Whispers in the Dark

[Vulkhard Muller]

Tiltman took a sip from his drink, the music only did so much to calm his nerves. He knew what he was doing was taking a big risk, he knew calling on Victor he had better have a good reason to do so. Suddenly the door opened and in he walked, "Mister Tiltman...Rick, how very nice to see you again, my friend." Friend, such a simple word, but carried a lot of weight. Rick doubted that Victor would understand how significant that was, as a Junker you didn't have many friends you had Enemies and Business partners and many times the only difference between the two was how many credits were recently deposited into their account. While those who flew for Congress had the benefits of Legacy many independent families were just as likely to be killed as they were to be paid by the very criminals they worked with regularly.

Rick stood and crossed the room to shake his hand. "Apologize for the sudden summons, I hope you understand that I wouldn't have called if I didn't believe it was important but first," He gestured to the bar behind him "Would you like a Drink? Gin and Tonic? I have Rheinbier as well if you prefer, oh and I still have that Vodka had to go back to the original supplier though. He shrugged "Eh, what are ya gonna do. Please, help yourself."

He thought about how to begin pausing a moment.
"So, I called you here today because things in Bretonia, and Sirius at large, are unfolding rapidly and not in ways I am entirely comfortable with." He grabbed a remote from a side table clicking it twice bringing up a display with a Video feed ready to play "Jonas Hudson, I am sure you are familiar with him, a well known Privateer and Embargo enforcer sent this transmission about 3 days ago"

After playing the transmission he flicked through replies to the feed. "Now, as you know in my line of work getting involved in this sort of thing is not something I do, it's bad for business you know? Unfortunately, if the Gaians are willing to do this on Gaia what might they do on a planets like New London, Harris, or Sprague that would be considerably worse in the concerning chance they decide to deploy this 'Bacteria' against anyone that crosses them. I know we've found ourselves on the wrong side of the Gaians after supposedly "Mishandling Radioactive Material" even though we followed all House and ALG protocols."

He sat back, hoping Victor would take this as seriously as he expected. While Rick had read people from Malta to Crete and every god forsaken crevice in between but he never liked dealing with these intelligence types they rarely showed any reaction no matter how grim the news they received even if he did call himself his friend.

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