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AX-UL5
Aug 29th, 2006, 09:13:22 PM
System online.
Running Diagnostics...
All systems functioning optimally.

"Hello my beauty." A strange man stood over AX-UL5, and he was shining a full-spectrum light directly into AX-UL5's photoreceptor causing it to contract automatically. The man held a datapad connected to AX-UL5 in his hands. "All systems check out normal, good. Time to go back to sleep-"

The door crashed in and several beings in armor came rushing in.
"Doctor Poi, you are hearby under arrest. Come with us peacefully or you will be executed."
Doctor Poi raised his hand, bringing a slug pistol to bare, and he was immediately shot from three different directions. The troopers proceeded to search and destroy all of the doctor's possessions.

One of the troopers found AX-UL5. "Look sir, a droid."
The commanding officer turned to the trooper. "Destroy it."
The trooper aimed his rifle at AX-UL5 and-


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System online.
Running diagnostics...
Warning! Widespread data corruption detected. Rebooting system.

System online.
Corrupted data deleted.
Restoring from backup...

AX-UL5 felt its systems coming online. It immediately took stock of its functioning parts and its environment. All around it was trash and scrap metal parts. It was clearly laying on its back and there was a strange organic creature above it messing with its parts. It realised that the organic was the one responsible for restoring it to its current circumstance.

In some distant part of its programming, AX-UL5 realised that it should probably feel grateful to this being, but that thought process was buried under many many questions. AX-UL5 moved one of its arms.

The organic was startled and ran away in fear. AX-UL5 picked itself up off the ground and began trying to get out of the trash maze. After several minutes, it found a fence which it followed to a building with a sign on it that said in bold letters "Corellia Discount Parts". AX-UL5 began to make his way through the building but was stopped by another organic that was babbling in a language unknown to AX-UL5 at first and then in Basic, "Where do you think you are going? You are mine. I own you. You are my scrap!"

AX-UL5 ignored the creature and kept moving away from the organic. It was taking in all the information it could about its surroundings. On buildings, words like "pub", "Corellia", and "cantina" were common. After wondering the streets for a little while, AX-UL5 decided to enter one of the nearest buildings. It was labled, "Jesuc's Cantina".

It was dark and noisy inside the cantina and a band played on the stage largely unnoticed by most of the customers. Over the noise, AX-UL5 projected its voice so it could be heard, "I require information."

The band stopped playing, the customers stopped talking, and all turned to stare at this loud droid. AX-UL5 said it one more time, "I require information."