We are not familiar yet but I heard a lot about your service in the Cadiz Cartel. You were the part of their security service and had to deal with some kind of intelligence service, am I right?
Oh, forgive me, where are my manners? I am Casimiro Castellano, consider me a Maltese noble of some kind. For a while, I was away from Malta and Maltese affairs and missed quite a lot. My friends recommended me to reach you as one of the best employees of the Cartel and probably one of those who are capable to provide me with the information I am interested in.
Before we proceed, tell me, are you interested in some work for me? I shall pay you well, should you satisfy my thirst for information about some particular things. You have one day to decide.
Sender: Luis Torres Recipient: Castellano Subject: And you are?
Castellano, Your information is more or less correct. However I am curious as to who it was who told you about me.
As for your offer I will need details first and foremost and considering the fact that I am currently sitting on a comfortable amount of funds and under a pretty nice contract right now you are going to need to capture my interest with more than just vague promises of money.
Name Montserrat Reyes tells you something? We were familiar with her during the Cadiz and I know well about her further attempt to establish her own research company within Maltese space. Unfortunately, I could not reach her and therefore I had to contact you in the hope you are capable to help me. I was expecting you to be a bit taller, by the way.
The task I am going to offer for you is not simple as to pull a trigger. I am looking for our common acquaintance - signora Reyes. I would prefer to find her alive if you would be so kind. We have a common business we have not finished yet and I would like, shall we say, to dot the i's and cross the t's.
Nevertheless, you are not humanitarian aid, are not you? How much would you like to get for this, Luis?
Sender: Luis Torres Recipient: Castellano Subject: Scavenger Hunt
Castellano, You managed to catch my attention alright. Last time I heard from Reyes they were talking about their little project and we ended up setting a meeting which she never showed up for. I assumed they had simply winded up on the wrong side of a Corsair raid or lost their funding.
Simple certainly isn't what I would use to describe this job, In fact this could very easily turn into a tedious waste of time considering it's very possible she ended up a floating corpse somewhere in the Edge nebula or well any of the other hundreds of possibilities.
However I'd be willing to try and locate Reyes for thirty million credits alive or dead but be warned Sirius is a rather large place, I can't guarantee she will even turn up at all. If this is fine with you send me what information you have from the last time you spoke with her and I will work on it when I can.
I have taken into account the possibilities of her being dead. Nevertheless, you shall have one month to find her. I understand the chances of success and therefore feed no much hope to find her but I ask you to perform your best to achieve success.
I am afraid that Reyes has not mentioned anything particular about her plans before I left Malta. The only thing I know about her plans - she planned to work over the battlecruiser she got from the Cartel but I see nothing particular in this, do you?
Anyway, we were about starting our common project of the particle accelerator when I come back but we have what we have. She is gone and out of reach for us both as it seems. Could he succeed and finish the repairs and upgrades in half of the year, having only her team behind her, without the help of the rich of Malta, having only funds remained from Cartel?
Sender: Luis Torres Recipient: Castellano Subject: Reyes
She and her team have access to a battlecruiser? That was not something I was aware of, You wouldn't happen to know what the name of this ship was would you? It could be possible she got the cruiser running and moving at the very least,
As for her research while I am not a scientific man by any stretch I do know that she was being funded by a few of the higher level cartel members whilst I do not know which ones exactly I will do some digging and get in touch with a few old contacts.
Lampione. I am pretty sure it was the Lampione. She told the ship suffered heavy damage and even after repairs could not keep serving the Cartel paramilitary forces as a regular warship. Her boss, surname de Motti, if I am not mistaken, gave her that ship instead of melting her down. Reyes wanted to turn it into her mobile laboratory and so she has begun to do. At least this is what she told me.
However, if the ship is not on Galicia or any other place within Maltese space then the only hint available for us is gone.