[Zanebry Varliss]

This was annoying, all this being escorted around business. Still Z had managed to convince a cute young corporal to take him to where Specialist Rav was.

Casually flirting along the way, the man in the hat slid the card containing the corporals contact information into his pocket as they arrived. Leaning in to whisper something in the girls ear, the soldier turned a bright shade of pink before moments later scurrying away.

"Morning Rav." Z greeted the wolfman with a smile as he got closer. "I brought those mod parts we talked about, if you're ready to see what you can do?"

[Rav Devaroo]

A junior tech walked past Z in a state of shock. Pausing to look at the man in the hat he sputtered: "Good job? He. I didn't think he knew the words..." Shaking his head the young human walked off.

"Yo, morning Z. Ah, nice to see ya." As the hat got closer Rav leaned in closer, the scent of well-oiled machinery coming off him. Quietly he added: "I'm trying a new thing. Interp... Interper... Not being a total dick."

He walked over to his favourite of the workbenches and gestured for Z to lay the weapon down.

[Zanebry Varliss]

"If you walk into something in your state of shock, he'll likely just tell at you again." Z mused at the departing man, before his eyes towards Rav.

"You're interpersonal relationships?" Z asked as he looked the Shistavanen over, his eye row raised. "That's likely a good thing Rav, you do know people are going bang to start smiling at you, and coming to bother you for no reason now. Don't you?" Z's tone was perhaps a bit teasing, but there was a smile on his lips.

Z followed along, setting one of his two blasters on the table. "I was hoping you could tweak the actuating module." He said, laying various parts down beside it.

((+1 dog mod, hard difficulty, z can assist if needed.))

[Rav Devaroo]

Rav nodded but then looked surprised. "What? Seriously? Huh, maybe I should think about this a bit more."

He shook his head. Humans.

"Okay, let's turn this toy into a hand cannon. That's what you want, right?" He did a jackal's impression of a smirk and tapped the bench. "Should be straightforward enough." Knuckles were cracked and a set of tools and a weapon tuning kit came out.

(OOC: Sure, wouldn't hurt.)

[Zanebry Varliss]

"You seem new at these sort of things, so I thought you should know." Z said seriously, sure this revelation might not work out well for the various republic mechanics, but it was a bit funnier this way.

"More or less." Z replied as he took off his jacket and began to rolls up his sleeves, revealing the scarred forearms beneath. "I'd say a bit more power never hurt anyone, but it's in fact quite the opposite."

[Rav Devaroo]

His raspy laugh reached the nearby junior mechanics, who looked at each other and got busier. "Well I appreciate the advice." He didn't comment on the scars, having plenty of his own.

A clawed finger tapped part of the exterior plating, opening up a small hatch. "Alright. Won't hurt ya to see how your kit works, right? Just do what I tell ya an' this'll work out just fine." A couple of tools were removed and handed to the man in the hat.

"Lyseil and me found a datapad on our way out yesterday. Had a bunch of stuff on House Varad's accounts and logistics. Might come in handy."

[Zanebry Varliss]

"Happy to help." Z offered with a light laugh of his own, but seeming to mind the distress of the nearby mechanics.

"You're in charge, I'm just here to make sure you have four hands, just in case you them." The tools were accepted, and placed at the ready, you never knew when they might be needed.

"You know, that might be quite handy indeed. I found a old worker bot I believe belonged to house Varad, at the site of that ambush they caught us in two days ago. Has all kinds of location data in its head." His lips spread into a mischievous smile. "Could be we could put the two of them together, maybe find out a it about how their supplies are moving "

[Rav Devaroo]

"Hey, I like that idea. I like it a lot. Anything we can use to get ahead of 'em." He started to get down to business with the weapon.

Day 6. LM. Modding Z's blaster. Hard difficulty. Gearhead. Weapon kit (Blasters). Hanger boost. Z assist.: 1eA+3eP+4eB+3eD 1 success, 2 threat


"Man, this one doesn't like being tuned up. Still, we got the job done." The blaster power was dialed up now so it would hit harder than before.

