As always, thank you for all your support. Zell laughed as Kirk entered the room. "You three were masterful!" The small man said with a chuckle. "So, any idea what's on it yet?" Kirk asked. "Well, I immediately brought up all password protected items. And there's only one thing. And it was very easy to get into. It's all financial transactions," Zell told Kirk. "Very big ones. We're talking billions here. And all of it is Montal money. This bastard is embezelling money from the corporation." "Any idea how much?" Joshua asked. "So far, about fifty billion," Kaleena said. "And he has an accomplice. Some guy named Hahd Adralla." "Why am I not surprised?" Joshua growled. The other two turned to stare at Kirk, shocked at his outburst. "Do you know this guy?" Kaleena asked. "Her," Kirk said. "And I don't know her, but I know of her." "Oh, a babe huh?" Zell cut in. "She's an Orion," The man said with obvious disgust. "She somehow managed to screw her way into a position on board Excalibur. She's the top computer tech on the Lady Ex," The two stared in shock at the hatred he exhibited for this woman. "I take it you don't like her?" The black haired woman said with a smile. "I despise all Orions," The man said with loathing. "Well, most. There are a few who are good, honorable people. But not enough. I'm going to call Republic Intelligence and see where they have her quartered. They're keeping track of Excalibur's roaming crewmembers." "No need," Zell said, shaking his head. "According to this, she's living in the Hondo Korl building. Crime definitely pays. That's one of the finest apartment buildings on the planet." "Kaleena, did you call your father about Corzo's whereabouts?" Joshua asked. "Yes. He said Matt was already gone. But that's ok, I put those five tracking devices you gave me in each of Gold's speeders he's using. We'll know where he is at all times." "Good. Now tell me what floor, and which apartment, Zell." "The three hundred eightieth floor. Every floor is a single unit, complete with landing platform. Only the best for the galaxies wealthiest!" Zell said before he jerked to attention. "Shit!" Zell exclaimed as he shot forward to stare at the screen. "All the money is going to Madullo Ship Building." "What kind of ships?" Joshua asked. "Military?" "Yeah," Kaleena told him. "All they build are military ships. Frigate size and under. They are a subsidiary of Kuat Drive Yards. At that moment, Magenta and Stefan walked in. "Please say you have a reason I can kill him," The man said hopefully. "Sorry, nothing about Zind, yet," Kaleena replied. She then quickly told the woman what they'd found. "What type of ships are they?" Mama asked. "Sixteen heavily modified Hunter class frigates," Zell told her. "When will they be ready for delivery?" "They're ready now," Zell replied. "The crews are slated to arrive in two weeks to take possession of them. And look," Zell pointed at a ship on the monitor. "Each of these ships has four heavy laser cannon mounted down the spine. They're capable of a planetary bombardment. Not on the scale of a BDZ, but they can give you a hard time." "Stefan, we need to find Matt. I want to know who these ships were supposed to go to," Mama then grinned. "But first, I need to call Tak'Dahn in here. She said we needed some new ships at Three Suns, and here they are, bought and paid for." "Well I'm heading out to have a talk with Matt's accomplice," Joshua told the redhead. "What accomplice?" Stefan and Magenta asked in unison. Joshua was walking across the room when Emerald stepped in front of him, blocking his way. Ro came up behind him with Bitty and Mala. "Joshua," Em said with a half smile. "We need to talk." "Am I in trouble?" He asked. "No," Ro said with a quiet laugh. "We just want to thank you for what you're doing for Gold. You don't have to do this you know." "Yes I do. From the moment I saw Matt yesterday, I knew he was trouble. And hey! Taking care of trouble is what I do best." "Well we're going to thank you for helping our sister," Bitty said, looking up at Joshua. She then ran to a table, followed by Mala. There they each took a box. One large, and one small. Mala gave Joshua hers, the larger one, first. "We heard that Peenk is taking you to her main store in the morning to buy you some clothes for your meeting with the Princess," Ro said in a tone that denoted pity. "Well, Peenk's designers are miracle workers when it comes to women's clothing. But they are terrible with men's. So the four of us went out today and got you something. I think you'll like it." Opening the box, Joshua's eyes grew. He lifted out a jacket and examined it. Then he looked over the pants and boots. "Oh hell yeah!" He told the four. "This looks great!" "We know," Bitty said with a grin on her face as she held her gift out. "Now look in this box." "Jesus!" Joshua Kirk removed the lid and saw a belt, holster, and a massive blaster. "That thing looks like it was made for a Wookiee!" "That is the Montal Arms Type 42 blaster," Em said as she nodded. "It was made for a Wookiee. I just had mother's arms master chop the grip so you could use it. That would break a normal man's arm. But I think you can handle it," Joshua inspected the weapon and nodded approvingly. "How can I repay you for this?" "You already have by helping our sister, Gold," Emerald told him. "Ha!" Roma said with a laugh. "Speak for yourself Em. I want him to repay us. And he can do that by giving us a baby." "Do