The Musical Jedi posted:

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Hey, any instrument that has the same fingering for four consecutive notes is a damn fine instrument. No one's got lips like horn players.

<< used to play horn

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backdeskproductions posted:

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I used to play French Horn too! But I'm primarily a trumpeter.

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The Musical Jedi posted:

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I told him that the horns got to play counter-melody because the trumpets couldn't handle it. Ah, section rivalry, especially amongst the leaders.

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DarthIshtar posted:

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I like the idea of him being in the medical profession. Not only is this man a petty sort of criminal, but he is supposed to be in the healing arts in the first place and I'm sure that it makes him even more despicable. And he thinks of him as basically holier-than-thou towards other criminals because when he's not being a criminal, he is a life-saver. Someone who makes a real difference. It could also explain part of why his subordinates detest him--he has a massive double standard.

So, here's what I propose. It would require some rewriting of the final part of Sithor's part, but I've got ideas on how it can be worked out. And be warned, it's a bit Biblical. Well, not so much, but if you've read your King David story a few times, you'll understand what I mean.

The blackmail material has to do with something in the early days of the Empire. Namely, in the transition between Republic and Empire, a lot of people disappeared. Jedi, Senators, opponents of Palpatine's regime from before and after the founding of the New Order. Occasionally, those who were sent to eliminate those 'threats' were killed as well, but they were considered to be heroes of the cause of justice and tragic casualties of war.

In the midst of this, a Captain to whom Bel Maden is loyal decides that he wants to take care of the unstable situation. It would be all too easy to arrange for his commanding officer to disappear as so many others have. They can pin it on his Republican sympathies or being killed in the line of duty, but whatever the circumstances, the man decided to make a grab for power by disposing of the man whose job he wanted. He could not outright off the man in the traditional way because it would raise too many questions. Instead, he arranges for them both to be assigned to a mission. In the "line of duty," the CO is wounded and brought to Bel Maden's medcenter. Bel Maden has agreed to falsify the records to show that his minor wounds were actually fatal and basically gives him a lethal overdose of a medicine that is not usually used for purposes of euthanasia.

Now, there are two directions I could take this from here: 1) The Captain got caught and executed and Bel Maden was never implicated or 2) both of them are still alive and could have their careers ruined by the information that they assassinated the Captain's CO. Either way, the droid could be there on behalf of the man who was given that information, but was sent to this colony prison before he could expose the crime.

If this is the path that we would like to follow, here is what I would like to see for the ending: The droid manages to get back to Naboo with the contraband medicine (Bel Maden gave it to him knowing that he would be destroyed before he could make use of it, thanks to Bounty Hunter from part 4) only to find his master dead. By way of retribution, the helpful guy who got him back to Naboo sends a transmission of the blackmail material to the right people on Imperial center.

What think ye?

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