Taking the plasma pistol Cortez thanked Sarah. "I'll be sure to return it, the tricky thing about a gift to go with it is just about anything could be seen as an insult, I don't know enough about him to tell. A laser sight? 'How dare you modify my possession without permission, are you saying I'm a bad shot' etc. A holster could be seen as saying his current one is shoddy, and either could be seen as a 'bribe' attempt. For now I'll just return it, and perhaps a peace offering at a later date."<br/><br/>Sitting off to the side of his normal chair while having a drink, Cortez watched Darius talk to his hat in amusement. Poor lad had managed to walk in such a way that he never noticed Cortez sitting some ways off. Waiting for him to walk out Cortez let out an amused chuckle before grabbing his hat and following. "Ah, Darius. My hat has informed me of your requests and actions and I approve, nothing to worry about there. The squad in particular shows good initiative, keep up the good work."<br/><br/>Later on Cortez found himself nodding to Sarah to show that he was considering the plan she had presented. Cortez thought over her proposal and weighed the risks. "A sound plan, do be exceptionally careful though. While doubtful pirates have true stealth technology people can be remarkably resourceful, and a torpedo or lance volley could do some serious damage with only a few hits."<br/><br/>Doing a bit of shopping Cortez looked into getting a good storage area for the staff, before getting the new storage situated in his quarters, and calling Delila over.<br/><br/>(OOC: Haggling (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=26355) with 2 successes, followed by an 85 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=26358) then a fate point reroll (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=26359) to get an array of Bloodlock Bolt storage containers and an equal number of Stasis Pods, got 5 of each to put in my quarters. Unless they get 3 net successes on me for haggling I'm good, and since that would be 5 success on the roll and they're rolling against a 45... Then tried to get a battle moose as my 3rd acquisition, forgot you don't have to haggle (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=26367), though it did work out in the end, but was fairly confident about getting one regardless of success by 0 degrees, then rolled another high acquisition (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=26368), but no one took notice (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=26369). If the other guy fails his haggle by 2 degrees (rolls a 50+) I should still be able to get one.)