To Catch a Thief (Zett)

[Raytheon]

Zeltros a planet where there was no limit to depravity, and all vices could be fulfilled a welcome of open arms. Constant parties and celebrations filled the streets as passions ran rampant tourist seeking refuge from the dullness of the rest of the galaxy. Single men and women found their lusts sated, families found their desires met and adrenaline drained.

Those who resisted the planetary charms soon found themselves allured by the pheromones of the native Zeltrons and celebratory atmosphere of the planet.

However in the Southern Province of Zeltros, near the center of the province where the Casinos, Hotels and Brothels held domain stood, The Majestic Hotel and Casino. A center of gambling vices, sleazy men and women ready to please at a price, and enough liquor to drown a Sarlacc. Inside one could find fortune, or find find himself creditless without a means of leaving the planet or to eat.

A Casino mired in rumors of back door spice dealing, with troublemakers often disappearing had finally come under internal scrutiny inside it's owner known only as Mr. Haust went over the financials with him Operations Manager on the 150th top floor where the executive offices sat as well as Mr. Haust's office a large eighty by sixty room flush with bronzium statues of himself and dozens of holo screens featuring live security footage of entire casino floor as well as a large boardroom styled table which served doubly as his personal desk and work station flanked by an array of bantha leather chairs leading to his head of the table.

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Haust pinched the bridge of his nose and he looked as the literal hundreds of pages of numerical lines on paper on his desk. Dressed in only silk black pajama bottoms, a red silk red robe as well as black leather slippers dark tinted sunglasses as he sat in his chair scooted to the edge his full attention placed on the words of his operations manager. "Mr. Haust we are definately missing credits nearly fifty thousand just from the theft last week alone raising the total loss up to a quarter of a million this year." He was a corpulent man dressed in dark blue business attire with a white collared shirt

Haust looking completely frustrated at the entire ordeal, while to many he wouldn't seem like the kind of man to be concerned with the intricacies of of a large scale casino it fell into his interest of economics and pushed to feed his larger vices. Namely his love of the materials, and the love of lusts.

However this day he was distracted with the problem thief he had hired several private investigators that roamed the casino at that very moment but were coming up with nothing. "I could be accounting, a table dealer or even cashiers skimming from the take. Check with loans and see if their figures match with loan stubs and account figures." Haust commanded to his operations manager who silently nodded before typing unto his forearm bound datapad.

Haust stood up, the chair rolling back a few inches before he walked to a nearby holo screen watching the tables of Sabacc and Pazzak only a few seconds passed as he spoke out rather loud, yet casually. "Table seven, fourteen and one have cheaters who brought their own decks, notify security." Without so much as looking up the operations manager nodded as he continued punching in commands.

Huast turned to the table again approaching it before pressing unto the comm system. "Samant... erm Nan.." He turned to the operations manager silently mouthing his confusion "What's her name?" The operations manager quickly responding with silently mouthing "Bridgeti" Haust nodded facing the comm unit.

"Yeah Spaghetti, when that investigator gets here have him sent up without delay."

He removed his finger from the button quickly after his command not waiting for confirmation before crossing his arms and looking out over the view of the Province from the view of the 150th floor slightly below the cloud line.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

It had been roughly two weeks sense Aldric had gone to the Cantina and met Beluga, he had gone without a case or anything else to keep him sane for so long that his sane side was improvising by turning his cases that he had solved into short mystery novels. He had skipped the boring ones and gone into the more lively ones The Hound of Coruscant as he liked to call it was the last of them that he was writing so far. Reliving his cases seemed to keep him in the sane part of his mind for the time being, to his surprise and joy he received a message that there was a off world case that he had been offered.

Aldric accepted in a heartbeat, for three reasons, firstly because it was a case and money was again tight, second because he needed to do something for sanity's sake; literally, and thirdly to make a more widespread name for himself.

He now sat in his chair with a cup of coffee everything was ready to leave, he even had some crackers that should keep him from loosing his diner on the flight to Zeltron. It had been a day sense he had accepted the job and would again be a day before he would arrive on Zeltron but he had high hopes for what sounded like such a simple case.

The man eventually brought Aldric to the ship and when they left Aldric started feeling quizey instantly, he would munch on crackers to make the feeling go away for about 30 minutes then need a few more. By the time he was arriving at the planet the next day he was done with his second package of crackers.

