such_a_bad_man
You know... That guy.
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Captain Dash Claynor III
The older lizard sensing the situation rubs his jaw again and nods and says, "you will be underway right after you collect dinner sir."
He seems to be willing to take a chance at earning a feature customer so he goes into the large containers he has near the back of the skid. He begins filling a food storage container with a large cylinder of the pleasant smelling soup with noddles. Next to it he places several small loves of bread, several small portions of cooked veggies, a large amount of rice and many pieces of a fowl that is popular on the station and is similar to chicken. He seals the container and looks up at the robot and thinks better of walking up the rear walkway and sets it down.
He's about to collect his fee from you but shakes his finger and goes back and get's a four pack of rootbeer in a wood container and sets it down. "So you're not thirsty, " he then puts his hand out to collect his fee which it turns out is very reasonable for so much food.
As he walks back to the skid his son looks over. "You contact us for food and security. I have more brothers, and the food only get's better."
They leave the docking area finally, but you see them heading over to the next one already. The dock master soon contacts you and says you can be underway at any time and intel updates don't report anything new on your route or destination.
Dash stood there, watching this guy getting his dinner put together. He hadn't expected so much food for one dinner, but clearly this guy was trying to earn his future business in a big way. When he added the root beer, Dash smiled. It had been a while since he'd had any sodas like that since he was back in the core systems. The aliens out here didn't usually care for that sort of thing, finding it unnecessary for fulfilling needs. The Syreen were a different story; being lizards they valued aromatics so they had developed a tasty root beer that wasn't unlike what humans made. Seeing those telltale bottles, Dash smiled and nodded.
"Alright, you crafty trader. That will do." Dash reached for his inner jacket pocket and found some smaller denomination trade bars and placed them in the old lizard's hand. Walking back inside, Dash found a cart to wheel all this unexpected food inside. By the time he got back, the duo had already moved on to the next docked ship. Dash smiled at his entrepreneurial spirit and headed back inside to unload it all in his galley. "Come on, Clank, we're shoving off soon." Dash called over his shoulder to the droid that had come out with him during this negotiation. He doubted the metallic protector would get the reference, but that didn't matter.
Finally getting back to the pilot's seat, Dash reaffirmed his departure clearance and undocked from his bay. His ship slip through the aperture to the exterior and soon he was at cruising speed to the outer marker for the station. Once clear, Dash's heart began to pound as his ship warmed up to make its first jump. He loved this part of the trip and his eyes widened as everything slowed down and the view out his viewport got slightly distended like someone had pulled on the balloon that surrounded the ship. And just as suddenly someone released the tension and his ship was racing past stars as he went FTL. With a sigh, he sat back and listened to his ship in flight. There was something so soothing about it that it nearly put him to sleep.