A small, silver and blue BD-D unit climbs up the back of a shaggy-headded young human male, peers around his head and chitters.
“Yes, DeeDee,” the youth answers, “I’m sure I want to do it on my own. I do have some skill, y’know. Just keep a lookout like I asked you to. I got this.”
The young man known as Temana Huna continued to use his splicing kit to hack into the local ship dock’s database in search of a ride out of port. He smiled to himself as his droid continued to keep watch while quietly chittering about how she would have been done minutes ago.
“Found one!” he exclaimed. “Looks like there’s a cargo hauler delivering munitions to Coruscant leaving in about 4 hours. We just have to sneak past ImpSec, sneak into the cargo hold, and enjoy a free trip out of here.”
BD-D chittered derisively.
“Yes, it’s ‘just that easy’!” Temana replied, glaring at the droid. “Would you rather stay here? Yeah—didn’t think so. Let’s go get our stuff, and get ready.”
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Four hours later, Temana looked around a corner to the entrance of the hanger where a two-man ImpSec patrol stood guard.
“I know I can get it,” he said to his companion, “I just need some time. Can you help me out?”
The droid gave a little salute with her leg, said something that sounded awfully close to “Roger, Roger”, and ran off. A couple of minutes later, a storage crate on the opposite side of the hangar door fell to the deck with a loud clang.
“I’ll go check it out,” the closer guard told the other. He walked off and around the stacks of crates to where the sound originated. Moments later, a toolbox fell another row back.
“What tha--?” the second guard said as he went to help investigate.
“Now’s my chance!” Temana said as he ran over, quickly spliced into the door. As the door opened half a meter, a little droid ran up his leg and into his pack. As the door quietly shut behind them, Temana peered over his shoulder and said, “Great work, DeeDee. Let’s get outta here.”
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Making it past the guards was the hard part. Sneaking on a droid-crewed cargo vessel was the easy part. Temana chewed on a ration bar and sipped some water from his canteen before he settled down for a short nap before arriving at the jewel of the Core Worlds: Coruscant!