Narrator: Mercenary commander Kevyn Andreyasn of "Tagon's Toughs" negotiates with Mercenary Colonel Drake Pranger of "Pranger's Bangers."
Kevyn: The mission objective is very straightforward. I want Tem Phica captured, and Captain Tagon, Lieutenant Foxworthy, and Sergeant Schlock extracted safely.
Pranger: Straightforward, yes. Except that all four of them are currently inside a massive underground fortress.
Kevyn: A fortress into which you have been invited.
Pranger: You're also asking me to betray a client.
Kevyn: A client for whom you've as yet done no work, and who has yet to pay you a retainer.
Pranger: Speaking of retainers...
Kevyn: I'll give you the names of all those individuals who have put contracts on your head, and the names of the parties bidding for those contracts.
Kevyn: In addition, I'll pay you fifty million kilocreds.
Pranger: Half down, half on deliver?
Kevyn: Colonel Pranger... we're talking about the retainer. Fifty million is "half down."
Quartermaster: SQUEEE! Oops.
Pranger: Excuse me a moment. My quartermaster overheard us, and seems to have wet himself.
Bunni: You're doing fine, Kevyn. I think you've really got him over a barrel here.
Kevyn: Thanks.
Pranger: Commander Andreyasn, I have just two additional terms, and then we have ourselves a deal. First, I am planning this, not you. It's a risky operation, and I will not put myself or my troops in danger on mission plans made by unknown parties.
Pranger: Second, we will only enter the House Phica fortress with some assurance that we are not walking into a trap of your devising.
Kevyn: You may plan the mission yourself, and I will provide whatever assurances you require.
Pranger: Excellent. All I require is that you accompany us into the House Phica fortress personally.
Bunni: Oooh, wrong side of the barrel.
Integrity: