New Vertica

=Veroni Nova=
As Ben and the two ladies entered into the droid shop, Veroni answered Smitty.
"He's a Rodian. They're a race of beings from the planet Rodia in the Outer Rim, though they've made themselves at home at many planets throughout the galaxy such as Tatooine and Coruscant. As for death sticks, they're an illegal drug of hallucinogens that are popular with slythmongers to sell to people in the galaxy. Not the strongest hallucinogen drugs in the galaxy, but usage of them take away bits of a person's lifespan with each use. Taking away days, months, or even years from your life. Despite this, they're incredibly addictive and hard to get off of."

=Sharron Octavia=
Sometime after Veroni answered Ben and all three were in the store, all of them stood inside as they heard Smitty ask what droids they were looking for. Looking at Ben, Sharron whispered.
Ask him if he is selling any Uulshos justice droids, LE-series droids, and duelist elite droids."
She said in a low voice and waited to see how the Klatooinian would react to Smitty asking what droids he had. The Klatooinian folding his big arms as he tapped his foot while waiting for the man in the group to speak up to him.

=Klatooinian droid seller=
Putting his hand to his chin, stroking it, the droid seller answered.
"Think I might have some used LE and duelist elite droids at the back in storage. Don't recall having any Uulshos here..."

=Sharron Octavia=
Putting her hands onto her hips, Sharron questioned.
"Could you check to go see if the droids are there still?"

=Klatooinian droid seller=
"Sure. Just wait here a moment. And don't steal anything while I'm gone. My security won't like it."
The Klatooinian said, then walked away from the counter and headed to the back of his storage behind himself. All the while two IG-86 sentinel droids stepped forward a little from the corners of the store. The droids carrying blaster rifles and watched the three sentients to see if they'd attempt at anything suspicious. Given that all sorts of crime happened on the Smuggler's Moon, including theft, it wasn't that much a surprise.

=Veroni Nova=
"Don't be alarmed, Smitty. These droids are only acting as security. Just stay put and wait for the Klatooinian to return."
The lethan twi'lek told Ben as she looked at one of the IG-86's. These droids seemed to be very deadly. Best not to alert them or do anything to make them believe the group was hostile.

=Veroni Nova=
Raising an eyebrow, the twi'lek answered.
"You've never seen a blaster rifle in your life? That's what they are. Rifles that shoot lasers rapidly. It's possible to block the lasers with a lightsaber, but difficult."

=Sharron Octavia=
"Yes, and given how closed-in this place is, it's not ideal for using a lightsaber for too long for that. Those sentinel-droids have the advantage here."
The togruta told Smitty, but thankfully, it didn't take too long for the droid seller to return. Some maintenance droids assisting the Klatooinian in dragging two large crates into the room could be seen as the seller would speak to the group.

=Klatooinian droid seller=
"Found them. I got myself one used LE-series droid and one used Duelist elite droid. They haven't had any mind-wipes though, so if you want them to not have any memories of their previous services to their former owners, that would be an extra cost."
Taking a crowbar after the two crates were placed nearby the group, the droid seller would use it to one both of the crates one by one. Opening their wooden fronts and showing the stored droids.
"See. The both of them are in good shape too. Not much of any scratches and dust hasn't collected too much on them."
Putting away the crowbar, the seller spoke to Smitty.
"So you interested? You want to talk price?"
The Klatooinian asked. If Ben wished, he could ask if the two droids could be activated to see if they worked properly just to make sure they weren't being ripped off. After all, the droid seller didn't take returns or give refunds.

=Klatooinian droid seller=
"Fantastic!"
He said happily and went back over to the counter. Placing his hand onto his chin, he thought of the price. Being quite greedy, the droid seller had a number come up into his head.
"That will be exactly two hundred ten thousand wupiupi."

=Sharron Octavia=
Her eyes opening in surprise of such a large number, the togruta responded.
"Two hundred ten thousand! That's way too much money!"

=Veroni Nova=
"Yeah. No way those two droids would be worth that much!"

=Klatooinian droid seller=
Pointing the index finger of his right hand at the twi'lek, the Klatooinian spoke in a critical tone of voice.
"Hey! A duelist elite droid is two hundred seventy five thousand brand new. I'm asking for well below what it be at half price if it were as new off the assembly line. That and those LE-droids aren't exactly cheap either new or used."

=Veroni Nova=
"Probably. But I can tell from looking at those droids they're at least over twenty years old. Don't try to scam us."
She said as she placed her hands upon her hips.

=Sharron Octavia=
"If anything, they're worth together sixty five thousand credits."

=Klatooinian droid seller=
"For one, no way they're that cheap. And second, I only accept wupiupi here. I want something a bit more real than republic credits, even if they come in credcoins."
He said, counting down his two points with his fingers as he made them, then stared at the group of three as he continued to explain what he said.

=Sharron Octavia=
"That's a load of bantha bullshavit."

=Klatooinian droid seller=
"Watch your mouth! If you don't like it, you can go to another droid shop. Here however you can get those droids for cheap!"

=Veroni Nova=
"Well at least except our credits and let us talk price."

=Klatooinian droid seller=
Thinking on the request that Veroni made to him, the Klatooinian softly huffed to himself as he was indeed in need of some serious cash soon. Not only did he have to have enough money to run his store and put food on his table, the store was occasionally being visited by gangsters forcing him to pay protection money. Protection he never asked for. They forced their protection onto him so he'd have no choice to pay them or they'd mess up his business.

Looking at the group of three again, he noticed on the girl's persons they had lightsaber hilts at their waists. Thinking they could get him out of a tight spot, the droid seller talked to the twi'lek girl, the togruta lady, and the human guy again as he made proposition.
"I see you two have lightsabers. I take it you three must be Jedi. If so, we might be able to work something out. I will except your credits, and give the droids to you for a lower price, if you help me with some jerks on my butt. Some real jerks. Hassling me and other businesses out here for money or they smash up things. We have a deal?"
He asked as he looked at the three Forcefuls. Even though they weren't Jedi, they could easily tell him they were something similar to them and could perhaps indeed do the request. After all, they didn't have that kind of cash.

=Veroni Nova=
Hearing Smitty, the two girls looked at one another. Making lopsided frowns, as they really didn't want to, but it seemed they really didn't have much choice. Sensing the togruta felt the same, Veroni looked to the Klatooinian.
"Fine. We have a deal. Just be sure to keep your word."

=Klatooinian droid seller=
"Excellent! The hoodlums hang out at an abandoned building a couple of blocks away up north. They got a few battle droids with them, so be cautious. Just look for an old blue building saying, "Labor Alliance" and give them what's coming to them."

=Sharron Octavia=
"Crystal clear. Let's go guys."
Sharron said and gestured for her two friends to follow her out of the shop.

With the twi'lek beside her and Smitty hopefully there too, as they walked north in the city streets, the togruta spoke to them both.
"Ok. Let's go to this building and find these people. Let's however only give them a good beating. No killing."

=Veroni Nova=
"Wasn't thinking of killing them. Just hope a giving them some bruises, a few broken bones, and a strong warning to leave alone the businesses here will get them to leave the area."
Veroni said, and the two ladies looked to Ben to hear what he'd say.

=Sharron Octavia=
"Well he did say something about battle droids. You might have to deal with them while Veroni and I take care of the thugs. Either that, or you can beat them up with your fists while us girls use our lightsabers against the metal guys."

=Veroni Nova=
"Though I'll say, let's try to get a good look at the droids first before we do any great harm to them. If they're possible for us to disable and take for ourselves, that will save our wallets a bit perhaps."
Veroni said as they walked north past one block and neared the building. In a short distance away from the group, they could see the blue building that looked to have gone decrepit. Seemed to be falling apart, but none the less usable to whoever was inhabiting it.
"Ready guys?"

=Sharron Octavia=
"Don't know if that's a great idea. If anything, the right kind of attacks with your swords might be able to deactivate them. But I digress, let's head inside."

Walking their way into an large opening of the building, the three sentients would investigate it's interior to begin their search for the thugs harassing the nearby shop owners. The many rooms within being dark, cold, dirty, dust ridden, and the sounds of dripping waterdrops from cracked plumbling at the walls echoed throughout.

About three to six minutes of checking each one of the rooms as they walked in the building's hallways, they three Forceful's would find their way to a hallway with a doorway emanating light that looked to be coming from a fire.

=Veroni Nova=
Seeing the light coming from the open door in the hallway, the twi'lek looked to the other two and spoke.
"This must be it. Watch each others backs."

Making their way further to the open door, the three would then suddenly charge into the room. Finding within a large room with a couple of oil drums that had their insides lit with flame. Allowing some degree of heat into the place given how cold the rest of the buildings rooms were. At first, it looked like nobody was there. The room looked empty. However, emerging from one of the corners of the large room, three individuals walked toward the group of Forcefuls. One of them being a male Anzat with white skin and black hair, another a Feeorin female with green skin, and the last one a large Houk male with dark blue skin. The Houk giving a hearty laugh, he spoke out toward the group who just entered their base.

=Houk thug leader=
"My, my, my...look what we have here. You three lost? You need directions? We'd be glad to help for a price..."
The Houk said with a devious smile on his face as the Anzat popped the knuckles of each of his fists. The Feeorin girl giggling as she eyed Smitty, thinking he'd be fun one to play with.

=Sharron Octavia & Veroni Nova=
Keeping the hilts of their lightsabers still at their hips, both of the girls looked to Ben to see what he'd say in response to the large Houk before themselves.

=Houk thug leader=
Making another hearty laugh, the Houk drew out a large vibrosword from his back along with a shield made of rare ultrachrome. He had apparently gotten it off the blackmarket and he enjoyed the protection it gave his large body from blaster bolts. At the same time, the Anzat man took out a DN bolt caster gun, and the Feeorin lady showed a shock whip in her right hand. Meanwhile, from another dark corner in the room, two Uulshos justice droids appeared with mounted blasters on the wrists of their right hands. Staring at Smitty, the Houk answered Ben.
"Do you prefer to not your faces ruined? Because if you die here, there's no guarantee your bodies will leave here in a good enough state for an open coffin funeral at home..."

=Sharron Octavia=
Taking her lightsaber hilt from her waist and igniting it's silvery-blue blade, the togruta prepared herself for battle as she looked to the others.
"I got the Anzat and the Feeorin."

=Veroni Nova=
Like Sharron, the twi'lek reached out for her lightsaber and turned on it's silvery-blue blade.
"I think I can handle the big Houk idiot. Or I can fight the droids. Which you want to fight, Smitty?"
Veroni asked Ben to see if he'd rather beat the shavit out of the thug leader, or if he wanted a crack at the droids sent into the fight. The battle droids were the same kind of droids they were looking for. If they were lucky and they didn't damage them too much, chances were they could reprogram the droids to serve Ben sometime after the fight.

=Uulshos justice droid 1=
Moving toward the Forceful, the first justice droid began things by shooting it's mounted arm blaster at Smitty's head. Being at a good distance, the shot could easily be deflected by the man with his lightsaber. Regardless of what would happen, the droid would continue marching forward to keep attacking at the meatbag in it's field of vision.

=Uulshos justice droid 2=
While the first droid shot at Smitty's head, the other justice droid ran around to get into position to their opponent's left. Once there, the droid would begin shooting at Smitty's legs. Attempting to shoot one of them to cause the man to fall over and become easy pickings for them to kill off.

=Veroni Nova and the Houk thug leader=
Meanwhile, keeping her focus solely on the large sentient man in front of herself, the twi'lek rushed at the Houk and slashed her lightsaber at the thug leader. The Houk saw this and raised his shield to meet the blade, causing the plasma on the blade to uniformly conduct across it's solid mass, failing to cut into it. Seeing this occur, the twi'lek dodged as the Houk swatted at the lethan beauty with the large shield, then he rushed at her slashing the large vibrosword at her pretty little head. Ducking her head, the vibrosword passed by harmlessly and she started to circle around her opponent. Trying to keep herself moving so as to keep the Houk guessing her actions.

=Sharron Octavia, the Anzat male thug, and the Feeorin lady thug=
At the same time, the togruta woman while holding her ignited lightsaber dodged the electric shots from the stun blaster held by the Anzat. Two shots missing her body as she moved gracefully to avoid them, then noticed the Feeorin snap her shock whip at her. The long strand of electrical cord coming at her, then Sharron side-stepped to her left to dodge the attack. Fighting two opponents at the same time, the togruta knew she was at an disadvantage, though she tried to position herself so her opponent's attacks might accidentally hit one of the other opponents. If the Anzat hit the Feeorin or the other way around, it could cause the both of them to loose concentration. Would even be better if she could position somehow for the stun shots from the Anzat to hit the droids that Smitty was fighting. If they hit the droids, they'd short them out and allow them to be taken by the group without much damage.