Returning the Goods

[Tycho Draykon]

When one of the engineers running the train announced that they are pulling into the station, Tycho could not hold back the sigh if relief. The mission had been a tough one as well as well done. But there was a toll that it took on the criminal, starting with those that were injured or killed. The man for sure was not feeling any better about train rides in general, he still hates them and finds train rides to be nothing but a pain. As the train pulled into the station, the criminal waited impatiently for the train to come to a stop. The movement of the cars as the moved along the rail was not as defined as while they were out in the open, but it was still there. Then the final jolt rippled through the car the man is in, afterwards the door opened with a soft hiss. As soon as the door opened enough, the rebel pushed himself through. Taking a deep breath of air the criminal felt the sick feeling that had been tearing at his gut ease away now that he is on solid ground, "About darn time." He said quietly to himself.

Now with the sick feeling gone and the stolen supplies back where they belong. It is now time to track down the Twi'lek. Now if there wasn't such a large crowd it would have been easy to spot him in the crowd. But between the civilians trying to catch their trains on other station platforms, and the spectators that have gathered to have a gander at the goods that have been recovered. It is not easy. Stepping away from the train, the officer set out to look for the business owner. He just has to be around here, the rebel figured that he would be here in person to see the train pull in. Unless Tycho mistakened him for being that type of person?

Putting his hands in his pockets, the man carefully looked around as he walked through the crowd, heading towards the back of the train to see if perhaps the Twi'lek is here and was just further down the platform. As Tycho moved through the crowd, the criminal was careful to keep an eye out for the children. The last thing the man wanted to do was to accidentally hurt a child while moving along the crowded platform. After some walking down the platform, the rebel finally spotted the Twi'lek as he spotted him in the crowd.

"I was starting to get a bit worried that you were going to miss the train pulling in. I am glad that you made it." The rebel mentioned as he approached the businessman, "It is all there in the train. Every last bit of it. You shouldn't have problems with those smugglers either." Tycho reported once he was clase enough that the businessman should be able to hear him despite all the noise.

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[The Storyteller]

The businessman sighed a little bit as he spotted the rebel heading his way. He made a point to look down at his datapad to note the time that this particular bit of business had been extended far beyond what he had thought possible. Running a hand over his lekku, he looked over the crowd and then at the train before turning his attention back to Tycho.

"You're late." he groused with a sigh, "Do you have any idea how worried I was that this whole operation was going to be some kind of explosive farce?"

He nervously scratched at one of his lekku.

"Alright... give me a... what do you rebels call them? Ah." he tapped his datapad, "Give me a mission report, that's it. So what happened?"

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[Tycho Draykon]

"I am terribly sorry. I had no idea that we were late. But then things did not quite go as I planned. The gang was bigger as far as numbers than I thought. But it was a success. Everything is accounted for." Tycho explained after the Twi'lek expressed how they were late. Surely the businessman knows that since this was a military operation that not everything will go according to plan. It surely did not. This gang was far bigger than what was expected, first the gang that protected the stolen goods was bigger in number than expected. During that part of the operation two of his comrades were injured. Then during the part of the operation to get the goods back, well that didn't go to plan either. Yes the goods and the train was protected and the gang fought off, but again comrades were injured and the number of attackers was bigger.

The rebel watched the businessman scratch nervously at his lekku. Perhaps he was worried not for the profit the goods will bring him, but because of how badly the people need it. He realized that he had just possibly taken this man the wrong way.

Oh right the report part of the job. Man did he hate this part of missions. But that unfortunately is part of the job, "Right the report." Tycho paused as he gathered everything that had happened to his mind, "After our meeting me and my comrades managed to track the smugglers to a cavern that they had been using not only as a point to ambush supply trains but to also store away what they managed to steal from the trains that they successfully ambushed. We managed to infiltrate the cavern and secure the goods. There was a total of twenty-one smugglers that were protecting what they had stolen. All of the smugglers in their hideout was wiped out. Both of my comrades Miran and Parker were injured during the fighting." The man paused for a moment as he prepared to give the next part of the report, " After securing the goods we got them all onto a train, then proceeded to bring them back. But in the middle of the last leg of the trip a group of smugglers set out to ambush, they were riding on speeder bikes and speeders during the ambush. Their final numbers were totaled at twenty-two and my guess is they were tied with the group that was fought in the cavern. This group did get onboard the train in waves, but we managed to take them out as they got on. Some were prevented from boarding but the movement of the train and their own movements made preventing them from getting on board difficult." Tycho paused again, "There are some minor cosmetic damage to the walls inside of the train. But after the battle to ensure nothing or no one onboard were in danger I had the train stopped to check for any damage to the cars and locomotive, as well as for the wounded train crew and my comrades to be treated. Besides the cosmetic damage to the inner walls there was no damage to the rest of the train or the goods and supplies that are onboard." The man cleared his throat, "So in total forty-three smugglers were taken out during the mission. As for the wounded on our side all of us took some sort of damage, no one among the train crew or my comrades were killed."