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It was late into the Zeltron day now, and he was greeted by a young woman at the entry desk, she was likely in her 20s, and she spoke with a soft voice as soon as he arrived, "Welcome to Zeltron Detective Cibre, Haust is eager to meet and speak with you about this case." She held out a hand to a elevator and moved to it herself expecting him to follow.

The elevator opened on the top floor where Aldric saw a man wearing red bathrobes, Oh this ought to be fun! He thought to himself, he held his bag close to his person well knowing that there where many a pick pocket in this environment, his trench coat wasn't buttoned up but the wind flap collar was raised from when he had come in first, he hadn't had a chance to lower it yet.

Aldric could determine that he was a lover of power from the fact he had this whole place wired and monitored, that and he was also insecure, the two often went hand in hand, it was a little obvious too, otherwise he wouldn't be here.

Aldric just stood unspoken, taking in small details about the room.

[Raytheon]

As the elevator door opened Haust quickly turned to meet the arrival obviously the Detective though he did no expect him to arrive so quickly after announcing him to not be delayed. He held that bag awfully close, must cherish the items within Haust thought to himself as he closed his both robes to offer the image of modesty and cordial behavior. Tying the sash into a looped knot he presented a bright smile his eyes hidden behind the dark tinted sunglasses.

The secretary stepped out as Haust nodded to her as did his operations manager who knew when it was time to leave his boss to his business, he quickly stepped out wheezing slightly as he rushed himself, obviously obese to the point for being tired from low level labor.

Haust himself upon closer inspect seemed to look vastly opposite, fit was a very low body fat percentage. The silk robe hugged his figure tightly giving off his masculine swimmer's frame. With a slight of hand he gestured to the nearest chair.

"Please, Detective Cibre have a seat and lets get to bronzium tacks here."

He quickly withdrew his hand as he approached the large table sitting at the head of it quickly before leaning forward resting his elbows on the table top, entwining his fingers a few inches below his chin as he inspected the detective taking in his features it took only a a second to memorize his face, scent, movements. Once memorized he moved unto the real business at hand as the detective would near the chair.

"Would you like any beverage, food or drink before we start and tell me what you already know so I can brief you on the task at hand."

His expression described his intentions as being serious rather than a degree of being comical as he was often known for, nor the relaxed brutality he often exhibited both verbally and physically.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

((OOC---Song for post))

Haust spoke first, "Please, Detective Cibre have a seat and lets get to bronzium tacks here." Aldric complied and moved to the seat and leaned forward placing his right and on his knee and his left hand against his chin using his elbow to lean on the table. The man had a strong posture and a demanding quality to him and his voice. To Aldric it was apparent he didn't mind showing off a little of his wealth.

"Would you like any beverage, food or drink before we start and tell me what you already know so I can brief you on the task at hand."

Aldric was just as serious as the other man, As to your first question- Aldric spoke quickly like he often did, Anything with Alcohol in it. He knew it might settle his stomach a little bit, As to your second question i was told it would be a simple case of some sort however i doubt you would call "Privet investors" in if it was so easy, otherwise local law would be considered, instead it's likely some sort of intelligent heist that is or has caused you to loose large amounts of money! Am i close? Aldric said removing his hand from his mouth to grab the drink that was now there, he took a quick drink and let the taste rest on his tongue, it was an expensive high class liquor, he had tasted only a few such expensive ales. It was a good flavor that Aldric enjoyed very much. Aldric forgot he often came across as a show off when speaking, normally he stated facts then moved on, others found it harder to do, especially when the fact was something they thought was hidden well and secret or personal.

[Raytheon]

As to your second question i was told it would be a simple case of some sort however i doubt you would call "Privet investors" in if it was so easy, otherwise local law would be considered, instead it's likely some sort of intelligent heist that is or has caused you to loose large amounts of money! Am i close?

It was refreshing for him to meet someone who was deductive yet well informed, it saved him the time to explain and overall saved him from the heart ache of explaining it to those cured with ineptitude. His request brought him a quick drink, as Permenion punched in the code on his table top data station. It was a aged Zeltron ale, similar in taste to Corellian ale however sweeter hiding it's alcoholic potency however would be evident by the warmth in the chest upon swallowing it.

