Shop talk (Jaden and Bay)

[Bay]

Bay threw his head back and laughed.

"Buhahah, of course I meant an uninhabited planet!" he said chuckling and wiping a tear from his eye, "Oh man, your face was priceless."

He giggled a bit more before he continued, "The idea is nothing new and it's been done a few times as far as I know. Basically, you land on a mineral rich planet, one without life in it naturally, place a few droids to get to work harvesting the minerals, and then use those minerals to build more droids to help. After you have enough of them, you order them to stop making new droids and you just show up and collect the resources they've harvested. If you want, you don't even have to tell them stop building new droids. With the exponential growth, it's totally feasible for them to mine an entire planet for you."

He took a moment and looked up while he thought for a second.

"Ideally you want the planet near a star using the sunlight as a source of energy for your droids. You'd want at least two repair droids to start with. Those two would process the raw materials and build new droids. You'd also want at least one Miner droid and one more intelligent droid for the role of supervisor. You'd also want to set up an initial clean space for the repair droids to work in."

Bay sighed and smiled, "It's a bit of a hefty up-front cost to get started, and you won't see the returns on it for a while. You'd also have to make sure the planet is unclaimed and that you've set up proper security to protect your droids and minerals. But man, give it a few months and you can build your own armada if you want."

[Jaden_Starchaser]

Jaden took in all of what Bay was saying and as he spoke a smile made its way onto his face that grew with each sentence, his mind alight with possibilities as to how beneficial such an operation would be. "You know what Bay? I think you may be onto something here. In fact you may have just given me an solution for something my brother has said in passing once." He extended his hand to Bay. "I have a feeling that between us we're gonna come up with somethings the galaxy hasn't seen before."

[Jonash Solo]

"Like I haven't heard that before. What are you 2 knuckleheads day dreaming about?"

[Jaden_Starchaser]

Jaden heard Cox come into the cockpit so he want surprised when he spoke up. "Well first we were talking about making a droid for the party and now Bay here has just given me a solution to a problem I've been jumbling in my head for almost a year."

[Bay]

"Chief Cox!" Bay stood up and clumsily saluted, "Umm, sorry I don't know what the proper etiquette is for addressing you. Or if I should salute at all."

Bay chuckled nervously.

"Umm well, yeah, Jaden has asked me about building him a battle droid using a B1's brain. It shouldn't be a problem, but we were wondering what kind of resources and man power we could request for such a project."

Bay shifted uncomfortably for a bit.

"We were also talking about a self-replicating mining operation, but I wasn't quite ready to approach you with that idea just yet. I don't have a full cost and risk analysis drawn up."

[Jonash Solo]

"Bay, you're the chief robotics officer. You tell me what resources, how many manhours, and the timeline and I'll worry about the details. For bigger projects, we'll need a presentation and a detailed plan that we can put in front of the purse-strings."

"As for addressing me, just call me Cox. And learn how to salute properly! A sloppy salute is worse than no salute at all."

"Why don't the two of you head to #2 Cargo Hold and start working on these plans?"

[Jaden_Starchaser]

Jaden nodded. "Excellent point. Plus I've been meaning to approach you about another project that's been buggin me for a while. Something I think the three of us could come up with a lot more efficiently than me by myself."

[Jonash Solo]

"We're all here, so let's here this idea! I appreciate your proactiveness. It's a pleasant surprise to have techs who have skills and good ideas."

[Jonash Solo]

Cox pulls out his data pad and drafts a message to Duncan.

"Here are the projects we are going to start working on. Please let me know if any require special approval.

Qty Name Credits Hours ETD Notes
<1 row for each design>

- Chief Engineer Cox"

Cox saves this message without sending it intending to add to it as Jaden and Bay share their ideas.

[Bay]

Bay nods and excuses himself as he starts making his way to Cargo Hold #2. He pulls out his own datapad and starts jotting down notes.

"Well, let's assume that we want this droid built in two weeks. I'm going to assume we have a few engineers that are at least ranked level 10 in droid crafting."

He sticks out his tongue and thinks for a minute.

"I would need at least four engineers to help if we want this done in that time-frame."

He doodles some more on the datapad.

"Cost for parts would probably be around 6,000 credits."

He hands his datapad to Jaden so he can look at it.

"Here's the specs I'm thinking."


**OOC**
Walking battle droid
Scoundrel 6/ Soldier 2
Init +3
Defense 18
Spd 8
VP/WP 50/15
Attack
+9/+4 melee (1d3+3, hands)
+9/+4 melee (2d4 + 3, vibroblade)
+10/+5 ranged (3d8, light repeating blaster)
Fort +7, Ref +8, Will +3
Face/Reach 2m/2m
Str 16, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 9
Skills:
Listen 5; Speak Basic; Spot 6
Feats: Ambidexterity, Armor Proficiency (light), Point Blank Shot, Two-weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus (Light Repeating Blaster), Weapon Group Proficiencies (Blaster Rifles, Simple Weapons)