Retsof sat in the cantina sipping on his drink. His nozzle mouth slurped up the last few drops and he shoved the empty cup away from him across the table. He sat at his table with his trusted astromech droid, R5D5. Normally, no one was allowed to bring a droid into the bar, but Resof had rescued the barkeep on more than one occasion and so he was the only person allowed to bring a droid into the bar. It also helped that he was also the biggest creature in the entire cantina and no one wanted to mess with someone who had been known to pull off limbs when angered.
Retsof barely spoke, in fact, he only made soft twittering sounds with his tube-like mouth. No one usually tried to talk to him and he was pretty much just left alone most of the time. So today, like every other day, Retsof sat at his table, with his loyal R5 unit at his side, alone.
But today was not like any other day. Today, Retsof was going to do something he had never done before. Today, Retsof was going to steal a cargo ship, race it to the planet Kessel and crash it through the debris and onto its planets surface. After his little distraction, Retsof would crawl out and join his friends who were all imprisoned on the planet awaiting his arrival.
This plan had been in the works for a couple of years now. Retsof was working mindless jobs here or there and trying to get as much credits saved as he could so once his friends were freed, they could all escape and start a new life.
Retsof was a Talz, and for a Talz, he was immense. His entire body was covered in a thick greyish-white fur with his four black eyes resting in the middle of his face. He had fled his homeworld years ago and joined up with a couple of rogue gunrunners named, Cire and Luap. The two of them had a mishap with some Nemodian and when they were arrested, Retsof had managed to escape and avoid the battle droids.
Retsof had a gift with droids though. He could make any droid work the way he wanted them too. He had done this with the one battle droid commander who had discovered his hiding place over three years ago. Retsof had swiftly swung around and deactivated the droid, quickly reset his protocols and sent him on his way unharmed.
That was the same battle droid that escorted Cire and Luap to Kessel. The same battle droid that had sent off a silent distress beacon back to Retsof and the same battle droid that had made contact with Cire and Luap and informed them of his loyalty to them.
Retsof had stayed in communication with his friends through the Separatist droid network communications grid that he had built under the floor of his modest apartment here on Coruscant. His colleagues had informed him of their new Jedi Master friend, the ship he was building, and their goal to escape. The plan was going very smoothly until they realized that the entire planet was surrounded by ship debris and no one could escape through it and go into hyperdrive without destroying themselves. That was when Retsof knew he needed to clear a path for his friends and the only way to do that was to hijack a large cruiser and force its way through the junk orbiting Kessel. With a path cleared, Cire, Luap and their other new friends could make the jump to hyperspace and escape for good.
Retsof ordered another drink as he purred quietly himself. Soon, he would be reunited with his friends, soon, he would get himself a ship and get them off of Kessel and set them all free. Soon.
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