Pro Bowl X: A Royale with Cheese

Residential District
Elizabeth II
Cor'neria System

Vigo Zakirov had been listening to TuQ'uan Varick complain about the food on Lizzie Two for nearly ten minutes. They were walking through a residential district toward an apartment complex that had once housed employees of Capital Enterprises, and TuQ'uan had spent most of that time explaining why the local branches of several popular restaurant chains were inferior to their counterparts elsewhere in the galaxy.

“I'm telling you, Vigo, it's not the same,” TuQ'uan said as they crossed an intersection. “You can order the exact same thing at a Burger Baron on Coruscant and get something completely different.”

Vigo adjusted the jacket covering his holstered blaster. “It's the same restaurant.”

“Same company. Different suppliers. Different ingredients. Sometimes they even change the names.”

“Why would they change the names?”

“Local customs. You know what they call a quarter-pound nerfburger on Coruscant?” “A quarter-pound nerfburger?”

“No. They use metric measurements. They call it a Royale with Cheese.”

Vigo looked at him. “A Royale with Cheese?”

“Yeah. Anyway, the one on Nar Shaddaa comes with a fried nuna egg. That's the one you want.”

The apartment building was an unremarkable six-story structure that had survived the invasion with relatively little damage. Several windows had been replaced, and a construction crew was repairing the exterior of the building next door. It belonged to a former Capital Enterprises logistics supervisor named Dalen Marr, who had apparently found new employment supplying the surviving Technocratic Guild cells throughout the region.

Vigo checked the address on his datapad. “Third floor. Apartment thirty-two.”

TuQ'uan followed him into the building. They took the stairs, passing a maintenance droid working on a damaged section of flooring near the lift, and stopped outside the apartment.

“You ready?” Vigo asked.

“Yeah.”

Vigo knocked.

There was movement inside, followed by a voice asking who was there.

“Delivery,” Vigo answered.

“We didn't order anything.”

“It's already paid for.”

The door opened slightly, revealing a Human male wearing a loose shirt and holding a half-eaten sandwich. Vigo pushed the door open and stepped inside, drawing his blaster as he did. TuQ'uan followed him and closed the door.

The apartment had a small kitchen opening into a living area with a dining table, several chairs and a holoscreen mounted on the wall. Three men were inside, including the one who had answered the door. The other two were eating breakfast from several containers spread across the table.

TuQ'uan had wandered toward the kitchen and was examining the containers on the counter.

“Vigo,” he called out. “They've got Burger Baron!”

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Welcome to Week Three of Pro Bowl X-Treme: Cor’neria Clean-Up! This week, we’re featuring our 3rd and 4th place finishers in the Week Zero puzzle: Socks and TuQ! One more week of explosions and cybernetics! Week Three starts at Site Reset tonight!

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