Traveling Meliorist Museum & Artifact Collectorium

Without a doubt, the greatest collection of artifacts in the galaxy is housed inside the Traveling Meliorist Museum and Artifact Collectorium. The name itself is a mouthful, but has an important distinction: "meliorist" simply meanns leaving a strong impression on the viewer or participant's mind.

The History of Belloq's Collections

Belloq begun his professional career as a pilot at a time when sentients were still prohibited from leaving a planet's surface by planetary shield grids. These restrictions led to suffering on an almost unimaginable scale: he'd often see hundreds of bodies just lying in the streets on planets like Kashyyyk, Gamor and Tatooine. As horrific as it sounded, Belloq found he could help in some small measure by packing his cargo ships with as much food and water as he could in whatever space wasn't taken up by paid deliveries.

The locals were incredibly grateful, and in return, many offered him whatever small tokens that they could. Belloq realized that if he paid for these mementos, he could help some refugees in turn pay to escape their prisons. And so, Belloq became a trader in antiquities.

He also came into contact with exploratory parties who'd uncovered ancient technology without any way to profit from their discoveries. Belloq offered to purchase whatever he could afford, and became acquainted with several research groups willing to exchange what they considered useless, nonworking devices for a small bundle of coins.

After many years of buying rarities and unearthed ancient tech, Belloq decided he needed a home for his expanding collection. He acquired a barely-used Prometheus-class Starship, and set about modifying its 55 rooms to accommodate his collection.

And because some visitors would likely want to see more than just dusty oddities, he included a massive stable for a few of his tamer creatures, including his pair of trained Vornskr, and at least one real-live adult Rancor, affectionately known as Grumpy.

Eventually, Belloq's many collections outgrew even the Prometheus. So in Year 25, he contracted with Endless Endeavors to acquire an even more massive Kandosii Dreadnaught with a more expansive 88 rooms.

But Belloq didn't want just any old ship out of the yards: this time, he did his research. Through exhaustive data mining and a few credit bars pressed into the right hands, he was able to trace the YT transport his Kel Dor Master was last seen alive on, to a recycler who sold that ship's raw materials to the shipyard where Endless Endeavors produced their Kandiis.

EE's master seller Kez Aak was able to locate a very specific ship per Belloq's unusual request, made with those particular mats. It came with the auspicious serial number of 2771776. Belloq could never prove the spirit of his previous Master was somehow connected to this new ship, but he couldn't disprove it either.

Belloq, with the help of a few trusted curators, is now in the process of transferring more than 1400 items from their original installations onboard the Prometheus to the more expansive quarters on the Kandii.

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