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[ Han is still staring at the ‘screen’ of the locket like this is the most ridiculous piece of tech he has seen in his entire life. Still, his voice is confident, and beyond the general expression of disgusted disbelief, there are hints of worry in the way his lips thin. ]

So, apparently, there are no space-ready or functional craft, and even if there were, there is no telling where in the Galaxy we even are. [ Assuming, of course, they would be in the galaxy that Han knows. Which he is beginning to suspect is not the case. ]

So here’s a better question… What’s the best craft available for transport, and what… business is there, to be doing.

[ Chewie’s not here, the kid’s not here, Leia’s not here, his blaster doesn’t work. Hell, he’d even take old Kenobi or even Greedo over most of this crowd. Better the devil he knows.

And, all right, he kinda breaks at this and has to ask. ]

Also, honestly, how do so many of you folks not know that light has a speed, and space travel is not difficult. Really.

[ ~~And all this magic bs can't be real.~~ Hell, these people are worse than Kenobi's Force mumbo jumbo ]

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[ The man's tone leaves J'sairr a little wary, but ultimately his curiosity gets the better of him. ]

Khajiit knows of no better transport than his own two feet. Even the swiftest of horses has a mind of its own and a temper beyond our control.

Tch, light does not travel! How can it have a speed?

Fairy rings and by horse for those who are bound to the ground, as far as I know. It seems to serve others quite well.

OI! I've got a functional craft, mate! She's so functional! Very functional! Covers all sorts of space!

[Frowning:] I do not understand. Light has a speed?

You'd be surprised how many different worlds or universe or whatever there are out there. A lot of people don't even get basic technology. [Shrug.]

Are you talking like…a rocket? Because I'm pretty sure you're out of luck.

[ There is a second where Han is excited because this guy totally is a Cathar and gets him, right?

Except not. damn. ]

How fast are those feet of yours, then.

[ like, not the most speedy or helpful transportation of illicit property, he's guessing. ]

And uh, what type of terrain.

[ Yes, Han is being a sass-hole ]

[Ignore all of those primitives, Han, here was someone that actually knew what you were talking about. Share in his pain, suffer with him.]

Interstellar travel is a foreign concept to the vast majority of the people you will meet here. Even basic flight is uncommon, and sailors insist that the world is flat.

Not everybody here is from the same place or time. So there are plenty who don't know about space travel. We've only been to the moon where I'm from.

[ And she'll even be more helpful. ]

There are horses and fairy rings to travel over land, and ships for sea travel. I would guess ships would work best for a transport business, but there'd be a lot of over land travel involved too. A lot of the cities here are inland.

[ Luckily, sass in something J'sairr deals in daily. Or would, at least, if the Nords weren't given to such humorless banter. ]

Fast enough to suit my needs, and far less given to producing filth or spooking away when danger is near.

[ That second one may not be entirely true. But there's no need to bring that up now. ]

We can hardly make it to the moon. You can't exactly say it's easy, can you?

Light does travel. Which is, of course, how it has a speed. Technically, that speed is dependant on what it's travelling through, but we tend to use 'speed of light' as 'speed of light in a vacuum'. Which is 2.998 times 10 to the eighth power meters per second.

How do you not know this. Did you attend school?

[ 'Fairy rings' sounds like 'spiced-people bullshit' to Han, and also not much of a vessel to use for transporting things. ]

...That's bad news. Seriously, no good transport at all? What about vehicles or speeders or swoops. Nothing?

Excuse me?

[Pissy Dwarf is pissy]

Did it ever occur to you that what you believe to be true may not be true elsewhere? Where I am from, light does not travel.

[ You sound like you are trying to sell Han something.

Are you trying to sell Han something? ]

Is that so. What are her specs?

[ At least you know that ships are ladies. Come on, don't disappoint. ]

Most things that travel do, hon.

[ Drawling it out, half-irritated and half-amused. Still, at least this one is pretty. ]

You are not all that familiar with the properties of light, I take it?

So basically almost everyone here is a rube in the worst way. [ Nice, Han is not ]

Rockets are missiles, kid. You shoot them at things, not ride in them. [ But if everyone else here is a rube, at least you are showing some smart initiative. He'll take it. ]

Besides, I'm looking more for local transport. Cloud cars, hell-anything with speed and cargo capabilities.

[ give Han a moment to process ]

[ and another]

[ and just one more.... ]

You're kidding, right?

[ No interstellar travel, no flight. ]

How even—.

Flat?!

[ Oh gosh this is what smuggler hell must look like. ]

I've kinda gathered. [ SO MANY RUBES. IT'S LIKE TATOOINE BOONIES ON GLITTERSTIM AND STEROIDS ] Doesn't make it any less terrible. This stuff has been around for almost a hundred millenia.

[ seriously, come on, guys. ]

Which moon.

[ There are a million moons in the galaxy. Does yours have a name or a planet attached to it? ]

So basically, nothing really efficient. We are looking at eopie-drawn carts level of unsofistication.

I could fly to a moon from its base planet with my eyes shut. And my hands tied. That isn't even a day-trip, that's like an hour-long detour. Max.

[ Seriously, what kind of crazy backwards places are you all from? ]

I'm going to take that to mean very slowly

[ YUP. Not even gonna be nice. Hiking is a pain in the butt, and Han much prefers the stars to the ground, thanks. ]

And a little emissions aren't gonna hurt anyone if they're dumped off in near-vacuum. You only need to worry about smoke when you are in a heavy city-area, and a good filtration system can help manage that.

Light travels. Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't. Does light reflect off of smooth surfaces? Does it change its path when it shines through crystal and glass? Does it cause sparkles and shimmers on liquids and metals? Then it's travelling.

[ pissy spacer is totally just as pissy. ]

Just because they don't teach you that sort of thing at whatever poor lump of rock you live on doesn't make it any less fact.

It is also fact that faeries do not exist, yet here we are. Your "facts" are not my "facts".

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