Noventa - A Star Wars Story

"More like calling. I inhabit science, spatiality is secondary and transient. I have no special feelings about this dour planet and will gladly move on if it fails to accommodate my research."

[quote="Sharn"]"Sharn." The name might have rung the bell if Lena had been involved in industrial relations within the TIE program anyhow, or other craft development programs supported by Grand Admiral Thrawn. Or had ever seen a list of people on the Advanced Weapons Research. Or the list of execs for KDY subsidiaries. On Bilbringi, Lothal, or Kuat. Or had been intimate with people on the Jerjerrod's team. The Arcturus name certainly had rung it for him. "Let's say I don't indulge in vacation wherever I find myself to be."[/quote]

Lena thought deeply. The name was familiar, but she couldn't place it quite yet. "Oh? Business then, I take it?" She smirked. "Been here before?" He didn't seem like a native, but then, who knew in today's world?

"Sharn." The name might have rung the bell if Lena had been involved in industrial relations within the TIE program anyhow, or other craft development programs supported by Grand Admiral Thrawn. Or had ever seen a list of people on the Advanced Weapons Research. Or the list of execs for KDY subsidiaries. On Bilbringi, Lothal, or Kuat. Or had been intimate with people on the Jerjerrod's team. The Arcturus name certainly had rung it for him. "Let's say I don't indulge in vacation wherever I find myself to be."

Lena let out a laugh. "Oh no, this baby won't do anything without dinner and pampering. I'm just a stalker. Lena Arcturus." She said by way of introduction. "You here on business?"

"By consequence. Physicist by calling." The truth about him was too glorious to tell lies. "Have I interrupted a date then?"

"Ah, an engineer I take it?" She asked with a mild smile. "Pilot here. The romantic type of ship lover."

"Certainly. It'd take me a few days to restore it, all KSE designs hold no secrets before me. It is quite obsolete, however, as the Jedi who rode it. The hyperdrive rings were an engineering dead end. Last several in service were crashed by Lord Vader as disposable interim rides before he moved onto superior TIE/Ax1 he had helped co-design." He stepped into the spotlight. "I might recall which Jedi this one belonged to if I see the serial number."

"Awe. This baby has seen things." And not the things that the Phoenix has seen. "I'm pretty sure with some minor repairs it could still fly and fight."

In the system of reference in which the scion of Corellian industrialists was orbiting tidally locked, another gravitational pull was exerted, from a blue singularity at its verge. Alongside scrutiny, of both the antiquated object and its satellite.

"Melancholy?" He asked with wry indifference.

Lena eyed the old starfighter on display. It had its scars... but that was the beauty. This ship had [i]history[/i]. she was deep in thought, circling around the display.