Vako had avoided Coruscant ever since he had an unfortunate run in with a Jedi on a job. A Jedi that by some great mystery had later saved him from an Imperial Prison cell. Adding insult to injury Vako found himself acting as an arms dealer on behalf of the Black Sun, which had him selling weapons to the very Sith that had put him in that prison cell. The Sith had not been able to pay for those weapons however... as he had been unceremoniously killed before the payment was made.
Were Vako in a better position he may not have found himself back on Coruscant, in the nest of scum known as 1313. But desperate times called for desperate measures, and the mighty wealthy upstarts @Covax was offering financial incentive for Vako to get back on his wings. Of course Vako would take a firm percentage of the take to rebuild his own operation, but that was to be expected.
He was called because he was dangerous and thorough enough to ensure a mission was a success, no matter how badly it went.
But @Pidge Batana was called because she was precise, direct, and delicate to turn a mission that was going badly into one that never looked in danger in the first place.
He was a hammer, she was the scalpel.
Vako had not seen Pidge in seven years. Not since they were both crew of a dinky vessel called the Black Swift under the command of a rogue named Kel. And that would be Vako's first question.... because he's heard he was dead.
Vako sat at an outdoor cantina that overlooked the dock, waiting for the slicer, sucking down drinks that his metabolism was too fast to feel the effects of. On the table he had a series of droid brain processors. They were the model they needed, but @Pidge Batana had the skill to fill their heads with what was required.
@Kestrel