Gacen brought the ship down into the Dantooine spaceport, it was surprisingly big which meant the security would probably be better than expected. He had been hoping to just hack into the cameras and maybe spot Risha or Guss at one of the hangers but that'd take hours at this rate. He sighed taking a small swig of booze and headed to see Ash, when he found her she was equipped with almost every form of weapon Gacen could think of.

Ash stood up when he came in "ah Gacen we ready to go?" Gacen squinted was that a sniper rifle on her back?

Gacen frowned "uh what is with all this gear Ash" Ash looked to her extensive collection of weapons

Ash seemed confused "this is a recon mission right? I made sure to tone it down" Gacen was bewildered these would've been helpful like 8 other times were they just not technically missions?

Gacen stifled a laugh "this is toning it down, Ash we're just gonna find out where the ship went next" Ash seemed to ponder the question

Ash conceded "yeah I dunno it just felt like a proper mission so I geared up the same way by routine I guess" that made sense at least, Gacen had been like that a few times after getting out of prison. "I guess I can put the sniper rifle back" Gacen nodded very intently it didn't exactly look discrete

Gacen smiled "that's probably for the best" Ash put it back switching it out for a large blaster rifle, Gacen sighed probably best not to argue.

Ash folded her arms "so what's the plan?" Gacen stroked his chin that was a good question

"uhhhh well find out which hanger they were in, hope it isn't redacted and then maybe find out which hyperlane they took" it wasn't exactly the best plan but it was all they got

Ash didn't look impressed "well I guess we have to find their control room then since we don't have a slicer" Gacen nodded ok cool Ash was taking charge "any idea where that is?" Gacen thought about it opening a datapad he could see a few restricted areas on the map.

Gacen sighed this was a terrible plan "uh we can check the restricted areas" Ash sighed clearly unimpressed with his lack of plan

Ash nodded "alright well it shouldn't be too hard to find" Ash walked out and Gacen followed unsure of if she was so over-prepared with the state of their plan. Soon they identified the control room catching a glimpse of the room as someone left, to their surprise there was only one guard outside Gacen couldn't help but wonder if they were understaffed if so what luck for them.

Gacen whispered "ok so there's no one in there we just need to distract the guard" Ash nodded lifting up her blaster, Gacen's eyes widened quickly pushing the blaster back down "no! we are gonna distract him that is way too suspicious" Ash grumbled putting her blaster away

"I wasn't gonna kill him I was just gonna stun him" Gacen sighed in no way was that better for their situation

Gacen stared at the guard "we just gotta pinpoint some weakness" Gacen tried to get a fix on anything he could use to charm the guy

Ash spoke up "25-35, hairline seems to be receding looks like tis due to the stress of his new baby that and the deathstick leftovers on his jacket" Gacen's eyes widened he didn't notice any of that

"how did you do that?" Ash frowned at him confused

Ash looked back to the guard "it's right there, the faded sick stain on his armour as I said shavings of what was once a deathstick on his shoulder and judging by build, face composition and hair he's 25-35″ Gacen's head was spinning how did she identify that all so quickly

It didn't matter he could work with that "I'm gonna distract him you get inside" Ash nodded quickly disappearing form his vision. Ok Gacen here we go you still got the charm you're a little rusty but still got it you can do this.

Gacen took a deep breath and made his way over to the guard leaning against the wall "ugh my god I am about ready to pass out after all those boxes" the guard looked over to him frowning had he done it wrong "I'm a ship captain and i desperately need to hire someone to haul the boxes or my back is gonna give out, my name is Gacen by the way Gacen… uh Drayen" Gacen's eyes widened where the hell did that come from.

The guard smiled "Jersha nice to meet you, uh this area is restricted past this door so uh don't go in it" Gacen nodded making sure to keep an eye out for Ash

Gacen got out a deathstick he had for just this sort of occasion and lit it "oh don't worry man I wouldn't jeopardise my delivery schedule" he didn't personally care for deathsticks but duty called. Jersha started looking toward it "uh you want one dude" Jersha was still looking forward he had to distract him more

Jersha shook his head "no no no I'm trying to quit" damn it he couldn't push that he'd be such a dick

Gacen had to try another angle "huh you got a reason or just trying to get off them" Gacen felt a little weird talking about addiction, Ash and him had had too many alcoholic talks lately.

