The Galactic Adventures of Pierce Darkblade
Walking from the ship you enter a large merchant area with all sorts of shops, auctions and vendors. Several stocky Volturbs try to tempt you with some sort of strange meat on a stick but you wave them away as you proceed deeper into this massive trade center.
You come across the numerous auctions, with large groups gathering in front of every item, some as small as a valuable bracelet, others as big as a spaceship. This is perfect, you think. Auctioning off this item will guarantee you a nice amount of credits. You head toward a registration counter for one of the auction stages, manned by a particularly fat voltorb wearing a leather beret. You approach him, gaining his notice.
"Hello sir, I'd like to put up some items for auction."
The Voltorb hastily pulls some papers from under the counter area. "1,000 credits per auction for use of the auctioning stage for a half hour."
A bit steep you think for a half hour but you remain pleasant with the Voltorb.
"I have two items, a planetary shield and a large number of G.A. regulated food crates."
The Voltorb rubs his thick three fingered hand across his forehead,wiping sweat away. Seems its a little hot for the overweight fella. "Ok ok. I can let you guys have the stage for a full hour then, 2,000 creds up front as well as 5% commission on whatever you sell the items for. It will be about 3 hours before we can auction off the items."
You smile, "Thats perfectly fine with me, I got all the time in the world."
The Voltorb shakes his head, then busily goes on to typing something into a small hand computer.
Your men arrive with the items on repulsor lifts and you assist them in loading it onto the stage when your time comes 3 hours later. A Voltorb auctioneer talks to you beforehand about the items you are selling so he can try to make it sound more appealing to the crowd.
The planetary shield is the first item up for bid. You and your crew stand off to the side of the stage as the auction takes place. The shield has drawn quite a large crowd as it's an item you are sure they are not accustomed to seeing often. The stocky Voltorb auctioneer waddles across the stage attempting to fetch a decent price tag.
"Thats right folks a Galactic Alliance issue planetary shield! Perfect for defending your homeworld from interstellar attacks from alien invaders! Repels all laser and missile attacks while activated, a rare gem here at the trade station, one of a kind, one time only! Do i hear 2 million credits?"
Shouts come from the audience and eventually the price hits 5 million credits, that being too much for anyone else it seems. The Voltorb points toward the buyer "SOOOOOLD!", a slender blue skinned cyclops alien, known as an Uozid, garbed in black leather. His arms are crossed, his face reads as if he doesn't even care that he just won the auction.
You notice on the chest of his black leather garb is an emblem of a ruthless pirate gang. He is probably a high ranking pirate who will use your shield as a defense for whichever world they are using as their base. Or even worse you think, they could use it to attack a sparsley populated world, using the shield to ward off any local attackers and hold a planet for ransom!
Your not sure what your duty is here. As a Galactic Alliance Captain you would of taken this Uozid in for questioning. But now you are free to do whatever you want. You have become an expert at reading people over the years, and this tall Uozid is up to no good, you can see it in his eye.
You have a strong urge to talk to him as he makes his way behind the stage to confirm the purchase with the Voltorb auctioneer.
You come across the numerous auctions, with large groups gathering in front of every item, some as small as a valuable bracelet, others as big as a spaceship. This is perfect, you think. Auctioning off this item will guarantee you a nice amount of credits. You head toward a registration counter for one of the auction stages, manned by a particularly fat voltorb wearing a leather beret. You approach him, gaining his notice.
"Hello sir, I'd like to put up some items for auction."
The Voltorb hastily pulls some papers from under the counter area. "1,000 credits per auction for use of the auctioning stage for a half hour."
A bit steep you think for a half hour but you remain pleasant with the Voltorb.
"I have two items, a planetary shield and a large number of G.A. regulated food crates."
The Voltorb rubs his thick three fingered hand across his forehead,wiping sweat away. Seems its a little hot for the overweight fella. "Ok ok. I can let you guys have the stage for a full hour then, 2,000 creds up front as well as 5% commission on whatever you sell the items for. It will be about 3 hours before we can auction off the items."
You smile, "Thats perfectly fine with me, I got all the time in the world."
The Voltorb shakes his head, then busily goes on to typing something into a small hand computer.
Your men arrive with the items on repulsor lifts and you assist them in loading it onto the stage when your time comes 3 hours later. A Voltorb auctioneer talks to you beforehand about the items you are selling so he can try to make it sound more appealing to the crowd.
The planetary shield is the first item up for bid. You and your crew stand off to the side of the stage as the auction takes place. The shield has drawn quite a large crowd as it's an item you are sure they are not accustomed to seeing often. The stocky Voltorb auctioneer waddles across the stage attempting to fetch a decent price tag.
"Thats right folks a Galactic Alliance issue planetary shield! Perfect for defending your homeworld from interstellar attacks from alien invaders! Repels all laser and missile attacks while activated, a rare gem here at the trade station, one of a kind, one time only! Do i hear 2 million credits?"
Shouts come from the audience and eventually the price hits 5 million credits, that being too much for anyone else it seems. The Voltorb points toward the buyer "SOOOOOLD!", a slender blue skinned cyclops alien, known as an Uozid, garbed in black leather. His arms are crossed, his face reads as if he doesn't even care that he just won the auction.
You notice on the chest of his black leather garb is an emblem of a ruthless pirate gang. He is probably a high ranking pirate who will use your shield as a defense for whichever world they are using as their base. Or even worse you think, they could use it to attack a sparsley populated world, using the shield to ward off any local attackers and hold a planet for ransom!
Your not sure what your duty is here. As a Galactic Alliance Captain you would of taken this Uozid in for questioning. But now you are free to do whatever you want. You have become an expert at reading people over the years, and this tall Uozid is up to no good, you can see it in his eye.
You have a strong urge to talk to him as he makes his way behind the stage to confirm the purchase with the Voltorb auctioneer.