Noventa - A Star Wars Story

Having failed in finding what he wanted in the Bazaar, Sharn vigorously involved himself into fixing the starfighter that was their war spoils. When the dust settled, the mad fury of engineering ingenuity had brought it to maidenlike condition.

LA5. Superior Cloakshade Repair. Manipulate. 2 Ads from equipment.: 2eP+3eA+1eF+3eD 5 successes, 2 threat, 1 Dark Side


[Equipment Advantages to Mitigate Threat, Flipping for Dark Pips (1 from Vergence), 2 Strain, 2 Conflict, 1 more Success, 1 more Advantage.]

Fuelling accomplishment with his personal drives, anger and desire, was becoming easier and easier for Sharn. Whatever gets the job done, right...?

[All Hull Trauma fixed at 70% cost]

[EE5]

After a short break for rehydration, he got back to work, this time installing reinforced armour plates scrapped for ARC-170 onto the starfighter. However, Force-powered passions had a similar effect as drugs on Sharn's brain. In the psychoactive trance he painted the Cloakshade in various shades of purple, red, indigo and violet, and christened it PheroStar.

But he was not satisfied. PheroStar had no shields, so the armour was all it had. Hence he decided to use a regenerative alloy as a filler between outer layers.

EE5. Superior Hull Modding. Manipulate. 2 Ads from equipment.: 3eA+2eP+1eF+3eD 4 successes, 1 advantage, 2 Light Side


His mostly altruistic care for Sy's safety fuelled his effort. [Pips for +2 Advantages, for a grand sum of 5 if it matters for scrapping costs.]

[ME5]

But he might or might not run out of steam eventually.

ME5. Superior Hull Modding #2. Manipulate. 2 Ads from equipment.: 3eA+2eP+1eF+4eD 2 failures, 1 advantage, 2 Light Side


[Dunno if intensive modding is allowed, but if it is, it is a fail even after Light Pips for successes unless I have Destiny to flip the Vergence Pip.]

Syzygy walked in, pausing to simply study the ship from afar. Moving closer, she placed her hand on the hull, running it over the reinforced surface.

"You've done amazing work, Sharn." she turned her attention to the Chiss with a large smile.

"You should know me enough by now to realise I don't do average." There was a shade in his smirk as he knew a little bit had gone suboptimally. "I don't suppose it was in bad taste to think of you intensively when working on the craft." He stood there straightened, with his smug smile and intensive gaze.

"Well, a ship and its pilot should reflect one another." she grinned.

"That was the assumption. Have you purchased the suit? Your podrace win makes many things affordable, doesn't it?" He moved his hand along indigo-painted rim of the wing as he approached her.

"Not yet, but I will." she nodded. "Now I know what colors to match."

"Wasn't that always obvious? The only true colours." His hand moved toward the underside of the aft where fuchsia tone was morphing into a richer, more vivid hue. "I wouldn't care sparing time and effort for a Human or a Miralan."

"It's deeply appreciated." she offered a warm smile as she continued inspecting the craft.

He gave her space to do so, leaning against the hull with his back, hands in pockets, looking at some random point at the ceiling of the hangar.

"I enjoy it when you appreciate it deeply." He teased, but there was some tension in his face. Now that he was out of his creative frenzy, something in his head seemed to be zoning him out.

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[Modding Costs: 1. 50% less of 1k, 2. 50% less of 2k, half returned from Replicator, so 1k in sum.]

She soon returned and hugged him, kissing him on the cheek. "I appreciate you, too."

Her closeness immediately brought him back. His smug smile returned, and he gave her butt a gentle squeeze as his lips sought hers for a proper kiss. "It satisfies me that you remember to." He took a moment to enjoy her lips. "My life would be impoverished without the subcutaneous warmth of your pheromonal presence. It alleviates my neuroticism."

"That's good." She grinned and kissed him back. "I like you less neurotic."

The squeeze became an exercise of dual wielding, and presaged sudden deprivation of Zygy of her footing as Sharn lifted her against him. "Then how about we take advantage of the surge of extravertness and christen the craft in the cabin?" His nostrils drew in her pheromones in a deep breath.

"Mmm...." Another kiss. "Just this once...."

"You tell it now." He carried her toward the trapdoor to the cabin, kissing without long breaks. "But we'll see how you will feel about seconds a little later."

"You promise?" she laughed.

"I take as given." He pushed her up through the opening and once she grabbed some rails inside the cabin he climbed up quickly after her...

She was still giggling, as they closed the hatch. "Welcome aboard.:

"PheroStar One, get ready for a fling to the stars." He used the crammed space to pin her to the front screen in a deep kiss.

/FtB