Contract: Reclamation of Auctioned Goods
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Jerzac Scarlewe broke 2 of Nari pak Cordona's fingers to convince her to unlock the case. He also had Scotty injected "explosive nanobots" to ensure the proper attitude. She remotely opened her ship for Roquesta (Rocket) Strauss to send the decryption key back.
Key in hand Bash was invited back into the hotel room. He was given full authority to do whatever he pleased with Nari if anything happened while the case was opened. This was enough incentive for Nari to stop the crew just prior to opening the case. The code must start with the 3rd number in the string or it would detonate. After opening the case and acquiring the coordinates the case was rearmed while the crew prepared for the transaction. Jerzac, Bash, and Scotty were in the Tavern with Nari, Tralia Lightfoot waited in Nari's ship to tie up loose ends, and Rocket had your ship on hot standby.
Hannah Boucher and her 2 bodyguards arrived and performed the handoff quickly and efficiently. Once the SoAll personnel took flight the tavern crew left with Nari. Long spacing in the street allowed your captive to take a sharp turn and sprint toward the security force building shouting "Bounty hunters!"
A short chase ensued to the star port with the security forces taking fairly ineffectual pot shots. In the mayhem Tralia took some shots at Nari's ship and one at the security guards obliterating part of their number. As Jerzac boarded the ship he turned on the comm jammer.
After take off a fuel tank was detonated which incapacitated Nari's ship. After the communication jammer was turned off decryption codes were exchanged with the SoAll contingent. You decided to wait until you were in orbit to attempt to open your briefcase with the money. Once an orbit a scan revealed the SoAll ship emitting a gout of flame from a cargo bay and the heavy gravity signature of a warp drive coming into system. The grav spike dropped and revealed a Sahjon Destroyer, the military force that hunts down and destroys artifacts from the Meridath War.
You now have 1 very angry Niterian, 1 SoAll ship/crew, 1 pirate community, and possibly 1 advanced alien ship VERY ANGRY with you