Nash and his crew were on Naboo.  They had been tracking down a bounty.  Had been.  Unfortunately, by the time they tracked the bounty down, he had already been captured by a rival bounty hunter.

"I can't believe Solvek beat us to the punch again," Askrik complained.

"I can," Grik replied matter-of-factly.  "He has his own ship and we had to find and hire a transport."

R2-N8, whom the crew called Nate, chimed in as he tootled along.

"That's right Nate, and his crew is better equipped," Quoshent interpreted.

"And he operates out of that shadowport, which may have been closer to Naboo than Tatooine is," Grik threw in.

Askrik hissed a sigh.  "Yesss, Yesss, I know how he beat us.  I'm just tired of it."

The crew was headed to the Moenia Cantina to commiserate.

OOC: What does Nash do?
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"All in good time, friends," Nash consoled, running his index finger around the lip of his glass.  "Building a business takes time."

"You keep saying that," Askrik responded, halfway through his Trandoshan ale, despite telling Quoshent he would drink it slowly since Askrik had to borrow money from the Squib again just to get the drink.  "And I keep telling you, bounty hunting is not a business, it's a way of life!"  He slapped Nash hard on the back almost making Nash spill his drink.

Before Nash could respond, his comlink chimed.
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"Brennan," Nash responded, answering his comm while setting his drink down.

"Hey Nash, it's Raymas."  Raymas Daal was an acquaintance of the crew.  A portly Corellian smuggler whom they occasionally ran into at the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine.  "I heard you were on Naboo and I'm in need of some help.  Do you think we could meet in person to go over details?"
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"Sure thing, buddy," Nash replied.  Nash said his goodbyes then turned to his crew.  "Finish your drinks, we've got work."
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The crew gulped down their last swallows.

"What kind of a job?  A bounty?" Askrik asked.

"For how many credits?" Quoshent followed up with quickly.

"And who's hiring us?" Grik tacked on.

"Raymas, and we're going to find out," Nash explained, clapping Askrik and Quoshent on the shoulders, then heading out.

OOC oh, I get it.  Asterisk an Quotient.

As the crew followed Nash out the door, they each spoke their minds:

"Raymas?  I don't know Nash," Grik said, clearly leery.

"What do you mean?" Quoshent chimed in quickly.  "Raymas always pays well.  And some of us," Quoshent cleared his throat, "are short on cash," he finished as he glared at Askrik.

Askrik completely ignored the obvious barb, though he did agree with Quoshent by saying "Raymas has always been reliable."

"Yes," Grik admitted, "but I don't always like how he handles things.  I mean, why us?  And why is he even on Naboo?  Nash, can't we at least look into what Raymas has been up to lately?"

"Look how?" Nash asked.

"I don't know.  Ask around, have Nate hack into the news or police database," Grik suggested.

"I suppose that wouldn't be so horrible," Nash said.  "Nate, are you up to it?"

Nate tootled in the affirmative.  The crew found their way to a public terminal and Nate plugged in.  Within a few seconds he whortled that he had connected to the news and public police databases.  He let Nash know it would take a while to find something as specific and private as information about Raymas.

After an hour of searching, Nate pulled up information on the display screen so everyone could see it.  Just above some information about a lost shipment of blaster rifles believed to have been routed to Barab I, the information said that Raymas had recently made it big and that he had a powerful new backer with lots of money to throw around.

As Grik huffed, Quoshent quickly chirped "I see nothing in there to dissuade us from taking this job."  The crew then looked to Nash.
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