This too was impressive, that he could handle it or considered alcohol it was good to see the same side of a coin when it came to others. Most wanted water, or juice the drink of children and teetotalers Haust himself ordered a double shot of fine brandy with a single cube of ice. Sipping the drink he nodded and continued.

"Very impressive detective if you figure this out you'll be greatly rewarded with a small fortune. Before we start I've taken the liberty of having a suite comped to you as well as a tab for free drinks, food and a modest line of a thousand credits for using the gambling facilities for the week. I believe in treating those in my employ well."

He paused only for a moment to sip his drink again looking over at the bronzium statue of him dressed in in robes of nobility posed against a rock as if he had a bit of the captain in him. He smirked obviously enthralled with looking at himself before looking back to the detective.

"The situation is this, someone in my casino is stealing from me. a large amount of credits has gone missing and though for a casino of this size it is barely noticeable I am very good with noticing missing credits. Therefore while I could investigate this personally I do not wish for my employees to know there is a theft nor for the thief to know I am on to them. the only others outside this room to be aware of this fact is two detectives that have failed to show any results for the past week and their failure is unacceptable."

He sighed setting down the glass, the ice within rattling slightly as he didn't causing the crystal composition to chime as if low toned wind chimes. He leaned back casually resting his arms on the arm rest.

"It's internal and likely someone from accounting with either direct access to the funds electronically or physically however money seems to fade once within the system and vaults. So tell me what you think, what is your plan of action here and how can I accommodate it?"

He sat up looking to Aldric, resting his elbows back on the table his fingers interlaced as he waited to listen, Aldric would likely be able to see his own reflection from the polished surfaces of the dark tinted lenses of the glasses.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"Very impressive detective if you figure this out you'll be greatly rewarded with a small fortune. Before we start I've taken the liberty of having a suite comped to you as well as a tab for free drinks, food and a modest line of a thousand credits for using the gambling facilities for the week. I believe in treating those in my employ well." Aldric barely cared for the money, he needed it, but having great amounts of money always gave him a strange feeling, likely because he never knew what to do with money. He would likely use the money to buy science tables and chemicals. For him the main reason for taking cases was it acted strangely like a drug for him, he could stay sane while on a case.

Aldric's host Haust began explaining the situation further, "The situation is this, someone in my casino is stealing from me. a large amount of credits has gone missing and though for a casino of this size it is barely noticeable I am very good with noticing missing credits. Therefore while I could investigate this personally I do not wish for my employees to know there is a theft nor for the thief to know I am on to them. the only others outside this room to be aware of this fact is two detectives that have failed to show any results for the past week and their failure is unacceptable."

Aldric leaned forward putting his palms together tapping his right index finger against his left. Aldric ran through the options and possibility's through his head while Haust was speaking, he finally leaned back after he asked, "It's internal and likely someone from accounting with either direct access to the funds electronically or physically however money seems to fade once within the system and vaults. So tell me what you think, what is your plan of action here and how can I accommodate it?" Aldric began speaking quickly again, Well theirs only one set of two possibilities, both co-inside with each other and the rest become false... He began, It is a inside job done by someone with some sort of hacking skill, therefore we can remove outside source; as you pointed out, we can also rule out anyone who has no hacking skills, being as you likely don't have that information in a data-pad, SO, that leaves hours of tedious sifting through personnel files. Aldric said then stopped before thinking for a few seconds, what he had said all fit with itself and made sense when all put together, You asked about help, i need personnel files and then to sift through it all... He said hatting the idea of hours of work.

[Raytheon]

Haust listen to the detective and his reasoning before nodding himself in apparent agreement. Before moving aside some of the paper and lifting a file before beneath them and tossing it before him as it thudded heavily before him.

"There lies the personnel file of every employee in the Casino as well as criminal records, past records if they took an illegal piss it's in there so you may find one with the hacking ability. It's likely someone in accounting or security since no one else would have access to the funds also I'd consider administration."

Haust spoke casually, clearly before lifting his drink of and sipping it to a finish. He stood walking to a holo screen as if studying it for a moment before wlakign back to his table and pressing on a comm unit. "Haust to security, table 27 Bannak young Twi'lek male red shirt is hiding cards in his sleeve escort him to the back."

