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| Ana_Stark | Date: Monday, 29 April 13, 4:14 PM | Message # 11 |
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| Luckily for Ana, she was looking at something else when the cloud car came flying at their ship like a bat out of hell, so it didn't startle her immediately. What startled her was the sudden evasive maneuver, performed by none other than her darling spouse. Instinctively, she grabbed onto the seat arm, though she already had her safety belt on. Alyn was the one driving after all, but despite the occasional teasing, he was never anything but safe, especially when she or Jackson was with him.
"What the hell...?" Ana paused and let out a low sigh. "So...didn't you tell me that Dantooine was a friendly place? I remember the conversation...'Come to Dantooine, Ana. It'll be good....friendly folks.' Right?" It was probably a misunderstanding of some sort, or Alyn could be right and the driver of that particular vehicle was a blind fool, but Ana still preferred to err on the side of caution when it came to nearly any situation.
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| Vincent_Le_Grange | Date: Monday, 29 April 13, 5:42 PM | Message # 12 |
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| No sooner had Ana spoken those words than the cloud car blasted past the Infinite Thought once again, this time from behind and leaving it awash in its exhaust. Out the viewport, the limber cloud car could be seen peeling away once again, pulling the same barrel rolling maneuver that its pilot seemed to like, and once again turning about in a wide arc that would bring it up behind the Infinite Thought. There was no response on the comm, and no transponder on the cloud car to identify it either. This time, however, as it closed the distance from behind them, the cloud car began to slow down, keeping pace with the Infinite Thought and simply following it. Who this hot shot was and what his intentions were remained unknown, for now.
(( Haven't seen much of Robert lately. In fact, I don't think he's registered Exar on Legends yet. Assuming he won't mind, I'm going to do his job for him in this next part of my post. ))
Meanwhile, a reply from ground control would come in garbled and unintelligible. The phrase "Come again?" could be heard, but not much else—probably some equipment at the spaceport was causing interference. This landing had certainly become far more stressful than the Starks could have anticipated, but became somewhat less so when ground control in Garang managed to transmit coordinates to the Infinite Thought—it was the sprawling landing fields that comprised Garang's spaceport. Evidently, the Infinite Thought could choose whichever field it wanted. There was no indication, meanwhile, that ground control had any knowledge of just what was happening up there.
Vincent "Vince" Le Grange
Colonel in the Garang Irregulars (a bucket brigade)
Owner of Grange's Ranch, outside Garang
Member of the Dantooine Nerfmen and Ranchers Association
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Monday, 29 April 13, 8:24 PM | Message # 13 |
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| (( I think Robert was busy with a PCS move. Or perhaps he hasn't had knowledge of the new site address yet. ))
"I always figured Dantooine for a friendly place," Stark grunted as he held the craft steady. Waiting for the few tense moments indeed until coordinates were given, Stark angled the Infinite Thought for Garang Spaceport... or what passed for a spaceport. Opening a comm channel once more with the ground patrol, Stark curbed the anger in his voice the best he could; "I say again: you've some cloud car pilot up here who needs to back right off before his unsafe flying causes an accident. This is a civilian vessel, for Force's sake!"
Breaking the connection once more, Stark flipped the lid on a covered console, flipping a few switches. "Ana, my love, if things get ugly, just recall we have superior shielding and weapons on this craft. Just to be safe, though, I'm beginning preparations of the Cutlass. Do be a dear and keep the ship steady for a few moments. In case this uncivilized yahoo turns hostile, I want us to be ready for any happenstance."
Taking another moment to open a prior channel, Stark hailed back in the open to the Talon-1. "Cloud car pilot, this craft is inbound for Garang Spaceport. I request you remove yourself to an alternate vector lest you interfere with our landing. We don't appreciate being toyed with in such a manner."
Alyn Stark
Lord of House Stark
Governor of Kinyov Province
Owner, Stark Unified Defense (presumed)
Owner, Lorrd Engineering (presumed)
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| Ana_Stark | Date: Monday, 29 April 13, 8:48 PM | Message # 14 |
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| "Next time, my heart, I choose the vacation spot." She joked, as a smile crossed her face. "I think a lovely cruise of some sort...." Honestly, Ana was quite calm, for the moment. She also didn't hesitate when he asked her to keep the ship steady for a moment or two. Her driving, with some practice, had improved markedly since that day he actually let her drive him somewhere on Coruscant. That was years ago though, before they were married and only still dating, but the memory was fond enough.
