Ch 3: Ace
In the galactic market sector of Coruscant Theron made his way through the streets walking past countless people of multiple different species from, human to wookie, to twilik to cathar to rodian. Theron wore his jedI knight robe armor and had his Lightsaber clipped to his belt as he walked down the street. He finally arrived at his destination the cantina. He saw many patrons inside drinking away their troubles and watching the barley clothed Twilik dancers.
Theron looked around and saw who he was looking for. At a large booth 6 people were all enjoying drinks. One of them was a wookie. Another was tall and muscular Zabrak woman. The third was an average sized man with his hair in tied in the back. The fourth was an average sized woman with brown hair. The fifth person was a mon calamari man. The sixth one was the person Aeron had truly been looking for. He was a human man with tanish skin and black hair, he had a black eye patch over his left eye and wore privateers attire.
"Ace , the republics finest privateer, I thought I'd find you and your crew here" Theron said. "JedI, come to enjoy some Correlian Whiskey, stuffs not cheap but I got plenty of spending money to enjoy" Ace said. "Perhaps another time, ace I need to ask you some serious questions. I've been feeling some disturbances in the force" Theron said, "What do you need to know?" Ace said. "You have made runs in the former imperial space, smuggling runs" Theron said. "Look we're privateers, not criminals anymore, we aren't criminals or low lives" The Zabrak said. Ace brought his hand up, "It's alright Akaavi, the JedI are out friends" he said. "I'm not here to arrest any of you I just need to know if there has been any activity in the former imperial space" Theron said. "Activity why you asking us?" The human woman said. "I mean underworld activity" Theron said, Ace smiled, "You were smart to come to us, is something happens in the former imperial space the underworld is on it first, and I know those scum and villains like the back of my hand. Yeah there's a lot of activity there. The hutt cartel is gathering its resources and making bold moves on unaligned worlds in that area" Ace said.
Hutt aggression on such a massive scale was a shock to Theron. How could the republic not take a stand against this, then again these were unaligned worlds far from republic space the republic had little influence there. "Does the republic know about this?" Theron said. "I told some of the republic officials that hire me, a few listened to me" Ace said. "I appreciate that" Theron said. "Who is behind this hutt aggression?" Theron asked. "The new leader of the hutt cartel, the wrenched piece of slime written filth Nem'ro the hutt" Nem'ro the hutt was once a powerful hutt crime lord who took in even more power after Karraga the hutt was killed by a republic strike team on Hutta. "Did a few jobs for Nem'ro the hutt back when I was a young smuggler, the pay was real nice but over time I left when I saw some of the things he wanted me to smuggle" Ace said. "What do you mean?" Theron said, "Dangerous poisons, slaves, and even mass murderers" Ace said. "Thank you for your help Ace" Theron said. "Before you leave, it doesn't surprise me you feel a disturbance in the force , there is something going on out there. Something more than just the hutts" Ace said. "Thanks for your help " Theron said. He walked out of the cantina and thought about what Ace told him. If the hutts were making major movements it meant that something big was going on in former imperial space. He had to investigate this further if he wanted to find out what the disturbance he felt was. He got gotten feedback on the underworld. There was someone else he needed to talk to.