[video;] un: gen.skywalker

[ex_forcechoke292]

First off, whoever built these buckets of bolts in the hangar bay need to be let go. This is what happens when you let factories churn out garbage in large numbers: who's quality checking?

[He is. He's been here all of a few days, and he's already sequestered in the hangar, lamenting (loudly) over the sad state of automated affairs. This is where the video starts: he has the communicator propped up a short distance away as he's digging into the mechanics of one of the robots that had glitched out and come to a jerking halt with a wrench still clenched in its hand.

He mutters something about matrices before finally looking back up. This isn't the real point behind the message, regardless of how distracted he currently seems.]

Sad state of mechanical affairs aside, I have a question. [He sounds suddenly hesitant, as if he honestly doesn't want to ask it at all. He even rolls his shoulders back uncomfortably, before taking a long, deliberate breath.] I'm looking for a sparring partner. Swordsmanship proficiency if I can find it.

[Hoping against hope, but he doesn't sound too hopeful at all. As far as he knows, those who can really challenge him in this area are all back home, and neither side of that equation has a way to get back to the other... yet.]

Might as well make the most of being stuck out here, anyway.

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[ex_forcechoke292]

[Anakin laughs. It's a rare sound anymore, but even he can't stay stoic in the face of that much sarcasm.]

No, they're definitely not that smart. Nothing compared to you, huh?

[It's not the first time he's seen egoism in a droid. But even Artoo with filters off isn't that cutting.]

What are you programmed for, anyway? Somehow, I assume it's not diplomacy.

[k_2so]

[He laughed. Interesting. Half the time he's faced with a scowl at least. Also, was the comment of being 'smart as you' sarcasm or compliment. He's take it as both. It was easier that way.]

[His head drew back and up, as if standing taller as he spoke.]

If I were built for diplomacy we would no doubt be in the middle of a war. I am programmed for... other duties as assigned. [vague...] I am a KX-series security droid originally built for the Galactic Empire. I have been reprogrammed to serve my Captain and the Alliance however, so if you are Imperial in nature, please keep in mind I will not answer to any commands given.

[a pause] And if you are not, please do not attempt to get into my systems like you appear to have done with those before you. It does not seem... effective.

[ex_forcechoke292]

[A scowl? No way. If the Separatists had droids half as entertaining, he might have even started to feel bad about the constant dismantling. Almost.]

Promise. No system meddling unless you say so.

[He's not sure he'd come out on the right side of an attempt even if it was necessary; it's not a difficult promise to make. The rest of that, however, requires a pause.]

...I can't say I know anything about an Empire? [Or an Alliance at this rate. There's nothing even saying he should--with all of the different worlds and people dragged onto this ship--but he's curious all the same.]