He looked back to the screen as men in suits approached the Twi'lek grabbing him by the arms and dragging him away quickly like fascist police another security guard with a purple satchel picking up all his chips and dumping them within and before walking off with other security personnel.

Haust turned back to the Detective raising a hand apologetically. "Sorry Detective, it's a daily job here to catch cheaters they frequently attempt to thwart the system and steal winnings rather than use luck." He sat back down quietly allowing the detective time to mull over the personnel files.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"There lies the personnel file of every employee in the Casino as well as criminal records, past records if they took an illegal piss it's in there so you may find one with the hacking ability. It's likely someone in accounting or security since no one else would have access to the funds also I'd consider administration." Haust said after putting the files on the table in front of Aldric and then looking at a security screen, "Haust to security, table 27 Bannak young Twi'lek male red shirt is hiding cards in his sleeve escort him to the back."

Aldric looked for a second grinned and turned back grabbing the files and began spreading them across the table in front of him, reading through bits and pieces for the moment. "Sorry Detective, it's a daily job here to catch cheaters they frequently attempt to thwart the system and steal winnings rather than use luck." Aldric understood and made an absent minded comment, Well, someone obviously managed it... He said referring to the case at hand. Aldric was reading through the files and already had several that fit the what he had pointed out, this wasn't what he had hopped for.

After several minutes of sorting at his quick pace that he normally had, he had all profiles, sifted, sorted, and organized, With a total of over 30 possible culprits. He had all the ones that that couldn't have done it back in the binder and handed back to Haust. Aldric had read each file, and they where now all laying back on the table, he had his eyes shut, elbows resting on the table and the fingers of his hands interlaced with each other. He was running through all the information in his head but looked like he was sleeping sitting up. Aldric knew that he couldn't narrow it further by administration like Haust had said, he was right about them having an access to the accounts, but a hacker could gain access to those areas. Aldric sighed at the hole had had dug for himself.

A thought came to him when he started to let his mind wander a bit, he noticed he had only explored a single avenue, he also knew that his avenue was close but he needed better information, as a final aspect he knew the other detectives likely took other directions in their investigations, he finally spoke after the near 40 minutes of silence. You said there where Two other detectives who took this case? How far did they get in their investigations? You didn't mention their results! Aldric spoke pulling his eyes away from the pile of files.

[Raytheon]

You said there where Two other detectives who took this case? How far did they get in their investigations? You didn't mention their results!

Haust nodded, as he leaned back in the chair thinking back before leaning forward to grab a few sheets of paper and leaning forward to place them in front of the detective.

"No I didn't, one simply quit and left after the first day the second he's still here but will have his comps pulled tomorrow since he's failed to show any viable results in his investigation.

Though I do hope you can best his investigative skills we are looking for a regular contracted investigator to step in when his skills are required. There are their dossiers and files on them including criminal records and their families."

He paused to punch in a few keys on his data pad before a server droid rolled in through the double doors and placed a fresh drink before him nearly identical to his previous. Taking the empty glass and leaving just as quickly.

He took the drink sipping it slightly, his thought burdened if this detective would indeed have the skills and the perspective to complete this job. Though it seemed he was on the right path so far.

It would be crucial for him to figure it out if Haust were to gain his money back.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"No I didn't, one simply quit and left after the first day the second he's still here but will have his comps pulled tomorrow since he's failed to show any viable results in his investigation.

Though I do hope you can best his investigative skills we are looking for a regular contracted investigator to step in when his skills are required. There are their dossiers and files on them including criminal records and their families." Aldric raised an eyebrow, he ignored what sounded like a job offer and continued with the information the other investigators had uncovered. You seem to have access to a lot of information for being a casino... Aldric absent mindfully pointed out and continued reading the information, Even useless information can be used to narrow down suspects! He said quickly, he noticed that the first detective who had left without reason was onto something with the computers, the second detective who was still working on the case was working along the same line that Aldric was. But with less results so far.

