[HUTT]The Payout

[Symbiot Spider]

"Gemma, I am afraid you will have to stop having your fun for a moment. A new mission has come in."

From behind a pile of mechanical guts Gemma's head peeked out, slightly disheveled. With a stretch and a yawn, Gemma pushed aside a rather large metallic case. Several wires, screens, padding and other random components scattered the table around where Gemma was clearly working. The excitement in her eyes was reminiscent of a young child at a candy shop. She picked up a grouping of wires and pushed it deep inside the metallic case and fastened it with a multi-tool.

"Gemma, the Cartel has given you another mission."

Gemma's hands deftly moved over to another component, some wires were moved in first, and then the component. Another hurried buzzing sound chirped as the mutli-tool roared to life. Gemma turned the metallic table around even though the droid wouldn't physically be able to see what she was trying to show it.

"Good, I am done tinkering with this new toy of ours. Can't believe they just gave this to me. I managed to setup that Unitech Industries Diagnostic kit as a station for us to slice at. Instead of all those scanners for droids and ship, I installed a better Holo-net encryption than you have as well as another droid brain. Not as indepth as yours and no A.I yet, but it will catch up. I am calling it Matrix."

"Sounds good, you should respond to this mission."

With a deflating huff of a schoolchild, Gemma stalked over to the central hub where Glitch had been placed. She dropped herself into the cockpit seat of the Dust Runner and loaded the briefing. It didn't take long to read and didn't seem to be too difficult. She did notice other names on the posting. Arok was the first name on the list and then there was a Jaz Corban was to be working on this mission as well; she hadn't worked with this person yet, so she hoped he was cute. It didn't matter too much, but it would be a new contact either way.

"Glitch, send Arok and this Jazz a message with our docking information. Tell them they can meet me here."

 

[Naruto667]

Flying in space above the planet was a J-15B Aethersprite-class Fighter piloted by a ex member of the 112nd mynock squadron named Jaz Corban, Jaz was tweaking his fighter when he heard his communicator go off, letting a hand go from the flight stick the man pulled out his communicator glancing at it to see what was going on

"So I have a mission, and there's somebody else involved with this...a Gemma Olivander and Arok...eh I've did a job and a side task with the hutt..as for this other person...I don't know who it is...what's this? A location to meet up at which is at the starport Alright let's find out what this is about" putting the device away he manuvered the fighter back towards the planet heading towards the starport

Soon the woman would see a fighter flying right over the space she was at, before slowly hovering down and landing in a free spot of course another thing she might spot is a mynock pained on one of it's wings, only when it landed did a ladder extended itself onto the ground and the cockpit open up revealing a stormtrooper flying the ship, as the man clambering down the ladder he made sure his E-11 blaster which on his belt didn't get caught, before turning around and taking a few steps towards the woman his military mannerism evident in his posture and walk

"I believe you're this Gemma person who sent me this message about meeting here?" Jaz asked before his rose his hands up unintentionally looking like he was about to make a hostile move before his hand's reached his helmet and took it off revealing his face, his red hair tied in a small ponytail

 

[Tiberius Semper]

