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O B J E C T I V E: The Junkyard Salvage
Personal Objective: Collect Scraps for Machinery
Location: Hedgar's Scrapyard, Tatooine
Tags: Open
If one were to ask how good the scrapping industry was doing these days. Some would tell you that it was doing better than most with all the conflicts within the galaxy happening at this time. From battles between force orders to the brotherhood of the maw ransacking and looting planets in their crusades of extinction. If there was one place that you wanted to find the greatest amount of scrap anywhere in the galaxy, you could look on the junkyard planets of Lothor Minor or Raxus Prime. However those planets were fickle and danger hid around every corner. The Planet of Tatooine was no less dangerous than those mentioned planets but it provided an atmosphere of calm despite the criminal syndicates and the tusken raider attacks.
The Hive of Scum and Villainy offered something that no one else could and that would be good scrap, from armor parts to extoic weaponry sold by jawas. All of that treasured loot would be within Hedgar's Scrapyard, a large compound of scrap and junk piled high that it could be seen from miles around. Although you'd think that the tuskens or jawas would have invaded by now, to take all the loot and then sell it back to the farmers and settlers within the various settlements.
However, Edward Hedgar was no pushover having left the New Imperial Order to establish himself as a legitimate businessman and leave the fighting far behind him. Although since this was tatooine after all, the "legitimize" claim might be just good for a laugh. As even Hedgar sold scrap to the criminal underworld in order to pay the bills. Hiring muscle wasn't that difficult due to the amount of criminals, so they had various cargo skiffs and thugs to protect his assets. Although he had managed to have some form of trouble with the Hutt Clans after he sold them a piece of worthless junk that he talked up. A Small bounty soon followed afterwards of $5,000 credits. Enough for anyone to get by on but not a large amount to entice any of the bigger game bounty hunters.
All the exotic goods sold at Hedgar's Scrapyard would eventually draw the attention of the Skraal Engineer, Ikit Doomspire. Traveling their wasn't difficult but crossing the shifting dune seas to reach the place would be the most dangerous of all. Tusken Raider Attacks and avoiding the numerous sandcrawlers of the jawa tribes that lived nearby. Edward Hedgar knew that jawas liked to handle scrap and could be good underworld tech engineers, so he hired an entire tribe of them to run the scrapyard for him and handle haggling the prices from unexpecting customers as they were naturals at it.
Within a short time of their arrival, they had already managed to assemble small worker droids out of scrap parts to help them in their work and serve as the maintenance crew for the scrapyard so that the hired thugs focused on protecting the scrapyard from harm. In total there was about 50 men armed with a various assortment of weaponry and armor, ranging from none at all to heavily armored mercenaries. Ikit Doomspire made his way there on the back of a bantha although he technically did have a speeder at one point in the journey over here but that broke down due to sabotage and he had to persuade some tuskens to let him ride one using his not so friendly arm cannon. Slowly making his way to the entrance into the scrapyard itself to speak with the Foreman.
The Guardsman at the gate would unlock the fortified entryway, allowing the Skraal Engineer inside for the first time. He handed the bantha off to one of the thugs who promptly looked at him like he was crazy. However the subtle gesture of his cannon arm attachment in the general direction of them would be more than enough to make them part ways. "Mountains of scrap, yes, yes. Exotic goods are hard to find." Ikit spoke to himself as his helmet's voice cobulator translated his broken standard basic into understandable basic. Trade languages were also programmed into the armored helmet, so that would allow him to haggle a good price from the owner himself. He knew better than to trust jawas in his condition, due to wearing customized power armor made within the forges of Skraalzzar.
Ikit surveyed the wider landscape, as he made his way through. Looking at various parts that the scrapyard collected from the Old Republic Era right up to the current timeline. He specifically looked interested in the acquirement of a harrower turbolaser battery unit. Those would do well in protecting the Seven Clandoms of Skraalzzar from the Dwarrow Menace. Although he was also on the lookout for burned out ion cannon parts and ion fuel cells from the various starship parts. He took note of the symbol of the Ancient Galactic Republic on a rusted blast-door that was half cracked and wouldn't function as he surveyed the giant scrapyard some more. Either waiting for the Foreman to come to him, or for other unexpected guest to arrive.
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