"This droid is to be commended. What is its number?" Da fake queen said.
"R2-D2, Your Highness." Quarsh said.
I had to fight my inner desires to stand up and snatch this legendary droid. This is without a doubt one of the most competent droids to ever exist. It's legit perfect in every sense, can fly, can pilot, can make decisions, can hold a lot of information, and can fight extremely well.
But in the end, R2-D2 is too important to the canon. If I snatch this guy now then without a doubt Anakin will probably end up in a lot of danger and even die, after all, R2 saved his life multiple times.
"Thank you, R2-D2," The queen said
"Bii-bipipii, biooo" R2-D2 responded.
"Padmè. Clean this droid as best as you can." The fake queen said. I honestly don't know why they would order their queen to clean a droid. Even with Amidala's personality that has to be an insult. Unless she asked for it.
It could be a plot to make sure they won't recognize her as the Queen because what Queen would clean up a droid. But in the end, there are only Jedi there, and me. Oh well.
"It deserves our gratitude." The queen continued and R2-D2 then began happily chirping and whistling.
"Captain, continue." The queen said again, but Quarsh simply turned around and looked at the Jedi.
I was standing on the other side of the door but still in line with the Jedi.
"Your Highness, with your permission, we're heading for a remote planet called Tatooine. It's in a system far beyond the reach of the Trade Federation." Qui-Gon said.
"I do not agree with the Jedi on this," Quarsh said. And before Qui-Gon could argue further I said.
"I agree with the Jedi."
"Oh, and why is that, Count Veridian?" The Queen asked and I continued.
"The Hutt is indeed dangerous. But not due to their military might. The pair of Jedi and my 11 guards could fight our way through Jabba's palace and kill him. But the Hutts are dangerous due to their control over the criminal life. Their main force is bounty hunters, who can be bought." I said and Obi and Qui nodded at that.
"And luckily, I'm one of the richest individuals in the Galaxy. House Veridian has billions of credits in our holdings and we earn trillions." I said, which was true. I had completed my transfer of Thyferran Business to Veridian. The General, Admiral, and Alexander supported me in this and therefore we had the advantage on the Council. So I passed it as they could only interfere with me if 4/6 councilors agreed.
"Very well, I trust your judgment, Jedi Master and Count Veridian." The Queen said as the meeting ended. Quarsh was understandably furious. Ever since I began attending the meetings he has been getting less and less opinion on the council and the Queen.
As I left I saw Padme lead R2-D2 away and Jar-Jar follow a few minutes after. That wasn't my time to interfere, Padme and Jar-Jar would require their friendship to each other. I just needed to befriend Jar-Jar as well.
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"That's it- Tatooine." The Pilot said.
"There's a large settlement." Obi-Wan said.
"Land near the outskirts. We don't want to attract attention." Qui-Gon said. Obi and the pilot nodded.
Tatooine truly was one of a kind. It could look like Geonosis if not for the terrible atmosphere on Geonosis. Tatooine was a sand planet, with one city. The only city on the planet. But Tatooine still had hundreds if not thousands of small settlements.
Water-farming towns were spread throughout the planet as it was one of the most successful jobs one could run on Tatooine. Water was extremely pricey on Tatooine.
I took my hand into my pockets, and took something out.
I had 50 000 Hutt Credits on me, and another 150 000 in my room. I would have my guards carry it.
I had 4 10 000 credits and 10 1 000 credits.
We then began landing as we flew into the atmosphere and towards Mos Eisley. As we flew over it I saw Jabba's palace. It was truly magnificent. You may say whatever you want but you can't deny the undeniable power Jabba held. He had the most power out of the Hutt Council, and he owned the largest Mercenary Force in the world.
This also showed throughout the Clone Wars, where both sides attempted to get Jabba's help. Due to his hyperlanes, connections, and military might. None of the sides dared to enter the Hutt Systems for more than a few days or hours due to fear of repercussions
Soon enough we landed. We flew past Mos Eisley and landed in the outskirts, per Qui-Gons orders.
I saw Jon and Robb walk up to me but in different outfits.
I had changed to a simple black T-shirt and black regular-fit pants. I had 2 holsters outfitted with my pistols. I had the rocket boots and a belt outfitted with multiple things such as a Com-device and a red flare.
Robb and Jon wore the usual bounty hunter outfits. A black shirt, a brown vest, black cargo pants, and a holster. Additionally, they both wore their force staffs on their back. They carried 75 000 credits as well each.
As I saw Qui-Gon head to the ramp to leave I approached him.
"Yo, Qui-Gon?" I asked and he turned around, Jar-Jar stood beside him.
"Would you mind if me, Jon, and Robb joined you?" I asked and he responded.
"No, company is always appreciated. Not that I have a choice. And seeing your outfit you know where we're going." He said and I nodded.
I walked up to Jar-Jar.
"So you must be Jar-Jar?" I asked.
