Harrowing Intel
Since the very beginning of the New Republic, the Mothkari Crime Family had made its influence felt. Whenever a senator unexpectedly switched his vote, some suspected them to be involved and usually they weren't wrong. A protocol droid stood nearby as you discussed sensitive information? Crimelord Haro Mothkari would confront you with it the very next day. The droid gotra with all its calculated savagery and subtlety were the Mothkari's strongest and most profitable allies and the slicers operated all the way from Hollastin could penetrate the most secure subnets the Republic had to offer. No one's safety was guaranteed when they had something that the centuries old cybernetically-enhanced crimelord of the Mothkari wanted.
After the collapse of the Republic many feared the crime family would use this vacuum to free itself from the cartel's grasp. After all, the Supreme Mogul Nor'baal Desilijic himself had recently forced Haro to bend his knee and the tributes that the Hutt demanded would cripple any self-respecting crimelord. Yet, nothing had happened. It was a silence that, according to the Imperial Security Bureau, could only mean one thing: they were involved in something bigger.
Cipher Six hadn't been ready for an extraction yet, so the Pugio-class Imperial Frigate called the 'Haradan' was making a detour on its way to Nar Shaddaa. Their fueling stop? Hollastin. There at the fueling station, Commander Karn left his ship wearing commonplace Outer Rim clothes and was accompanied by a woman. They took a shuttle transport to the planet's surface that housed over a billion people, even after the AMS outbreak in Hutt Space.
Surrounded by sentients of all species, Levik found himself to be pressed tight between a rather fat rodian on one side and Kalique on the other. He had written an unflattering report about her actions on Serenno and had heard that it had supported Lieutenant Dram's claim that she had been unjustly promoted to Knight-Captain. She had since been demoted and he couldn't help but feel responsible for it.
@LadyRen