"No, I was thinking the Jedi could make use of it somehow.  There's always something worth doing with Sith spacecraft."

'Like what'

"If nothing else, plausible deniability.  The absolute tangle of internecine infighting means that if a Sith ship raids a Sith's stuff then it's probably a Sith that did the raiding, and not a false flag operation.  Which means that false flag operations can, well.  Flag.  Without getting called on it."

'I'll think about it.'

"Mhm.  It's yours by right of conquest, you can command its ultimate disposition even if I think it's better elsewhere."

"Mmhmm."

'There's most likely going to be droids aboard that I'm going to want to keep shut down for a while. You could talk me around on that but I expect it to be best for all concerned. And I won't be surprised if there are biological slaves aboard - probably not many but I won't know until I get the roster.'

"Good thing I keep lots of food supply on hand."

'Yes. I don't know what condition they'll be in, you should be prepared for that. It might be best for you to bring them their meals and things, but we can assess that when we know more - depends on what kinds of droids he had and how they feel about them, they might be scared of Daisy's line.'

"Yeah.  I can do that."

'Good. I assume you have some idea of what to do with them past that, I haven't had the opportunity to do this before.'

"Yeah, I know some people."  Diana sighs.  "It always sucks."

'I bet.'

'The other thing I'm going to be looking for is salvage, to sell - if we take Pritruth we'll be fine for funds indefinitely... or close, anyway, your lifestyle looks a little more expensive than mine... but I'd still rather not waste it and it'll be good to have a fund to dip into for that.'

"Lot of my stuff's salvage or just durable investments, really."

'Yeah, I'm not saying it's a bad investment, but I do know what phrik and cortosis cost. We should legitimately be fine even with that, we'll just have a budget instead of not needing to worry at all.'

"Yeah, I suppose.  Still, I do recycle."  She lets out a strangled giggle.  "Although...probably this is more talking than we really should be doing, compared to actually getting ready."

'Yeah, we should get breakfast.' Kiss, and then food.

Daisy comes in with a report while they're eating: R4 expects to be at the ship in two hours, and have the records Pradnakt wants in about forty-five minutes. Also, she discussed names with the new battle droid and he's settled on Nine as a temporary one.

"That's very good, thank you."

    "You're welcome, ma'am."

    "Lord Pradnakt would like to know if you have any plans for the remaining time."

"I'll do some setup for the potential rescues, I think."

    "Yes ma'am. She'll be in the cargo bay."

Hey, Nine, she signs. Did Daisy tell you about our mission for today?

    "Yes ma'am."

Good. You'll be with me for it, if you don't mind. I don't expect any danger but I do want someone there who can call for backup if I go unresponsive - the Jedi will be on the ship too but we'll be splitting up. Does that sound all right?

    "Yes ma'am."

Is there anything you'd like to have for the mission, or add as part of the plan, or have us avoid, or anything like that? Take your time to think about it. We will give you comms.

    "I'd like to see the blueprints of the ship before I go, ma'am."

Sure, that's no problem. We'll have them within the hour, you can come with me when the astromech comms me about it. Is there anything else you want for the mission?

    "No ma'am."

Okay. If you think of anything you should tell me when we're making our plans, which will be after we get the blueprints.

    "Yes ma'am."

Is there anything else you wanted to talk to me about?

    "No ma'am."

All right. You're doing well at thinking about what you want.

     "Thank you, ma'am."

And Pradnakt goes to calm her nerves with some katas.

Eventually, R4 has the manifest, blueprints, and etcetera for review.

Diana stops doing her warm-up exercises, and heads to the bridge; it has a big holotank precisely for this purpose.

Pradnakt comes in too, trailed by Daisy and Nine.

The ship, the Dawn's Eclipse, is roughly three times the size of the Subtle Knife, with most of the difference being the machine - more an engine of Sith thaumaturgy than of mundane mechanics - and its supporting areas: there's a handful of cells for prisoners, an expanded medbay with a small surgical suite and crematorium, two generously-sized workshops with their own shared storage area, and a dedicated meditation room. The rest of the ship is designed to house fewer inhabitants than the Subtle Knife in more luxurious conditions, with four suites, each containing a bedroom, private lounge, workout room, and small meditation chamber; the kitchen is incorporated into the droids' workspace between engineering and the hydroponics rather than being incorporated into the residential section, and the closest thing to a shared social space is the larger gym adjacent to it. As for inhabitants, two of the cells are occupied, and in addition to the expected array of support droids there are half a dozen medical droids staffing the prisoners' section.

Pradnakt takes to the holotank's controls to mark the prisoners' quarters, shared gym, and most of the behind-the-scenes areas of the ship in blue, the residential section and workshops in red, and the medbay, machine-related meditation room, and the machine itself in grey before looking through the droid roster in more detail and adding markers for points of interest related to it.    

"...Ah.  Prisoners."  Diana's façade is strong, but she nonetheless winces.