A Hawkorp Mercboard jumps in SCF space without warning, shields or weapons. Apparently, there is a private contract of sorts dedicated to finest soldiers in the galaxy. The board launches a transmission.
Transmission start
Adun: Hello, Stellar. Adun, president of Hawk Corporation here. You see this drone? It's our second most useful design since we were founded. Ahem, anyway, we are here for a small favor. As rebels, we wish to continue our war with the so-called Offworld, they have set up some mobile station for scouting and a multitude of other purposes. My previous experiences with mercenaries indicate that it's best to cut to the chase, so here we go. I have the coordinates of the station. You shall move there and get an Offworld Transport ship - it's U-shaped, black and with colourful stripes everywhere, then you shall bribe its crew in some way so you can launch a distress call from that ship. A Sovereignty battleship will be patrolling the station, it should go after the call. Since it lacks any major sensors, you should sneak up on it and defeat it, but with one major task. You must leave its AI module alone and safe. Then you must threaten the Transport to get the AI module to my... middleman. There she will... dispose of crew, leaving the whole transport and the bribe you gave to take. And don't worry, for that task you'll also be rewarded with, let's say, 400000 credits? Also, do not worry, our scouts have shown that Offworld employees, especially transporters, are paid only so much to buy basic necessities, so I'm sure they'll accept a bribe of 50000 credits without a single problem. Also, the Sovereignty lacks any weaponry on its back, where you would be able to disrupt its thrusters with ease, leaving it barely able to turn, where getting out the module will be easier than a steamed turnip. So what do you say, deal?
Transmission end
Mercboard's touchscreen lights up with two big buttons: "DEAL" and "DISCUSS"
Requires Drones++ and Cannons Plus