Since Rappea hasn't left the Kesselar and since he finally gets a chance
to say what he wants to without getting interrupted, he speaks...

"I'm really sorry that this meeting became so confrontational.  I wish
that I had a fool-proof way to get you to trust me and to understand
just how desperate I am.  It's funny that I've dealt with the fates of
the inhabitants of entire systems before without a secodn thought, but
now that the matter is personal that I am so powerless.

I came here intending to tell you what I suspected was going to happen
to me.  I'll do so anyway.  If you tell the MIs, then I'm a dead man -
just sooner rather than later.

About six months ago, the Militant Imperators - MIs - contacted the
People's Military Revolution - the PMR - here on Igeshi. The PMR is made
up primarily of Igeshi outcasts - mutants, criminals, off-worlders
stranded here.  They believe, probably rightly, that the Igsehi
government has cheated them out of their rights and is oppressing them.
In any case, the MIs contacted the PMR and told them that the Imperium
sympathized with their cause and that the Imperium would be willing to
fund them and convertly train and equip them so that they could
overthrow the current Igeshi governement.  The PMR fell for it hook line
and sinker.

Meanwhile, the same MIs contacted the Igeshi government and told the
government that the Imperium would help with the "mutant problem" here
on Igeshi in return for some trade concessions.  They threw in some
kickbacks to the Igeshi President, his Cabinet and some higher ups in
the government.  Sure enough, the Igeshis welcomed the MIs and the
Imperial military with open arms.  

A week ago, the MIs, with Imperial backing, put a plan in front of the
Igeshi President and his Cabinet.  The Aksani Imperium would use the PMR
to cause a state of emergency on Igeshi, during  which the Igeshi
President would ask the Aksani to intervene and help keep the government
in place.  The Imperium would take over the planet, and after a short
transitional government, put the Igeshi president back in control over
the planet as the Aksani governor.  

Now, the reality is that the PMR attack on the Wadsworth hotel was just
a precursor.  While the PMR was badly beaten, it still believes that the
MIs are on their side - the fact that Aksani troops helped to ferret out
the PMR forces was just an indication that the Igeshi government is weak
- the Aksanis were just trying to protect their ambassador.

The Aksani ambassador isn't even on the planet right now.  He was never
in the Wadsworth.  The PMR attack gave the Igeshi president the
beginnings of a case.  When the PMR kill me, it will give him enough of
a case to call in the Imperium troops that so conveniently are in orbit.

Tomorrow morning, the Aksani ambassador will be "recalled" to Aksani
prime to discuss certain "events" occuring in this sector.
Responsibility for the trade talks will be placed firmly in my lap.  Of
course, the Igeshi President will be following a script and will give in
to most of the Aksani demands.  After the talks, the President will
invite me to his mansion for dinner.  The motorcade leaving the
Wadsworth will be ambushed on the way to the manor by "PMR forces".  The
majority of those forces will be compromised of an MI psy-corp commando
team that will fire an anti-tank weapon at my limosine, and then mop up
survivors with hand-to hand weapons.  I'm sure that the entire thing
will be filmed by the local media and will make a very compelling
headline story.

At the same time, I expect my family, now under MI "protective" care to
be moved to a "more secure" location, where they will be  "safe from
terroist threats".   They will probably be used as hostages to force my
family for either investigating my death or as bargaining chips some
time in the future.  

So here is what I would like you to do.  In 24 hours, I will have my
people generate false identities for you and for your ship.  You will
appear to be common folk that my familiy has promoted to nobility for
services rendered on the Rim.  I will generate a background and identity
for your ship and give it Aksani diplomatic clearance.  You will then
take off in your current guise to the system that I mentioned, perform
your duties there, and then come back under your new guise.  At that
point, I will be able to welcome you with open arms, and make you part
of my delegation and label you as "close family advisors."

We should be able to smuggle weapons and armor into my limo, and being
Nobles, you have the right to be armed at all times with a sidearm.
Hopefully, we survive the attack, fight back long enough for
reinforcements to arrive, and then we save my family.  I know that this
is a really oversimplified plan, but I was hoping that you'd be able to
help out in that department.

While you're away, I'll look into "The One" and see if I can find anyone
matching Trovaulds or his ship.

As for your mission, I don't want to bias you.  All you will need to do
is show up, and you should be sucked in.  Make sure that you make no
mention of the fact that you work for me or that you even have any
relationship with the Imperium.  Otherwise, you'll be rejected as
biased.

When I get home, I'll have my family open a line of credit for you.  It
should more than take care of any of your needs.  It will take awhile to
let my agents and contacts know that you really do work for me, but I'll
set that process in motion as well.

Now, any questions or more trust-building that I need to do before I
leave?