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MaxwellCharlie
"Ah yes, come with me."

She turned around, and presumably Tharix followed (as you said)
As they walked through the landing-corridor towards the stairs, Maya spoke

"so, Akio will be back soon, I'm not sure when, he said around now, but you know what those rail systems are like, took us half an hour to get here when you fainted on us!"

She couldn't help but keep watching the little mouse Droid buzz around whilst they walked
Tau's non-usage of droids clear to see, by the childish fascination in her eyes

"hah, that thing is so cute! I wish I had something like that, just look at it buzzing around you like that! You two must have known each other for a while, for it to be so happy to be around you like that!
You given it a name?"

And so, for the first time in history,
A tau called a black box on wheels "cute"

By this point, the three had reached the stairs.
(I'm not exactly certain how mouse droids handle spiral staircases, but I'm sure you could just pick him up XD)

Jenwuf
Tharix
The droid basically tumbled down the stairs and landed upside-down. When Tharix got down there, he gently flipped the droid over. "Yes, we sure have. I call him Phil. I've never truly understood why he likes me so much, but he does!" He looked down at the little droid. "They sure are much less annoying than those damn R-2 units." He spoke. "Now, let's see what's in this godforsaken bag." He rummaged through it, and eventually found a few items of interest, one being his blaster, another being a deactivated Interrogation droid, and another being... "My blueprints!" He exclaimed. The depression in his face turned to pure joy. He held up a small-medium black coloured box. "Oh thank god I still have these!"

MaxwellCharlie
"so, what are those blueprints you speak of?
Actually, tell me once we have sat down, my legs are killing me"

now in the living room, Tharix looked around
He was met with the same styling as before
A medium sized room, with a large set of bay windows on one wall
A flatscreen TV, that was rather at odds with the rest of the room
And various shelves, full of books, and other odds and ends collected over the years.
A sofa sat facing the TV, whilst two sofas sat at an angle, but still facing the TV somewhat.
A table sat by the window,
Presumably a dining table, although seemingly unused, as evidenced when they passed the HUGE dining table in the entrance area where the stairs ended.

Maya, proceeded to sit in one of the arm chairs, and sighed a huge sigh
Before remembering about her question

"right, so...
Those blueprints, what are they for exactly?
I know its not really my place to ask
But, they seem important to you.
And that's better to talk about than something boring isn't it?
And take a seat! The sofa is more comfortable than that bed I can assure you."

Jenwuf
...a few hours after they entered the beacon network the TATC convoy and reached the other side, they left ftl at the borders and sent a transmission towards a nearby Tau outpost ...
/Transmission Start/
Thank you for the cooperation, the convoy has passed Tau space without major incidents.
/Transmission End/
...the ships pass the border at sublight speed and then disappeared from the sensors a fews moments later...

Jenwuf
Tharix
He froze. 'Am I authorized to show these to a member of STE?' he wondered. 'It doesn't matter anymore, Tharix... they're gone. Tie left.' He then stated "Well, these are my life's work." "My whole life I've designed and built machines and ships, so when I was inducted into Tie, I was ecstatic." He continued. "This is one of my earlier designs." Spoke he, holding out some blueprints that showed a T.I.E. fighter of some sort. On it, it read 'Twin Ion Engine Fighter Generation II'. Its design was slightly smaller than that of the average tie, and on the paper, it stated that it's total expenses as compared to the average T.I.E. fighter is a whole 2,700 credits cheaper, even though it featured twice as many guns. "It was never built... like many of my creations..."

MaxwellCharlie
Maya looked at the blueprint for a moment
before speaking, half in awe at the design in front of her,

"well, that sure looks complicated to me!
i cannot comprehend how you would come up with something like that.
Let alone why no-one would use something as good as that too!"

Before anyone could say nor do any more, A large creak, followed by the bang of two doors closing, marked someone, presumably Akio's entrance to the house.

"Argh why every single time do they need me there"

Maya proceeded to get up and go to the living room door before speaking again

"Aki! I told you not to shout like that! Our guest could have still been asleep"

"I know! but seriously! why do they need me there to supervise a dumb meeting anyway
Hang on, let me get out of this damn cloak, bloddy thing...
wait.. he is up?

"of course he is up! why would i keep him in bed like that!"

"hmm, i suppose so.
But... he could have hurt you! you should have waited for me to get back."

"oh Aki. Im fine, just because he is a human doesn't mean he would hurt us like those back on Tau-A1 did."

"well... hang on Maya ill be back in a moment"

The last sentence was quickly followed by some quick footsteps up the stairs.
Maya however, turned back and sat back down, before speaking again.

"haha, Sorry about Akio, he is usually like that when he gets home from these meetings.
But! where were we... oh! thats right, Your blueprints... Any idea why they didnt use them?
they seem perfect to me!
Even if im not really a Tech person myself."

Jenwuf
Tharix
He paused. "Actually, I'm only about two thirds human, as my bloodline consists of over 20 different species. Not sure where I got this eye from, but it doesn't seem human to me!" Said he, pointing to his yellow eye, looking slightly less sickening than usual. "Anyways, my best guess is since I was not the lead ship designer, nor technically a ship designer at all, it wasn't taken seriously. There are a few of my creations that have been built, bot not many." He flipped pages until he got to the 'Incisor-Class Star Destroyer'. "This is one of the few that were built, as well as that shuttle I flew in on. I just wish that my projects could have been put to good use."

MaxwellCharlie
"yeah... sorry about that, Akio has had a bad history with humans...
But, that sucks that they never used many of them, seem like they would have worked well"

a moment of silence passes, before Akio Bursts into the room, making Maya jump in her chair.

