E-436-Lia: Zarg’s World Downport, The Shipmaster’s Club

“Well, if you do need our assistance…”

He reaches into a pocket inside his jacket and withdraws two widgets, hands one each to Lia and Karmen.

“There is a link on there to a Net Page, in the ‘ask your question’ box, enter the phrase ‘I am seeking special help with’ for you, Mer Lia, ask about ‘my bad-boy boyfriend’ and you, Captain, ‘a bad-boy crewmember’.  Make sure you seek special help with a bad-boy.  That will alert me that you need help and I will contact you.  You may leave additional information after those introduction phrases, but do be discreet; we may be dealing with the Vizierate here and they run the Net.

“There are also a four comm codes.  The first is for here, the second for Mundo Zargo, the third for Roseman, the fourth for Captree.  The first three will connect you with the local agents at each location.  The Captree code connects to our operations centre.

“Mer Lia, you’ve met two of the local agents that I’m aware of.  Also, I believe you know the general help-line code.  I don’t recommend you use it here, or until you reach Captree.”