The release of Festus McBoyle took an unexpected turn of events. While on his way to Theta to be released, we were contacted by Büro des Marinenachrichtendiensts. His wife, Eichy-Bumm, contacted them to help her find and release Festus. Learning of this, Festus was transferred to the Maleficent, we established contact with the BDM and started negotiating.
We only allowed the BDM, represented by one that goes as Franz, to act as a messenger between us and his wife. We assumed that her feelings towards her husband would land us more ransom than the indifference of the Rheinlanders. And it did. When the handout took place, she came with "gifts" to us, and also a hefty amount of credits.
Faced with such an offer, Festus McBoyle was returned to Eichy. May this serve as a proof that any further pilots we might encounter during our operations are actually worth something. Expanding on this business will be worth our time.
It's worth mentioning that this Franz said that further cooperations might follow. He even mentioned he might supply us with food and pharmaceuticals. The door was left open.