NAL HUTTA, Y’TOUB SYSTEM BILBOUSA​

THE VOSADII KAJIDIC PALACE​

Arok lounged in his divan, lazily smoking from his Hookah as he apprised the small group of sentients in front of him. The small group was composed of various small-time Bounty Hunters, criminals, thugs and wannabe badboys that had arrived at the Vosadii complex on Nar Shadda - after his recent promotion and rise in the Cartel Arok deemed it necessary for his new station to hire some more guards and hired help for his entourage. It wouldn't do for a Hutt of his standing to go around with just the one Bodyguard and it would also free Shijo to train them up to his exacting standards as well as let him go on personal errands for Arok while the others took over the duties of guarding him or his personal dwellings. Running a critical eye over the throng of hopeful looking sentients, there weren't a lot that stood out from the crowd except for a tough looking Rodian who seemed a little overarmed with the multitude of weapons that were arrayed on his body; a giant hulk of a Whiphid who carried the massive vibroblade on his back with ease, and lastly a mysterious armored warrior who was covered from head to toe in some sort of combat armor. Arok motioned for Shijo to bring those three to him later on, and with a blink of his eyelids activated the commlink that was embedded into the cybernetic monocle that he wore. Typing in a short message to 3D-4Z he ordered the droid to start a background check on the three and organize the dueling ring for the group of hopefuls - if they wanted in, they had to show that they were willing to risk their lives for him and the first thing they had to do was kill or be killed. Arok grinned at the prospect of watching the carnage to come, and even grinned at Shijo and placed a small wager with him on the outcome. Just then his commlink notified him that he had an incoming message from Gemma, the female slicer that had worked for him on a few occasions, and with sharp flash the message rerouted itself to his monocle. As Arok looked at the message, he promptly motioned for Shijo to end the audience and send the group on their way, while he took the call. It seemed that a Sullustan had gone missing and the Dogi wanted him to help out the Desilijic Kajidic with a mission of theirs, and so Arok was being sent to help the mission succeed. He called for Shijo to grab 3D-4Z and get his personal transport ready as he looked at the coordinates included in the message and set out towards his ship.

NAR SHADDA, Y’TOUB SYSTEM HANGAR Z6​

THE DUST RUNNER​

The Jah Moulee-Rah Peet slowly touched down in the spacious hangar next to the the sturdy looking freighter and the sleek space superiority Starfighter that belonged to Gemma and Jaz respectively. As the landing ramp slowly extended towards the ground Arok drifted onhis hoversled towards the two humans who seemed to be in the middle of introductions and watched as they talked to each other hesitantly. He had the good fortune to know them already and to have previously worked with the both of them, leading him to trust the two operatives with a far larger degree then they were showing each other. He motioned for Shijo to accompany him and with a smug smile on his face he addressed the two of them. "<Greetings Jaz, how is your little racing track coming along? Will you need any more hands on the construction efforts or are the Jaz hands competent enough to complete the repair? I can send over some engineers if need be to help you out.>" he winked at Jaz and then inclined his head to the diminutive Kung "<My dear Gemma, how are you today? Is everything going well on your technical endeavours?>"

 

[Symbiot Spider]

A sudden move from a man who just exited his starfighter caused Gemma to flinch in preparation for some attack. When nothing hit her she opened one eye slowly and then the other. She watched the helmet come off the redhead.

“Um... hello. Yes, I am Gemma. I am assuming your Jazz then?”

She wasn't sure what to make of this man just yet, but before she could make any more whimsical assumptions, an HWK-290 light freighter landed. A hutt rolled out escorted by a Weequay and a droid. Arok glided his hover chair over and addressed both of them.

“I am great Arok, how are you? See your still walking around with Tinman.”

She obviously waved a hand for the droid to know she was talking about it. She stepped back and waved a hand to motion inside the Dust Runner.

“I know it is not up to Hutt standards, Arok, but welcome aboard the Dust Runner. It would be easier to head out on the one ship I would assume. Oh, Jazi, is you want to take those... what did Arok call them? Jazzhands?? yea, jazzhands. Take them jazzhands of them to the cockpit you can take us up if you want. You would know the way better than I would. Punch a coarse and then join us here in the cargo bay when we hit hyperspace?”

 

[Naruto667]

"..."Jaz looked at Gemma as she added another z to his name before shaking his head and ignoring it nodding his head when she assumed that he was Jaz attached the helmet to his belt looking at the girl who was rather..tall not by much but she was taller than Jaz that's for sure which was rather weird in Jaz's eyes seeing that he was a enforcer and she was he assumed was a kung

"Yeah I'm Jaz enforcer to the cartel"Jaz spoke before looking at the new spaceship which was landing causing Jaz's hand to reach for his E-11 blaster when the landing ramp went down before relaxing when he saw who came down the ramp

"I'm guessing you're coming along for the ride Arok,Shoji"nodding to the two before listening to what Arok had to say about his newly acquired racetrack and asked if he needed help well it was slightly damaged but he didn't need any more hands on deck at the moment

"No thank you Arok the racetrack repairs are going along well, but I'll let you know if I need any more help, and besides the Black Seraphs know now who's in charge so I won't need any "motivational" help either" and then he turned to look at Gemma who now proceeded to tease him and give him a nickname Jazi then asked if he could pilot the Dust Runner, plotting a course to their destination and then meet up with Arok and Gemma in the cargo bay

