#also I know there supposedly aren’t any beings indigenous to Eriadu

[heyclickadee]

Honestly, my pet theory for where Tech is right now is that he’s not dead, not in Hemlock’s custody, not in Tarkin’s custody, and not picked up by pirates or smugglers (yet—I think he will be), but that he was found by a really nice little group of Ewok-Adjacent (not Ewoks but same kind of idea) folks living hidden in the mountains right under Tarkin’s nose, and that they managed to patch him up enough that he didn’t die and he’s extremely grateful, but very confused because he doesn’t speak the language, his data pad and helmet are busted, he has no way of contacting anyone off world, and he’s a little stuck. He’d try to get to another settlement to find transportation off world or steal a ship from nearby imperial complexes, but he hasn’t been able to move his legs since he fell, he’s still trying to adjust, and he doesn’t want any of his new not-Ewok buddies to put themselves at risk. He’ll get off-world and start looking for his family eventually, but it’ll take time.