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Datunda, 19 Yelona, 12731 T

Open Air Market

by Aerena 'Relentless' Kolene

Breakfast the next morning,
 
The kids are setting the table as Lady Zaye finishes cooking breakfast. Spook rolls up with her report with lots and LOTS of information. As it completes, Zaye comes in with a full breakfast of muffins, fruit, tea/cafe, and juice. While she is setting the table, the kids are being very super quiet. I turn to ask them where their reports are and they come back with the fact that they chose to do something different and did not do the report requested. They then share that they had decided to use some of Spook's files for their report. While they were going through the files to find something to use, they find some very heavily encrypted files. I turn to ask Spook about that and discover that she has been snooping in other bounty hunter files and pulled out some messages to review later. With that settled, I turn back to the kids to find out what they chose to do next. They found the encrypted files and decided to ask themselves "What would Kit Kat do?" and I glanced at Zaye after they said this and she actually froze for a heartbeat. Then she continued moving and the kids talked about breaking the encryption and how fun it was, but then they read what was in the files. They said there was lots of names and they even knew some of them. I decide that is not something we need to discuss right now, so I tell them to send the list to Spook and to finish their breakfast. I do remind that that they need to do what they are told, but that we are proud of them for being able to break the encryption and to know when breaking the rules is a good thing.
 
After the kids go off for lessons or quiet time, I turn to Spook to let us know what was on the files. There was three levels of encryption and he was also impressed that the kids managed to break it. The first level encryption was all about the void widows and their handlers - including locations of the facilities and requesting a kill order on everything. I was not aware of that they had handlers so I asked about these GenoHaradan also known as mandrakes. They are a group that is extreme in keeping the universe in balance. Maybe not nice or good, but not sure they are a problem I am willing to tackle right now. I then ask about the second level encryption and they tell us it was a list of any and everyone that knows about Lusankya - which includes Danar, Davish, and Zaye. That is part of the reason why they are so quiet this morning. The third level encryption is just one piece of information. "Do not terminate Noki Sunfell - recover alive." We all just look at each other.
 
We are enroute to the Jaemus system when a dark nebula pops up and looks like it is trying to eat the hyperspace lane. It shows up on my maps as "The Curtain". We skip on past and we come out of hyperspace as planned following the Night Sparrow when we are shot at by a pair of light freighters with a pair of Z95 Headhunters escorting. Davish, Hicks, and I are contacted by an idiot who claims that we need to pay him 20o credits (or the equivalent cargo) for a tax assessment. He signs off and all I mutter on the channel is "damn pirates!". Davish laughs and suggests we tackle a light freighter each as Hicks says he has a trick to handle the headhunters, but to only disable them so they can be turned over to BoSS. They start an attack run and idiot is front and center. I send a message to Zaye and ask her to verify that the kids are buckled in safely and then come up to the bridge to play if she wants to. She does! I hit the ship with a tractor beam and then Zaye fires the laser cannon and the shields buckle and collapse and then the hull buckles.
 
I watch as Hicks fires a cable at one headhunter and then disengages the other end while on top of the second headhunter. They are now connected and when they try to fly apart, they lose important parts of their respective ships. I laugh out load. I open a channel to our leader and he asks if we are ready to pay our 'taxes'. I remind him that he allowed for cargo and that the ammunition should cover that fee. He agrees and asks if he can just slip away, but I share that BoSS is on the way to help him with his fee collection. He puts a brave face on it, but I can tell how very unhappy he is. I check to see if there is anything else we need to be aware of, but he is confident that the rest of the space is clear and he welcomes us to the space. I check with Zaye about our boarders and she has ejected them. I call BoSS to let them know about space trash and they confirm they have it on lock.
 
As we enter atmosphere, we are directed to expanded docking bay 29 that will handle all three ships. Reminder to keep weapons holstered while on planet. Extensive signs of imperial strip mining on the planet as it is mostly dead, but it is clear that someone is trying to bring it back to life. As we walk down the ramp, pit droids run toward us and Spook is on alert. I remind her we need a full check of the hull due to the fun as we entered the system. As we continue down the ramp, we can smell the clean scent of pine and grilled meats. I glance at Zaye to see if she is ready for some fresh food. I suggest we look for spiced shaak-Meat flatbreads and/or kessel comet wraps. We grab the kids and head out keeping our eyes and ears open for anything out of the ordinary while we allow the kids to experience what passes for culture here on this planet. I see as a shadow in a cantina doorway across the way, a stylishly dressed gentleman who put notes into a datapad without ever looking at our group. Black Sun! What next?!?!?
 
I turn to lock eyes with Vanya to see if she saw the same thing. She nods and I turn back to Zaye to grab her in a hug to tell her what I observed. She shares her observations about seeing a sniper on a roof down the street. She thinks they are guarding a building. I look more closely to see what she is talking about when I get a cold chill from behind and to the left. Someone is aiming at me! I rage about the stupidity of the people on this planet and send Zaye off with the children with her saying something about getting the children knives. I spin and perform a quick draw. A clone trooper tells me to relax and he knows Vanya - or at least of her. Seems he is Wolffe of the Wolf Pack so famous in his own way. I meet back up with Zaye and we decide to get Hicks to babysit while we go on the hunt for Black Sun. We see Hicks and the kids connect with the Commander Wolffe as we wander off to investigate the open air market.
 
So the buildoing that Black Sun is protecting is a squat, normal, ordinary building with nothing outwardly exciting. We are about to go check out the back of the building when a voice behind us inquires as to why we don't just ask. We both turn and it is Mordecai Heller, an accountant for Black Sun. Now we know that an accountant means assassin for Black Sun so our guard is up. We exchange a few barbs with the end result being that Mordecai shares nothing of import and hopefully neither do we. He leaves us taking my business card for cargo transport and gives us his card and an envelope. We hope we don't have to do business with him ever. Then I ask if Zaye noticed that he did not tell us anything about the building and she agrees so we turn and head to the back of the building. There is no outside guard, so I request Zaye to hurl a knife to take out the camera while I run to the security panel and pop it open with a knife to cut the wires so the door pops open.
 
I go high and to the right while Zaye goes low and to the left. We enter an empty room with nothing except a camera and security panel. We repeat our earlier performance and take out the camera and pop open the door to find a hallway with two doors ahead - one to the right and one to the left. We army crawl up the hallway until we get close to the rooms and then stop to listen so we can plan our next move. The room to the right we can hear packaging moving around and there is a lot of beeping from the room to the left. As we have taken out cameras, we need to make sure that whomever is monitoring security doesn't notice the dead cameras so we decide to enter the room to the left first to find a full medical bay with lots of injured people and a medical droid with two nurses.

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