"Calm down a bit though, please? If you have a heart attack, I'll be worried about adequate medical facilities....and then I'll have to fly home and that just won't do." She tried, however poorly, to keep his spirits up somewhat. Of course, when she mentioned medical facilities, that gave her an idea for the building he had (seemingly) already decided to purchase for her.
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Friday, 17 May 13, 1:12 AM | Message # 15 |
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| (Anything forthcoming, Vincent?)
Alyn Stark
Lord of House Stark
Governor of Kinyov Province
Owner, Stark Unified Defense (presumed)
Owner, Lorrd Engineering (presumed)
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| Vincent_Le_Grange | Date: Friday, 24 May 13, 11:05 PM | Message # 16 |
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| (( I'm so, so sorry I held you up. Really, that weren't country of me and I apologize, especially to the lady. ))
Still no answer from the cloud car. Either the pilot was ignoring Stark as he had already ignored common courtesy and even common sense, or the cloud car didn't have a comm. Or both. In either case, the maverick pilot seemed to have tired of his favorite maneuver and now simply maintained close pursuit of Stark's yacht. Sensors wouldn't be able to detect whether a ship that small had powered up its laser cannons or not, but being directly behind them certainly kept Stark and Ana in the cloud car's sights. It bobbed side-to-side slightly, port to starboard, starboard to port (perhaps avoiding the wash from the Infinite Thought's engines), but remained uncomfortably close behind them as the two ships plunged into Dantooine's atmosphere.
Meanwhile, whatever was causing interference at the Garang spaceport must have been doing so still, for there was no answer from them, either. This situation was entirely in Alyn and Ana Stark's hands.
Vincent "Vince" Le Grange
Colonel in the Garang Irregulars (a bucket brigade)
Owner of Grange's Ranch, outside Garang
Member of the Dantooine Nerfmen and Ranchers Association
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Friday, 24 May 13, 11:26 PM | Message # 17 |
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| ( No worries on my part. )
Coming as visitors, and as the pilot hadn't truly taken any hostile action, Stark couldn't very well blast the cloud car into a million pieces. With the rear deflectors reinforced from the front, Stark simply continued his descent, even as he accelerated slightly to get groundside more swiftly. With a few remote commands, he prepped the Cutlass for launch, should the need arise, of course, but he felt it was going to be a moot gesture. Here on Dantooine, a world known to be rowdy, this was likely a security vessel whose pilot did not get enough of a chance to show off his skills.
Refusing to be perturbed by the pilot's actions thus far, he glanced to Ana briefly and smiled. "We'll be groundside in only a few minutes, darling. Just focus on the positive. I'm sure there will be someone down there who I can converse with about the man's crazy abilities in flight."
Alyn Stark
Lord of House Stark
Governor of Kinyov Province
Owner, Stark Unified Defense (presumed)
Owner, Lorrd Engineering (presumed)
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| Tremaine_Fowlkes | Date: Saturday, 25 May 13, 0:21 AM | Message # 18 |
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| Mind if I jump in? Tremaine's also going to Dantooine to try and establish a front for himself))
~Tremaine Fowlkes
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| Vincent_Le_Grange | Date: Saturday, 25 May 13, 0:24 AM | Message # 19 |
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| (( Okay with me. I was actually going to suggest Alyn and Ana skip me until they land on Dantooine, on the assumption that my cloud car is going to continue tailing them. ))
Vincent "Vince" Le Grange
Colonel in the Garang Irregulars (a bucket brigade)
Owner of Grange's Ranch, outside Garang
Member of the Dantooine Nerfmen and Ranchers Association
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| Tremaine_Fowlkes | Date: Saturday, 25 May 13, 6:37 AM | Message # 20 |
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| A NR2 gully jumper (with modified hyperdrive and configurations to meet the current standards) would emerge out of hyperspace above the orbit of Dantooine. It was colored in a typical Republican colors, of which is orange and white, to show his deep loyalty to the Republic that had stood for over 25 thousands of years. The young adult was there on a mission: To acquire some land for his business front. His wife was somewhere else at the moment, perhaps trying to find a place just in case his bid for land on Dantooine fails.
Tremaine would open a channel and his Telosian accent would be heard over the radiotransmitter. "This is Tremaine Fowlkes, Owner and CEO of Fowlkes Arms, Inc. Requesting permission to land."
~Tremaine Fowlkes
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