NOVEL NEXT Chapter 6: chapter 6: kuat drive yards
(Note: so was stuck on the fat man Zola part for a bit but i think it's decent and i hope i got the plot holes if any as for grammar it should be okay it's not the best as i suck at grammar anyway hope you enjoy the chap
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Waking up I proceeded to exercise then proceeded towards the cafeteria to eat
The days blended together as I adjusted to life in this galaxy during the trip i decided to head straight to kuat as their shipyards have many ships in storage which I can buy
Skipping Cato nemodia we arived at kuat
Seeing the enormous size and scale of the shipyards made me once again marvel at the structure looking out the cockpit window thousands of ships can be seen with a glance from barely held together light freighters to modified ships of all kinds can be seen from a sand crawler type ship with huge engines strapped on the sides looking at this strange ship I thought of a article I read on the internet in my previous life about how Jawas were a lot more interesting and even built ships it seems it's true
Looking at the massive lines of ships landing and taking off in the distance and then at my ragtag fleet I smiled knowing that soon I can buy a fleet
After the pilots did the docking procedures for landing on the shipyards we proceeded to land getting off the boarding ramp I saw a protocol droid a 3PO-series protocol droid to be exact
Looking at the silvery droid coming towards the ship holding a holopad behind him were. 4 RN-18 mining droids reprogrammed for security purposes equipped with an A280 blaster rifle these droids are great soldiers
Going up to the protocol droid I said
"My purpose here is to sell some ships for a cheap price and repair the rest afterwards I shall require your assistance in buying ships to build a fleet with these specifications" handing over a data disk I spoke my purpose
The droid nodded then grabbed the disk took out a device that scanned the disk then after a tense moment the device beeped the droid inserted the disk into the holopad the droid looked over my requirements then spoke in its droid voice
"We have what you are looking for as for the ships the driveyards are willing to purchase the ships for 10 thousand credits per ship this doesn't include the attack shuttles as for the fuel and repairs please proceed to docking port 8-77 the initial payment of 50 thousand credits has been deposited into your account" after speaking the droid proceeded to do some work on his datapad
"Okay those ships are yours now as for what I want do you really have what I want?" I said to the droid
After a few seconds the droid stoped its movements and spoke
"Yes 2 Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighters are docked in port 34-b ready for use and 10 Gozanti-class light cruisers are currently being refitted for your requirements the original complement of 4 M3-A Scyk interceptors have been changed to 2 RZ-1 A-wing interceptors as requested" the droid said going back to his work
As we talked the CR-90 was moved to a repair bay and the YV-865 Aurore-class freighters were also moved to be refitted
Walking with the droid I spoke
"Can you modify the Lucrehulk-class LH-3210 cargo freighters" entering the droids audio receptors he stoped and looked at me
"What are your requirements for the modifications" the droid said
Giving the droid the combat requirements for the Lucrehulk-class battleship I gave him alternative version seen in the clone wars with 24 heavy quad turbolaser batteries
4 twin heavy turbolaser batteries
160 point-defense quad laser cannon turrets 400 twin heavy laser cannons
The droid was silent then looked at me and said " please wait a moment while i contact a representative of kuat driveyards" the droid then proceeded to not say anything more
I knew what the droid meant shut up and wait to talk about this privately especially since i am already getting looks my way of course I knew that I was just getting the attention of the shareholder though my mother introduced me to him i still gotta get him to see me
Being led to a room I waited after a while I heard the door open looking I see a round fat man followed by security protocol droids
I watched as the man entered and sat down almost falling down but for some reason it felt strange I should have at least smirked by now but something somehow felt wrong looking at my minimap subconsciously for a moment
What met my eyes were red dots….a sea of red dots? Taking a Looking at the fat man in the chair sweating bullets I was confused
But time waits for none and the man spoke
"You wish to purchase and modify some ships yes my name is Zola " his voice one of nervousness
"Yes I wish to modify 12 ships 2 Luccerhulks and 10 Gozanti-class light cruisers" I said he nodded nervously wiping sweat from his palms
"We can indeed modify them according to the specifications but the price" he tailed off intentionally adding suspense
A little annoyed I thought for a moment he probably wants more money but what concerns me is those red dots they are getting more and more numerous looking at the dots slowly increasing and gathering I spoke to the fat man
"If it's credits then it's a mere matter of words and over 20 billion can be deposited into the driveyards accounts of course I will be getting more than a dozen ships but for now just the dozen ships" his eyes lit up as if looking at a treasure
" very well we shall modify the ships and contact you once there done please proceed to payment" he said as if he was a second slower the 20 billion would disappear taking out a datapad he started doing some operations on it he then sat the pad down and put it across from me gesturing for me to look at it
Picking it up first thing I saw was a price of 2.1 billion credits then an additional 20 billion credit deposit looking at the price and looking through the document just in case it was a contract of sex or something like that
After five minutes of reviewing the contract I nodded my head and said to the fat man
"It looks like everything is sorted out the credits shall be deposited shortly" saying that I got up and shook hands with him using this chance I took a credit chip from the inventory loaded with 2 billion credits I also quickly paid the 22.1 billion credits and as soon as I did he shook hands more enthusiastically and his face brightened quickly putting it away he was very friendly and wrapped his arms around me
"Say what's your name my new friend" he said enthusiastically patting my back
'Did my mom not tell him or is this not the guy? I don't get is he not the shareholder did I give 2 billion credits for nothing FU… ' snapping out of my thoughts i smiled and also pat his back deciding to check the map again i glanced over and my eyes widened my body froze as i saw the ocean of red dots
What the actual hell! Trying to remain calm and not to break down and curse the force i responded to him
"Oh did my mom not tell you my name is William of house dust i thought you were her friend and came to help me out am i mistaken?"
The man paused mid steps almost tripping he looked at me and said
"Indeed you are mistaken I came cause I was notified you were making a scene about modifying your ships so I came to check it out and came in a hurry oh that reminds me" he spoke trailing off he raised his wrist and pressed his commlink
"What's going on" I asked as he fiddled with his comlink
"Oh well initially i thought you were a part of a rival corporation coming to cause trouble so i alerted the head of security and he activated all the security droids and personnel but after our conversation i realized that you were another customer " he spoke as if talking about the weather i looked at the ocean of the now named security personnel and thought
'So where were they in the clone wars and really who the kriff activates their entire arsenal of security droids for a single person causing a scene was i even causing a scene I only asked if they could modify the ships to warships' my mind racing as I saw the ocean of red turn to a white color
I breathed a sigh of relief at least i don't have to fight my way out it would have been a slaughter….
Shaking my head I continued chatting with my newfound friend….