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On Galactic Standard Calendar Year 4, October 28, after planning and settling the follow-up affairs on Bespin, Max led the Bespin civil-military delegation aboard the multipurpose support ship Cloud City. Under escort from the Navy's Shrieking Hawk Independent Starfighter Squadron, they set off for Coruscant together with the returning Aayla Secura and Orn Free Taa.
Aayla Secura and Orn Free Taa did not take Brightpoint Tenβthe Consular-class Republic yacht they had arrived inβback for the return trip. Instead, they boarded Cloud City alongside Max and his party.
Cloud City was an MPO-1400 "Purrgil"-class luxury starliner. Tea bar, wine bar, karaoke lounge, pools, all kinds of clubs, sports center, gym, library, holotheaterβanything you could want, it had. Compared to that, the Consular-class yacht's diplomatic reception compartment suddenly felt cramped and stifling.
The moment Max extended the invitation, Senator Taa nodded again and again, cheerfully stepped onto Cloud City's boarding ramp, and kept waving as he walkedβgesturing for Aayla Secura to come aboard too.
A Jedi Knight was not a Hkig ascetic, after all. Aayla Secura could endure hard days, and she could enjoy good ones as well. Not wanting to snub her compatriot's enthusiastic invitation, the Jedi flower smiled and boarded Cloud City.
After wandering around and touring the ship, Orn Free Taa sidled up to Max, leaned in close, and whispered into his ear: "Lord Vizsla⦠does this ship have any Twi'lek girls?"
"Uhβ¦" Max blinked. "It shouldβ¦ have one, I think?"
"Heh-heh-heh, only one? Then how could I possibly be shameless enough to compete with youβ" Halfway through, the Senator's lewd chuckle cut off like someone hit a switch. He stared at Max in shock. "One? You mean that one?! You're not joking, are you? Thatβhow is that even possible?!"
"Hey." Max planted his right hand on Orn Free Taa's right shoulder, made a little pumping fist with his left, and raised his brows. "A man can't say he can't. The harder the challenge, the sweeter the payoff. If you don't even try, how do you know you can't pull it off?"
"Thisβ¦ sheβ¦ meβ¦ can Iβcan I really?" Orn Free Taa looked torn, doubtful and tempted at the same time.
"Of course you can! Go onβI believe in you!"
"Really?"
"Absolutely. And ifβjust if, alright?βyou don't see 'phase-one progress' right awayβ¦ when we reach Corellia, I'll take you for a walk through the black market." Max fluttered his lashes. "That kind of black market. You know the kind."
"Heh-heh-hehβgot it, got it." Orn Free Taa's face lit up, his lekku trembling with excitement. "Then I'llβ¦ give it a shot?"
"Go get 'em. I'm rooting for you."
After sending the lust-addled Senator off to find trouble, Max didn't have the mood to sit around and enjoy the showβbecause for Max, that same "lust on the brain" problem was about to become a serious one.
Among the traditionalist Mandalorians, everyone was a soldier. Among the Rishii, the physiological differences between males and females were small. At this stageβwhether it was the Bespin Mandalorian Armed Forces or the newly formed Rishii armyβthe gender ratio was close to 1:1, extremely balanced. "Needs" weren't a problem at all; on leave, soldiers could handle it themselves.
But once large-scale expansion began in the future, a male-heavy imbalance was basically inevitable. The issue of soldiers' "needs" would become a serious problem.
"Commander Williamsβthis is Max Vizsla. Come to Conference Room 3 below the bridge. Yes. Now."
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"Recruit more female workers for Sky City, so we can create conditions for military marriages? Noβthat won't work." Billy Williams waved his hands repeatedly.
"Why not?"
"Becauseβwho would get tricked intoβ¦ sorry, recruited into the army if they weren't desperate backwater poor souls?" Williams said it bluntly. "The issue is: the army can take desperate recruits. Sky City can't use 'local backwater women' for anything. Tibanna extraction and refining needs skilled workers with vocational training."
"Is it really that strict?" Max sounded unconvinced.
"This is a modern industrial plant, not some primitive cottage workshop. If they don't have vocational training, they at least need basic education. Those illiterate Rishii of yours? No chance."
"Don't worry about the Rishii." Max emphasized each word. "But the 'recruit more women' partβyou have to put real effort into making that happen. If we can't properly solve military marriage arrangements and soldiers' 'needs,' those young men who start thinking with their hormones will cause public-security problems in Cloud City and Sky City sooner or later."
"Lord Vizslaβforcing me won't help!" Billy Williams stood up, anxious.
"I can recruit more women for the Sky City project, sure, but it still won't satisfy the military marriage demand you're talking about. Even if I staffed the entire Sky City project with human women or Ugnaught women, what are the odds the male Rishii in your army would be interested? Cross-species love and marriage are still rare."
"And let me be clear," Williams added, "I'm not recruiting female Rishiiβthose local women. The factory simply can't use illiterates. In my view, you can only rely on strict discipline."
"Strict discipline is strict discipline. Solving the problem is solving the problem. Those are two different things." Max waved a hand irritably.
"Oh, right." Billy Williams's eyes lit upβhe'd suddenly thought of something. "Lord Vizsla, I've got a compromise solution. I don't know if you'll like it."
"Let's hear it, Commander Williams."
Billy Williams jerked his chin toward the rear of the bridge and said:
"We can go to Ryloth and recruit more Twi'lek women. Ryloth is backward, sure, but at least it has universal basic education. With some pre-job training, the Twi'lek women we recruit can fill part of the workforce needs."
"Twi'lek women are universally lovedβevery species likes them. Later, no matter what back-of-beyond corner you recruit bird-men or beast-men from, I think they'll like Twi'lek women too."
Well damn. That actually made sense.
Even if the time-traveler himself didn't know whether he could handle Twi'lek women⦠in this Star Wars galaxy, from Jawas all the way to Jabba the Hutt, it seemed like every sentient species agreed Twi'lek women were beautiful.
"Good idea, Commander Williams." Max gave a thumbs-up. "When the time comes, you can recruit yourself a few Twi'lek secretariesβexpense it to me personally."
"Thank you." Billy Williams's eyes practically sparkled. "Then I'll go draft the recruitment plan right now?"
"Much appreciated. Thank you for the hard work!"
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"Lord VizslaβLord Vizsla!" Orn Free Taa came running over, voice trembling like he was about to cry.
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PS: Besides being greedy, Orn Free Taa is also lecherousβhe especially likes beautiful Twi'lek girls. In Star Wars film/TV appearances, the two Twi'lek girls most often seen at his side are Pampy ("Little Blue") and Supi ("Little Green"); they began serving him starting in 22 BBY.10
PPS: The "creator god" of the Star Wars universeβGeorge Lucasβreally likes Twi'leks.
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