With nothing else to do, Yuri and co head to the tavern. Delis doesn't say much, just bemoans the fact that private citizens are forced to get involved, and tells you to speak to Pappas. So let's do that.: Oh, there you are! Come relax and have a drink with me, won't you?
: But we're underage.
: Ha ha! So order a glass of milk or something. But this pretty lady is old enough, isn't she?
: Look, we don't have all day here. Just get to the point, will ya?
: Aw, don't be that way, pretty lady! We oughta get to know each other a little better before we--
: Get to the point, Mac. Or are ya tired of having your teeth in your mouth?
: Ahem! All right, I get your drift! I was just trying to be friendly...Okay, getting straight to the point, then. How much do you know about the Kreios Pirates?
: Well, let's see. We heard their leader, Kreios, was apprehended about a year ago. And that their rival is a pirate named Celina Sioufas.
: You know enough, then. That should make things easy. The problem is that the power of Kreios Pirates hasn't been curtailed one bit by the arrest of their leader. In fact, now they have even more ships than before! We're embarrassed to admit it, but they've grown to such a scale, the Security Agency can no longer handle them.
: Wow, that's gotta be pretty tough to admit.
: Can't you get the regular military to help you?
: Nah, those Volos guys are useless. They just say it's our jurisdiction.
: Sounds like a whole lot of head butting, if ya ask me.
: To their credit, I guess they do have their hands full with defending the border from Nova Nacio. And I guess they can't really act unless they have a government-level order. Anyway, that's how we came to the conclusion that we were going to have to fight fire with fire.
: What do you mean by that?
: We're going to try to make a deal with Celina and have her help us take down their leader, Kreios.
: Huh?
: You're gonna make a deal with a pirate?
: Are you sure that's a good idea?
: Nope. Not sure at all.
: Sounds way too risky to me!
: Yup. Probably way too risky.
: ...
: But we don't have any choice at this point. The Kreios Pirates are getting bigger and more powerful every day. And if we don't do something fast, then this junction sector, the shipping hub of Kalymnos, will be completely wiped out.
: All right, I'm following you so far, but what do you want us to do to help?
: We want you to negotiate with Celina, and convince her to cooperate with us. She'd never agree to talk to us Security Agency guys directly. For her cooperation, we're willing to tear up all her arrest warrants, for every sector in Kalymnos, and wipe out all criminal charges that are more than three years old.
All 20,000 of them.
: I dunno. Do you really think a kick-ass pirate like her is gonna go for a deal like that?
: That's the best we can offer her, I'm afraid. I mean, we're the Security Agency. We can hardly pay her a reward, right?
: Where can we find her?
:
She can usually be found in the area around the resource planet, Zante. There are a lot of upper-rank Kreios Pirates in that area that target the mining transport ships.
: And then, in turn, Celina targets the pirates, is that right? A pirate food chain, if you will.
: All right, we'll try to convince her.
:
Thank you, and good luck! If you manage to talk to her, come to the Security Agency and let us know how it went. Oh, and here's a map to the ship design company on Volos. It might be a good idea to check it out.
Hell yeah!
We can talk to Delis again, if we want. He says that while Celina doesn't murder innocents, she's still very, very dangerous. Yuri does not find this particularly helpful.