She's more of a raider than a thief, [ he says with a shrug. These are distinct flavors of criminal activity, the distinction matters. ] Far as most people know she got what she went after, this big shipment on Vandor-1.

[ he falters a little. Tries not to, because it only gets worse from here. ]

No one got it. Whole thing blew, [ he says, lifting a shoulder in a shrug, trying not to think so much about what that cost them. ] Kind of a mess. Except my crew was still on the hook for it.