You are a skilled gatherer and seller of information, often trading secrets and intelligence for profit or power. You may have developed a knack for uncovering secrets or dealing in sensitive information through your own curiosity or through exposure to a world of espionage and intrigue.
As someone with a passing familiarity with the world of information brokering, you know how to get your hands on valuable intel and use it to your advantage. Maybe you've got connections in the right places, or maybe you've just got a natural talent for uncovering secrets.
Choose one of the following skill boons.
A secure storage device containing valuable information, contacts, and blackmail material. Heavily encrypted and backed up in multiple secret locations.
A specialized communication device that connects you to your network of informants, sources, and contacts across the galaxy.
A collection of bugs, cameras, recording devices, and tracking equipment for gathering information covertly.
The Meridian Station directory lists four thousand registered businesses. You know the owner of six hundred by first name. None of them are agents. Most don't even know they're part of a network. They just know you remember their birthday and always have something interesting to trade.
The shipping discrepancy that collapsed the Vellari Trading Consortium started as a one-digit error on a manifest. You noticed it because the tonnage didn't match the fuel consumption. You don't solve mysteries. You follow numbers until the numbers confess.
The CORSEC officer said the checkpoint was "routine." His left hand, resting on his sidearm with the retention strap already unsnapped, said something else entirely. People lie with their mouths. Their bodies file a dissenting report.
Corridor B-7, Kovac Station, 0300 hours, standing in front of a locked door you had no business being near. The answer came out in one breath; a fabricated work order number, a real supervisor's name, and a complaint about night-shift scheduling boring enough to make the guard wave you through. The best lies aren't convincing. They're tedious.