[Zanebry Varliss]

"We'll have to compare some notes then. I'm sure the resistance could use more supplies after all, and the Varad definitely need less of them." Z followed Rav's lead helping in what ways he could.

"She can be a bit stubborn. She's nice to have in a pinch though, and the Mandolorian Armor is thick." Zane replied as they finished up. She was slowly but surely turning into quite the terror.

[Rav Devaroo]

"Yeah, maybe I can leave 'em a few active Detonite charges. That'd slow 'em down. But yeah, we should plan a meet with the right people and work out how to take 'em down."

He picked up the weapon and sighted down the barrel. "What else you planning to do to this one? I can probably tune it up a bit more, but you'll want to go test it first no doubt?"

[Zanebry Varliss]

With a slide of his hand a small stack of credits appeared on the work wench, the agreed upon price for the work. "I'll send out some messages, hopefully we can find a time later today." Zane replied as he picked up the blaster and began to look it over.

"Oh, I'd like to see if I could add to it's penetrating power, but before that I'd like my other piece to get similar treatment as this ." His lips curled into a wry smile. "I've still got a lot of work left between the two of them."

"You are right though, I do need to do a test firing."

[Rav Devaroo]

He put the credits in one of his many pockets. "Thank you kindly. That's going in the 'Rav needs new armour' fund. Yeah, maybe later tonight then Z (LE)? I got something I gotta do before then."

His eyes took in the way Zanebry handled the weapon. "Thinking about getting one of those myself, as a backup. There's a range on the base if you wanna try it out, and I'm happy to take a look at the other one too. After I've finished everything the Chief needs fixing of course."

[Zanebry Varliss]

"I should be free? As long as there aren't any lovely ladies in need of a distraction that is." The forces had, had a rough couple days after all.

"They aren't bad, easy to work on and customizable. Makes them easy to maintain for a man like me." He casually looked the blaster over, they had been through quite alot together. "Reliable too. I'd suggest them to just about anyone."

He turned his eyes towards Rav. "Any particular armor you're looking for?"

[Rav Devaroo]

The jackal's muzzle sniffed at Zanebry. "Oh yeah, you got the moves huh? Heh. Well it's probably good for morale or somethin'."

He chuckled and took a closer look at the pistol again, nodding in approval.

"There's somethin' to be said for reliability. Especially in a warzone. As for armour, well..." He gestured to his Utility Suit. "That freakin' assassin droid destroyed all my old tools, and they were specially fitted to this thing. So it's kinda bulky for not much use now. Thinking I might be able to build my own suit of battle armour if I can pull the money or parts together. Otherwise I'll try to requisition a suit I guess."

[Zanebry Varliss]

Whiskey, cigarette, cologne, perhaps even a bit of perfume, were evident to Rav's sensitive nostrils. "That's what I'm told." He replied with a casual shrug. "I should probably do what I can to keep out distractions though."

"That's not a bad idea, especially with all your tools gone. Truth be told I've been considering something to if things get a bit nastier too." He lifted his hat from his head, and ran a hand through his hair. "If you need help hunting for scrap, feel free to let me know. I might be able to help you find something."

[Rav Devaroo]

His ears perked up at that as he thought about the possibilities of salvaging some useful parts. His tail twitched from side to side.

"Sure. Why not? Let's take a look around later today if you've got time? Doubt there'll be much to be salvaged out in the freakin' great forest were off to next." He nodded firmly. "You got your heart set on anything in particular yourself? I'm guessin' you still want to keep it light?"

[Zanebry Varliss]

"Well, this planet has been settled for years, I'm sure there will be plenty of salvage, even in a boring old forest." He still wasn't sure why they were going there... it seemed really pointless.

"I'm open to options. Light is better, but if I'm going to be wearing something with more protection it would be nice if it could take a variety of modifications."