if the Puppetmasters have a hand in all criminal activity everywhere, what motivation is there to stop them for someone like Alexa who literally works for the Pirate Queen? the way I've written her at this point, Alexa wouldn't take part in this operation if she didn't see a clear way to benefit Aria. the mission is good for the most part, but it feels like there's a conflict of interest between the Client and Alexa.

sorry if I'm being problematic! I just can't see a way that Alexa [i]wouldn't[/i] walk away from this mission and run home to Aria. I kinda rambled up there so I'll just list out the questions/issues I'm seeing:

who are the Puppetmasters? from what I understand, the Client wants to stop them in order to halt illegal activity throughout the galaxy.
if that is his motivation, why hire someone like Alexa, whose only motivation is Aria's benefit?