Aldric handed the case folder over to Haust, Notice how far the first detective got in his investigation, he had found something unusual in the computer systems, however if you look through some of his old records he likely had no knowledge of computers... therefore he left in order to avoid embarrassment! Obviously he was onto something though...perhaps...he found something. Aldric thought for a few seconds before grabbing his bag and standing back up, I believe this warrants further investigation. I shall need access to your Central computer so I'll be needing your help personally. I presume you know your own pass codes?

[Raytheon]

He remained silent for the most part, simply lounging in the chair whilst the detective made speculation about casinos. It was abhorrently amusing how many people though of a casino as a simple business of gambling however it was much more complex to the point of enduring several complexities.

Every employee was investigated annually to protect the interests of the casino frequent guests were investigated, security cameras equipped with facial recognition software, thermal scoping and even sound filtering.

Oxygen was pumped into the casino along with small degrees of nitrous oxide to promote that feel good feeling and keep the patrons awake to continue gambling. Games designed to promote losing rather than winning, and even the color used were to promote lust, hunger, and thirst to increase sales of food, girls and drinks.

Every aspect designed to continue the flow of credits and to make each guest feel like a star so that they'll spend like a star how all at a low overhead price and that was just for the low to mid income patrons.

For the wealthy it was an entirely different operation they could afford the best the casino had to offer. High Roller sections were drinks were free of charge and individual casino concierge to cater to every need they desired for a price from getting a drink to fetch exotic girls for their pleasure whom are trained and experienced in nearly every manner of deviant carnal pleasure technique.

All of this required information, petabytes upon petabytes of droids, guests, clientele, vehicles, contacts and all to run a casino successfully, no variable was left to chance nor mystery. Huast only hinted to this thought with a polite smile.

It was then the the detective made a inquiry.

I shall need access to your Central computer so I'll be needing your help personally. I presume you know your own pass codes?

Huast chuckled, as he leaned forward punching in a code into the data station, before himself rolling back a few feet in the chair and standing to begin walking to a wall panel as it opened and he stepped through into a transparisteel lift the walls, floor and ceiling that revealed the inner workings of the lift and a view of the southern province from the 150th floor, there was a 151st but they were not venture there. He would wait for the detective to join him before pushing the bottom of the four available buttons.

"Might want to hold on going down.. we at times lose gravity."

He would hold to side grip tightly for awhile before the gravity would negates due to the falling speed of the lift, it was uncontrolled for the exception of the brakes that would kick in as they neared the bottom floor for the purpose of emergency exiting. Of course he could always activate the lifts individual brakes at any moment just in case.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Haust lead the way to a lift and entered before Aldric, At this point Aldric was fun, it wasn't until Haust spoke, "Might want to hold on going down.. we at times lose gravity." That Aldric sighed and entered the lift, When it first started Aldric instantly felt sick, he shut his eyes and tapped his foot until he felt the lift stop almost as swiftly as it started. Aldric stumbled out slowly and shook his head, Aldric took a few crackers out of his bag and shoved them into him mouth and less then a few seconds later he was feeling fine again.

Aldric followed Haust until they got to the computer, Haust typed in the pass-codes, and Aldric started tracing the binary code until it started speaking computer, a language that neither of the two likely knew, Well, getting here was tedious! Aldric said, not even looking to Haust, his thoughts at the moment were not either along the lines of "OK now what?" or "Idiot!" Aldric didn't care for outside opinion much, all he needed was his favorite toy. He pulled out the item that looked extremely like a light-saber in many ways, he powered it on and pointed it at the computer, the wi-fi adapted and then the buzz could be heard, several seconds went by before Aldric noticed a slight change in the binary pattern. So slight it was difficult for Him to notice, Ahh! Look! Aldric pointed to the change and shut his Universal Key off and pocketed it.

A change in coding, I thought so, this my friend is what the first detective was onto, the change means that... He accessed the file and it showed that the change occurred 3 weeks ago. Three Weeks ago someone hacked this computer and put a small piece of his own information in, i can't speak computer but I'd wager that if my calculations are correct that every time a credit goes through either into or out of your account 1 minor present goes to whoever set this up, it's nearly untraceable but in a establishment such as yours 1% adds up quick. Aldric said shutting the computer off, Unfortunately he was very good with computers and even my toys can't trace him. Aldric said frustrated, but he looked on the bright side, it was progress.

