Born Sinner
ORD MIRIT
LOCAL TIME: 0100 HOURS
"OPERATION PICKPOCKET"
NEW IMPERIAL ORDER INTELLIGENCE ASSETS/STORMTROOPER SPECIAL FORCES JOINT OPERATION

It wasn't pouring, but it was still raining. In the dim light, the dark red-glow of the cigarette of the man's cigarette illuminated his face for just half a moment, before the darkness of the bar covered him again. He had a gruff voice, and obviously didn't want to speak to the Imperials any longer than he had to. He was tall and lean, moreso lean due to a poor diet and a penchant for cigarettes, less so of the exercise variety. Beaten into submission by life, credits had greased the axle of his mouth, and the information that they wanted was coming out in droves.
"It's like this, you see- nobody who's biddin' is actually gonna be there."
A pause, a moment, another long drag of the cigarette. The rain outside the bar was the occupying space of the sound while he contemplated the ramifications of giving away the information, versus weighing what would happen if he backed out of his deal with the COMPNOR and Imperial agents. Hitter and Tulan were there, Tulan more familiar with the underworld than most gathered, and Hitter there because Tulan asked him to be.
Tulan coldly stared at him, one hand on the credit chits, one hand on the suppressed slugthrower. It was up to him which hand moved- and more importantly, what he said.
"They all send envoys, emissarys, secretarys, underbosses, hell even hired lackeys- just guys told to bid, hold up a number, keep bidding. Only the real people know what it is, you see. It's at this warehouse. But if you make any noise, they all-" He made a poofing motion with his hand, like someone throwing dust in the wind. "So you make a bad move, and your lead is out, and I still get paid." He held out a slimey, dirty, well worn hand. Tulan handed him the credits, walking outside immediately after with Hitter.
Bad conversationalist anyway.
He walked for a few blocks, stopped, making sure he wasn't followed, then entered a small apartment complex. The COMPNOR agents had selected an apartment belonging to a few ship workers, who were currently out spacing, transporting some precious cargo. They came and went frequently, so nobody paid attention when their apartment was occupied again. That and- nobody cared here. Someone could've died in the stairwell and nobody would've been there to care- too busy getting to work. Nobody cared that strangers came, strangers came every day on the planet- who was to notice a few more?
Tulan's kind of place.
The apartment was entered by Hitter and Tulan, and Hitter took his place by the window, ever diligent and rarely, if ever letting his guard down. He didn't blame him. Tulan turned to the COMPNOR agents, the lead one as he understood- one

"We found the spot."
Tulan's part of the operation wasn't to do the planning. That was up to the COMPNOR agents. Tulan began to provide the information to the COMPNOR agents, in a way that only he could- in lethal, precise details.




SIA/ALLIANCE SPECIAL FORCES
LOCAL TIME: 0105 HOURS
ORD MIRIT
The SIA was a well-oiled machine, operating in a tumultuous time, simultaneously operating as a both a war asset and a security asset. To that end, it was inevitable that they'd come across a blip of information, traffic, and red flags. Though the involved players did well to avoid their footsteps being heard in a sense, the SIA got lucky with a ping from someone moving from the Inner Rim to Ord Mirit. Intercepted messages on a formerly-encrypted network mentioned that 'everyone' was coming to bid on something. The involved subject had begun a wire transfer of 60 million credits to an off-shore server in order to facilitate the bid- on whatever it was.
The higher up's immediate reaction was weapons or slaves, and neither was going to be ignored by the SIA. Outside their space or not, it involved people within them, so calls were made, operatives were gathered, and arrangements were made.
Ord Mirit was not exactly an ideal location to travel to, but it was fairly easy for operatives to travel to without being noticed. The amount of transports and trade being conducted provided excellent cover for a variety of agents and operatives, and it was easy to follow-up on the lead that the SIA intercepted and provided.


