…and we all tried not to laugh
Yarr, ya goggle eyed grunions, it be Talk Like A Pirate Day and Ol’ Cap’n Doc is settin’ sail for fun and mayhem! It also be the beginnin’ of a new week fer the Doclopedia, so ya can take a gander below, iffin’ ye can read, that is. Now bring on the fair Spanish ladies and the rum!
The Doclopedia #372
Great Junkyards: Kipopickick’s Salvage Moon
The Epsilon sector of our galaxy is where you’ll find the Makakotovik system and orbiting the planet Vatudipak is Kipopickick’s Salvage Moon, the greatest junkyard in that half of the galaxy.
What makes the salvage moon so great is that besides being big (just smaller that Mars), it’s old…way old. Sentient races have been selling and discarding their unwanted items here for 22,000 years. Hell, no less than four civilizations have risen and fallen on Vatudipak in that time. But on the salvage moon (proper name: Niktikak), it has been business as usual all that time.
Operated for the last 4,500 years by the Sisters of the Grand Collection (a spiderlike, yet mammalian, race), the junkyard is conveniently divided into 30,000 sections. Unfortunately, these divisions are by size, color or age, not anything more useful like alphabetical or type of junk or even price. Add to that the fact that in most areas, the junks is piled at least 90 feet tall and you can see that it might take awhile to find what you’re looking for…unless you hire a yard rat.
Yard rats are beings of several races who were brought there millenia ago as slaves and have since made the moon their home. They are by far your best chance at finding what you need and they charge very reasonable rates. They also run small inns, which are a good place to stay if you don’t feel like shuttling or beaming back to your ship.
Prices for various items can range from nearly free to several hundred million credits. Often, prices are determined less by the actual worth of an item and more by factors that only the Sisters know. You might buy a Class 6 Drinibian Pop Drive for 2,000 credits today, then buy another one next week for 70,000. Nobody can really figure out the Sisters pricing schedule, but if a yard rat tells you to wait a day or two, it’s a good idea to listen.
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