<strong>Name</strong>: Commander Rixx<br/><strong>Location</strong>: Indellian system, New Republic repair & supply ship Indata, conference room<br/><strong>Date/Time</strong>: Day 1, noon<br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: Anya<br/><hr/>"My capital system? Hah." Rixx laughed out loud. "It might be important to you too, you know? The New Republic is no friend of slavers and bounty hunters, unlike the Empire who finds uses for them and makes arrangements with the scum of the galaxy. Oh, don't get me wrong," he raised his hand to ask a reply be withheld at this point, "I'm not promising the galaxy will become a much nicer placer over night, when we take Coruscant. But in the long run it will make a difference for the better for most people – including you."<br/><br/>He slapped his thighs and stood up. "But business. Understandable. You have to live of something. Now, first of all, you can take as many jobs as you like, over the next few months, as long as they don't get you in any trouble that'll jeopardize the mission. Would be pretty odd if you just cruised around the sector without doing any normal business at all." The Commander looked at Anya from narrowed eyes, closely studying her.<br/><br/>"Your tanks are full, and you are stocked up on provisions. Then there are the modifications to your transponder. It's not like we are going to rip those systems out again, once your mission is finished. You could consider that an advance on your eventual payment, but I guess if I suggested that you would counter that we did that to aid the mission, not to pay you. Maybe we shouldn't dwell on that.<br/><br/>"Your cargo run to Demawand ... That will pay 2,400 credits, to be split among you and your crew as per whatever arrangements you have, or make, with them. In addition we are prepared to offer you, Captain, a retainer fee of 2,000 credits a month, to cover operating costs for your ship during the mission. There'll also be extra payment – to the whole team – for any useful information retrieved, but I am not authorized to make any promises how much what sort of information will pay. That will have to be decided on a case by case basis, as I am sure you will understand."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">About the money and starship operating costs</div><div class="spoiler_body">My idea is the retainer covers normal operating costs for the Magpie under most circumstances. That way we won't have to worry too much about refueling, routine maintenance costs, etc. Costs might go up if you visit an expensive spaceport or engage in a lot of combat, but this arrangement should simplify bookkeeping most of the time. <br/>That also means the 2,400 for the cargo run is what ends up in your pocket. </div></div>