Posted by Civilian Rafael Torres (Resident) in The Quill & Parchment- Second Chances

Posted by Civilian Karilan Massat (Owner, Quill and Parchment Books) in The Quill & Parchment- Second Chances

Posted by Civilian Rafael Torres (Resident) in The Quill & Parchment- Second Chances
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Massat took the device and held it in his off hand. He put it against the metal hull and started to move it along; but with his other hand he adjusted the frequency modulator up and down. “Keep it between 10 and 18, and it will strip everything and not start vibrating your hand and bouncing off and skipping. Try it.” and he handed the device back.

Karilan

As he would tell anyone, he was not book smart, but Raf could follow something when he saw it demonstrated. He nodded and took the stripper back, moving to another section that needed cleaning. He began the next pass, toggling it just as Karilan had shown him and deeply focused on making sure he was getting each bit off. Raf turned the tool off and ran his hand over the bare metal that was now clean. He actually smiled. Not a big one or anything, but it was about the biggest reaction he’d show thus far. “Nice! That’ll save a lot of time, even if it’s a bit fiddly. There should be a setting on this thing that does the oscillation for you. Allow you to be more precise.”

~Raf Torres

Karilan nodded as he watched Torres work. “Its a good thought. Had the same one myself. Problem lies in the varying types of paints. For standard hull coating, 10 to 18 works. For mount casings and things like that, the range is a lot finer and varies based on who manufactured the paint. And don’t get me started on some of the non-conductive inner coatings. When we get to that part, we’re spraying chemical stripper. Its a lot messier, but we’ll save loads of time cleaning up versus trying to scrape that stuff off.”

Massat

Raf nodded slowly as he took another pass at the next section. It didn’t take him long to get the rhythm of the oscillation. “So how did you come across this ship, anyway?” he asked as he worked. He really knew very little about the shop owner and he kind did want to know who he was working for.

~Rafael Torres

Karilan began to climb back up, talking as he did so. “I was on a far outer colonial world. Little place, nothing much there. Called Vedert II. There was a old Terran monetary there. Had an immense library. I was there to collect some tomes and such.” He started stripping paint, but then continued. “Anyway, apparently the monks there had provided safe haven to a few Maquis during and after the war. This-” and he banged the stripper on the ship, “- was just outside their grounds. The crew had managed to get there just before they ran out of fuel, and did a controlled reentry and psuedo-crashed right there. You almost couldn’t see it, it was so overgrown.” Karialn laughed and said “I bought it and had it brought to Oed. It sat on the orbital platform for a long time before I could get it here. Pretty sure if Star Fleet hadn’t been kicked out of customs enforcement it would still be there. The CCDA didn’t have the same ‘historical’ issues that Star Fleet did.”

Karilan