Grunsfeld Platform, Cao Guojiu - 3309-09-24 19:39 GST Harold Barker stepped out of the elevator into the pilots' service concourse on Grunsfeld Platform. This orbital outpost was somewhere he had visited before on a few occassions. On the surface it was a refinery outpost in a Federation controlled system, merely place where miners sold the minerals that they extracted from asteroids. However, the people here had an anarchic streak, and the station had a reputation for being a smugglers' den and a meeting place for those who lived outside the law. It was a place where Harlod liked to do business. He ignored the man standing near the Apex Interstellar desk trying to catch his attention and turned right to descend the stairs that lead down to the bar. The man was a faction contact that he had worked for before, and he probably had a job for him. Today, however, Harold wasn't interested. He had just completed a mission and