The rebel scratched the back of his neck wondering if he had forgotten to mention anything. He is more so used to writing down everything once he has stockpiled everything to memory. Not giving it verbally so soon after getting done and not having the time to put everything to memory in preparation for a report to be given.


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[The Storyteller]

Of course he had no idea that they were late - if he had some clue that they were late he was sure that the rebel would be slightly more nervous than he was right now. Instead the young man seemed to be on the backfoot because of the revelation but nothing else. He chuckled bitterly.

"Things never go to plan, Rebel." he noted dryly, "It is the nature of plans to be considered functionally useless upon contact with the enemy. The say amongst some of my people is something you might want to adopt..."

He counted on his fingers.

"Make the plan. Execute the plan. Expect the plan to go off the rails..." he shook his hand, "Throw away the plan."

Blinking a few times, the man looked at the rebel for a long moment.

"... by the Force man, does your species lack the requirement to breathe? You just blew through an entire report in one breath." He shook his head a little bit, "Give it to me in brief rebel... are all the supplies intact and ready to go? And... how sure are you that we won't be attacked by the pirates remaining?"

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[Tycho Draykon]

Tycho listened to the businessman closely. Usually he does not like being lectured over things but this is one of the rare instances wherehe wanted to. As what the Twi'lek is tellimg him will really be a good thing to remember in the future. Especially if he is going to continue leading missions. When the other man was finished Tycho nodded politely, "I will commit that to memory, sir. I apologize that we are late."

Then came the other thing that Tycho will need to work on. How to give verbal reports without blowing through it to the point nothing gets across. Then again he is new to taking over the leadership role. The criminal cleared his throat, "Sorry, Sir. I am new to this whole leading missions role. I am still learning the ropes. But I will note to slow it down." The man admitted again noting everything that he needs to learn.

The man looked to the Twi'lek, "Yes. All the supplies are intact and ready to go." The man replied then paused. He couldn't quite figure out how to respond to the last part, "I.. I can't be sure that you won't have issues with the pirates again. As there is no telling how many of them there are. But if you do have issues I will personally return to resolve it." He told the Twi'lek hoping it was at least reassuring to some level.

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[The Storyteller]

The man looked at the rebel for a long time before sighing a little bit and rubbing a hand over his face. Every interaction with this rebel was a trial it seemed. Was the man usually this long winded to say, essentially, nothing? If he was then the businessman was going to have to make sure he had no further dealings with this specific rebel. He sighed a little bit and pulled out a cigarette and lit it on it's journey to his mouth.

"I'm sure you will."

Taking a puff on his cigarette, he shrugged a little bit at the man's acceptance that he would need to learn. It seemed that this young man was a decent enough fellow but the twi'lek didn't much care how decent he was as a man. He had reached out to the Galactic Alliance because they could solve problems.

He paused for a moment.

"Finally." he muttered before shaking his head, "Short, precise and simple answer. And honest. You have no idea if the pirates will call on us again - but rather than ignore this, you accept it as truth and offer an alternative. I appreciate this, Rebel."

He took a pull from his cigarette.

"Give me your contact information so I can call you if issues crop up again?" he paused before adding, "And I trust you'll accept that I won't be giving you 'full pay' for calling back in the future to burn the killik nest you poke, alright?"

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[Tycho Draykon]

Tycho silently listened to the other man. It appeared that what he had said pleased the Twi'lek in the end. Well good because if it didn't the Rebel would have had no idea what else he could have said.

Upon the request for his contact information the criminal immediately reached into his pocket for his datapad. How is it that these things are so durable? The man nodded, "I am sending it to you now." Tycho told the bloke as he pressed a few buttons and with it his contact information was sent. With his information sent Tycho put his pad back into his pocket, "I accept the terms for any and all future services, Sir." He will reply wondering if the other male was going to be requesting any other information he had failed to report about.

Well he was sure all the information was given otherwise the Twi'lek would still be bombarding him with questions. That is unless he is thinking over more questions to ask? Tycho hoped that is not the case.

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[The Storyteller]

Seemed that the rebel was happy to go along with what he had suggested and he was glad of it. He had been a bit of a hard arse on the Rebel hadn't he? He sighed a little bit and ran a hand over his face and through his hair. Ruffling his hair, he spoke to the rebel again, softer this time.

"Alright." he accepted it, nodding, "I'll let you get out of here. And Rebel? I'm sorry for my behavior earlier. I... I care for my people and that means it's my job to worry about them."

He nodded.

"But I trust you to keep your word so we're done here."

Time to get back to business.

/End Thread

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