Surviving the Streets of /S/hipyard

*Personal Log of Karena Riven*

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"I really do not know where to begin.I have been working the Cantina for many months now. The pay is shitty and the tips are even worse, IF there is even a credit to be had...they do not part easy with them."

"I have been along on these little explorations ...and medical issues that have come up with recent activity in the ship yards. It seems the Syndicate is making a new drug. I saw first hand what can happen if one takes this too much"

"But...anyway ...I have secured the data base and I was just getting back to work when I came across a scene of unbelievable violence being perpetrated on Officer Drake."

"I believed he to be dead so I pleaded with my life for the right to assist but I was told that this would not be tolerated."

"The man took me hostage then...leaving Drake to bleed to death in the streets. I was beside myself with fear. I keep seeing the slaver's faces when this shit happens. I didn't want to see the slavers ever again but sometimes there is a man that comes a long who reminds me of them, and this one did. Full of commands and demands. I diffused the situation by offering him the idea of joining the Syndicate."

"The first night we talked and he calmed down. The second night, he tried dominating me with intimidation techniques. I ran away and thanks to Bebe, I had a place to hide while this man was on his rampage looking for keys to the hotel in the tunnels. The third night he threatened to kill the 'overseer' at some point if he did not get to have my contract."

"The fourth night...he hit the spot. He treated we with respect and showed me his bank account data. He said we can go live in palaces and always be happy. If only he can have my contract in return for some work and capital funds he provided for research. The dream was a big dream, and I was willing to sell my soul for rich appointments again."

"So..finally word came back, Luke was accepted into the Syndicate, an along with that came a copy of my personnel file...and the contract. I was mortified that he'd have to see the details. The devil is in the details I have always been told. But...to my surprise the devil looked back and smiles. He signed the contract...and this one is for a lifetime."

"The matter of my debt, he chose option two, I have to pay off the syndicate as originally decreed so many moons ago."

"Tonight we spoke of philosophy and I can see he is opposite of me in every way. Still it is not my place and I calmed down when I got home."

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