Linus has been busy developing an algorithm for a spike to infiltrate the banking system here on Bespin. He says he can do it but he is going to need a lot of things to go right in order to slice into the transferring account. He wants to make a "mock" Marus Grayson account so it seems like the winning bidders funds will be funneling over to his actual account, but in all actuality it will be going into our account. I haven't really known Linus for too long but he seems to get a rush whenever he is slicing into terminals much like I get that rush when I am in the cockpit of the Fortune Rises. Not only that, Linus says he will need a banking droid to actually insert the spike. That won't be easy...they are usually guarded and are very heavy we will need a repulsor lift to move it. All that is the easy part. The tricky part is to not alert Lobot, a human with a cyborg construct embedded in his brain. He is always linked into the city's central computer.
The bounty hunters and Felix have been scoping out the Museum and getting intel on a few of the bidders. Any insider gossip may help our cause to create a bidding war. They met Shreya Ordassa a professor at some university. They found out she is trying to get the jewel for the University. We also found out that this is no ordinary gem. Its a Corusca gem...legend says these types of gems are the heart of the Jedi's most trusted weapon...the lightsaber. We found another bidder at an expensive spa..Mil Mikkir, a Chagrian. I though I met all kinds of people in the galaxy but life continues to surprise me. This guy...this guy is a piece of work. Arrogant, boasting, and vain...those are the nice things about him. He the ex of one Professor Ordassa and it seems he still has his mind on her....juicy!
While we were out gathering intel Gavin spent most of his time upgrading the cloud car that Arend procured for us. This airspeeder wasn't fancy but with our credits we earned from our last delivery mission to Keeto Prime we invested in some parts to help with the handling and a added repulsor lift converter that will give us an extra boost when we need it. Gavin was working hard on the speeder while everyone else was out enjoying Bespin. I did manage to get him away for bit and scope out some of the competition of the race. There is this cantina called Grease Monkies down in the lower levels of Bespin where some of the blue collar racers and mechanics hang out. The place is really dingy and smelled like burnt hyper-fuel.
We met the owner/bartender...Ol'Saav...I think that was his name? I couldn't get by not staring at his hairy mole growing on his upper lip. Yeck. Anyway, he is a friendly sot and he gave me some insight on a few racers.
- Gerrald ("Stormhawks"): a decent gunner/pilot is the gist of this tandem. Cool name though.
- Relgar ("The Carbines"): backed by a Hutt, so they probably have some skills.
- Tarryn Rayzer: a local hero on Bespin and is probably my ultimate competition.
Well, I better get some rest. I need to have my wits and reflexes sharp tomorrow. Dax out!
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