GG Plot C2S2

Goal:
The captain of the pirate ship (BZ Night’s Gentle Wind) will discover that their cargo isn’t much more than harvested gasses from the Orbital Mining Station (essentially worthless and difficult to transfer to his vessel). Pilots will get to talking during the siege and the pirate’s ship will pass along information to MM about how to free MM’s yoke from the Spacing Guild.

What kind of things to pilots talk about when their captains are at odds with each other? If the pirate pilot is free, why is he hanging around with the pirates? Is he an equal partner? If he's essentially neutral, why does he share this information?

My thinking is that Salome's strength is in dealing effectively with bullies and managing to negotiate whenever it's possible. The pirate captain is angry and frustrated and determined to get something for his trouble, but this may call for sneakiness, and that's Skyler's territory. Salome may hold him off while Skyler works up something sneaky.

XO may have to admit that the "civilians" aren't *completely* useless. His turn to show off his talents will come soon.