"god, im sorry about that Tharix, they just haad to call me to host a meeting didnt they.
Anyway, im sorry about all that before, you just fainted! but i didnt want you to just be sat there
so i"

"Aki! im sure he realises what must have happened, but he said he wanted to speak to you.
so... Tharix? What was it you wanted to ask?"

Akio proceeded to sit down in the chair next to Maya.
He had put his usual attire away, instead wearing a shirt instead of his usual under cloak garments, but, still wears his probably quite uncomfortable combat trowsers, with some equiptment still in its attached belt.

"so... yes, what was it you wanted to speak to me about?"

Jenwuf
Tharix
"Akio, as you are an ex-member of Tie, and I'm..." he paused. "Not sure what I am anymore... I'd like to ask you... well, actually, now that I've found them, it might be easier to just show you." He hands him a few of the blueprints, and then says "I've designed all of these. What do I do. I don't want these to go to waste. I don't even know if I'm part of Tie anymore... I mean, if my own troops abandoned me..." He pauses. "D-don't get me wrong, I still feel some sort of loyalty towards Thrawn... but nobody ever really took these designs seriously, and when they did, they'd build one of them and call it done."

Suddenly, a strange noise comes out of the blue, and out of the blue, a blue Police Box. Out steps a strange man with a weird glowing screwdriver-looking device, and a blonde woman out with him.
“Doctor, where are we?” she asks.
“I’m not sure Rose, but from my readings, we are in a galaxy called the Cosmoteer Galaxy...and we just got caught up in a big war.”
“I think we should leave now, Doctor. I don’t like this place.”
“I don’t either. But, perhaps one day we could visit this place. It seems nice enough. Come on, Rose. Let’s get back to the Tardis. How’s about we meet back with our old friend Shakespeare, eh?”
“Sure. I thought up some new Sonnets he could publish. I got a really good one I created.”
“What’s it called?”
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
“Already made. Sonnet 18. Pretty famous in fact. Though, it’s a little too...meh. Alright, enough dilly-dally. Let’s go.”
The Doctor and Rose step into the TARDIS. A sound emanates from the TARDIS, and, it soon fades into thin air. Perhaps we’ll see them again in the future...

MaxwellCharlie
"huh... these are good.
well... i dont know really what to say...
my own people never did something like this to me, but...
well... as i said before, i wouldnt call people like that allies, ever!
how could they just leave you like that!"

"Aki, he doesnt share your hatred for traitors, dont force it on him"

"ah... sorry, the past stings sometimes.
But... what would you want from us? in a perfect situation? id call this a matter of fate that of all places to be stuck
its the place with my house on it, no?"

ImTired I actually really enjoyed creating that

the_guy545 You should seriously consider doing that more often.

Jenwuf
Tharix
"Nah, hes allowed to rant, I get it, and I don't mind." He looked at the blueprints again. "To be honest, I don't even know what I'm asking for. It just seems strange to not be constantly busy, or having my men yell at me, and I yell back at them... sigh Those were the days..." He paused again. "Actually... hang on..." He looked up at Akio again. "Is there any way that I might be able to..." He stopped. "I... no I can't..." He looked at the ground, then at Maya, then at Akio. "I... do you think that... your people... would accept me if I were to..." He paused again. "Join your cause? I mean, think about it. I have tons of blueprints here that Tie never used, nor are they likely to use... and I want to be able to show my skills with ship designing..."

MaxwellCharlie
"huh... well... i...
well, the others might not be that happy with a human around... but, you are not completely human, you know what, yes.... yes! this is it! this is the thing i tried to get to happen almost two months ago! get a human, or at least a non Tau to be in a position in the navy! or hell, diplomatic, ship design, anything! seriously, something like this could hopefully finally reunite Tau's with humanity again... well, although im suspicious of that idea, maybe... just maybe we can do this...

haha, anyway... that will be for the future, for now, you need to know that there are people more suspicious of humans than i, and its likeley that you wont be able to be... public so to speak, id have to start you out in some, say, shadow admiral, or shadow Ship designer, but, im sure as Tau's realise that you have helped them, you could easily sway public opinion.
So... what do you think?"

Tharix
He freezes. His eyes start welling up, but only just. "Akio, Maya, you're good people. Of course I accept." He steps forward, motioning as if he wanted to shake hands with Akio, but the mouse droid buzzes in front of him, causing him to trip, but he caught himself on a chair. This startled the droid, who slammed into the bag, causing some of it's contents to spill out. The head to an R4 unit rolls out, and the mouse droid squeaks in terror, thinking it wanted to hurt it, and buzzed away. The head, of course, was harmless, as it didn't even have a body, and couldn't even power up. "Huh." Spoke Tharix, coming up with dozens of ideas on what to do with that droid head.

MaxwellCharlie
Maya, being the person she was, immidiately got up to see if he was ok,

"oh my! are you alright, that could have been bad!
you could have fallen over again, and i really dont want you fainting on us again!"

"oh im sure he is fine! well, look, Tharix, i really have no clue where you can stay other than here though,
I think you staying in one of the apartments will just get you killed... as said, others really dont like humans.
and that would really not be good at all would it!
you could stay here if you want, this house was built to have room for many, many people
as you have likeley noticed that by now.
Ill have some more permanent residence found for you, but as said
at the moment, it is more of a shadow role you will have to play,
This really isnt the time to go announce i let a Human do ship design for us."

Jenwuf
Tharix
Totally forgetting that he almost tripped, he stared, catatonic, at the droid head. He snapped out of it half way through Akio's 'speech', however. "O-oh. You have a point there. I really don't want to be nuisance, and just... hang about. However..." He paused. "How quickly could you get..." He started, flipping through his blueprints, stopping on one of his designs, "...This, built." He held up a design for a small-medium sized ship.
"This would be a more open and hallowed out version I'd be requesting, because I'd be using it as a homestead."