So this old man of yours is, what? The opposition leadership?
Can he get messages out offworld? I could have a king's ransom in bribes here within a standard week. Maybe two, I suppose. Plus plenty extra.
[ The 'extra' would be a nice fleet of shuttles to get the hell off this forsaken rock and maybe arrest some perpetrators, though he has no real desire to turn the Empire's poisonous attention on this out-of-the-way planet; it clearly has more than enough problems already.
Not that he's really expecting he'll truly be able to send out any communications, or for this stranger to even remotely know what he's talking about. But you never know if you don't ask. And the man sounds weirdly like he might actually care what happens to all these kidnappees. ]
[handmaiden of unsheathed swords] posted:
So this old man of yours is, what? The opposition leadership?
Can he get messages out offworld? I could have a king's ransom in bribes here within a standard week. Maybe two, I suppose. Plus plenty extra.
[ The 'extra' would be a nice fleet of shuttles to get the hell off this forsaken rock and maybe arrest some perpetrators, though he has no real desire to turn the Empire's poisonous attention on this out-of-the-way planet; it clearly has more than enough problems already.
Not that he's really expecting he'll truly be able to send out any communications, or for this stranger to even remotely know what he's talking about. But you never know if you don't ask. And the man sounds weirdly like he might actually care what happens to all these kidnappees. ]