"Michael Stackpole "The Bacta War"" - читать интересную книгу автора"But we don't trust you." Booster smiled. "I know you've already learned more
about our operation than I wanted you to, and I also know that Vorru is trying to learn as much about us as he can. I don't want you to find we're a commodity you can trade to him for a profit." Karrde held his hands up. "So far I have avoided taking sides in the civil war, and I see this as a simple extension of it even though Antilles has resigned from the New Republic's military. Since the cartel really isn't interested in selling bacta to me, and since you need my services, it isn't going to do me any good to sacrifice you to them." "Provided we still are a profit center for you." Karrde frowned. "Booster, you make it sound like I don't value our history together." "Oh, I think you do, and the history of your making a profit off me is what you value." Mirax raised an eyebrow. "The fact that either one of you would sell the other for a bucket of warm dewback drool isn't really germane here. Betting against Wedge Antilles's abilities lost Iceheart the Imperial homeworld and sent her packing for Thyferra. Talon, you're too smart not to back him, especially since his victory will break the cartel and open up the bacta trade. A little gratitude toward you from the Ashern rebels won't hurt when distribution is set up." "Point taken." Karrde picked up the datapad on his desk and punched a few keys. "I'm going to have you liaise with Melina Carniss on the delivery details." Booster frowned. "Carniss? I don't know her. Never heard of her." the middle of his security apparatus, but she was Jabba's own agent. Formally, she was his dance coordinator. Good head on her shoulders. She understands a lot of the business, but is a bit shy on experience." Karrde stood and waved his left hand toward the doorway. "Here she is. Come in, Melina, my dear. This is Booster Terrik and his charming daughter, Mirax." Mirax shook the woman's hand and returned her smile. Several inches shorter than Mirax, Melina wore her dark hair in a rather short cut. It accentuated a white stripe that started with scar tissue near the corner of Melina's right eye and shot straight back beyond her ear. Her green eyes and full mouth made her pretty and the way Tapper looked at her suggested he was smitten. "Pleased to meet you both." Karrde waited until Tapper slid a chair from over by the wall beside his own and Melina seated herself before he con-tinued. "Melina, you'll coordinate shipments of material to Booster. He'll give you the details. The cargo and the delivery points will be hazardous, but we'll not charge him our nor-mal rates for such things. He's part of our family-albeit a rather distantly related one." She nodded. "I understand." Mirax smiled. Great, this means what we don't pay for transport we will pay for the cost of the items. And Karrde said it was a buyer's market. Karrde looked up from his datapad. "Is there anything else you need, Booster?" Tapper laughed. "Perhaps he wants Another Chance or the Death Star's womb. I mean, as long as your aim is to break the Bacta Cartel, you might as well go in for other things you can't get." |
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