"Oh? Geology, archaeology? Sounds great. That, that, um, my planet has some strange old buildings. You must come and see them if you have the chance." Harley seemed very interested.
Good thing they were just rich, uncultured oafs. Otherwise, my cover would be blown.
"I study both. I recently discovered some Massassi crystals in a ruin, and I'm collecting them now." Amir had BD-4 open the recorder to show the few men the images and also explained some of the related history.
"It's fascinating indeed. I've always been interested in history, and I've heard of the Massassi civilization. Many museums have their artifacts. It's all very amazing," Cordell said.
"We'll keep an eye out for you. You can leave your contact info. Our mine prospecting also needs the help of geologists. We could cooperate," Keeley said.
"Thank you." Amir and Milisen finished their food, said goodbye to the three who were heading to the casino to find fun, and walked back to the clinic.
Just as they reached the entrance, they saw the female guard with the full-body modifications in a standoff with a group of people.
"Get Kahraman Juarez out here immediately! Your people killed Senator Hamiti Lowe's men!" one person at the front shouted.
A group gradually surrounded the mechanical female guard at the clinic entrance. They were all equipped with heavy weapons, like private mercenaries. In the middle, they surrounded a man sitting in a hover-chair.
The clinic door opened, and an assistant in a white coat walked out.
"Doctor Kahraman is in surgery and doesn't have time to see you." The assistant was firm.
"Then tell him, if he doesn't give a reasonable explanation, we will treat this vicious incident as a provocation against the Empire!"
At this, the mechanical female guard at the center of the dispute spoke up: "You attacked me first. I was just defending myself!"
"Perhaps we can discuss this at another time." The assistant sensed this group was deliberately causing trouble, but still wanted to resolve it diplomatically.
"No need for another time," At this moment, the Senator, their boss, floated to the front from the back of the crowd on his hover-chair. "Compensate us with this murderer. Also, this medical facility is nice. I want this building."
"You can just ask for the building? I want it too!" Milisen was very surprised when she heard this.
"No one is getting it." Amir watched the group coldly. Kahraman was, after all, a collaborator with the Resistance, and was currently working hard to help him.
But why did these people dare to start trouble right in the center of someone else's territory? This made Amir feel the matter wasn't so simple. Unless this Senator was truly stupid to the extreme.
Within seconds, the area was cleared, leaving only the two opposing groups. At the same time, the Eternal Ark's security forces gathered.
On the street, special combat droids on wheels dispersed the crowd and aimed their guns at the center. The sky also filled with dense drones.
The assistant became more confident. The Eternal Ark had survived for so many years not just because of so-called friendly relations and a few empty promises. This fat piece of meat was always surrounded by jackals; without formidable strength, it would have been torn to shreds long ago.
"I believe there must be a misunderstanding. Can we talk now?" The assistant crossed his arms and asked peacefully, but now anyone could see the balance of power had shifted.
Many people were also standing around Amir, watching from a distance. From their conversations, Amir learned the identity of this Senator.
He was just a minor Senator from a Mid-Rim planet, without much influence. But he seemed to be serving some big shot, a member of a larger faction.
This time, he was likely just being used as a pawn, or perhaps acting as a fuse for the conflict.
Amir quickly sensed something was wrong. Even though he was surrounded by so many security forces, the Senator didn't show the slightest panic. Instead, he wore a smile that said everything was under control.
Suddenly, Amir felt that familiar sense of déjà vu again. He seemed to have seen this scene before.
He closed his eyes, tapping into the active precognition technique Gulina had taught him. A few blurry images flashed in Amir's mind: In a corner of the square, among the crowd, a person in a black robe held a medium-sized controller, operating it continuously while observing the scene.
Following his final keypress, all the Eternal Ark's security droids and drones turned and began to fire wildly at the central building. The attack shattered the shield, disabled the fixed turrets, and turned the assistant and the mechanical woman at the door into sieves.
Amir snapped his eyes open, breaking from the vision.
He carefully recalled the images. Force precognition didn't work all the time, and Amir didn't use it often. But when he had a strong sense of déjà vu about a scene, it was as if what was happening had been experienced before.
With this sense of déjà vu, Amir could be sure he might have already had a Force warning in his dreams or subconscious. Activating precognition at this time was likely to be effective.
Sure enough, Amir had seen a part of what might happen.
At this moment, the assistant at the door also realized the strangeness. The group in front of him showed no fear despite the powerful armed force surrounding them and was still pressuring him, demanding Kahraman come out and compensate them. He was losing patience, wanting to teach these people a lesson, to show them who was boss.
He gave a hand signal. The surrounding combat droids advanced a few meters, completely encircling the Senator's group.
"What are you going to do? Attack an Imperial Senator? That's treason. Tomorrow, this space station will cease to exist under the Empire's attack," the Senator provoked, crossing his legs casually.
At this time, some of the combat droids began to further disperse the surrounding crowd, moving onlookers like Amir, who refused to leave, far away. The Eternal Ark didn't want its esteemed guests to be harmed in the crossfire.
Amir followed the flow of the crowd, retreating backward, his eyes constantly scanning the people, searching for his target.
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