"Our decision, made it has been." Yoda says as he walks up to me, utilising his cane to the fullest.
I swallow and nod in greeting. "Khan." He hmms in response, I wonder if there's an actual meaning to those...
"Accept your list, we do not." I sighed in dissapointment.
"Yes Khan. I accept your decision. I will find funding somewhere else." He chuckles in response and I get the feeling I'm missing something.
"Declining to fund you, we are not. Accepting your list, we are however, not." I blink down at the tiny Jedi in confusion. I'm definitely missing something.
"Did I overlook something when I made my list, Khan?" His nod is decidedly smug.
"Overlook, yes. Newer ships you focused on." I frown slightly, spreading my head feathers as I try figure out his meaning.
"I figured they would be easier to maintain and find spare parts for." He chuckles, and again it is decidedly smug.
"In some cases. In others, old ships are so common, spares easy to locate."
I blink down at him, "Have the Jedi found something better and cheaper?" and I start to feel hope again. The ships I had picked were on the expensive and new side...a failing I had as a human as well. I tended to overlook older and used things back then as well.
He smiles and hands over a PADD and I quickly turn it on. "Corellian Star Shuttle?" I blink as he nods before I continue. "I actually thought about this class, most are in Republic service and they are almost as expensive as the CR70 to buy directly from the shipyard." I glance down at him as I resume. "And the few used ones the dealers I have been in contact with were not in acceptable condition."
Yoda hmms, there has to be a meaning behind those, with a smile. "Impounded one, the Coruscant customs have. Used to smuggle, it was." I blink down at him in shock, something seems to be happening fairly regularly.
"Someone actually used one of these to smuggle? What could they possibly smuggle that they would need that much space?" He gives me a sad look as he replies.
"Slaves. Using diplomatic transponder they did, pretend to be ambassador, they hoped."
Oh.
I sigh and nod. "If this is the deal the Jedi are offering, I will take it. It will still require some refitting though." He smiles, and once again I can feel the smugness radiating off of him.
"Already claimed by the Jedi from the customs, it has been. Transferred to the orbital shipyards, it's being."
Swallowing, I lower my beak. "I accept the deal, Khan Yoda. I am in the debt of the Jedi."
Yoda hmms and smiles up at me, patting my right front leg. "Pay us back, you will. Honorable, I think you are." He turns and starts hobbling along with his cane.
"Come, come. Shuttle to the yards, we will take."
I swallow before nodding and following him, glancing down at the schematics of the Star Shuttle. There was another reason I didn't put it on my list even though it had a ton of cargo, passenger and living space as well as being fast and well shielded.
It is completely unarmed and it is not easy to fix that particular failing. This... will be interesting.