"Yes. With any luck, we are still close to the front of the pack." Maul intends to be off SUPERBIA as quickly as possible, since it sounds like only one ship will be able to claim Fortuna...whatever Fortuna actually is.

He shrugs, differently. "There was no reason not to help." He says simply. And at this stage of the game, cultivating potential allies is an important task. Ari may very well be one.

"Quite a dangerous place, this machine. Our first hurdle to overcome, I suppose." A test of the Privateers' commitment to the search, and a weeding out of the weak? The deeper parts of the place certainly suggest this has been a place of death, in the past.

Sidious would probably be taking notes.