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ΜØŦĦ€Ř Đ€ΔŘ is a sims story in which the motherplant isn’t a captive in crater lab, but a crime boss residing in her own fortified lair. To achieve this end, I transplanted the Strangerville mystery ...
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Back at Mua Pel’am base, Simon gets put into a bathrobe and led before two non-commissioned officers. Unlike their numbered subjects, these two go by individual names: ST-300 is Rika and SW-320 is David. They run the base’s everyday affairs in their Lieutenant’s absence.
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Rika: “For stealing the aqua jets you are hereby sentenced to labor until the debt is paid off, or a minimum of five years. However, impersonation, and of a First Order officer no less, is punishable by death!”
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Rika: “For stealing the aqua jets you are hereby sentenced to labor until the debt is paid off, or a minimum of five years. However, impersonation, and of a First Order officer no less, is punishable by death!”
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Simon: “I didn’t impersonate your commander! I look like this from birth!”
David: “From birth to death, then.”
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Simon: “I didn’t impersonate your commander!”
David: “So then you must BE our commander.”
Simon: “You want me to say “yes” so that you can justify that bogus sentence..”
David: “`t was worth a try. Now don’t give us anymore trouble if you do not want to acquire the same scar as our Lieutenant! - Troopers! Put him in a cell in the basement for now!”
Down in the holding cells… Simon finds that he isn’t alone. There is a presence in one of the cells and with his last strength the prisoner imprints the idea to put the newcomer to the already present captive in the guard’s mind. Whoever this person is, anybody who got on the wrong foot of the First Order is a potential ally for Simon, even if they turn out to be a stormtrooper in detention for shoddy bedsheets or something along those lines.
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Hank: “Oh, no… Please not another round of Dark Jedi mumbo jumbo. Cue the lightning bolts and finish it already!”
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Simon: “What? I don’t follow…?”
Hank: “You glued a prisoner tag to your face and waltz in here all downtrodden, but you’re still looking like yourself, Lieutenant.
What’s the story to be? Your men staged a mutiny and tossed you in here? Because they want to burn down all villages in the vicinity, but you said No? I’m to be all sympathetic and help you regain control so we can be the good evil oppressors from now on? Something along those lines?”
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Simon: “I DO look awfully like their Lieutenant, yes? But I assure you I’m not! And there’s no more village left to burn down, I’m afraid…”
R6-TV: *warble, warble?*
Hank: “Yeah, I noticed that, too. He does not quite sound like Danilo.”
Additionally, where Danilo was always poised to attack, this man looks poised to flee in his first impulse, even if only to find a better tactical position. Either Danilo has put a LOT of effort into this act, or Hank is dealing with a fellow prisoner indeed. And the rebel veteran has just the idea how to discern the truth.
Hank: “Sit down on the other cot, Not-Danilo, will you? Aresix… it’s movie time!”
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R6-TV instantly knows what memory to replay: The one where the dolphins had rescued him from the ocean floor and delivered to Lt. PL-600. The droid starts with himself surfacing, and then zooms in closer whenever Danilo’s face is clearly visible, fast-forwarding frames that show only dolphins.
Simon watches with wonder - and then with longing.
“This… this is my brother, right? My twin brother! And you said he was a dark side user? But how can that be? He looks so at peace, playing with the dolphins! And… by the Force, did you see those scars?! What must he have been through… “
Simon extends a hand as if to caress the image of his twin. At this point of the replay Roan comes into view.
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Simon: “Oh, look! My brother… Danilo, was it? He’s made a friend! And he looks just as gentle as Danny! Hey, do you think they may be a couple?”
Hank: “That’s my son, Co…Roan Ren. A professional killer and disciple of the Dark Side. Family, ey?”
Simon: “No, Hank, don’t dismiss them so easily! There’s still good in them! There must be! I… I just know it!”
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Simon: “Thank you, dear droid!”
R6-TV: *Beep! Beep!*
Simon: “Yes, I’m aware. But that’s no reason to be ungrateful.”
Hank: “You can understand what Aresix is saying?!”
Simon: “Can’t you?”
Hank: “Not always. The more I hear a specific sound sequence, the clearer its meaning becomes. But anything he says for the first time I have to guess.”
Simon: “Beeps to the effect of “I only did my job”, memory projection being his primary function and all.”
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Simon: “Okay, this basement currently is the safest place for me to be. As long as my brother is absent from the base, they won’t execute me. I’m sure Danilo won’t kill me, but even so I’d rather meet him on my own terms. Let’s get out of here, Hank and Aresix!”
Hank: “Just like this. Sure. I wonder why I haven’t thought of that before!”
Simon: “Haha! But I mean it! See, I have exactly two talents: Getting liked and running away.”
R6-TV: *Beee-eeep! Hui!*
Simon: “No, I’m not a gold digger! I’m a…” (stops abruptly)
Hank: “I’m all ears.”
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Simon: “Well, there are things our village needs that we can’t make ourselves. And we aren’t exactly the most hardworking bunch, soooo I sometimes hike to Black Spire Outpost and… get stuff. Knicknacks. And when I do that, the Force is with me. It amplifies my stealth and persuasion skills.”
