h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

well hopefully tell me so we can go investigate....

and hopefully it wont be our perusers....

d'think we could make the chancellor believe we're innocent traiders being hunted by evil jedi... or would that get us put on the short walk to execution....?

*laughs wryly*

I wouldn't risk it. Apparently when innocent traders get into trouble it's usually 'out of their jurisdiction.'

*Pauses*

What's wrong with the truth, anyway? We haven't done anything wrong.
Surely the Chancellor wants to get.. whatever's going on here..straightened out just as much as we do?

the chancellor has a strong dislike of jedi of any sort
If we walked up and said hello by the by we're jedi mind helping us out old matie
I think we'd find ourselves on a prison ship in deep space...

// Well i think the chancellor wont help us. Who would help traders if they won't help people like us? //

/\/the difference is traders aren't jedi
the chancellor is a little... er.... xenophobic /\/

Oh so you're saying we need to pose as someone more neutral...?

we would yes...
but perhaps only as a last resort...

so what are we waiting for?

well hopefully.... we don't need to weight much longer

*a ship is visible as a very small object moving across the viewing screen*

I think they've decided to come and see why we're in there space.... for so long

whats going on? my computer systems dont recognise the ship and are telling me to power up shields and tail out of here

that ships getting awfully close, what do i do? if i don't leave really soon, and they begin the attack, then i'm screwed!!

stay behind me,
they wont attack unless provoked,
this is open space we have as much right to be here as they do

\/\ Scrambler to unknown vessel, respond unknown vessel Identify yourself, we mean you no hostilities, I repeat identify yourself! \/\

*the ship comes closer and is now within range of even its short distance weaponry*

*Shalla watches quietly biting her lip and not quite sure what to do?*

Er... should we contact them... or something?

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er....
well I'm still hoping they might....
and just in case might i suggest we braise for impact

*flies techno union just out of ramming range and attempts to contact the unidentified craft*

\/\ Techno Union to unidentified craft, please stop your craft and identify yourself. Repeat, stop your craft and identify yourself \/\

*runs short range scanner over unidentified craft for life signs*

Scrambler, this is techno union... there appears to be only one faint life signature in the craft, what do we do?

Techno union prepair to board unknown vessel

Roger
*Techno Union slowly approaches the unidentified craft*

I copy Techno Union

*the scrambler moves to the other side of the ship and copy's techno union*