The party has been recruited by Inner Reach's space militia and has been assigned to a covert operation under Lt. Garlus Tylappar. Their mission is to investigate and infiltrate a criminal faction in Outer Reach that has been subverting Inner Reach both in space and on the ground. According to intelligence this particular group is expecting a special envoy from Inner, although unbeknownst to them this envoy has been captured. A telol interrogation revealed that this envoy was to meet with this group at "The Blow Hole", a spacer's dive located in the commercial section of Styrigia Station (orbitting Outer Reach), and this envoy would be recognized by lighting a federanium pipe filled with Inner Reach Tobacco. The contact there is a dralasite (name unnown) wearing a black cloak who will ask the pass phrase "So what do you do for a living?", which should cast an aura of silence as onlookers will naturally expect a brawl from that taboo Outer Reach phrase.

     To this end Garlus Tylappar has been assigned to travel undercover as this envoy and has been given the pipe and several pouches of Inner Reach tobacco. He hasn't become accustomed to smoking yet, but is slowly getting used to it. He will take a table in the bar and the party will take adjacent tables to keep him in view, just in case trouble arises...which it probably will, considering the pass phrase. For all you know this could be an elaborate set-up designed to expose any infiltrators.

     The group will travel to Styrigia Station via a system ship that is contracted between the two worlds to deliver cargo and passengers alike.