Sooo... you've found out the "bandits" are probably being aided and abetted by House Liao operatives. What could be more natural than taking a contract with House Liao? The Mandrissa Cho seems like a nice enough lady, very complimentary of your butt-kicking skills at her expense! Have some tea.
She spins you a tale of loss and woe - don't they all? "It used to be ours; then usurpers came; blah blah blah..." She might even be telling the truth. Too bad she's going to die soon, and plans on leaving Carver V as a legacy to her fat toad of a son, Jason, who's very presence makes one's trigger-finger itch madly...
Oh well, to the Merc, money is money, and House Liao is offering bags of it. You get to get a little of your own back against Colonel Re-tard and see deeper into the maelstrom of forces that is Carver V during the Chaos March.
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