"Sure"and with that Jaz made sure his fighter was secured taking a piece of the fighter that was important for it to take off with him, once everybody was onboard and ready Jaz took off and headed into hyperspace once he got far enough away from the planet, before making his way into the cargo bay...but not before exploring the ship and figuring out how best he could modify the ship

 

[Tiberius Semper]

3D-4Z clanked down the ramp after his master, and was looking forward to another trip away from the filth and muck of Nar Shadda. He couldn't understand his master's fixation on the place, and he wondered what he could do to make him change his mind - after all, as his business and administration droid it was up to him to make sure that he was always surrounded by the right atmosphere that was conducive to making good business choices - and Nar Shadda was definitely not one of those in 3D-4Z's opinion. As he followed his master he shouldered past the organic bodyguard, Shijo, and with a mechanical lockstep he took his rightful place by the slug's side.

To his utter surprise and annoyance - not that he was subject to these petty organic emotions; or so he told himself - it was THAT woman who was standing there, next to what looked like another organic soldier type. 3D-4Z narrowed his photoreceptors at her and sniffed to himself, his vocoder unconsciously mimicking an all to real 'organic' sentiment, and when she turned to his master and greeted him while insulting him at the same time he crossed his arm appendages together in a mockery of her own pose and although his entire being was a featureless mechanical frame, he managed to exude a sense of disdain and snobbery wholly fixated on Gemma.

"Hello there yourself, meatbag" he said, echoing another ancient droids favorite remark, while he turned to his master and said testily "Are you sure you want to step into this vessel? I know you will be far more comfortable in the Jah-Moulee-Rah Peet"
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Arok smiled as he saw the exchange between the slicer and his droid, and he nodded his head at her next comment, inclining his head at her lead. He had no intention of actually letting her command this mission - not with two Enforcers, and a Hutt himself as one of them, tagging along. But he knew that it was important for her to feel independent and in control, and that if he didn't allow her these feelings then she would ultimately rebel over his dominance and betray him to his enemies - such was the life of a Hutt in the Cartel, and Arok relished the cat and mouse games that abounded inside.

He glided forward and nodded familiarly to Jaz as they entered the belly of the Dust Runner "<Indeed it seems so, Jaz. I am glad to see you once more, and I look forward to our mutual profit in this mission, shall we get underway?>", as Jaz explained the situation with the swoop track and the construction and repair efforts made by the two of them, he walked over to his fighter and fiddled with some piece of it, taking off something that Arok guessed to be important to the fighters continued working condition. Arok raised his eyebrows at that, and looked quizzically at the humans receding back - why go to all that effort he thought to himself surely no one would be stupid enough to steal from an enforcer in the Hutt Cartel? This is Nar Shadda after all, the heart of the Cartel and it was heavily defended against any outside threat

Shrugging to himself at the weirdness of the humanoid races and their obvious inferiority Arok smugly activated the security measures that he had installed on his ship as well as notifying the port authorities that he had previously bribed to make sure his ship stayed where it was supposed to be.

 

[Symbiot Spider]

Gemma smirked to herself as she thought about Tinman's comment. She was liking the banter, it was becoming a well oiled ritual in a way. She waited as Jaz walked passed and through the Dust Runner and then Arok and his company, cutting the droid off and walking in herself; letting the droid walk in by itself.

She didn't say anything to it as the doors closed but eyed it with a humorous pity. With the doors closed and the Dust Runner well on its way through the atmosphere, Gemma took a seat within some of the ships sitting arrangements. Being a ship that has usually only carried Gemma by herself, it was not accustomed to multiple sitting arrangements. She waited until Jaz was again amongst them in order to continue the game plan.

“So from what I have heard, and no doubt you have as well... this Sollustian has gone back home to avoid paying his debt to the Cartel. From what I understand, the bounty placed on him is enough to cover the costs of his debt, but we need to bring him back to Cartel space.”

Ignoring the droid once more, Gemma turned to Arok with a warm smile and continued.

“I believe that this guy's name is Jien Roobe, but aside from that we don't have a whole lot. I was hoping that a Hutt like yourself could produce some intelligence with this guy.”

