Sprocket A Star Wars Story

Chapter 4: Dynamic Control

After the group found out the news about their matchmaking and the new gamemode, Sprocket was not particularly pleased to learn he was paired against Skora, especially after she had made everyone dinner last night and told them what she had been through. The matchmakers always seemed to separate the healers.

Sprocket heard Charr grumble something indignantly, perhaps about how he'd rather not have a child on his team. Sprocket sighed, realizing not much had changed. Beside him, Rieve giggled, and he figured it was because she had been skeptical of having him on her team as well.

Sprocket was excited to be on the same team with some of the most skilled Hunters ever. His new team consisted of the talented Ugnaught mechanic Dizzy, the infamous Trandoshan hunter Charr, and the legendary bounty hunter, Imara Vex.

The other team was composed of Skora, Sentinel, K-A0S, and Utooni. Sprocket recalled that Skora and Sentinel complimented each other pretty well, and that was somewhat worrisome for him. He also knew that Grozz and K-A0S had quite the history, given that a long time ago, Grozz had taken the droid's arms and used them to make his weapons. K-A0S's fighting style was pretty unpredictable, Sprocket remembered, recalling how she often blocked her own sight with her large shield.

He remembered Skora telling him how she once witnessed a huge fight between Grozz and K-A0S. Grozz had told her that she could simply get arm replacements since she's a droid—K-A0S clearly took offense to that—and punched the Wookie in the face. She also asked him how he would feel if she took his fur off and then told him he could grow it back. He sighed, figuring the feud would prove to be problematic on the battlefield.

Sprocket then decided to ask Charr, Imara Vex, and Dizzy if they wanted to stay at his place. Charr chose to ignore him and instead started marching out of the room. Imara and Dizzy didn't seem to care, and they agreed to see what his place looked like.

However, Dizzy wanted to show off his Droideka since he noticed that Sprocket had his command chair as a ride. "You have a nice ride, kid! Come with me, I got something to show you!" he exclaimed.

Sprocket curiously followed Dizzy, with Imara trailing closely behind. Meanwhile, J-3DI and Rieve began to practice training with their lightsabers, as Sprocket had agreed to let J-3DI do so beforehand.

He followed the Ugnaught to a garage that was a short walk away from the apartments.

Dizzy opened the garage and presented his tools and designs for the Droideka.

Sprocket excitedly ran over to take a look at his inventions. "You have the coolest stuff in the galaxy!"

The Ugnaught giggled and then tilted his head curiously at Sprocket. "Tell me, kid, how do you make your chair float?" he questioned.

Sprocket knew the answer to that question all too well. "The same way I made my floating bots—but I make my own parts," he told him.

Click! Bang! Bong!

An unsettling noise began to arise from Dizzy's Droideka.

"Not again," Dizzy said, seeming to be somewhat frustrated. "I've been dealing with this problem since I found this thing!" He looked over the Droideka motor as smoke began to spew out.

The curious Mon Calamari examined the motor. "Let me fix the problem for you!" Sprocket beamed. He gave a quick grin as he pulled a mini-tool from his floating chair and attempted the Ugnaught's iconic phrase, "I have spoken."

Dizzy looked like he wanted to burst out laughing, although Sprocket recalled that he wasn't anything like the other Ugnaughts.

Sprocket tinkered with the Droideka for a few moments longer, until he finally fixed the problem. "Done! Now you don't have to worry about it anymore," he promised.

Dizzy looked at the motor and started up the engine. "Ah yes, I don't have to worry about the noise anymore. Thank you, kiddo!"

Sprocket noticed that Imara Vex seemed to enjoy watching him get along with Dizzy, and he wondered if maybe the bounty hunter wasn't so bad after all.

"Would you like to ride my Droideka? Seems like you really want to try it out," Dizzy said with a knowing glance at Sprocket.