Buyers had been invited to a warehouse on Omega, hidden away from major streets and among other featureless, boxy buildings. Two guards stood outside the small entrance door, each one with a slugthrower on their hip and some sort of baton stun rod in their grips. One of them had a flat, paddle-like instrument on his belt - a metal detector.
One by one, as the potential buyers approached the guards, they would be asked to raise their arms as one of the guards scanned them for weaponry, which they had been previously advised to leave elsewhere. A couple - both Twi'leks and dressed quite nicely - were turned away when a small vibroknife was discovered under the lady's dress. A shouting match ensued, and it ended with two more guards emerging from the building to forcibly drag the two of them away from the premises.
Once inside, the room was completely empty. There were no chairs, just a big open space. On the opposite side, on top of a raised platform where a ship might've once been parked, a blue holoprojection of a pedestal with the item at bid flickered and wavered every few seconds. Members of the Blood Pack gang patroled the suspended bridges that hugged the walls, armed with blasters and keeping an eye on those below. Mars wasn't taking any chances with something like this on the line. She couldn't trust Force users not to pull stunts, and she had no way of knowing who was or wasn't one.
The Fourth Shard of Palpatine's Shattered Crown. Some gathered below knew exactly what it was, but most of them would only know the name Palpatine and his legacy. Either way, it would fetch a nice price, and be one more step into getting the Crimson Dawn back into this business.
Mars sat just outside the barrier of the holoprojector in a separate room, waiting for everyone to arrive before she stepped out and began the bidding. She had her full mask on, and those who were in attendance would only know they were buying from the Crimson Dawn. For now though, she would watch them through the cameras, tapping her vibroclaws against the arm of her chair as she waited.
tags: @Braden @Phoenix
OOC NOTE: This thread is Death Disabled, however, please note you are in the heart of Crimson Dawn territory and surrounded by armed guards.