[center][b][u]Shadow Broker Records[/u][/b]
Subject: Ceisstia V’dore[/center]


Partial data recovery from the personal records of Is’sha Skasan
Date: 01/17/2172 CE
Accessing Audio File #77492

Beginning Audio Playback

I: Hello?
C: [color=e25822]Ms. Skasan.[/color]
I: Ah, Ms. V’dore. I wasn’t expecting to hear from you so soon.
C: [color=e25822]An unexpected opportunity came up. Regardless, I have the data you asked for. I can transfer it to you once I have received the second half of my payment.[/color]
I: Yes. Um, about that.
I: Unfortunately, due to… recent events, I’m afraid I won’t be able to pay you at this time. However, with the data you acquired, I should be able to pay you in full, with interest, without much delay.
C: [color=e25822]… I see.[/color]
I: I trust that won’t be a problem? 
C: [color=e25822]I will see you in a few days.[/color]
I: Ms. V’dore? Ms. V’dore! 


End Audio Playback. 

Accessing Video File #4461
Location: Personal Residence of Is’sha Skasan, Nos Astra, Illium
Beginning Playback


*chime. A pale blue asari approaches the door of the residence*

I: “Coming! Goddess, what else do those varren wan-oh!” 

*door opens to reveal Subject standing outside in full combat gear* 

I: “Ms. V’dore.” 
C: “[color=e25822]Hello Ms. Skasan.[/color]” 
I: “What, uh, what are you doing here?”
C: “[color=e25822]I am here to deliver the data you hired me to collect.[/color]” 
I: “I see. You didn’t need to deliver it personally.”
C: “[color=e25822]I disagree. We needed to discuss your proposed changes to the contract.[/color]”
I: “I… see… This, um, isn’t the best time right now. Perhaps we could arrange another time to-“

*Subject places her hand on the door frame*

C: “[color=e25822]I insist.[/color]”
I: “… very well. Please, come in.”

*Subject and Skasan enter the residence common area and sit down across from each other*

I: “I trust that you have the data with you?”
C: “[color=e25822]I do.[/color]” 
I: “Very well, let’s see it.”
C: “[color=e25822]Do you have my payment?[/color]”
I: “No. I explained to you-“
C: “[color=e25822]Then I cannot give you the data, Ms. Skasan.[/color]”
I: “What? But-“
C: “[color=e25822]The contract stipulated that the data would only be provided upon final payment.[/color]”

*Skasan becomes visibly agitated* 

I: “I don’t have the money. Those backstabbing idiots have all my assets tied up in litigation. I didn’t expect them to move this fast.”
C: “[color=e25822]Your poor choice in business partners is not my concern. What is my concern is that you hired me to do a job, and now I expect that you complete the payment we both agreed upon.[/color]”
I: “I just told you, I don’t have the money! But I can use those files to get it!”
C: “[color=e25822]That isn’t what we agreed upon in the con-[/color]“
I: “Then change the contract!”

*Silence. Subject draws her pistol and begins scanning it with her omnitool*

C: “[color=e25822]Ms. Skasan. Do you know what the most valuable tool in a mercenary’s arsenal is?[/color]”
I: “What are you- what does that have to do with-”
C: “[color=e25822]Her reputation. It is what determines the type of jobs that are available to her, and it is invaluable during contract negotiation. You hired me, Ms. Skasan, because of my reputation for guaranteeing the successful completion of the job that I am hired to do. You also did so with the knowledge that I do not appreciate it when my employers are unable meet their contractual obligations; for example, payment.[/color]”
I: “Are you threatening me?”
C: “[color=e25822]Not at all.[/color]” 

*Subject holsters her pistol* 

C: “[color=e25822]The contract did not specify a time or date by which payment was to be given. I am content to retain possession of the data until such time that you are able to pay for it. This visit was simply to give you a second chance to pay my fee. Unless you are able to do so, I will take my leave.[/color]”