"Ayee, mesa is Jar-Jar." He said and I chuckled, Jar-Jar truly was one of the best characters.
"You live under the water correct? How's the heat treating you?" I asked.
"Dis sun doen murder to mesa skin." He said.
"We all struggle in this heat, Jar-Jar. Hang in there." I said and he nodded excitedly.
That's when I heard a voice.
"Wait!" Turning around I saw Quarsh approaching us with another individual. A female.
"Wait." He said again as he stepped up to us.
"Her Highness commands you to take her handmaiden with you." He said and I realized it was Padme beside her.
I forgot a bit of the film, but with a quick refresher, I got it all down again.
"No more commands from Her Highness today, Captain. The spaceport is not going to be pleasant." Qui-Gon said.
"Not to be a problem, Master Jedi. But we'll be fine, if anyone is going to cause problems it'll be Jar-Jar, not a handmaiden. And she should be trained in combat." I saw and Padme looked at me with a smile, somehow expressing her gratitude.
He sighed before saying.
"This is not a good idea, stay close to Count Veridian. He has 2 guards." He said and Padme looked at me.
I shrugged my shoulders before walking forward.
She soon caught up.
"Count Veridian." She said and I turned my head to her.
"You may call me Count Thalron." I said and she nodded.
"How is life on Thyferra? It barely has any water, how is it to live like that?" She asked.
"While it may be true that we have about 5% moisture on the surface. The Planet of Thyferra has multiple plants that have long and deep roots, having evolved with nature. And therefore each planet connects with the water, it's similar to us, humans.
Though there are very few lakes and oceans on Thyferra, the ones we have, are deep, some may reach thousand meters underground, and we have wide rivers providing enough water for us." I said.
"How? Your population is above 100 million." She said and I had to think a bit.
Padme was extremely naïve right now and if I told her the truth she might hate me.
"Padme, you are young, although I am as well I have grown up on Thyferra and I have learned to accept it, the simple truth is. There are about 80 million aliens and 20 million people." I said shocking her.
"But the Vratix are a species? They have a mind and the ability to communicate. They fall within the range of humanoid species." She asked. But I suspected she knew the truth.
"I suppose you know of the Zygerrians? And their slave empire." I asked and she nodded.
"Well, we humans on Thyferra act similarly to the Zygerrians. They are slaves, beneath us." I said and she was completely outraged. I could also feel some hate from Qui-Gon in front of me. While Jar-Jar didn't understand anything.
"How can you say that? How can you treat living species as animals?" She asked and I sighed.
"It's a complicated topic, but the basics is that. We the humans of Thyferra. Colonized Thyferra and the Vratix would die if we didn't enslave them, and if we treated them as equals we would die." I said shocking them all, Qui-Gon even turned his head around.
"Before House Veridian, the mercenary family and the travelers settled on Thyferra, the numbers of Thyferrans were reaching the billions. And as we came, we released a bacteria with us. The Vratix learned to use this bacteria together with their unique geography and planets to create Bacta." I said and Padme intruded my talk-time.
"Yes, but how does that even change anything?" She asked and I continued.
"The Vratix would be a human-like species in terms of brain power. We're still in the stone age, recently found and yet to develop technology. They lived with nature. But they failed to realize something. That Bacta is a healing liquid. Instead of healing themselves, they drank it. And bacta is a heavily addicting and unhealthy liquid to drink. It will destroy your mind by entering your head. It's why we use breathing mechanisms inside the bacta tank, not only to breathe but protect you from it." I said and a realization dawned upon Padme.
"Due to this over 1.8 billion Thyferrans died before we even found Bacta. House Veridian utilized all their connections and military might to enslave the Vratix. Put them in zones where Bacta couldn't be found and made sure they lived in large communities. But it was too costly, so we attempted to use bacta to gain money. And that's how the bacta rush started." I said.
"So the bacta is directly damaging to the Vratix?" Amidala asked.
"Yes, if we don't have specialized workers to punish and deal with Vratix attempting to drink Bacta then we would have another great Vratix Extermination. Similar to how alcohol works for humans and other species, bacta is a more dangerous liquid to Vratix. They know it will damage them but they still do it for the feeling of invincibility. By drinking bacta it joins your blood and gives you a boost in regeneration for 2 minutes, but it fucks your brain up." I said and finally, she nodded and changed the subject.
We then began talking about Naboo.
Of course, this was fucking bullshit. There was no great Vratix Extermination. They were addicted and bacta is bad for your health, but we killed the 800 million Vratix, and the other 500 million were made up and 500 actually died of Bacta. But it is true that if we didn't enslave and oversee the Vratix they would eventually die out, but we're still enslaving them like Europe did to Africa in the early discovery. But just a bit more civilized.
15 more minutes of walking until we entered the city of Mos Espa! Buddy this shit is wild, everyone is carrying a strap. ( gun if you're not a known person in the gang world. I didn't get the word from films. But ong watch Snow Fall ya'll, crazy gang film.
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