Prelude: Rocking the Cradle [COMPLETE]

[Mister-Kent]

Madoshi

Running the scan on the strange woman finds lots of Net chatter about Layva-Combine Entertainments, and IDs her as Augmentine Layva. She and business partner Dullis Combine Jr. joined together almost ten years ago to make the Sector's most controversial (but still succesful) entertainment companies. They deal mostly in arena duels, gladiator matches and the like.

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The captain of the Pixie is wary of you at first, but when it's clear you're just curious she amicably lets you watch her load her goods. She even briefly flips back the sheet on one cart to reveal its contents--broken gambling machines.

"Unlucky patrons go into a rage all the time and smash these things up," she explains.

Noting your interest, she exchanges contact info with you. "Keep an eye out for anything worth trading, yeah? Most times bartering with other scavs for parts is just as good as creds, am I right?"

Her name is Zelda Valdez, and she's usually running routes to and from the Solar Republic worlds.