STAR WARS: RETROSPECTION- The Hunter

You doze for about an hour when a beeping noise awakes you.

Incoming transmission.

Rylis will answer the transmission.

"I got your message."

It's Makrus.

Is it just a reply (a la phone tag) or is it actually him?

It's him in the flesh...er...hologram.

Okay.

"Hey, thanks for waking me up...did you see anything in that file you sent me about Ragnor saying I'd be stuck working with someone from the Nobogs? Because I didn't." she replies, stretching a bit.

"Didn't see anything like that, no," Makrus replies.

You notice that he is wearing stormtrooper armor.

"I just love little details like that being sprung on me. And just what war are you fighting now?"

"That's classified."

He winks.

"Who's this chap you're stuck with?"

"Sure, and everything I do is public knowledge, right?" Rylis replies, rolling her eyes.

"His name is Snithius Jonah Kamusarai Oro. The Second, or something. Also known as Snith, or a complete and total annoyance."

Makrus looks about in contemplation, then shakes his head.

"Never heard of him. Peculiar. Is he good at anything other than pissing you off?"

"Well, he did manage to plant a tracking device on Ragnor's ship...after having scared him off and nearly getting me killed. First time I've ever been shot at by a ship's laser cannons when I wasn't in my ship myself. I'm waiting on the trace to come back right now." Rylis says.

"I don't know. He seems to have some idea of what he's doing, but doesn't at all understand the concepts of patience and subtlety. He's a decent shot, at least, though."

"At least he isn't a bumbling idiot, in the professional sense," Makrus says. "And at least you're alive."

"I'm not easily killed, Makrus, and if I was I'd have been dead long ago. He seems pretty competent, he just doesn't understand that you can't go about this sort of business by picking fights in plain sight. And I don't like surprises like this being dropped on me with no warning."

"You think they would have mentioned it on the bounty..."

"Yeah, you would think that. I don't know, I can't say I trust him at this point."

Would I be able to look up and see if I can find any info on Snith?

"What was his explanation?"

You might be able to, yes.

"He said he's a privately contracted operative from the Nobog Corporation and that he's there to handle certain things while I'm on the hunt. What things, I don't know."

Well, Rylis shall do that, then. If not, I'm going to straight-out ask him why this was not mentioned on the bounty at all.

"I would probably want to clarify what he's supposed to be doing..."

Research does not turn up Snithius Jonah Kamusurai Oro the Second initially; you have to dig deeper before you find any mention of him. Long before you find mention of him, though, you easily find out that Snith Senior was recently executed by the Empire for criminal business matters...as a member of the Nobog Corporation. He was a leading figure.

The only mention of Snith Junior you are able to turn up is that Snith attended his father's execution by firing squad.

"Oh, don't worry, I'll be getting to the bottom of this one."

Hmm...

I'll do a bit of digging on the Nobog Corporation as well, while I'm at it.