She then turned to Jaz and continued her smile.

“I was hoping that you would be able to assist me in showing this Jien Roobe that he shouldn't cross the Cartel. It would appear that I need to learn this side of the cartel as well if I am to move up in it.”

She lounged about her workbench stool and flicked a switch that opened a compartment within the hull. It was a small compartment but held a rather large bottle of alcohol. She reached in, took the bottle and grabbed four cups from behind it. She filled three cups halfway and the last almost full. She offered the full cup to Arok to attempt to balance the extra weight, and the others she handed to Jaz and Shijo.

“Hope that makes somewhat of a difference to you Arok. Its not cheap, but your a Hutt, so here's hoping... and to a successful mission.”

With her toast quickly said, she drained her cup and placed the empty glass on the table.

 

[Naruto667]

Arriving in the cargo bay Jaz smirking he knew exactly how to improve the ship, or rather how to get more power into the engines but he had never done anything like this before on a freighter but it was worth a shot...well at least when they weren't flying in space and when they weren't on a mission

"..."As he listened to Gemma Jaz was thinking about the possible resistance they might encounter and if there was resistance what he might have to do but he would have to wait and see since it was pointless to try and guess what would or might happen, as the talk moved onto the target itself or rather what information was at hand at the moment, which was that the sullustian Jien Roobe had went back home in a attempt to avoid paying his debt to the cartel.

"Sure"Jaz replied looking at Gemma when she asked him to assist with Jien Roobe and with that Jaz watched the woman as she flicked a switch causing a compartment to open, revealing a bottle of alcohol and four cups then after her toast Jaz drank from the glass until it was finished before putting the glass down

"I better get back to the cockpit.."and as he left the cargo bay he added in something just before the doors closed

"And this ship has a good potential for some modifications"and with that the doors closed and Jaz headed off to the cockpit

 

[Tiberius Semper]

Arok waited for Jaz to arrive in the cargo bay, while Gemma puttered around and fussed with the interior. It was painfully obvious to the Hutt that it was her first time entertaining guests, and judging from all the technological prototypes and trash lying around the floor and hanging from nearly every conceivable shelf, hangar or other storage space it was also where she did most of her work. Arok was impressed at the amount of tech that was lying around, and he was more then happy that he had decided to take her under his wing on that fateful day on Nar Shadda.

He was a little annoyed though that she hadn't thought to clean up for his arrival. He was no mere human who was happy with wallowing in filth and muck of their existence and surroundings. He expected a little more then her own little bedroom and as an Enforcer, not to mention a Hutt! in the Cartel he had expected more of her and thought she knew enough to at least make a little gesture due to his station. He sighed in consternation as she started her briefing and listened while she explained the mission and what was required of them, and resigned himself to a long journey in sub par accommodations and mentally made a note to never fly on another person's ship again.

As Gemma smiled at him and then asked him to find some information on the a.w.o.l Sullustan, Arok raised an eyebrow at the obvious attempt at charm and flattery and he smiled back at her, pleased that she was finally recovering enough sense to speak properly to him. He nodded gravely at her and answered her, his deep bass voice echoing in the small room, and startling 3D-4Z from whatever droid reverie's that he had sunk into "<Indeed, I am sure that I can find out what we need amongst my contacts, if not - there is always the easy way out - the Kormtha or any other intelligence agency is always happy to make a few credits on the side, and I have standing relationships with several agencies for occasions like these>".

Turning to Jaz, she asked the former soldier for help in teaching the inconsequential Sullustan that messing around with the Cartel was a bad idea, and Arok was momentarily taken by surprise that the little waif wanted to play with the bad boys. He had always thought she would prefer sitting behind the bruiser's safe and sound while they took the hits, as it was also what Arok would do in her place - although he did have to admit that he was becoming a little restless and wary of being to dependant on others as well as enjoying the feel of power that holding a powered up blaster pistol in his hand gave him.

