The Obsidian Shield's Greeting

[WD-334]

[member="Queen Antalas"]

The Obsidian Shield, as it now called itself, had organized a meeting with someone that [member="HK-36"] had spoken of, a queen. Of what, that had gone over the war droid's head. What the droid did know was that they were a fellow droid, and WD-334 wanted to meet them. So it sent out a meeting request to them above Nubia, aboard the war droid's Victory II Class. They were a droid, and WD had no need for life support aboard the Victory class, so it thought it would be the opportune place for a meeting between two droids.

Aboard the bridge, the droid waited. It spoke to none of the droid crew aboard the bridge, as it was not one that was fond of the idea of 'small talk', only for occasional requests to the crew for updates. It had no idea what kind of ship Antalas would be arriving by. "Any news of any ships entering the system?" It asked to one of the droid crew. "Negative." The droid turned away from the crew member and back out to through the window of space. "Once Queen Antalas arrives, direct her to the hangar. Have a guard escort waiting." The crew member gave an affirmative, then went back to waiting patiently for the scanner to pick up something.

 

[Queen Antalas]

[member="WD-334"]
The queen flew into the system with a ship that may be recognised as the creation of HK. It
was typically a military one, but she was using it temporarily as transport. It would now be seen
by the Victory II. The queen would contact the ship.
​"This is Queen Antalas, metal lord, and senator of Nubia."
​She didn't give the "high" bit. When addressing the ship of another metal lord, it felt rude, since
she most likely had less influence than him. Technically, she wasn't a queen of anything but her
droids, and those were still blueprints.

The queen prepared some guards to enter the ship with her. A number of common droids and an
organic. Cheap, temporary work.
temporary hire

 

[WD-334]

The Victory's scanners spotted the ship arriving in the system, and the crew member alerted WD-334 to the presence of [member="Queen Antalas"]'s ship. The war droid simply turned around and made it's way out of the bridge, going down to the hangar that had been designated to Antalas to arrive into.

The war droid stood at attention, it's personal guard waiting at it's flanks. Once Antalas were to arrive, the war droid would salute with it's spare arm, ended in a clamp usually used to hold it's shield. It's other arm was still the shoulder mounted gun, it never felt that it would ever be necessary to disarm the weapon from itself. "Antalas, I am WD-334, the Obsidian Shield of the Metal Lords. Thank you for accepting my request to join me." The droid then stood there, it had not really thought of where on the ship they could have this meeting. All it knew was that it wanted this meeting with Antalas, to find out more about this new member to the Metal Lords.

 

[Queen Antalas]

[member="WD-334"]

​​"Ah, greetings. It is good to converse with another metal lord in person."

​Although the queen was given an invitation she was hoping to speak with another metal lord. She
needed allies.

​"I must ask, what was your aim in brining me here?"

 

[WD-334]

WD-334 questioned this itself. Besides just to meet with [member="Queen Antalas"], it could not think of any other reason to bring the fellow Metal Lord. "This unit...cannot think of any reason besides meeting you, Queen Antalas." It paused for a moment, before throwing out another question out there. "What got you to join the Metal Lords?" the droid asked. When the war droid was approached, it had joined out of need. It wondered why Antalas had joined them, was it a similar reason, perhaps?

 

[Queen Antalas]

[member="WD-334"]
​"My factory was built within metal lord territory, and I am gaining power. It seemed the natural course of action to fully ally myself and become a metal lord - or lady - myself. Although I question the idea that you had no reason in calling me here, I suppose this will allow me to make my own proposition".

​The queen checked some notes on her datapad, then displayed the information to another droid.

​"I am here to propose an alliance. The metal lords, as I'm sure you know, are not wholly united, but rather unique entities under the same banner, so to speak. We are allies, but in the vague sense. In short, there will end up being political conflict between us, or there is at least a high chance of it. If you allied with me, and by extension Nubia, I would be able to back you up if another lord singled you out. I would, however, require the same assurances back. Another clause of this agreement that I believe we should create is the agreement that, if either of us are attacked by a force... say pirates, then we are bound to protect each other. "

​Looking at the datapad you would see that the queen has another clause to propose, but she is clearly saving it. She makes a hand gesture to signify that WD should speak.

 

[WD-334]

WD-334 leaned in to see the information upon the datapad presented to the war droid by [member="Queen Antalas"], it attempted to make as much sense of it as it could. "Factory?" the droid asked. "What kind of production does this factory produce? Ships, weapons, or perhaps something else?"

The droid listened to her proposal, it had never thought of that. That perhaps one of the other Metal Lords could possibly single another out, turn on one another. And what was to stop Antalas from doing this? The war droid thought on this, perhaps they would not do that to each other if they were allies. "This...alliance. What will that look like to the other Metal Lords? This unit can agree to defense of each other. It is what I do, protect other Metal Lords." At least, that was it's current belief as the Obsidian Shield. "The rest, this unit is unsure of...this unit does now know much in the ways of political agreements and diplomacy."