Leaving Adlet on Hera, Drake, Ferda and Rand take on Jina,
a retired constructor prepared to offer blood and sex in
exchange for a passage to the Hallidan Hub. On arrival at
the Hub, while Rand and Drake look for a permanent crew
member, Ferda goes in search of Zadde and his associates
and learns Zadde was tortured and killed a few days after
they left Hallidan with his cargo.
Rand receives an unofficial warning that he is about to be
arrested for the “disturbance’ he was involved in during
their last visit and his ship will be impounded. Leaving
the Hub just ahead of the magistrates, our crew and their
new members set out for Frannin, Zadde’s home base, and
another major trading station, hoping to learn something
of Zadde and his dealings and Gelda’s origins.