They were there within the hour. She and Corso were still not on speaking terms but he suited up, checked his guns, and headed out with her anyway. Darmas was waiting for them; his trademark grin on his face. There was someone else, a Cathar waiting with him.

"Ah what a moment for the holo-albums. Standing here with two of the most famous-or should I say notorious spacers! Captain I'd like to introduce Vaz Traniff. He's a how do I say this delicately..."

"I rob ships." Vaz sure didn't beat around the bush.

"I thought you would appreciate knowing that more than one of his hits has been against Rogun."

She nodded. "Wish I could have been there to see that."

"I'm the last one standing. That mug has been after my crew ever since that last job we pulled on him. Picked them off one by one. Now the Hutts have my best vault cracker. We don't stop them they'll sell him to Rogun for the price on his head.

She shrugged. "If it's a chance to hurt Rogun. I'm on board."

Vaz smiled. "It's more."

Darmas butted in, hated not being the center of attention. "Vaz's partner, Combo, was taken by the Hutts doing some preliminary scouting for what could be the heist of the millennium. An Imperial treasury starship, The King's Ransom, is in orbit just off Nar Shadda. I don't have to tell you the kind of credits we're talking about here."

"Ohh we'd be hitting those Imperials right where it hurts." Corso gleefully mused.

Darmas smiled at him. "You'd be righteous and rich. I figured you'd want in."

Alienna smiled at Darmas and put her hands on her hips. "You know me so well."

"My dear if you declined the chance to thumb your nose at Rogun and the Empire while rolling in credits we'd be through."

"We'll split the haul fifty fifty. But we need to rescue Combo first." Vaz was impatient.

"Rogun's lieutenant is going to pick Combo up at a Hutt safe house on Nar Shadda; here are the coordinates."

Vaz started to walk away. "I'll meet you there, if we don't manage to rescue Combo the deal's off."

They made it to Nar Shadda quickly as time was of the essence. The coordinates were correct, and they found Combo locked up with a Hutt and his minions standing guard. Alienna assumed that the lieutenant was the one about to drag Combo off by the throat. She was rather pleased to crash his little party. There seemed to be a small problem with the deal already and she would be the icing on the cake.

"Rogun already said what he'll pay. It's not subject to negotiation!"

"I still owe Rogun for Hoth." Alienna mused as she and Corso sauntered into the room.

The Hutt looked at her with what she could only assume was amusement. "I've heard of you Captain. Never thought I would get to meet such a notorious thorn in the great Rogun's side."

The lieutenant growled at her. "She tried to play Rogun for a fool. Kill her and I'll double the price on this one."

"This is a private business arrangement Captain. I'll have to ask you to leave. Unless you were going to make me an offer..."

She was making an offer. "How about you hand Combo over and I don't make this place smell like fried Hutt?"

"Slow down Captain. Business deals are best accomplished at leisure. You are far too hasty."

"Shall I kill her for you?" This lieutenant was getting on her last nerve.

That's when Vaz showed up. "You kill everyone here Captain who's to say who did it. This guy isn't known for working things out peacefully."

"Vaz I knew you'd save me old buddy I just knew it!" The relief in Combo's voice was evident. Alienna felt sorry for him.

The Hutt was not amused by her threats but decided that his hide was worth more to him than Rogun's friendship. Unfortunately the lieutenant was not going to let them get off so easily. Not that he had much of a choice in the matter. Alienna blasted him the second he moved for his weapon. Vaz freed Combo from the cage and they both looked happy to see each other. Combo was effusive with his praise and Alienna tossed him a grin, Corso bristled next to her. She almost laughed because it was obvious to everyone but him that Combo wasn't the least bit interested in her. Vaz hurried them to where Darmas was sending them. He had arranged for a Republic shuttle pad for them to use, they arrived and Alienna was a little surprised to see none other than Senator Dodonna.

"That surprised to see me? Who do you think pulled the strings to let you use the shuttle pad? Darmas told me what your doing. It's quite heroic really. The Treaty of Coruscant forbids official strikes on non military vessels. We're lucky you're not bound by that."

Alienna was feeling a bit cheeky. "I'd hate to have to share the spoils with a whole squadron."

The Senator for once was in a good mood. "And I'm sure they're glad not to have to share the risk with you. Just a warning then; the Empire is moving reinforcements in the area. Be careful."

Vaz and Combo were waiting for them. Vaz explained that they would be using an Imperial ship to dock on The Kings Ransom. He and Combo would be inside the cargo hold waiting for her to fly them safely aboard. So far everything had gone according to plan, hopefully the rest would go as smoothly. The piloting part wasn't hard in fact nobody looked twice at the ship or questioned her really badly faked accent. Once they got off the ship however, it wasn't so easy to go unnoticed. An Imperial officer stopped them as they got out to look around.

"Hey what are you doing poking around here? The only arrival code we've received is for Pilot Commander Ina'irolia'kleoni of the Chiss alliance.

"Do you really want to be talking about stuffy landing permits at a time like this?" Flirting was the option that came easiest to her mind.

The officer was confused, apparently they don't have women in the Empire. "What are you? Oh! Oh no I'm on duty!"

"I can't very well get into trouble if I'm with you, right?" She cocked her head to the side and batted her eyelashes. She was slowly closing the gap between them.

"True I can take you in the other room for a strip search." He laughed under his breath a bit as he wrapped his arm around her midsection. "Or just right here."

It was a big mistake to try and kiss her in front of Corso. He slid behind the officer without him noticing and smacked him on the back of the head. They tied him up and his him behind some of the cargo boxes before anybody else saw them. Then they sprang Vaz and Combo and headed out on their mission. Alienna was impressed with Combo's work and was even more pleased when she saw all the money and artifacts they were going to get away with. She was checking the last vault when they heard whispering. It seemed it was a private meeting so naturally they got closer to listen. It seemed that not all was perfect in Impland; the voices sounded angry. She was about to scoot closer so she could make out what they were saying when she was spotted.

"If you don't have any valuables I'll move to another vault. Carry on."

The Imperials were shocked by her nonchalance. "The ship is under attack, call the Voidwolf!"

The familiar face popped up on the holo but the Voidwolf wasn't very interested in helping. In fact he was intent on destroying The King's Ransom in order to keep it from falling into Republic hands! This guy was a new kind of crazy in her opinion. He was downright gleeful at the destruction of such an important ship all because he didn't like the people on it. That was their cue to get the heck outta there. The first blasts nearly knocked her off her feet but Corso made sure she remained upright, mostly. She had to doge a bit of the incoming blaster fire in order to get them out of there but she managed it and their haul was massive. Vaz was polite when they were done, and fairly divided the credits and artifacts. She and Corso were worn out and heading back to the ship when they saw a thug and some monsters threatening the Senator.

"Hands off the Senator." Alienna was feeling generous today. The Senator was surprised to see her, and had better be grateful for the rescue.

The thug was one of Rogun's men after them again. Alienna was going to choke the life out of Rogun if it was the last thing she ever did. Thugs were easy but monsters were not. One of them gave her a nasty toss against the wall and left some pretty bad bruising. In the end though they killed the monsters and saved the day. Alienna was going to have to ask for a raise.

"I owe you again Captain. Although I don't know if I should thank you or blame you for bringing this trouble down in the first place." The Senator was more curious about the creatures than a thank you. Figured.

"As long as it dies when you blast it doesn't matter what it is."

The Senator disagreed. She wanted to know how Rogun got them in the first place, and to do that she was willing to take him down. Alienna wasn't about to argue with her.

"And I thought going legit meant I wouldn't have any fun." It looked like she was going back to Darmas for information on how to finally bring Rogun down once and for all.