[Raytheon]

The universal key was disheartening, Haust thought to himself he would need to update the security to the central computer to thwart such close and easy access. Though the detective was getting closer and it was almost impressive, more impressive had he known how to track down the thief but it was impressive enough.

"Three weeks you say, we hired an accounting cashier three weeks ago. A Zeltron down on his luck, more than a sheer coincidence I'd say I think it is time I had a word with him regarding this coincidence."

Haust reached into his pocket pulling out a datapad as he began to punch at several keys with his thumbs. He continued this for about a minute and twelve seconds before finally sliding it in his pocket and smiling to the detective.

"I think we can handle it from here... unless of course you have a compulsion to see your cases through to fruition?"

He stood silent waiting to see his response.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"Three weeks you say, we hired an accounting cashier three weeks ago. A Zeltron down on his luck, more than a sheer coincidence I'd say I think it is time I had a word with him regarding this coincidence." Aldric smiled at the chance things where going so well, but something hit him in that second, "Zeltron Down on his luck" Aldric chewed on those words for a moment letting them run through his head. He let out a sigh and looked to the computer again, "I think we can handle it from here... unless of course you have a compulsion to see your cases through to fruition?" Aldric shook his head ever so slightly, No, no no no, We over looked something.... Aldric let his memory fall back to the files, The Zeltron's name what was it? No, no no, that's not important... i read the files and i don't believe he did this crime alone! Sorry to ruin the fun, but he had a partner!

Aldric could clearly remember the files, the only Zeltron who had been hired on the same date as the transactions began, wouldn't have the knowledge let alone brain power to turn a computer on safely let alone hack it. You may have forgotten this, but he wouldn't be able to do this alone! Though if he was desperate it's highly possible that he was part of this. Aldric said putting his finger to his chin and going over possibilities.

[Raytheon]

Right, the Zeltron couldn't have done this on his own he would have to have help but who in this casino would help him. Haust chuckled internally this was getting very delicious the chase the catch all while he would often profit in the end. It was very fun for him this was a means of profit and the end game being the most fun to deal with the conclusion.

He listened to the Detective, nodding with him as he continued pointing out that the Zeltron would require help in order to commit this theft. Haust reached into his pocket dialing in on his datapad meticulously nodding along with the Detective.

"Right right that sounds perfect... your show detective."

He bit down on his lower lip as he continued typing, his shaded eyes looking down on datapad with almost a religious fervor. He emitted a soft chuckle before ending the typing and sliding it away back into his pocket.

"So what is it you want to do next, Detective question the Zeltron? He's waiting in the interrogation chambers I'll follow your lead."

Haust stood supportive of the Detective a smile on his face as he watched him work.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"Right right that sounds perfect... your show detective." Haust said, clearly Aldric had jogged the mans memory. "So what is it you want to do next, Detective question the Zeltron? He's waiting in the interrogation chambers I'll follow your lead." Aldric thought for a second, the Zeltron might not even know who he was helping, but at the time he was the best lead. I suppose that's the best move so far, perhaps we can get some light on the subject! Aldric said and turned to go back the way he went, he sighed, it was the turbolift... again! If he wasn't sane at he moment due to actually working a case, he would say the lift was mocking him, laughing at him.

Aldric mustered up the stregnth to again enter the turbolift. Haust entered the button that took them back to the main levels and to the security areas, a security officer was waiting for them,
"Sir," he started to Haust slightly stunned to see that Aldric was with Haust and still on the case, "We uhh, have the Zeltron who hacked the systems this way. If i'm not out of place sir, why are we still workin with the Detectives?" Aldric remained silent expecting Haust to handle this.

((OOC---Sorry i wanted it to be longer but i was working with a laptop with sucky keyboard, also i hope it's fine i temp NPCed the guard.))

[Raytheon]

"We uhh, have the Zeltron who hacked the systems this way. If i'm not out of place sir, why are we still workin with the Detectives?"

Haust stepped out of the lift, approach the security area greeted by a security guard. Since Zeltros was a planet of such celebratory partying it was often police and other law enforcement officer often didn't respond for hours to even a day at length being distracted by other party go'ers to the point usually assigning droids to adhere the laws of the planet. This left business establishments to usually adhere to their own security protocols until such officials arrived.

