What seemed like a eternity of stress for Tadashi turned to relief when it seemed the Klingons had broken off their pursuit. At least for now, the Hayashi was now docked with Starbase 17 and Tadashi was relaxing at the stations bar with Thrall the two enjoying a drink. Nearby two Starfleets officers were talking with one another.
"I read a report earlier today the USS Birmingham has been missing for nearly two years now" One spoke. "Two years? Jeeze that's a long time to be missing. You think Starfleet would be eager to recover a Galaxy class " the other spoke. Sipping his drink the younger of the two responded "they assumed she was lost with all hands during the end of the Dominion war you know about those rouge Jemhandar that were launching strikes against federation ships right? Shame though I heard she was carrying a cargobay full of latinum destined for Feriginar"
Tadashi perked up when he heard the words Cargo bay full of latinum.
"Thrall did you hear what I heard?" He asked "you bet your sweet asian ass I did. That's alot of latinum! " He smirked giving Tadashi a firm slap on his ass earning a yelp from the man. "Thrall save that for later Jesus...go find Vanessa I know she's got a admiral friend tell her to find out the last reported location of the Birmingham. We're gonna find that ship and it's cargo then if she gets any info me and you gonna talk about that ass slap in private". He smirked and gave Thrall a gentle kiss on those soft blue lips of his before heading off to find Xavier. Apparently he was talking to the stations quartermaster about rumors they had a old style Plasma manifold that was compatible with their ships warpdrive. He hoped he could make a deal their plasma manifold was long over do for replacing
Sato found himself just wandering the starbase. Everyone was off doing various things and just staying on the Hayashi didn't seem that much fun. He often envied his brother. Sure they were partners together in the business but it always felt like Tadashi had everything. He had a ship. He had a crew that respected him and he had a boyfriend. Sato had only had the occasional hookup but never got to settle with anyone. The only guys he interacted with were honestly Xavier and Thrall. Thrall obviously taken and Xavier well Xavier seemed more in love with warpcores then anything else not to mention if he had a thing for anyone it was Vanessa
A sigh escaped his lips as he soon ran into his older brother walking out of a room with Xavier and a anti grav unit carrying a large piece of equipment
"Ooo did you get the plasma manifold?!" He asked. "Yep turns out I had to part with that vintage bottle of Chateau Picard Grandpa gave us but I hope it's a worthy to trade if it keeps the Hayashi going. Come on Sato we gotta meet with Vanessa she's on level A speaking with someone on a potential job"
Taking his brother the two made way for the turbo lifts.
"I'll be in the ship getting this baby installed!" Xavier yelled out
Up at the admin offices Vanessa exited from a office just as Tadashi and Sato caught up to her and she had a wide grin on her face waving a padd
"You did it?" Tadashi asked
"Yep I got the last known coordinates of the Birmingham Starfleet put her last known position in the Wallace cluster. That sectors filled with Dangerous Nebula which is why Starfleets gave up the search. It's just to much to cover and with the dominion activity out there it wasn't worth the risk... But dominion activities died down and Admiral Venison said if we can find her and bring her back in one piece we are welcome to substantial reward plus half of the over 7 thousand bars of latinum in her cargobay!"
"That's 3.5 thousand bars! Tadashi that could buy us a new ship! A planet! Anything we want!" Sato exclaimed excitingly
"That's right little bro. Come on let's get thrall and get ourselves out there!"