“So what do you think?” She asked. “If you have a good captain and agood crew, these ships should do the job.” “Now all I need is for you to keepthe cargo alive until we can get them packed in, and then we areoff.By the way, I would like for you to keep this voyageconfidential.” I shrugged. “I’m not a big talker.”I eased into a chair and placed my gun on the table. I stretchedoutmy legs. “Belen, how did you get all this knowledge aboutVega?” “I was on a nice little trip back tomy headquarters when a Herran pirate ship came out of hyper space.Isay pirate ship, but they had the best technology and weaponsavailable. They took us by surprise, and by the time we fought themoff they had sent two missiles into our side. We were crippled, butthe captain got us to Vega, the nearest planet. We l