*Subject rises and begins moving towards the door*

I: “But… but… if I don’t have those files I’ll have to start from scratch! It’ll take years before I can build up that kind of money!” 
C: “[color=e25822]That is your concern. I will check back with you periodically.[/color]”

*Skasan rises and begins to pursue Subject, becoming increasingly agitated*

I: “You bitch! Do you have any idea what I could have done to you!”
C: “[color=e25822]Save your threats, Ms. Skasan. If your previous statements are true, then there isn’t anything you could do that would intimidate me. And I know you're bluffing, because if you weren’t we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Furthermore,[/color]” 

*Subject stops and turns, drawing her pistol and aiming it at Skasan, causing her to stop and back away with her hands raised* 

C: “[color=e25822]It would be in your best interest to rethink your options here. I do [u]not[/u] accept threats very well.[/color]” 

*Subject holsters her weapon and turns to leave.*

I: “Wait! Wait! I... I can pay you!”

*Subject stops and turns to look at Skasan. Skasan turns and looks towards the residence’s second floor*

I: “Pamela! Get down here!” 

*After a few seconds, a human female, approximately twenty years of age, enters the common area* 

P: “Yes, Ms. Skasan?”

*Skasan turns back to Subject, visibly angry, and slumps her shoulders in defeat* 

I: “Take her.”

*Subject remains silent, appearing to look between Skasan and the human*

C: “[color=e25822]Excuse me?[/color]”
I: “Take her. Her contract is worth approximately 75,000 credits, half again what I owe you. It’s the only thing I have right now that will cover it.”

*Subject appears to consider the offer*

C: “[color=e25822]So that I understand, you are offering to complete our contract by turning over a contract of an indentured servant?[/color]”
I: “Yes.”

*Subject falls silent again, then turns to the human*

C: “[color=e25822]What is your name?[/color]”
P: “Pamela Orion, Ma’am.”
C: “[color=e25822]Why are you contracted to Ms. Skasan?[/color]”
I: “That’s none of your busi-“ 
C: “[color=e25822]Quiet. Answer the question.[/color]”
P: “I-it was part of an agreement that my father made with Ms. Skasan, in exchange for a loan for his business.” 
C: “[color=e25822]What is the duration of your contract?[/color]”
P: “Ten years.”
C: “[color=e25822]How long have you been contracted to her?[/color]”
P: “Almost a year now.”
C: “[color=e25822]What do you do for her?[/color]”
P: “I cook, maintain her residence, and just about anything else she needs me to do.”
C: “[color=e25822]Those are very broad terms.[/color]” 
P: “My father did not know very much about indentured servant contracts, and we were desperate for the money…”
C: “[color=e25822]And you freely agreed to the terms?[/color]”
P: “Yes.”
C: “[color=e25822]Hmm.[/color]”

*Subject falls silent again. The servant moves nervously, and Skasan appears impatient*

I: “Well? Do we have a deal?”
C: “[color=e25822]…Very well. Your proposal is acceptable. Once the contract has been transferred, I will give you the data.[/color]”
I: “Fine. Wait here.” 

*Skasan departs upstairs, returning after a few minutes, holding a data card*

I: “Here. There’s a brokerage not far from here. Give them this and they’ll confirm that you’re her owner. Now give me my files.”

*Subject accepts the card, scanning it with her omnitool. She remains silent as she appears to review the information, Skasan growing increasingly impatient. Subject nods and gives Skasan a second data card* 

I: “Finally. Now get out.”
C: “[color=e25822]Goodbye Ms. Skasan.[/color]”

*Subject draws her pistol and fires two shots into Skasan’s chest, causing the servant to scream and jump back in shock. Subject approaches Skasan’s body and fires a third shot into its head, then holsters her pistol, takes an image with her Omnitool, and picks up the fallen data card*

P: “Y-y-you…”
C: *speaking into her Omnitool* “[color=e25822]The job is done. Sending you the data now.[/color]” 

*Subject falls silent for a moment, then nods and removes a small object from her waist* 

End of Playback. Remaining data was too corrupt to be recovered.