Zoe clapped Gruffle affectionately on the shoulder and said, "You're a hundred percent right about the starport and the shopping trip. That crab expedition netted us some creds, and we can 'reinvest' those back into the Zax. If you find time, draw up a wish list and we'll have a crew meeting to vote on it."
"Jimmy, come on with us. Never know when someone's skills will be useful in something like this. If nothing else, an extra pair of eyes is never a bad thing."
Then to Kaira, "Bring whatever you want, just don't get caught. We'll do what we can to get you out of a mess, but on a planet like this it'll take time and money to do...so if you get caught you might miss some of the fun. That said, if there's something shady going on here I doubt they'll be worried about gun laws either, so it's good someone is taking that risk."
She took a deep breath. "Now, far as I see, we've got a two-pronged angle of attack here. We need to see the production lines from a technical standpoint and see if they're doing something stupid that's costing them more than it should. We also need to go over their contracts and finances to see if we can spot any money holes that shouldn't be there."
"To be frank, I'm not much good at either one of those, but I figure we can either split up and hit both at once...or hit one first and then the other while sticking together."
"What do you guys want to do?"
(Zoe is still in her shipboard jumpsuit, but she's changed its cut and its coloration to look like a company uniform. She has her communicator (which has a camera built in), her dataplayer, and her vid glasses as well. Oh, and her Holdout Electrolaser.)
Truly, Insight, I'd do the same in Kaira's shoes.
