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To Therian's question, Historia-7 replies: “In addition to watching gladitorial combat, my research led me to discover that Envar has an addiction to transdimensional pesh, and while he’s impaired he may be highly suggestible. Additionally, Arch Energy PR constantly edits his info feed, suggesting he may already be prone to leaking sensitive information to the infosphere. This is an unenviable task, and I fully intend to ensure that Envar receives the help he needs—after we get our data.”

To Chars, she shakes her head. "Further research indicates that he has an almost magical sense of who might be famous or become famous. Poor Magisterial Chef Ghornak Ryzcech got involved with Tamm, and ended up giving a review and updating the menu of the local Brillance lounge named Eclipse. I am sure that he will also want to be seen with a budding politician, Joven. He is also addicted to icons, in some strange way. Maybe it is related to his own lust for noteriety."

Historia-7 looks at Kiv. "I don't have any information on how... softer appeals will work on Tamm. However, you will need an 'in' to connect with him, and the gladitorial fight is the only option we have found any time soon. As for what data we want, we need as much data as we can get from Ilia Tamm's computer will be helpful in our data mining, but we especially need information about the board of directors, company organization, and finances for Arch Energy."

To Upaloki, she replies "I will transmit the information we have about Brilliance as part of the data upload you will recieve shortly."

To Joven, Historia-7 says “Arch Energy is a minor subsidiary of Resurgent Technologies, which is a larger Aballon-based corporation. Analysis of Arch Energy’s finances suggests its CEO wants to keep it that way. Ilia Tamm has made multiple business decisions over past fiscal cycles that stunt company growth. I therefore conclude that the company is a front—for what, exactly, I don’t know. I suspect that Resurgent Technologies is still unaware of this.”

She pauses and examines the group critically. "You will need to keep your heads down, if at all possible. This is intended to be a covert mission so that the people behind Arch Energy don't know we have the data. We will keep it segregated from the rest of our data once you bring it back. That being said, you have a choice of starships for this mission. We have a cover-ops Pegasus available for your use, and a Drake that is designed to look like a mercenary warship. Please choose carefully to avoid discovery.

You will also need to obscure your identites before you reach Brilliance. We don't want to reveal that the Starfinders were there at Brilliance if at all possible. You should have time to generate your false identity or disguise en route. The normal quarter master is available for purchases, but we need to get you moving. The gladitorial match is starting very soon, in the next few days."

The efficient hum of machinery fills the Archive’s Cortex. Projected images and text flit across multiple screens positioned around a raised swivel chair occupied by Historia-7, leader of the Dataphiles. Historia-7 swipes a finger to clear the feed and speaks without preamble.

“My sources indicate that you are the most efficient and capable team the Starfinder Society currently has for my mission. I sincerely hope you do not prove this claim erroneous. I recently detected a discrepancy in the Society’s data logs. As you may be aware, my primary objective has been decoding information regarding the Scoured Stars incident. Before the incident, my predecessor, Historia-6, and other Society members extensively investigated several corporations as well as the Scoured Stars system. Much of their knowledge was lost to us. A recent ally, a skilled hacker named Ceren, uncovered multiple data links from what remains of my predecessor’s research leading back to a corporation known as the Arch Energy Consortium. When I compared these findings to our records, I found no mention of this corporation, and all data related to Arch Energy Consortium was somehow deleted from our records. My worst-case scenario is being realized: our data has been tampered with.”

Historia-7 unhooks the neural cables from her neck and massages the attachment sites.

“I require additional information about this corporation. Arch Energy’s CEO, Ilia Tamm, has enough security resources and paranoia at her disposal to make a direct infiltration inadvisable. The weak link in this proverbial firewall is her son, Envar Tamm. His proclivities make him very suggestible, and I hypothesize that resourceful individuals could convince him to provide the information I seek. “Envar routinely attends gladiatorial fights on Arch Energy’s corporate space station, Brilliance. It will take you some time to reach Brilliance from here. During your journey, I want you to create false identities. Meanwhile, I’ll make sure that you’re entered into one of these gladiatorial matches as contestants. From there, you’ll need to get Envar to grant you access to his mother’s computer records. Acquire any data related to the corporation’s board of directors. Above all, this mission demands subtlety, as Envar has quite the media presence.”