Part 24 - One flew over the mynock den
Rhijans shrugged. "It's a stolen Imperial shuttle...that's enough to warrant a founder's fee, all on its own," he answered, as he turned to see what had elicited the question (he had, after all, been well outside the shuttle discussing flight options with Lund).
"Leaves me wondering just how Kourene got word that this shuttle was here, though...at a guess, they captured Ansart, or he's some kind of Alliance asset. Any other option would only mean that they knew a shuttle had been left here...they wouldn't have known that the guy who arranged for it hadn't taken it already."
He glanced at the netting that had been cut loose, and gave another shrug. "My guess? Ansart is, or was, an Alliance asset, this was arranged for something he was going to do, and he never made it here. Jungles grow fast, if this had been here very long, the netting would have a lot more stuff growing through it...but it wasn't brought here for us, been sitting too long for that."
He turned back, giving Lund a wave to indicate he'd take care of the shuttle, letting Lund take care of his own ship, and turned starting up the ramp.
"Whoever he may be, Ansart isn't here now. If he's dead, Oomba can send out all the bounty hunters he wants, he's not getting anything for his efforts. And if he's Alliance, they'll find a way to pay Oomba's fee...they can't afford to compromise an agent with those kinds of connections."