Jersha smiled "well actually I'm trying to quit because of my son was born a few weeks ago" Gacen nodded putting out his deathstick no need continuing now it had served it's purpose

Gacen smiled "congratulations man I bet he's wonderful" Gacen had an in here this could work

Jersha nodded turning to Gacen "would you liked to see a holo" yessss he was that type of dad.

Gacen nodded "yes I'd love to" as Jersha fumbled with his holo Gacen saw Ash sneak into the control room perfect now he just had to keep Jersha's interest. Jersha showed him the baby who was admittedly very cute "man he's got your eyes" Jersha smiled putting the holo away

Jersha turned to Gacen "you got someone in your life Gacen" the question caught Gacen off guard he didn't quite know how to answer

Gacen stammered "uh yeah" he paused "well I did, I haven't seen her in years so I don't really know anymore" Jersha looked away awkwardly

"uh sorry I didn't know that was a sore subject" Gacen sighed maybe he wasn't ready for charming man again it was all too much

Gacen paused for a second "no it's ok to be honest it's looking up" as he spoke he saw Ash come back out thank the force, this conversation was getting awkward "I uh should get back to my ship but uh nice chatting to you"

Jersha nodded "nice talking to you Drayen I hope it all works out" Gacen quickly walked back over to where Ash had hidden.

Ash stood waiting there looking calm as ever "Ok so good news and bad news, the good news is I found the hanger but bad news is they were just here to refuel so no extra info on where they went next" Gacen frowned not another dead end "but I did find out where they keep the hyperlane routes ships take" Gacen couldn't help but feel he wasn't gonna like this

later…

Gacen sulked halfway into a vent "why do I have to go in the vent you're the special ops trooper havoc squad commander or whatever, you're used to this kind of stuff" to get into the database it turned out that they had to go through a specific route in the vents to avoid detection. The only other route would be a suicide mission so the vents it was and apparently he had to do it.

Ash glared at him "as I keep telling you you're skinny and limber so will be able to actually fit inside this vent I'm too uh ya know built" oh yeah built sure

Gacen continued to sulk as he slid into the vent "you're thick Ash it's nothing to be ashamed of" he saw Ash's glare intensify as he exited her vision grinning. The vents were long and winding but Gacen had to admit due to his skinnyness this was rather easy, he was making quick progress. Ash gave him directions as he went and about halfway through he got his foot stuck in a vent "Ashhhhh I'm stuck, my foots stuck" what was he gonna do he couldn't lose the boot.

Ash responded quickly 'wriggle out of your boot then, we don't have time for this" Gacen gasped that was unthinkable he needed it for the outfit

Gacen frowned "what are you kidding the boots tie the whole outfit together" Gacen tried to tug his boot out of the vent but it was real stuck in there.

Ash seemed agitated when she responded "well it's either leave the boot or get blasted with hot air very soon" Gacen's eyes went wide he did not want that

Gacen decided he didn't want to be stuck here forever getting blasted with heat "fine I'll leave it but you're paying for a new one" he pulled his foot out of his foot and kept going.

Soon enough he had reached the location of the database, he looked in the room he could see three guys at the console that seemed engaged with their jobs, all he had to do was open the vent carefully and quietly. He made sure to take the vent off the wall carefully delicately putting it next to him he then just had to inch down slowly, suddenly he felt his leg drop as his grip slipped he tumbled to the floor landing behind the men. He looked up sprawled across the floor as the guys looked at him, oh dear he had to deal with this before they caught him but they basically already had. He fumbled in his coat finding a canister, he put his coat over his face and let it off, Gacen watched as gas filled the room causing the men to fall unconscious. Gacen waited for the gas to dissipate getting up and looking for the route, as he was about to start however an alarm sounded oh no he had to hurry this had gone so wrong. Gacen quickly looked for the ship Risha and Guss where supposed to be and sure enough found the route they were on, the ship had headed further into the outer rim towards the edge wow she really was hiding out. Ok information got now Gacen had to just jump back into the vent, he did his best to scramble back up to the vent but before he felt himself slip back down into the base of the room.

Suddenly the doors opened and Gacen was tackled to the ground "oh no Ash help I got busted he-" Gacen's mouth was covered before he could say any more oh dear this was bad at least he knew where Risha had gone but now he was gonna go to prison again just his luck…