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[heypartner]

[ Cobb's voice comes off camera because the image in the video is a speeder. He has yet to wash the Agrii symbol off it. The pink clashes with the yellow a little bit. It's parked outside the hangar, engine off so it's not spinning. Just hovering a few inches off the ground like speeder do. ]

Well. It seems the Agrii left me a gift. This beauty is mine from back home. Gonna clean that graffitti off. I built her myself. She's a modified 620C podracing engine I found in a junkyard in Mos Espa years ago and she's served me well. Don't know why she's here but I don't really care.

[ Finally, he turns the camera back to himself. Cobb's a little beat up. His face has healing bruises and cuts. Something happened but it hasn't dampened his joy any. ]

Those of you who wanted to build your own speeder, I'll let you take a look at mine. I can tell you how I built her. Not sure how technical I can get but I'll do my best.

Those of you who might need to get somewhere fast and far, riding with two is not comfortable but I've done it before. Might be possible to take folks around town. Don't think I can get her to the new town but maybe. Gotta be careful with fuel around here, you know. Might be worth trying.

If you hear me riding around later today, don't worry about it. Just stretching her legs.

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[heypartner]

Repulsors lift the speeder off the ground. It's sort of like a turbine. I'll let you take a look at mine and show you what I'm talkin' about.

[ Because that's the reasonable thing to do if they're gonna make something to replace one from home. ]

Most of the speeders from home don't have pod racer engines on them either. Mine's unique that way. Could probably make a real simple speeder with smaller engine and a few repulsors. If we can find any of these parts.

[tempredmental]

Alright, yeah. If I see it, I can definitely find one again. [Keith had a very good visual memory. Probably not actually eidetic, but close. He was very much a visual and kinetic learner.

But then... hmm...]

.....

What's a pod racer?

[heypartner]

You take two of these. [ He pats a hand against the engine of his speeder. ] Connect them to a pilot pod at the back and race 'em. Where I come from there's a big race, the Boonta Eve Classic. Mos Espa almost shuts down for it.

[ It's a big deal on Tatooine. ] This is an old pod racer engine. It's more power and acceleration than most speeders really need but it's great back home for handling the dunes.

[tempredmental]

How fast do they usually go? The pod racers...

[Having converted his dad's work hoverbike into a racing one, Keith was interested in hearing more about pod racers.]

[heypartner]

Depends on the racer. Usually they get up to at least five hundred miles an hour. Sometimes six hundred with a brave enough pilot. It's fast.

[ Faster than Cobb's ever gone on his single engine speeder. ]

[tempredmental]

[That got a smirk from Keith.]

Sounds awesome.

[Yeah, he'd race it. There was a reason he did so well piloting the Red Lion right from the start. It was the fastest of the five, and Keith wasn't afraid of pushing her to her max. And, frankly, it was almost like the Lion liked going that fast.

Keith definitely would have wanted to be a pod racer if he'd been from that world.]

[heypartner]

When all this about the new city and the mines has been really sorted out I'll let folks take a good close look at her.

[ And with all the Engineering and tinkering knowledge this group has they should be able to figure out how to fix up a speeder for other folks now that they had a real one to work off of. ]

[tempredmental]

[Keith nodded.]

Alright, yeah. Count me in. Just let me know when.