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Looking somewhat dispassionate from the events occurring all around what had become a battlefield not even a hour ago, Jaida scanned the area with calm eyes. A few dead or injured troopers and thugs alike, vehicles crashed and burning near the front gate, Jedi up and about talking among themselves in secrecy before they left together, probably for another secret scheme or talk they seemed to fond of. What interested the ex-bounty hunter the more were the prisoners who managed to be captured still alive. Potent sources of information everyone around here seemed to disregard. And yet, like a polished gem, they wouldn’t offer much unless some work had to be done about them first. She knew how life was on Gamorria. Those people wouldn’t talk unless she had convincing arguments.

Before the prisoners of war were taken away, Jaida took her datapad from her stealth belt and aimed it towards the group of captured thugs. Silently, the device analyzed and took quick snapshots of the individuals the young woman had targeted. Confirming she had what she want, the black-haired huntress left the vehicle in which they came back from the mission.

While she’d usually celebrate a job (relatively) well-done, Jaida would skip the festivities and get to work sooner rather than later. If she was to be truly accepted by the Republic, she had work to do to prove herself capable, if not convince she had put her criminal life behind and was serious about helping the Republic eradicate crime from this planet. 

With this in mind, the ex-criminal left the others to their own devices, returning to the living quarters she had been assigned the day before. Once inside, Jaida threw herself on her bunk bed and turned on her portable computer. Inserting her datapad in the machine, she could fully analyze her queries. Just another day of stalking and find an identity to those face…

Scouring public databases, she found little information, or rather, the facial recognition system bore little results. Some had a criminal past, as expected, recorded for minor offences. Most of those people belonged to different gangs. It was as if some gang members just decided to put aside their rivalries and focus on a common enemy. A strange coincidence.

Or maybe not. Jaida knew better. At the very least she believed she knew better. Someone must’ve paid those suckers to do the dirty work. Like Blank was assessing the strength of those who had assaulted the drug factory, whoever was sponsoring this assault on the Republic base wanted to assess its strength as well. Perhaps, Blank’s employer and the one who paid those thugs were one and the same.

Scouring deeper into hidden databases using all of her technological knowledge, Jaida accessed banks of data that were not meant to be seen. Now, she had names to put on faces, families tied to these thugs, employers and even loans…

Which was very interesting. Some of these gang members shared a common loan company, “Teratect”. To public knowledge, Teratect was just another loaning company marketing easily accessible loans with stupidly high interest rates. The hidden truth, however, was the way Teratect pushed its unpaying clients to return the loan money. Blackmailing, strong-arming, even outright killing if the poor soul took too long to pay back his loan. Hired assassins were easy to find on Gamorria to do a corrupted company’s shady business. If she wanted, Jaida could’ve probably be one of those assassins if she had accepted the offers.

Names, families, loaning company. Nothing to really make a definite link to who could be behind this attack, but it was a start. With enough persuasion, maybe she’ll be able to get more out of the prisoners. Armed with a few details, Jaida went to find the most accessible person on the base.

As soon as she found Fufuro, Jaida rose her hand in greeting to the girl, along with a smile and a wink. [color=9e0039]“Hey darling!”

“I had something to ask of you. Think you can give me permission to speak with the prisoners you guys got your hands on earlier? I might be able to make them spill out some information concerning the attack earlier. Might even get you all a lead on where to head next, if it goes well.”[/color]