Originally posted by Trickster
"Ah," Tanic says, "And somehow I doubt you'd let me in if I was to say I would not buy anything. Well certainly, if I am to put your mind at rest, I will be buying spare parts and the like, though I do not have an inventory on me at this time. For security, of course, I can do little to reassure you, except that if the pirates raid us again, then they are still out of the Republic, and so not your concern."
"If the pirates use them to attack Republican shipping it becomes very much our concern."
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Xavier-
"In that case, I think it is sensible to confine you to the starport."