Never a good time.
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  • Posted On: Jun 24 2005 6:01am
Outside the Astral Astoria...14:00 hrs.

Deak Sokar sat in the bridge of his small ship the Bounty playing his handheld personal computer. He wondered how he had lost all of his ships. At that exact moment a tractor beam had pulled him out of travel. He pushed buttons on his ship computer to find out what had pulled him out of travel. He turned his head to the side and saw a huge space station. It was larger than one of his Star Destroyers. He saw the Tractor beam coming out of one of the spots of the space station. Suddenly a voice came over the intercom.

"Welcome to the Astral Astoria. One of the fineset sations in the galaxy. We have many accomidations such as a bar, casino and other sleeping quarters. First, we need you call number." said the voice.

"My docking number is C-h946-g8" said Deak.

"Thank you,"said the voice,"You will be landing at docking station 5."

Deak still played his game while the tractor beam brought him to the station. He wondered why the station automatically pulled him in. He was going to ask the greeter about this. Finally after a while he turned off his game, he then pulled out of a small compartment his two blaster(which he holstered) and a small pack he also got a few credits from another compartment. He counted the credits...only 500. He pushed a button and the landing gear came out. He looked at the clock...15:00 hrs. He had already got an hour on his game, he was almost done with it.

Astral Astoria docking bay...16:00 hrs.

The landing gear hit the ground as the Bounty docked. Deak pushed a button and the hatch came off. He looked around and saw a man in a guard's uniform come up to the ship. He was finely dressed for a guard and suprisingly had no blaster.

"Hello and welcome to the Astral Astoria, I'm sorry but there will be a minor fee for docking and a room fee." said the man.

"How much is it." said Deak as he hopped out of the Bounty.

"He he, well that will be...What kind of room do you want?" he said changing the subject.

"Well, what kinds of room are there?"

"There's luxurious and then there's regular."

"Regular."said Deak.

"Follow me to the front desk, and there you will pay the fees."said the Man

Deak fell silent and walked along with the man. He looked around the docks. It was bustling with people of all kinds. There were mechanics and even some bounty hunters. He thought that they stood no chance against him. Finally the man stopped and turned around.

"Here we are i'll have the clerk help you."

"Thanks." said Deak.

Deak walked up to the clerk's desk.

"Hello, you owe 100 credits." said the clerk

Deak pulled the credits out of his pocket and gave it to the clerk. She typed something on the computer and printed out the records of some sort. She took a card out of a folder and placed it on the desk. She then took the print-outs and aslo put them on the desk.

"Now go and take these to your room.","Its on the 100th. level."

Deak departed and headed to the elevator wich was on the futhest corner of the docking bay. The elevator was in use so he waited for a couple of minutes.Finally the elevator opened and out stepped another human. Deak stepped into the elevator and looked at the controls. It didn't go up to the 100th. He had to find the other elevator on the 89th floor. He pushed the button for the 89th floor and it started. The engine was humming as it pulled him up to the 89th floor. He took a piece of paper out of his jacket and looked at it, it said that the staff welcomes him and they provided the map. He took the map out and studied it. It basically said all of the floors and what was on them. He found deep interest with the 300th floor because it said no name to identify it. Finally the elevator stopped at the 89th floor. He came out and dlooked around a bit, then he walked down a hall that had a sign that said elevator on it. He pushed a button on the elevator and stepped on the elevator and pushed the button for the 100th floor. A couple of minutes later he saw the door opening and stepped on the carpet of the floor. He asked the clerk where to go.

"Excuse me but where is room C-zx6?" said Deak

"It's down the hall and to the right." said the clerk.

"Thanks."said Deak.

Deak went down the hall and to the right as the clerk told him. He look and there was his room. He opened the slideing door and went inside. He put his backpack on the bed and took off his helmet. He was revied that he felt the fresh air-conditioning of the room.