▶ Hello, I'm Mai Pham, and I own that Lucky Venture frigate - and let me tell you, I'm neck-deep in debts for all sorts of reasons, some explainable, some not. I like to keep a bit of independence, but I ain't gonna turn down some work right now - credits would really come in handy.

You guys run any scrapyards where I could make some scratch with my ship and also help out my Junker buddies?

▶ Hey Rick, thanks for sending a reply back to me. So, I'm markin' down bases in Inverness and Omega-11. San Juan seems kinda ideal for me considering my whereabouts around Liberty and Bretonia, but I haven't really sniffed around Omegas much yet. I'm completely clueless 'bout that region.

I can't help but wonder - how did you actually stumble into something as lucrative as your own diamond minin' operation?

▶ Hey Rick, a pretty well-thought-out diamond operation. Sounds quite profitable.

And yeah, you're right - my old folks are from the Gas Miners Guild back before Hogosha and Orbital Spa and Cruise screwed over their artifact trade. I guess once their business went south, they weren't too keen on going back to the corporate life in the Guild.

▶ Hey Rick, I checked out one of your bases, San Juan in Inverness, and it was pretty much falling apart like Rochester these days, so I brought in some supplies to get your folks there back to work and patch things up.

Should I go take a look at your other base just to be safe?

▶ Hey Rick - thanks a bunch for the extra creds, they sure come in handy right now. Hey Erebos - thanks for the warm welcome, and could you grant me permission to dock at your refinery in Dublin? Last time I tried it I received a big 'nope' from it.

Got one or two more questions - listen, have you folks ever tried hydroponics or toxic waste processing? The Mollys are interested in MOX for their own stations, and maybe it could pay off to sell them some. Leeds and New London might have enough for its production.

Rick, why don't you have hydroponics on San Juan? Does it not make sense, or have you not tried it yet? The thing is, there's quite a bit of ice around there that could be used for more than just supplying the station with water.

▶ Hey Rick, your San Juan is starting to look kinda nice, you know? I hauled in whatever supplies could squeeze in there. Managed to 'borrow' some decent alloy stuff in Ontario, so there's now stuff to patch things up.

And yeah, just keep an eye out. I got jumped by those Xenos on the way, and they poked a few extra holes in my ship, some Cobra and Taipan, real nutjobs, wanted to steal my prize. Thankfully, some junk that fell off the Lucky Venture messed with their cruise disruptors, giving me a chance to delta back home.