Suddenly without waiting for answer, she popped a hidden switch and to his delight a large bottle of Whyvern's Reserve lay hidden in the compartment. She grabbed four cups of the expensive alcoholic gold, and poured three half cups and one full one. Arok smiled in genuine excitement as the aroma of the Correlian Whisky filled the room with its intoxicating smell, and the light hit the golden liquid and seemed to shatter into thousands of little lights. Arok tore himself from his appreciation and watched as Gemma handed him the full cup, he nodded his thanks and his earlier thoughts all but evaporated as he took the cup in his fat hands, and with a deep sniff inhaled the rich and loamy fragrance of the drink.

As he slowly sipped it, all the while enjoying the taste, he nodded at her words and closed his eyes in appreciation of the whisky. Soon enough Jaz left the cargo bay and went to the cockpit to check up on whatever it was that pilot's did - Arok for sure had no idea. While Gemma busied herself with whatever it was she did, Arok retreated to a corner that was less cluttered then the usual and made a few calls, checking through his sources and black market contacts for any knowledge of the current affairs on Sullust and the who's who list of the people to talk to, as well as the people to stay away from.

In addition he sent a quick query to the Kormtha asking about anything interesting that they had heard about the planet. He wired them the customary fee, and sat back hoping for some results. After a few hours of waiting, the information started to trickle in, partly because of the suddenness of the request and partly because of the interference from the hyperspace void that limited communications and Arok only managed to find anything due to the random Hyperspace Nodes that were set up around the galaxy. As he absorbed the information and started thinking out a plan, soon the ship shuddered slightly as it exited Hyperspace, and made its way towards the planet

 

[Symbiot Spider]

With everybody's glass empty, and Jaz headed back to the cockpit, Gemma took the time to sit at her workbench and fiddle with her newest contraption. It was the Matrix, her gift from the cartel, she doubted that she would need it for this mission, but didn't have anything else to do while in mid-flight. She isolated chambers and soldered several points within the housing as well as to electronic chips. When she first acquired the panel device, she was excited and reworked it overnight so that it no longer resembled what she was given but her own frankenstein machine that boosted Glitch's capabilities instead of scanned and read out diagnostics for ships.

After several minutes Gemma was lost within her creation. She hunched deeper into the workbench and forgot about her company entirely. It was only until she felt her ship sink into an atmosphere that she returned from her worker's reverie. When she became aware of her cabinmates again she shifted into a dull shade of red and stared at the floor with shame.

“Sorry Arok, I hope I didn't ignore you for too long... I tend to get wrapped up in my work. I remodeled the cartel's diagnostics machine to amplify Glitches range and potency. It will work better in the long run.”

She closed the compartments and slid the large briefcase sized Matrix off the workbench before standing up and walking over to the centre of the cargo hold. When Jaz finally joined them she smiled to them all, except for Tinman, and waved a hand to the bay door.

“I don't know what to expect here on Sullust, heard its hot, so be careful. I would also suggest getting to a cantina first as it seems to be where this guy may hang out. I would think that if we split up and track down three cantinas it would increase our capture rate significantly. Also, it would let you, Arok, check any contacts if we join back up in say... three hours?”

 

[Naruto667]

Ah Sullust a hot, ash covered planet..even if it wasn't helpful Jaz made a note to wear his helmet, as he was sure that if he didn't it would be uncomfortable to even be on the planet so they should try and find this person quickly so they can get off the planet and back to somewhere more comfortable, once Jaz set the ship down and opened the landing ramp he could instantly tell that he wanted to finish the mission quickly.

"..."and so as he headed back to the group Jaz put his helmet on so he didn't have the taste of ash in his mouth and listened to what the plan was which it turned out to be that the trio were to go to three separate cantinas in the off chance that one of them would be able to capture the person in question...or at the very least gain valuable information about the man in question,where he liked to hang out at,where he lived and maybe even any security arrangements the man might have in place.

"Get back to the ship in three hours time got it"and with that Jaz headed out to the ramp readying himself and waiting at the door incase there was more instructions that had to be relayed before he headed out of the ship and towards a cantina to gather information and maybe if he was lucky catch the man in question without getting into any trouble

 

[Tiberius Semper]

Arok wasted no time in dallying around on the ship, and he quickly collected 3D-4Z and Shijo and exited the ship. FourZee fussed over his master, and he made sure that they would have appropriate transportation available once they exited the starport. Sniffing snobbishly at Gemma as he left the room, he was glad they were leaving this rust bucket of a freighter. It was certainly nothing worthy of his great master! She should have been ashamed of herself for making him take berth on this subpar ship. His stare making this all apparent, his photoreceptors never left her face as he walked with his master out the ship, and the blinking red lights swiveled constantly to face her as he passed her by.