what?" Joshua turned about, shocked. "Oh no! You need to talk to their sister about that. Peenk freaked when she found out about Kaleena, and has told me in no uncertain terms, that raven haired cutie is the end. No more. I'm hers only," As if on cue, Peenk walked up with Baby, Ano, and Xin. "Listen," Peenk started. "While you're off on this mission for mother, we're heading to the hospital. The doctors said Melee's stopped growing, and that they'll be ready to release her in a few hours. So by the time you get back, she'll be here. So get dressed and happy hunting," Peenk said before kissing him goodbye. "Uh, we gotta talk about something," Ro called after Peenk. "When we get back, in a hurry here," She said before running out the door, Baby, Ano, and Xin quickly following. "You know, Em?" She said as she watched the four run out. "When I woke up this morning, I had one niece, Vendra. And an hour later, I find out that two girls that were like sisters to me are also my nieces. But I don't know what to make of that youngest one, Xin. That's an odd girl." "Really?" Emerald stared at Roma several seconds before replying. "I guess you've forgotten what you were like as a teen. You acted the same way when my mother took you in." "Well, as much as I'd love to hang out with you lovely ladies," Kirk cut in. "I've got to get dressed and do some hunting." "It would be nice to see Matt's head mounted on the wall," Em said with a large smile. Detectives Dana Caralla and Zay Orell stood smiling as the doors opened to reveal a young short Human male accompanied by two officers. "Mmmm," Dana said to Zay in Cerinian. "He's a cutie." "Thank you," The man replied in the same tongue as he entered the room. "You're rather lovely yourself." "Oooo!" She cooed. "And he speaks Cerinian, too." Kirk squatted over the body and and shook his head as the stench of it filled the room. "Lt Adralla, what have you been up to?" "Well that answers my second question," Orell said to Dana. "I'm Ambassador Joshua Kirk," The Human said as he shook his head. "And she's Lt Hahd Adralla, head of computer security on a Federation battleship called Excalibur. It's believed that she's been involved in diverting money from the Montal Corporation to a subsidiary of Kuat." "Enough money to kill her to keep her quiet, I take it?" Caralla pondered. "Does fifty billion credits sound like enough reasons?" The Human asked. "And that's so far. They were still adding up the numbers when I left." "Are you kidding me?" The red spiked Cerinian sputtered. "That's a hell of a lot of money!" "Yeah, but why would Kuat do something like this?" Caralla asked. "That's small change to them." "They didn't. It was someone inside the Montal Corporation. He's been paying Madullo Ship Building to assemble a small fleet of frigates." "Are you sure the Montal Corporation wants you talking about their business?" Dana asked. "I think it's out of their hands now," Joshua said as he pointed at the dead woman. He then took his tricorder from his belt and began to pass it's medical sensor over the body. "What are you doing?" The white and black striped woman inquired. "Scanning her to see how she died." "Well judging by what I see," Orell said. "I'd say she was beaten. Very badly in fact. She seems to have a lot of broken bones." "True," Kirk replied as he read what the tricorder found. "But there's one problem with that. And that's the fact that the bones appear to have been broken more than twenty-four hours after she died." "What killed her then?" One of the officers asked over his shoulder. "A crushed esophagus," Kirk said as he shut the scanner off. "But there's no bruising on the neck," Caralla said. The other Cerinian, and one of the officers swore under their breaths. "You know what that means then," Kirk said knowingly to Zay. "Yeah," Orell muttered. "She was Force Choked." "Oh, that's just what we need!" The woman exclaimed. "But at least we know why her bones were broken later. To try and cover up the real cause of death," Kirk stood and began to scan the room. "What are you scanning for now?" She asked. "Some kind of recording device. Orions always use them in case they get killed by an associate. That way their family can get revenge. Or to use to blackmail someone." "Wonderful people, the Orions," The officer mumbled. "Ah, here we go," Joshua walked over to the door and stared at the blank wall above it. Swearing loudly, he held out a hand and Force Pulled a chair across the floor. As he climbed onto it, the detectives gave each other a surprised glance. "I know," Kirk said from the chair. "I just made myself a suspect." Their surprise grew as he reached up, and his hands disappeared briefly. A couple seconds later, they reappeared holding two objects. A video recorder and an unknown, disc shaped device, just like one clipped to the Human's belt. Kirk pulled a cable from his pocket and plugged it into the recorder. But much to their shock, he didn't plug the other end into his scanner. He plugged it into the back of his head! "What are you doing?" One of the uniformed officers asked in disbelief. "I'm copying what's on here." "That other thing's a cloaking device?" Orell asked. "But it's so small." "It's only capable of concealing one person," Tracing his thumb along the face of the cloak, Joshua then tossed it to the side. By the time it hit the tile, it was just molten droplets. "What are you doing?" Orell shouted. "You just destroyed evidence!"