[b]Collab Intermission.

Kwenn System,
Nova Retreat.[/b]

"Are these reports accurate?" Neia asked, incredulous if the results mentioned in these reports were indeed true. Her two companions in her office, Jantor and Kiyla just smirked. Well Kiyla was smirking, Jantor's expression was unreadable behind those cybernetic implants of his.

Kiyla tapped the datapad with the reports, "It's for real boss, you seem to be the proud owner of some very resource rich asteroids. According to the boys they just need the funds to hire work crews, prospectors and miners to get the operation going." She winced, "Granted a lot of credits are required but it would be worth it and according to the books we can. You just need to sign the release of those funds. On... gah where did we leave it, you really need to clean up your desk more boss, here it is!" After rummaging through some of various datapads and other files on her desk she came with the releases and contracts that required Neia's signature.

Nodding her thanks she looked at what she was required to pay and widened her eyes, spluttering for a moment. "This... will cost us almost 10 million... to open up two mines?"

Kiyla winced again and nods. "Yeah... but it will be two very profitable mines, according to the survey reports. So well worth the investment. According to the projections at least."

She sighed, closing her eyes and rubbing her forehead, thinking and then just shrugged. "Ah what the hell, wouldn't be the first risky investment I made and we already went through a load of trouble to get access to the Sarka system." She signed the documents with her personal code and provided a thumbprint in addition. "Permission granted, let the Kahleesi Mining consortium make it's name known." She said with a smile... then her smile faltered and groaned, looking at the nervous Kiyla. This time she could tell Jantor was amused by something because he was chuckling and shaking his head. "Right I know that look... spit it out Kiyla, what do you want."

"Well... since you are in a mood to spend credits... there were some upgraded I have been meaning to have done to the Free Trade Gambit and I was hoping you would also allow those to be performed, now they are costly but not as expensive as the cost for the mines and..." She stopped talking, seeing the look on her employer's face. "Ah I suppose it can wait." She mumbled and looked down.

Neia looked at Jantor who just shrugged, sighing she grabbed the datapad Kiyla just put down, skimmed it, looking back at Kiyla with a questioning look but then just entered her personal code and a thumbprint. "Call it temporary insanity but your upgrades are improved, but I gather it will mean the Free Trade Gambit will be locked in place her for some time. Make the crew run through some exercies and rotate the troops aboard for some R&R on the station."

Kiyal blinked and then clapped her hands excitingly. "Thanks boss! You won't regret it! I'll go get Mochi and get right on those upgrades! You won't regret approving of this boss!" She jumped up, gathered some of the datapads and quickly scrambled out of the office, probably thinking to get the upgrades under way as fast as possible before Neia could reconsider her decision of allowing them to happen.

She shook her head watching her go and turned to Jantor, "Well, I just signed away millions of credits in a matter of minutes, let's hope it will be sound investments."

The Kel-Dor let out a amused snort, "The investment for the mines, certainly, the upgraded to the ship, time will tell. With that dealt with... Tohkran's lad, the Rodian Goddor wanted to see you." He gestured to the door. "Got him waiting outside, if you want to see him, unless you want to see another jedi more."

She blinked and smiled, "Huh... so does everyone on my staff know I am seeing Ba'al?"

"Pretty much, don't mind, she seems good for ya." Jantor replied with a chuckle, "Anyway want to see Goddor?"

She waved ahead, "Sure, sure, let him in. Are you needed elsewhere, I assume?" Jantor shook his head, indicating he would stick around as he went to the door and let their Rodian guest in. She stood up and walked around her desk, still smiling. "Goddor, good to see you, how are you? Enjoying your stay I hope?"

Goddor nervously nodded, "The accommodations are more than luxurious but I am not here to relax as you are aware. I was hoping you had news about Cyphor's arrival? Will he be here soon?" He blurted out, speaking quickly. His master had stayed on Antar IV and charged him with finding aid for the plight of the people there, of the entire system. It was taking too long for those he wished to talk about it however, though he suppose the force was with him that apparently Ba'al, Cyphor and Neia would all three be present on Neia's station anyway. Still the waiting was making restless so he had considered it at length and come to the conclusion to already talk to Neia about what master Tohkran was doing and why he needed the assistance.

Neia blinked and looked from Jantor back at Goddor, "I understand from Cha'alla he can arrive at any moment, today, tomorrow, the day after. Soon, is what you wanted to discuss urgent?" She had to admit she was curious, from the moment he arrived the Rodian jedi had wanted to talk to all of them about something, that Tohkran wasn't here to ask himself was the most surprising aspect of it all."

