4: First Class (1)

<-[Naboo - 35 BBY - Two galactic months before the Invasion]->

Night time fell on the part of Naboo where Damian laid down-his clothes covered in a foul black liquid that came from his own body. Despite being in an unconscious state for an undetermined amount of time, he slowly began to wake up as if his body produced a huge dose of cortisol (the chemical responsible for waking up after sleeping). It was rather odd for him to wake up at night time when normal humans were supposed to be asleep at this time, but Damian didn't seem to register that due to the slowly loosening grip of fatigue on his mind. He didn't even think about checking his [Status] while in this state because a foul smell hit his nostrils immediately like a truck-making him want to vomit.

"Ugh," he groaned as he immediately went to pinch his nose closed after smelling himself-shocking his senses awake. "What the fuck is that smell?!"

{Ding! Achievement Unlocked: [First Impurity Purge]. You have been awarded +100 EXP and 1x [Force User Garment Voucher]}

{Ding! Achievement Unlocked: [Stepping into Cultivation]. You have been awarded 2x [Kyber Crystal] and +400 EXP}

{Ding! Achievement Unlocked: [First World]. You have been awarded 1x [Voidship Voucher (Manatech)], 1x [Class Unlock (Random)], a package of 10,000 Credits, and +1000 EXP}

{Experience to Level: 2000/2000}

{Ding! Congratulations! You are now Level 2! You have been awarded +6 Free Attribute Points and Health has been increased!}

{Experience to Level: 2000/5000}

Damian saw these notifications and didn't seem too impressed at first. He was more worried about how he should go about cleaning off the filth which ruined his clothes-the ones which were the same exact ones he wore during the Apocalypse. They were the only pieces of evidence he wasn't from this universe, but now that they were covered in such a foul-smelling gunk, Damian probably wanted to find someplace to burn them. Considering he realized there were flowers everywhere and there wasn't anything he had to start a fire, Damian sighed in disappointment.

"Fuck, how the hell am I supposed to get clean? I don't want to smell like this..." He grumbled as he slowly stood up-internally hoping there was something he could do...

'Wait a minute,' Damian thought to himself as if a lightbulb sparked to life above his head. 'Didn't the System say I got some kind of ship?'

He quickly pulled up the achievement notification and saw the [Voidship Voucher (Manatech)].

Damian's eyes lit up with hope as he quickly redeemed the Achievement rewards-getting a slew of notifications that said they were all dumped into his [Inventory]. He didn't waste any time and opened his [Inventory].

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[Inventory: 5/20 Slots]

- 1x [Force User Garment Voucher]

- 2x [Kyber Crystal]

- 1x [Voidship Voucher (Manatech)]

- 1x [Class Unlock (Random)]

- 1x [package of 10,000 Credits]

(A/N: Each slot in the Inventory can hold up to 99 of the same item per slot. There is also a separate "slot" for various currencies in case Damian can't find a bank.)

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Upon opening his [Inventory], Damian quickly found the voidship voucher in the third slot. Giving a mental tap to withdraw the voucher, a golden card-like object floated in front of Damian as if formed from light particles. He didn't reach out for it immediately due to his body and clothes covered in impurities, but Damian didn't have to do anything because the card began to cycle through various images for a few minutes before landing on something strange.

{Voucher redeemed. Generating structure...} his System said as the card disintegrated into particles.

First came the structural outline of the ship. It looked sleek like a stealth bomber from his homeworld, but the engineering of it seemed to belong to the New Republic era. Despite the bluish outline of a three dimensional hologram, Damian could tell this ship was both fast and big enough to carry immense loads while still retaining its speed.

Then came the System prompts again.

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{Structure outline generated. Calculating...}

{Ship type: Star Cruiser (Voidship)}

{Ship Level: 1/10}

{Ship Rating: Type-6 Omega}

{Hull Capacity: near-infinite (Voidship)}

{Ship Owner: [Damian Taylor]}

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After seeing the prompts flood his vision, Damian started to dismiss them all. They were basically telling him all about the ship specs, but he wasn't interested in them at the moment since his mind was focused on only getting a place that allowed him to clean up before starting his training.

That [Phantom Menace] quest was not going to complete itself and he only had two months before the main story began.

While the ship started to construct itself, Damian started to think about his plans for the next few months before the Trade Federation's blockade of Naboo began in earnest.

'From what I remember of the movies, the illegal blockade begins soon and I'm only level 2 judging by the System. Since I am also a cultivator, that gives me some time to try cultivating along with earning experience, but that leaves me a few problems. I know there are seven main forms of lightsaber combat from the lore, yet I do not feel any of them are perfect for me. All of the forms require a connection to the Force and some innate talent, but most likely due to my nature as a Remnant Soul, I might have to come up with a new technique.'

He wasn't wrong to think this since cultivation-by the System's standards at least-is vastly different to the saber forms found in the Galaxy. There could be hundreds or thousands of varying sword techniques which could be applicable to lightsaber combat and potentially far more dangerous than the mere seven Force forms, but he didn't have access to those quite yet.

It would be some time before Damian realized the lowest sword technique of a cultivator could only be accessed from the System Shop. By that time, he would have gotten far better techniques.

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