier way for us to get one level down than mine", as she pointed her lightsaber blades at the floor.

So'Zen stated clearly, perhaps sadly, "The Force wants me to go this way." It wasn't the same way Vanya was going.

"Does the Force want the rest of us to go with you?" she asked, "There is sobbing and screaming below us."

Vanya cut a new doorway - through the floor. I attached my syntherope dispenser to something sturdy so that my Vor (and perhaps Sir Davish) could swing down safely on the line.

Vanya found no combatants to the East, but otherwise, all combatants all around. There were Droids to the North. There were Red (Sith) Troopers to the West. There were Ravengard troopers to the South. And there was a very small hyperspace rift in the room to the East behind a force field.

Almon worked the Maintenance console to take control of the fire suppression systems on the floor below. Almon soon shouted to me, "I need 12.7 seconds! Buy me time!"

I fired my energy slingshot at the Red Sith Troopers and hit the one closest to Vanya, right in the center of the chest, just like the Clones taught me. And then I asked BB-21 to poll the social attitude of the droids. That could be useful information.

After giving injury and perhaps insult to the worst of the Ravengard, Vanya found another enemy. It jumped out of a red glowing circle in the air. The air bled red energy like dripping blood. That figure in a reddish (I'm going to say, "mockery of") Mandalorian armor.

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26-5-12731 or Atunda, 26 Nelona, 12731

20211023 Planetside
Atunda, 26 Nelona, 12731 -- month 5, day 26

20211106 I am your Singing Telegram!
26-5-12731 or Atunda, 26 Nelona, 12731

20211120 Lady Kerplokin's House
Datunda, 29 Nelona, 12731

20211218 The Enemy of my Frenemy
Datunda, 29 Nelona, 12731

20220101 Buried Secrets Uncovered
Datunda, 29 Nelona, 12731

20220115 Farmers don't make good Gladiators
Datunda, 29 Nelona, 12731

20220129 Evil lair under the sea
Datunda, 29 Nelona, 12731

20220212 Valentines are for Thermal Detonator Lovers
Datunda, 29 Nelona, 12731

20220326 Free Chausid Station
30-5-12731

20220409 Expensive Chausid Station
30-5-12731

20220423 Discount Chausid Station
30-5-12731

20220507 Two weeks Later
30-5-12731

20220521 Oh, boy, What's next?
Atunda, 6 Helona, 12731 T = 127131:06:06 RR

20220604 Skulls of nice guys?
Atunda, 6 Helona, 12731

20220618 Every Droid goes to Heaven
Atunda, 6 Helona, 12731

20220730 Sometimes the Bad Guys aren't the Worst Guys
Atunda, 6 Helona, 12731

20220813 Mentats Aplenty
Grolm 13th, 578

20220910 Pants too Tight
Atunda, 6 Helona, 12731

20220924 Back to Basic (Training)
Satunda, 18 Helona, 12731

20221008 Picking Up Ivan
Satunda, 18 Helona, 12731

20221022 Maybe Butler Was Right
Satunda, 18 Helona, 12731

2-weeks later... it gets worse
Datunda, 29 Helona, 12731

20230128 A New Hopefulness
Datunda, 04 Melona, 12731T

20230225 Strategic (Violent) Withdrawal
Datunda, 04 Melona, 12731

20230603 Crimson Rescue, part 1
Atunda, 10 Helona, 12731

20230729 Crimson Rescue, part B
Atunda, 10 Helona, 12731

20230923 Crimson Rescue, Part Deux
Atunda, 10 Helona, 12731

20231104 Crimson Rescue, Part I
Natunda, 10 Melona, 12731

20240217 Crimson Rescue, V2.0, The End of the Trilogy
Natunda, 10 Melona, 12731

20240323 Tolla Archive Library Station, Part A
Satunda, 13 Melona, 12731T

The Journal Entry’s title

The Journal Entry’s title

20240504 Tolla Archive Library Station, Part Deux
Satunda, 13 Melona, 12731T

20240504 Tolla Archive Library Station, Part: the Third
Satunda, 13 Melona, 12731T

How I Came To Be

20240713 Tolla Archive Library Station, Part 4
Satunda, 13 Melona, 12731T

KitKat and Vanya Save (Clean Up) the Galaxy
Natunda, 15 Melona, 12731 T

KitKat and Vanya Restore Your Faith in Math
Natunda, 15 Melona, 12731 T

Charge of the Light Side Brigade?
Natunda, 15 Melona, 12731 T

Kondo Takani to the Rescue(?)
Katunda, 17 Melona, 12731 T

20241019 Charge of the Biomechanoids
Natunda, 15 Melona, 12731 T

Living Dead Droids
Natunda, 15 Melona, 12731

How NOT to move a planet
Natunda, 18 Melona, 12731

How to move a planet in one easy step
Katunda, 17 Melona, 12731

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 1
Katunda, br 27 Melona, 12731 or 1008:07:27

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 2
Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731 T

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 3
Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731 T

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 4
Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731 T (Tapani calendar) = 1008:07:28 RR (Ruusan Reformation calendar)

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 5
Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731 T (Tapani calendar) = 1008:07:28 RR (Ruusan Reformation calendar)

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 6
Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731 T (Tapani calendar) = 1008:07:28 RR (Ruusan Reformation calendar)

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 7
Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731 T (Tapani calendar) = 1008:07:28 RR (Ruusan Reformation calendar)

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 8
Satunda, 28 Melona, 12731 T (Tapani calendar) = 1008:07:28 RR (Ruusan Reformation calendar)

Bringing the Hutts Around, Part 4

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