Hank: “So that’s what a Light Side user is up to these days? Okay, that does it. The Jedi are dead.”
Simon: “This Force user doesn’t want to die, though. C’mon, Hank, you look as if you were already forming a plan, now that you know about my abilities! Break it to me and I’ll do my thing on your cue!”
Hank: “You’re not wrong. And admittedly I am sort of a space pirate at the moment, so I shouldn’t judge.”
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Simon: “I didn’t impersonate your commander! I look like this from birth!”
David: “From birth to death, then.”
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Simon: “I didn’t impersonate your commander!”
David: “So then you must BE our commander.”
Simon: “You want me to say “yes” so that you can justify that bogus sentence..”
David: “`t was worth a try. Now don’t give us anymore trouble if you do not want to acquire the same scar as our Lieutenant! - Troopers! Put him in a cell in the basement for now!”
Down in the holding cells… Simon finds that he isn’t alone. There is a presence in one of the cells and with his last strength the prisoner imprints the idea to put the newcomer to the already present captive in the guard’s mind. Whoever this person is, anybody who got on the wrong foot of the First Order is a potential ally for Simon, even if they turn out to be a stormtrooper in detention for shoddy bedsheets or something along those lines.
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Hank: “Oh, no… Please not another round of Dark Jedi mumbo jumbo. Cue the lightning bolts and finish it already!”
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Simon: “What? I don’t follow…?”
Hank: “You glued a prisoner tag to your face and waltz in here all downtrodden, but you’re still looking like yourself, Lieutenant.
What’s the story to be? Your men staged a mutiny and tossed you in here? Because they want to burn down all villages in the vicinity, but you said No? I’m to be all sympathetic and help you regain control so we can be the good evil oppressors from now on? Something along those lines?”
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Simon: “I DO look awfully like their Lieutenant, yes? But I assure you I’m not! And there’s no more village left to burn down, I’m afraid…”
R6-TV: *warble, warble?*
Hank: “Yeah, I noticed that, too. He does not quite sound like Danilo.”
Additionally, where Danilo was always poised to attack, this man looks poised to flee in his first impulse, even if only to find a better tactical position. Either Danilo has put a LOT of effort into this act, or Hank is dealing with a fellow prisoner indeed. And the rebel veteran has just the idea how to discern the truth.
Hank: “Sit down on the other cot, Not-Danilo, will you? Aresix… it’s movie time!”
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R6-TV instantly knows what memory to replay: The one where the dolphins had rescued him from the ocean floor and delivered to Lt. PL-600. The droid starts with himself surfacing, and then zooms in closer whenever Danilo’s face is clearly visible, fast-forwarding frames that show only dolphins.
Simon watches with wonder - and then with longing.
“This… this is my brother, right? My twin brother! And you said he was a dark side user? But how can that be? He looks so at peace, playing with the dolphins! And… by the Force, did you see those scars?! What must he have been through… “
Simon extends a hand as if to caress the image of his twin. At this point of the replay Roan comes into view.
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Simon: “Oh, look! My brother… Danilo, was it? He’s made a friend! And he looks just as gentle as Danny! Hey, do you think they may be a couple?”
Hank: “That’s my son, Co…Roan Ren. A professional killer and disciple of the Dark Side. Family, ey?”
Simon: “No, Hank, don’t dismiss them so easily! There’s still good in them! There must be! I… I just know it!”
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Simon: “Thank you, dear droid!”
R6-TV: *Beep! Beep!*
Simon: “Yes, I’m aware. But that’s no reason to be ungrateful.”
Hank: “You can understand what Aresix is saying?!”
Simon: “Can’t you?”
Hank: “Not always. The more I hear a specific sound sequence, the clearer its meaning becomes. But anything he says for the first time I have to guess.”
Simon: “Beeps to the effect of “I only did my job”, memory projection being his primary function and all.”
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Simon: “Okay, this basement currently is the safest place for me to be. As long as my brother is absent from the base, they won’t execute me. I’m sure Danilo won’t kill me, but even so I’d rather meet him on my own terms. Let’s get out of here, Hank and Aresix!”
Hank: “Just like this. Sure. I wonder why I haven’t thought of that before!”
Simon: “Haha! But I mean it! See, I have exactly two talents: Getting liked and running away.”
R6-TV: *Beee-eeep! Hui!*
Simon: “No, I’m not a gold digger! I’m a…” (stops abruptly)
Hank: “I’m all ears.”
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Simon: “Well, there are things our village needs that we can’t make ourselves. And we aren’t exactly the most hardworking bunch, soooo I sometimes hike to Black Spire Outpost and… get stuff. Knicknacks. And when I do that, the Force is with me. It amplifies my stealth and persuasion skills.”
Hank: “So that’s what a Light Side user is up to these days? Okay, that does it. The Jedi are dead.”
Simon: “This Force user doesn’t want to die, though. C’mon, Hank, you look as if you were already forming a plan, now that you know about my abilities! Break it to me and I’ll do my thing on your cue!”
Hank: “You’re not wrong. And admittedly I am sort of a space pirate at the moment, so I shouldn’t judge.”