The security area was such as one would see in a high security prison, equipped with holding cells, interrogation rooms, multiple armories as well as security stations established through out the casino. Each cell secured through the use of the complex mechanical clocks to prevent the escape of slicers due to their antiquated nature most did not have the knowledge to pick them. Requiring the use of a thirty prong keys picking them was a hefty if not long and tenuous task.

The security guards themselves dressed in in professional uniforms, of black and purple shade the colors of the casino. Armored in flak vests to protect them from melee and slug thrower attacks. Each armed with batons, a blaster and binders as one would see a normal police officer armed and dressed.

Haust ignored the security guard as he passed him walking toward interrogation chamber seven, the security guard slightly humbled and nervous over the behavior of Huast only followed quietly until they reached the doors. Huast motioned over another security guard to himself once they reached the doors.

"Yes Mr. Haust?"

Haust looked to the original security guard who questioned his judgement before looking to the newly summoned one.

"This man has had his employment terminated, escort him out of the casino."
The initial guard looked to Haust with disbelief feeling he was only doing his job, and speaking up quickly. His hands hinting a charismatic gesture as he attempted to plead for his career to his employer.

"Please Mr. Huast I need this job I was only doing my job!"

Haust smirking a nodded as he started looking around on the floor for a moment taking the time to look down the hall then at his feet. He continued look and going as far as sniffing the air as he looked ot the guard "Do you see any s**t on the floor?" The guard confused looked around and sniffled overtly still nervous over the ordeal.

"Sir... there isn't any s**t on the floor."

Huast clapped and nodded looking to the detective then back to the guard smiling before retorting in a dominate tone.

"That's right, because I don't give a s**t you're f****ng fired, now escort him out."

The second guard grabbed the first by the collar of his flak vest before escorting him away. Haust reached into his night robe pocket before pulling out a silver cigarette and popping it open and plucking out a single and placing it between his lips before closing the case with a soft click and tucking it away back into his pocket. After a few seconds of shuffling his hand in the same pocket he withdraws an electrum lighter and lighting the cigarette as he takes a long drag on it.

He nonchalantly looked to the detective, blowing the smoke away from his direction pulling the cigarette from his lips and holding it casually at his side gesturing to the door to the interrogation room.

"Well detective this is your show, I trust you can go in and question him your self, feel free to rough him up if required it's allowed by law in cases of theft. I'll wait out here, I need to make a call."

Haust spoke with a dismissive tone as he walked away a few step pulling out his comm link and dialing in a frequency before placing his ear to it and mumbling softly into the comm unit.

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Inside the interrogation room is a bolt down durasteel table, a Zeltron cashier is handcuffed to the table and ankle cuffed to the floor yet in a seated position looking relatively comfortable yet completely restrained. The room is fifteen by fifteen feet permacrete wall are solid and at minimum a foot thick. In the left hand corner is a single high resolution camera protected in the confines of a small anti tampering cage, the red LED light blinking steadily next to the lens.

The cashier himself is male of athletic build, violet hair and light pink skin, he looked to you instantly with green eyes and a bright white smile...

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Aldric was slightly surprised by Haust's response to a simple inquiry that such a simple minded man had asked. Aldric simply just stood there something about the guards act didn't set well with Aldric, in fact it felt like just that; acting.

"Well detective this is your show, I trust you can go in and question him your self, feel free to rough him up if required it's allowed by law in cases of theft. I'll wait out here, I need to make a call." Aldric stepped into the 15 by 15 foot room, the walls where 1.3 feet thick, he determined by a glance as he walked through the door. He instantly saw the camera as the only thing not cream white in the room. Aside from the neon pink Zeltron, and even he had a pearl white smile that Aldric might have seen his own reflection in.

So, you seem proud of your attempted heist. Aldric was playing as though he thought the Zeltron was the only party involved, most of the time people would unwillingly drop hints about partners that you didn't know about. As for the chained Zeltron he just kept that stupid grin on his face. Though Aldric could tell from the posture that the man felt in control, for the moment that was exactly what Aldric wanted.