He took a deep breath, his master had entrusted him and he was a jedi knight now, granted he had not been given the status of knight for very long but he now had to act like it. "It could be a matter of life and death, and not just the life of my master, Tohkran. But of the entire population of a world and system." He paused, waiting to see what kind of reaction Neia might have for those words.

Her answer was silence, at least for a few moments as she realized her guest was serious, she turned around and walked to her desk, gesturing to one of the seats i nfront of it. "I have a feeling this is the type of conversation that benefits from us sitting down, so take a seat and begin at the start. What by the black stars has your master gotten himself into?"

Well he wasn't dismissed so that was something at least, he took the seat and pondered ,where to begin. "I... ah, well... I suppose I should start with how my master received word of a force user leading a resistance force on a world known as Antar IV..." He explained how they had entered the CIS occupied system to launch a craft to the surface in a attempt to identify and make contact with the resistance force. He told them they had succeeded, albeit a bit differently than they had hoped with the whole crashing bit and being captured by said resistance. Meeting a force user, if not jedi he then explained what they had learned of the abysmal living conditions the CIS were imposing on the population. "They are turning a beautiful world into a polluted wasteland, to strip-mine it to build machines and droids for warfare... enslaving the population to make their factories produce these objects of destruction. My master was asked to stay and he did... along with almost every soldier and vehicle we had on our ship. To help the resistance in their fight... but they need much more if they have a chance to... remove the CIS from the system." He finally took that moment to take a breath and look at Neia.

"Well..." She said after a moment. "So... if I get this right... you basically want to ask, on behalf of Tohkran, to have us all... organize a, in what is best described, invasion force to liberate that system from the CIS?" She let out a soft laugh, not to mock Goddor as she chuckled, "You don't ask for much, do ya?"

"I know what Tohkran asks of you.. of Ba'al and Cyphor... is a lot but... this is a cause worth fighting for and these people need it, I have the sensor and scan results, pictures of the slave labour they put these people through, here look." He produced the datapads with the sensor and scanning results the ship had made.

She glanced at the offered pads and instead leaned back in her chair, looking intently at Goddor. "Look... I am a businesswoman Goddor... I am not the one to fight for a cause or liberate worlds." She said with Jantor nodding slowly.

He sighed, "I suppose it was too much to ask of you... I do hope Cyphor and Ba'al will be able to help." He said, he had to admit convincing the non-jedi to help Tohkran would be difficult, perhaps during the meeting together with Cyphor and Ba'al also present she could still be convinced. "I suppose with no profit in it you are not interested." He managed to slip out before he realized what he said. "I, ah, I am sorry I did not mean to say that I am just... trying to help my master and the innocent lives."

Neia let out a snort, "I know what you were saying... and you ought to let me finish. Like I said I am not the one to fight for a cause... but as it happens I have a sour taste for slavers of any kind... which includes the CIS if the image you paint of what they are doing to civilians of a world they conquered. Look I don't know much about battles, but what resources I have... and I will look to my staff for volunteers." She looked at Jantor, "If any of them are willing to fight."

The Kel-Dor stepped forwards and nods, "I would volunteer, if what Goddor here says is true, and I doubt he would be lying about it, then it is something worth fighting for, even if it isn't the worth of credits in this case."

Chuckling Neia nodded with her erstwhile bodyguard and now right hand man. "Well said, Goddor, you and Tohkran can count on whatever support me and my own can give. Don't you worry, I think the other jedi will offer assistance as well. Your master won;t be alone for long I wager." She smiled, "But I still have a station to run, and you look like you could use some sleep, some real sleep, without worrying about anything, clear your mind or whatever it is you jedi do and focus on the here and now. Get some rest."

Goddor stood up went aroudn her desk and took one of her hands in his and bowed, "Thank you! Thank you, Tohkran values his friendship with you, Cyphor and Ba'al, with everyone and he knows it would be a lot to ask but it is good to see that his friends, or at least one of them so far, will help in this matter of need."

She chuckled, shaking his hand and then let go, "Don't you fret, only doing this so he owes me one." She smirks, letting Goddor decide on his own if she was joking or not. "Jantor please escort Goddor back to his quarters... and make sure he goes to sleep." With that they said their goodbyes leaving Neia to run her station and businesses once more... making her wonder if she would do the right thing, helping with a possible war effort... she decided that time would tell.