Leaving the hangar bay, the first thing Arok did was make his way to a HoloNet terminal and send for his ship, ordering one of the Vosadii retainers that were on duty to have the "Moulee-Rah" shipped onboard a traveling freighter and brought over to Sullust - you can never know when he might need to get away immediately, and it was always better to be self efficient rather then to rely on others; a maxim that had saved his life more then once in the dark alleyways of the Cartel or the seemingly hopeless maze's of the tracks on Desolation Alley.

Once he was sure that he would have a backway off the planet - after all, as much as he thought that Jaz or Gemma wouldn't betray him you could never know what people would do for money or even given the right incentives - for family, ideology or even faith - Arok then made his way to the Starport administration district and utilizing some well placed bribes (once more a reminder that loyalty could be bought...) gained access to the latest landing schedules of the entire starport. There he coordinated with the clerks help a search for incoming flights from the past week with Sullustan pilots as well as searching the pilot registry for a photo of the Sullustan.

After a good hour of hard work, they finally came up with a successful hit - a small light freighter hailing from Serres Serrano had landed three days ago, its flight path indicating a detour towards Nar Shadda before returning once more to Sullust, and its final destination - the city of Fulluusub - the last stronghold of the independent Sullustans who weren't under the thumb of SoroSuub Corporation and thus a prime destination for someone looking to disappear and hide. The pilot's name was Eyar Dhur, and this was theoretically a totally innocent looking flight, however it's origin and final destination had aroused Arok's interest and when he had searched the pilot registry for Eyar Dhur the information he had received was a long standing A.W.O.L status.

Acting on a hunch, Arok had then searched through the database for Jien Roobe and when his profile came up, he crosschecked the information he had received from a minor SoroSuub clerk on Byllura and the pictures matched. When he matched the identification images from the two profiles they were drastically different and with a dark smile, Arok knew that had found his quarry. Just to make sure though that the information lead to the right location though, he left the starport (after another hefty "donation" to the Starport manager to help him forget they were ever there) and made his way through the underground city towards what his earlier search had pointed out was a well known den belonging to the Sullustan street gang "The Black Vulkars".

The den was turned out to be a starship mechanics joint that was surprisingly well appointed, with all manner of spaceships lying around in various states of repair, while tens of the small Sullustans scurried about the ships, swarming over them and turning the broken and damaged ships into once more space-worthy ships as well as upgrading them - for a suitable fee of course. Looking around at the expansive, well stocked, sturdily built cavern that housed the chop shop Arok couldn't help but be impressed at their industriousness and hard work, and although he knew that it was a gang joint, it looked far more then what he was used too on Nar Shaddaa.

Maybe I should import a bunch of them to Nar Shaddaa to work in a chop shop for me - if they display even this amount of skill and dedication when working for themselves, imagine how they would work if they belonged to me!!! the big Hutt thought to himself before he turned to the foreman in charge and once more, with a few well placed "gifts" to show his appreciation for the foreman's work, he was ushered into the Capo's study. After a lengthy discussion featuring a little "near accident" between Shijo and the small sentient; involving a window, an angry Weequay, and a terrified Sullustan; Arok departed the place with the deeds to the place - he loved bargaining, and he always managed to find a suitable deal that left both parties feeling happy (although there were these little annoying incident's sometimes with the former owners that had to be dealt with from time to time) - as well as a confirmation of their dear friend and associate: Mr. Roobe.

Looking at the chrono on his datapad, Arok noticed that he was late by ten minutes and making his way to his rented speeder he quickly flew off towards the spaceport and his waiting comrades. Arok was sure they would understand his lateness, and besides - he was a Hutt. A Hutt was never late; a Hutt arrived exactly on schedule - HIS schedule.

 

[Symbiot Spider]

Knowing that it wouldn't take long given Glitch's ability to hack into things, the slicer found herself walking through a junkyard. Eventually the rotting scraps of metal turned into larger stacks of usable polished steels of various makes. On the left, she walked passed a nicely stacked section of Durasteel, and on the right, stacked sections of Flexisteel. Near the entrance of the growing shop were several large canisters of various servos in various working conditions. It looked like a great place with great potential. She knocked on the door as she stepped through the threshold. She was greeted by a particularly droopy-faced Sullustian who attempted to pull it together in a smile.

“Hello, how can I help you?”

There was an interesting accent to the Sullustian and Gemma smirked playfully because of it.

“I heard that this place has the best quality materials in the sector. What would you say?”

“Well, if that is what they say, I will not argue.”

This quick exchange allowed Gemma to use her natural charm to guide the Sullustian into an exclusive contract with only her. She learned his name: Hix. She learned a bit about his family and figured out that it used to be a family business. The pleasantries moved into business talks and led into a rather long conversation about contacts and interests. Gemma by the end of the two hour conversation had a new friend, a new ally, a new partner.

To celebrate, she had Glitch look through the holonet for the most common cantina on Sullust and headed to it, hoping she could get lucky twice. After her last hour of searching was nearly over and she hadn't turned anything up aside from four Sullustian Fireballs; her new favourite. She paid her tab and headed back to her ship. The thought of a new ally in the field of inventions drew a smile on her face. She was the last one there.

“Well, I got nothing from my excursion except a new contact. Nothing for this Jien Roobe guy.”

 

[Naruto667]

While Arok and Gemma got something useful, Jaz on the other hand had entered a cantina which really shouldn't be called a cantina at all more like "cesspool corner" from first glance it barely functioned as a cantina, but rather as a illegal fight club, Jaz was about to simply exit and find another location were it not for somebody talking to a group of what he could only guess were mercs looking for some quick and easy credits, and so Jaz decided to sit down and get a drink while listening to what this weequay had to say

"..."and apparently the guy the group were after is so paranoid that the cartel might try something he's been going around trying to hire mercs to protect him against the threat, and judging from what was going on there seemed to be some anxiety due to the fact the mercs might face off against members of the cartel, not knowing that a member of said cartel was in their cantina listening in to their convocation.

Heading out of the cantina, after finishing and paying for his drink Jaz waited around the corner outside the cantina for the weequay, before grabbing the man in a chokehold and forcefully interrogated the man for details, before silencing the man, heading back to the ship musing about what he had learned which was that he had gather a few groups of mercs to protect him at his home, most of the money the mercs were getting was coming from the man's daughter, and the man was paranoid, fearful of a hutt cartel retaliation.

Once Jaz arrived back at the ship and everybody was together Jaz proceeded to tell the group about what he had learned

 

[Tiberius Semper]

Regrouping back at the ship, Arok waited for everyone to arrive. As the two others trickled in to the Hangar Bay, his commlink chirped and excusing himself from them he went to a corner and activated his holographic projector. Immediately the wrinkled face of one of his Weequay retinue appeared in front of him, and informed him that his ship was on its way to the planet with an ETA of three days. Nodding at his minion, Arok switched off his communicator and guided his hoversled back to the other two. "<So here is what I have discovered. Our target has assumed the identity of Eyar Dhur, a spacer who disappeared last year while exploring the Outer Rim. Using this identity he has apparently gone to Nar Shadda, maybe to organize the recruitment of the mercenaries that you heard about?>" he looked at Jaz for confirmation. "<Then, he came back to Sullust, and my contact here has informed me that he is holed up in the city of Fulluusub. According to my sources, this city is the last free city that isn't beholden to SoruSuub Corporation, and traditionally has been a stronghold for those who are struggling against any sort of oppression and control. He is sure to have sympathizers located inside the city, as well as a sizeable security force to attempt the foiling of the inevitable Cartel reprisal. Other then that, I haven't found anything else, and I suggest that we establish some sort of credible cover for the three of us so that we don’t tip our hand when we arrive at the city - he is bound to have informers in every starport on the planet and we will need to find a way to sneak in undetected or at the very least unidentified for us to have even a remote chance of success.>" Arok folded his arms and then mentally accessing the computerized monocle that was neurotically hardwired to his brain, commanded it to interface with the holoprojector built into his hoversled. It winked to life, with a soft hum and the blue-white energy field soon blossomed into life in front of the trio, the image in the 3D projection was of an average Sullustan and also listed all the information that the Cartel had supplied him with. Motioning to the image Arok spoke up once more "<This as you no doubt know is Jien Ruub, the alias he is using is this one>" with another mental command the image shifted to another information file and a different looking Sullustan appeared along with the a large circle around his status. Shifting once more to now show a large map of what seemed to be a city, Arok waved his hand and with a few gestures the image zoomed in a little. "<This is his last known location, the starport of Fulluusub, and security camera's that were generously made available to be show him leaving the starport and heading into the north most tunnels of the large city. I suggest we coordinate our search there and once we arrive at the location set up a safe house for us to serve as our base of operations and establish our cover. What do you think?>" While Arok waited for his teammates to consider his words and formulate a strategy, he called Shijo forward and whispered in his ear for a few minutes. The Weequay bodyguard nodded his head and without further ado made his way towards the exit, and disappeared into the night.