So now that we have you, what's going to happen to the money? The man broke into a chuckle, The thing is, you won't be able to convict me, run a back ground check of any kind, i don't even know how to turn a computer on. Let alone, hack one. Aldric almost smiled, it was apparent this would be a rather easy task, he had basically admitted he already knew what Aldric was here for, a simple choice of words proved that he knew what was going on, and sense no further information had been giving to any type of public, it was then obvious; to Aldric at least, that he had some part to play in the over all plot.

Aldric continued to play dumb, So you intend to tell me that you didn't commit a crime? The Zeltron laughed this time, You idiot! It was someone else who did it. I didn't hack those computers! Aldric couldn't hold the smile back this time, he simply pointed to the camera behind the man and spoke, Don't call me an idiot, you idiot! You've both admitted that you know what crime was committed, and that you know someone else was involved, without me ever saying a word! You my friend played into a very old trap of getting someone to admit something they didn't even know they where admitting! On top of that it's all on Camra. The Zeltron almost turned from hot pink, to aqua blue. Aldric leaned put his bag down and sat in the chair across from the Zeltron, he leaned back as if he was already done with work and sat his left ankle on his left knee, You could probably get off rather easy if you didn't argue and just told me who did it. Aldric said putting his hand to his chin.

The Zeltron was now wide eyes and not grinning, he was sweating, and shaking, and this was only a minute after Aldric came in. Aldric lifted his eyebrows and put on a smile, no words where exchanged for several minutes, eventually the Zeltron spoke.

OK, i was loosing money and in a lot of debt, Haust wasn't paying enough, and i needed cash to pay back some slimy hutt quick. So this guy came to me, and offered me a lot more money then i needed to start over! He gave me a little removable chip that i was supposed to put into the mainframe, he said no one would ever see the fraction fault; what ever that means. Aldric tapped the table, Blast, that explains why i couldn't find a change in program, it came from an outside source. What did you do with the memory drive after you finished the hack? The man sat there for a second dumb founded, I took it back to an alley way, who ever hired me picked it up, after two days i was payed about 1000 credits, that happened every two days for the past three weeks. Aldric sat forward instantly, 1000 credits every two days for the past three weeks totals, 10'000 credits! He said quickly before he gave a head tilt, that was the same amount that had been stolen in total meaning that the real criminal behind this wasn't profiting from credits, but something else. You don't remember what he looked like? The Zeltron shook his head, Probably human, about your height, i never saw his face he was always in shadows in the back of an alley way. Aldric nodded before standing. And heading for the door, he now realized that who ever was behind this plot was getting something more then money out of this.

[Raytheon]

Haust stood outside the interrogation room the entire time, various members of staff passed him as he seemed bust texting away on the comm unit. Mostly collaboration with his operations manager over operations of the casino, betting games and earned figures.

While the interrogation took place he paced up and down the hall occasionally a staff member would approach for a signature however he was generally being occupied and awaiting for the detective to finish.

Nearing the end of the interrogation a security guard approached offering him a transcript of the interrogation's text. He took the time to read it before handing it back to the security guard and dismissing him with a quick gesture of his head. He finally put away the comm unit sliding it into his pocket.

Finally finishing the cigarette as he put it out on the bottom of his bantha leather slipper before handing it to a passing casino dealer. "Yeah here, thanks." were his only words in passing as he pass off the cigarette.

He would wait patiently until the Detective walked back out before looking to him. "Well find out what you needed, I don't particularly enjoy walking around in a sleeping robe."

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"Well find out what you needed, I don't particularly enjoy walking around in a sleeping robe." Aldric, stood thinking for a moment, he didn't actually say anything for about two minutes. Who ever is really behind this plot is getting something else, he isn't getting any of the money he's been taking. Aldric said putting his right hand to his lips.

It's most likely information he's after, you have tons of it for such a small casino after all, and why hack a massive industry for information when you can get the same thing from a smaller casino, the thing that i don't quite understand yet is what type of information a casino would have that would make someone on the outside come in and still it? Aldric said as he ran through possibilities. At this point there are many options to go with, competition, someone wishing to sell secrets, someone looking to expose something you have hidden... Aldric said list the most likely events.

After all it makes sense for it to be information their after, they can copy a document without leaving a trace that it was ever copied. Aldric stopped and looked to Haust, Is there someone who could possibly be trying for information that you know of? If not, is there information you might have that would be worth coming after? Aldric asked making sure Haust was keeping up with him.