Bernice Barlow (mission)

Bernice Barlow
Date	2790
Type	Search and Destroy
Payment	7,000 CR
Objectives	Destroy the ship called "Businessman."
Failure	Let "Businessman" get away or land before going to Nav 97.
Disc	2
Previous	Melissa Banks 2
Next	Auntie Maria Gabriel

Mission Layout

• Nav #97
  • 1 Duress (K) (SK 9) ("BUSINESSMAN")
  • 3 Military Light Fighter (SK 4)

Official Guide

Bernice has been having problems with her boss - namely, sexual harassment. It's a hit job, he's a skunk and she's offering you 7000 credits.

Strategies

You can ignore the Military Fighters - don't fire on them unelss they attack you. The "Businessman" is your only mission objective.

Decline

The subplot ends. You never hear from Bernice again.

E-Mail

FROM: SERA BERNICE BARLOW
TO: SER LEV ARRIS

Meet me at the Rampant Robot Bar on Hephaestus. I have an assignment that you will be very interested in. But first we need to talk.

Diary

Meet Sera Barlow at the Rampant Robot Bar on Hephaestus to discuss her assignment.

Cutscene

Bernice (RR). Wanna kill somebody else? I can pay.

56_S.TGV

BARLOW
Well, well.

ARRIS
I'd, uhm, offer to buy you a drink, but you, uhm, you seem to be, uh, pretty well equipped.

BARLOW
Yeah, that's what they all say, and it's always a fool who listens.

ARRIS
What?

BARLOW
Haven't I seen you around here before?

ARRIS
I thought that was supposed to be my line.

BARLOW
I'm serious. You're that hot pilot, aren't you? You free this week?

ARRIS
I am, but, uh, I was hoping to hang onto my liver a while longer.

???BARLOW
??? Tell me, ser hot pilot, you ever killed anybody?

ARRIS
It's hard to avoid in my line of work.

BARLOW
Do you wanna kill someone else? I can pay.

ARRIS
Who'd you have in mind?

BARLOW
My old boss. It's the oldest story in the book. He says to me, Bernice, someday you're going to have my job. But first you need a little coaching. And I believed him. oh he coached me allright, and when promotion time came around, guess who got promoted? And guess who guess who got bimbo tracked?

ARRIS
As you say, an old story.

BARLOW
And a very old solution. Heart failure, oh. His. You interested?

ARRIS
Depends on the payment.

BARLOW
Cash on the barrelhead. And when I hear he's dead, 7,000.

Seven thousand ... sounds fair.	Killing corporate execs isn't a smart way to make a living.
57_S.TGV ARRIS 7,000. Sure, why not? BARLOW Here, his address, codes, details of his comings and goings. Make it a slow death. I want this bastard to suffer.	58_S.TGV ARRIS Sorry, serra, I don't think so. BARLOW Another little boy in man's clothing. Go away, little boy. Bother me.

Diary

The target you require will be at Nav Point 97.

Diary

Intercept businessman at Nav Point 97 and eliminate him.

E-Mail

Success	Failure
FROM: SERA BERNICE BARLOW TO: SER LEV ARRIS A job well done Ser Arris. Expect to see your payment hit your account very soon. If I have any further problems I'll know whose services to call upon. Regards, Bernice.	FROM: SERA BERNICE BARLOW TO: SER LEV ARRIS I shouldn't have sent a child to do a man's job. Don't insult me with your presence again, boy.