 

[Symbiot Spider]

Gemma listened to Arok give his details and nodded her agreement of the well planned idea. She slammed an eager open palmed hand down onto the workbench before leaping up onto her feet. She hadn’t mentioned her prosthetics to any of these men and was still very subconscious about them.

“It sounds like we have ourselves a heist, gentlemen. Now, I just need to freshen up and we can be on our merry ways.”

Gemma glided through the sitting area / cargo hold and down a small corridor and eventually into her personal bedroom. It wasn’t much, more of a second technotropolis to the main cargo bay than a bedroom really. She sat on the sad attempt at a bedroll she barely used and pulled out a pair of high-end repulsor boots from under it. With a click of a button hidden just below where the kneecap should be, the metallic hiss verified for her that the prosthetic was detached. She pushed it aside and replaced it with the clearly more advanced model and quickly did the same to her other foot before making her way back to the cargo bay.

“New toys, like ‘em? Make even one of those Jedi jealous with the height I can get with these. These are just in case.”

She patted down the rest of her armour, or rather lack there of, and then rested her hands on her holsters before making her way to exit the Dust Runner. They would have to find another way to get to the Fulluusub starport aside from their ships if they wanted their cover to look real enough. She walked over to a small little speeder and strategically placed Glitch down near a dataport before plugging him into the speeder and bending over to adjust her boot; or make it look like she was adjusting it.

“Do your thing Glitch.”

“Yes Ma’am”

The speeder slowly hummed to life under Glitches control and she finished “adjusting” and hopped inside the speeder before gliding it around to pickup her teammates.

“Need a ride? This will be normal enough to not draw attention. Glitch also changed some of the information on it so if it is reported as stolen it won’t match this description. Get in!”

It did take longer than Gemma thought it would to get to Fuluusub, but that was fine. Sullust was a rather scenic place to be despite the constant appearance of destruction. It was pretty in its own, doom and gloom, way. They pulled into Fuluusub without any problems and pulled up near a cantina. Gemma was unsure which cantina it was, but knew that Arok would bee to be somewhere near one to work some connections on a safe house if they were to use one.

“We are here. Arok, did you have any luck on this safe house? There is a cantina out front if not. Always thinking ahead for you”

 

[Naruto667]

"That's correct however I don't know how many mercs had accepted the mission of defending the guy..but I would say some would have accepted...but I don't know who's paying the mercs, either it's the guy himself or...somebody close to him" Jaz spoke watching as Gemma became lively slamming her palm onto the table then jumped up onto her feet, before excusing herself saying that she wanted to freshen up abit before they headed off, returning after a few moments with some new shoes, unaware that it was new prosthetic legs that she had just put on

"Heh looks alright...hmm?"looking at what she was patting he noticed that she didn't really wear a lot of armour, except only on the vital areas, but either way she at least had some protections and weapons incase they had to fight to their target.

"...."regretting not taking any civilian clothing with him since he had gotten used to his stormtrooper armour to the point it was like a second skin to him, he at the very least could be seen as a bodyguard for the duo along with Shijo.

Once the speeder pulled up Jaz got into the speeder and sighed quietly looking at the surroundings as they headed off to their next destination, which they soon arrived at which was outside a cantina