From: Anonymous User4653 < idiotsarray4653@zeltrosnet.ze >

To: Via D’Gane < erraticgunslinga@zeltrosnet.ze >

Hey sis,

Not sure if you even check this old address anymore, but I need to talk to family. And if I message Mom or Dad I’ll probably have another bounty on my head…

Anyway, in case you didn’t know yet, I left home. I just couldn’t handle it. I’m not sure if it was the best decision I’ve made or the worst. It started out well. I drifted around a bit, met a crazy droid that has turned into a good friend; I even started “applying myself” - don’t know if I ever thanked you for teaching me sabacc tips behind Mom’s back.

It was going pretty well – I actually got a real job with regular pay, and felt like I was actually succeeding at something for once, and now I find out I’m working for the Black Sun! Rather, I “was” working for them.

I was part of a courier crew – delivering packages to random people throughout the region. It turns out these packages were slow-acting death gas traps. Unfortunately I found out after breathing in the poison myself – but Dr. C thinks I may be okay due to my amazing zeltron livers. I hope so.

I need to tell you about my last misadventure. Too much to process on my own.

Le’ela (a naive but well-meaning caamasi) and a former crewmember of the courier service (it’s complicated, no time to explain all that) had brought me to a hospital after our last mission to get me checked out. It turns out that the orderlies were actually Black Sun jerks who sedated me in order to bring me to my apparent employer for questioning. Lord Van-to – I haven’t heard of him before.

I don’t remember anything between that and waking up in a stone room. I noticed what I thought were implements of torture, but Van-to’s “interrogation” went smoothly, I think. I told him what he wanted to hear, and played innocent – you know I’m good at that! :)

It turns out Le’ela got herself captured, too, and my droid buddy, T1, tracked us both down and sliced our cells open. Handy to have a friend like that. We decided to arm ourselves in the “torture room”, when Mrs. Van-to popped in briefly, then left in surprise when she saw us there. It put everything in context.

Hmm, how do I summarize. We ended up rescuing Dr. C, who seems to know a lot about our employer and his schemes; then we ambushed Van-to’s beefy henchman and exited the dungeon using a secret passage up to the Vantoo boudoir. Silly humans and their need for secrecy.

Anyway, we made good our escape by enlisting the aid of some zeltron maids – they escorted us out, and I offered them a place on our ship. Oh, you’d absolutely LOVE the upgraded lounge I had installed. Great sound system, and amazing couches. The girls were very impressed by my accommodations.

It’s strange, before I took this job I wasn’t really interested in helping others, but I’ve met a lot of sentients in need, and I seem to have a knack for de-stressing others. I’m also starting to get quite bothered with all the slavery going on in this galaxy – you know how much I’ve hated blind obedience (Dad sure heard it from me) – but I didn’t realize how rampant this is.

I’m not exactly sure what this crew is doing next, since we’ve pissed off our employer (oh right – we somehow managed to kidnap the Lord’s son. I’m not sure what Hena was thinking. We may go after the Paradise Village luxury cruiser – that was our last delivery, and it looks like they are experimenting on slaves there. Making them enjoy pain or something creepy like that. They were half-mindless – it was disgusting.

If you happen to come across any info about Black Sun, Lord Van-to, or Paradise Village, I’d appreciate it. And please don’t tell M&D about me. If you do speak to them, just let them know I’m okay. I need to do this without them trying to “help.”

One last thing. One former crew member that is now on our ship is investigating her brother’s death. Her name is K’arana. Her brother was debilitated during a droid uprising at the Gavos mining facility. It’s weird – she suspects T1 may have had something to do with it, but he’s always treated me as a friend. She had some security footage, and it seemed legit. I know your intelligence job probably is crazy, but if you have some time, could you do a little digging around for me? I want to clear his name… but I also need to know if he’s just using me.

Maybe I’ll see you around sometime. Yeah, I miss you.

B.

PS – You probably want to know about my two newest zeltron friends. Dani and Luxa are really sweet and a LOT more fun than the rest of the crew. They have great taste; turns out they are big Be’Shuls fans, too. I think you’d like them.