With the crew together for breakfast in the Longhorn Lorne asks Val about the wanted posters around the station. Although Val doesn't share his story it's clear the rest of the crew all have their own troubled pasts. Lorne encourages Val to share more, he his perhaps a little disappointed when Val fails to confirm that he has been on murderous rampage through RiftCo. Later Val also has to calm the concerns of Marneg Shenur the Selkath captain of the Duster and his crew.
Aayla constructs a signal tracker and uses it to locate the signature she found in the central station sensors. It leads her to Malogaan Mineral Trading, the signal seems to be coming from the accommodation above the trading post.
Val and Lorne enter the trading post and Val posing as a property dealer confirms there is living space above the store. The store owner is a old Bothan, the store looks fairly exclusive and the counter he is behind is protected by a mesh grill. Goods it seems are passed through a hatch/dumbwaiter like device to the side of the counter. There is also a door which is somewhat concealed by the shops design. Unable to reach the Bothan the pair make their excuses and leave. The Bothan seems none to happy to see a Maruder in his shop anyway.
Val and Jorus hit the bars, looking for possible pilots to help them in the coming days. They finds some promising leads. In preparation for the defence of the Opal, over the next 3 days on the station they will hire two pilots, ex-local rebels who have a grudge against the empire and fly escort fighters for mineral transports.
Lorne spends the day watching the shop front. During his stake out he notes several locals giving him disgusted looks. Used to this kind of treatment he suspects a group of locals are watching him and mean him harm, he counts at least six distinct members of the group.
In the bars and drinking holes Val and Jorus are approached by Oberon Faeleen, he approaches with a broad smile and a drink for each of them. He positions him self as well connected middle man and starts asking how he can help their business, pegging Val for an investor. Val turns the conversational tables on Oberon and gives him little information, he learns that although Oberon claims to know all the real movers and shakers he's light on names and details, and he also picks up on his dislike of non-humans when two Ithorian's sit down near their table. Oberon leaves empty handed. Val picks up on brewing anti Marauder sentiment and comlinks Lorne to warn him. He's aware.
When the night cycle comes and the central concourse is more concerned with entertainment and less with trading Lorne and Aayla, break into the living space using Val's loaned grapple Lorne and Lorne's skills to enter through and upstairs window.
Inside they find an apartment fitted out in luxury style, cushioned surfaces, floor level lighting, a low marble table, gemstones and rare minerals in presentation cases. They determine that past the corridor of six doors (three on either side, likely sleeping quarters (one might be a lift) is a set of stairs down to food preparation area and maybe other rooms on the ground floor. From the sounds, The Bothan must be down stairs and from the noise is likely preparing food.
Searching the lounge area they find a panel behind which is a private subspace transceiver, the high end equipment is built into the concealed unit. Aayla is able to access the a recording of a transmission that would have taken place when the duster was last on the station. There is no security on the transceiver. Coalescing from blue static a holo of an Imperial Pilot appears, his armour is painted red. The figure in the holo says "Operative Onxy….. That is good news….. , excellent, good work Onyx." then the recording ends.