video | piracy 101

[straightouttacarbonite]

Who: Han Solo... solo. shut up it was funny in my mind
Broadcast: Yep, to anyone who will listen
Action: not really but he's probably around the Caprine if you want him
When: a couple days into the drift



[ sup Fleet. Han is somewhere on his ship, though it's hard to see much over his shoulder. He looks fairly normal and maybe a little bit bored. ]

So the thing about trafficking stolen cargo-- not that I'm doing that or saying we should do that-- is, it's pretty pointless to steal something no one wants to buy. I guess it happens, if you don't know what you're getting.

I'm sure there's a black market for ribbon somewhere...

[ He looks a little perplexed, not troubled, just deep in thought. ]

I mean, there's gotta be, right?

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[universal_charm]

Except if Atroma is the one wanting us to transport it, there's got to be more to it than simple ribbon.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Maybe, but that doesn't mean we wanna hold onto it for too long.

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[universal_charm]

Guess that depends on if we can figure out what’s on it. Maybe there’s something there we don’t want some random dealer knowing.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Or maybe someone else would pay better.

[ look, he's being optimistic! ]

But do you really wanna just hang onto it til you figure it out?

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[universal_charm]

Yes, I do. Maybe there’s nothing. Maybe there’s something. Either way - I wouldn’t get rid of it until I’m sure either way.

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[oratorical]

[She's just. Not going to comment on a black market for ribbon, dismissing it as Han being Han here.]

I don't think it's just ribbon.

[Gotta love that communications augment.]

Did you not see the patterns on them?

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Well if it's not just ribbon, what is it?

[oratorical]

If I knew, I would have said as much.

[Because even though she can tell there's some sort of repeating pattern on the ribbons, that it's more than just random stitching, that's about all she can figure out. She can't tell what someone would use ribbons with a pattern like this for.]

Would they make us carry a shipment of only ribbon just to play games with us?

[...Well, she wouldn't rule it out, probably, but she wants to believe it's not just ribbon.]

[straightouttacarbonite]

Probably. I dunno. I just think maybe we're better finding somewhere to offload it before they notice it hasn't been delivered.

[ Preferably for a profit, but it's not like he's never dumped cargo for safety's sake.

It always works out so well. ]

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[dreamvour]

There's a black market for everything.

[she says, as if she knows. Maybe she does]

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Sure, but I don't happen to know any unsavory cloth merchants in this corner of this galaxy.

[ At home he's pretty sure he could find a guy who knows a guy who knows a pile of gelatinous ooze with a lead on a buyer, but here? Smuggling is so much harder when you're not from the area. Ugh. ]

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[dreamvour]

I feel like there should be a "yet" on the end of that.

Is this all hypothetical, by the way? I feel like I should be protesting this.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

That's optimistic. [ but probably accurate. So he likes keeping a hand in the underworld, what's wrong with that? ]

What's to protest? I'm just thinking aloud.

[Voice]

[tiedonastring]

[To say that was Hux wasn't surprised but more disappointed. With the way history had chalked up this rebel/smuggler, the man was actually not that intelligent. And this was the man that later on had managed to get his own base destroyed.... He wasn't about to show his face at this point. It perplexed him more then anything how this man even operated and got away with things.]

Your reputation precedes you. Have you even bothered to look at the ribbon?

[Voice]

[straightouttacarbonite]

My reputation?

[ What a delightful prospect. Whatever his reputation is he figures it's probably inaccurate, since they usually are, but it's nice to know you've made an impact, right? ]

Maybe I have. I'm not a textile merchant, are you?

[Voice]

[tiedonastring]

[Hux refused to provide details about how he was familiar with the other. Let him keep guessing. He wasn't even sure why he was bothering to provide this type of information to the man.]

Did you try asking an engineer to look at the ribbon?

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[straightouttacarbonite]

What's it to you?

[ Yeah, well, at the very least Han has picked up on the notion that this stranger doesn't much like him. ]

I'm just saying if we wanna sell it we should sell it. If not, we should probably be thinking up excuses.

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[ginger_firebird]

Trafficking? Am I in some kind of smuggling ring?

[Mantis is glitched out this day. Most notably: he has a large pair of black feathered wings protruding from his back. He's hunched up on the floor in the cargo bay of the Bishop.]

This place is a nightmare.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

No. We're not nearly that organized.

It's not that bad. You'll get used to it. Are you new?

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[ginger_firebird]

I must be. I was home and the revolution was starting, and now I'm...here. Wherever "here" is.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

Interstellar space, between systems you've never heard of, probably.

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[ultima_mortis]

PERHAPS THEY ARE MEANT TO SERVE A PURPOSE AMONG THE WORKINGS OF THE SHIPS. THEY DON'T QUITE LOOK LIKE THE RIBBONS USED TO DECORATE, BUT I CAN'T FATHOM WHAT THEIR TRUE USE IS.

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[straightouttacarbonite]

They look like ribbons to me, but what do I know.

[ he shrugs ]

We can just deliver them if that's what people want. But we did bust it often...

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[ultima_mortis]

I AM SURE THAT THEY WILL STILL BE DESIRED, OPENED OR OTHERWISE. WE MAY YET FIND THAT THE NATURE OF THE RIBBONS CAN PROVE TO BE QUITE USEFUL.

[straightouttacarbonite]

You think they've got a secret message, too?

[ He saw ribbons and... they're ribbons, he didn't look that close... ]