"Yeah, that's what I've got from what you gave me."

"Hm. Mind if I ramble off a little more context, to see if that changes anything?"

"Sure."

"There's some political deadlock between three major parties. Two of them have strong opinions on environments on all planets, Progressives anti-environmentalist and Formers pro-environmentalist. The Progressives have the most power for now. I suspect the Formers might be bankrolling some of the most troublesome environmentalists. No easy way to prove or disprove it, but if so it might be easier for them to get the resources for major damage. Cloudbank's native life is utterly unique and has already suffered quite a lot, there's hundreds of gorey pictures of butchering circulating on the web, hundreds of species have been driven extinct and the galactic gene-engineering ban means we won't be getting them back any time soon. It's also an - air planet. The surface is violently volcanic, but the atmosphere is very thick, so everything is literally up in the air. This makes infrastructure in the traditional sense utterly impossible, so the locals have a culture of self-reliance. I'm not sure if any of that changes things, but I can't think of anything else that's likely relevant and also quick to explain."

"- Bar won't sell living things but she can probably sell things that would help, depending on your budget, if you wanted to talk to her about what those things might be. I don't think that includes gene samples but it might include something to grow organisms from gene samples in, if that wouldn't count as circumventing the ban. What does the third party think?"

"Worth looking into for sure. The third party mostly cares about personal rights and freedoms, and is at odds with the Formers more than the Progressives but isn't exactly friendly with either. I expect they'll want to take advantage of this whole fracas to gain ground."

"Where do the parties get their money?"

"Complicated - boils down to donations from individuals and corporations. Mostly corporations."

"What corporations like the Formers?"

"Service industries, agriculturals and bioengineering firms. And the terraforming megaconglomorate, called Gaia."

"...the motivations for those industries to like the environmentalists is not obvious to me."

"Nor to me! They do get more of their money from citizens than the other two, though. I think."

"Do you have evidence that they're funding the environmentalists and that the environmentalists might want to terrorize your stargate that you could show their donors?"

"I have weak evidence for the funding. That they might want to terrorize the gate, certainly. That they might actually manage it, not yet, but we're on the lookout."

"What's the weak funding evidence -?"

"Some shenanigans with financial instruments and investment payouts, plus offhand comments made by one company's CEO that imply it."

"So if they had one or two big donors you could share it with them convincingly, maybe, but it'd be a hassle to do it for everybody?"

"Yes - they've covered their tracks quite well, I'm not even positive it's really happening but it certainly seems so."

"Well, mind you don't do anything that would be a horrible idea if you were wrong till you're real sure."

"Quite. Alright, I don't think we can figure out anything else useful without some hours of explanation and context. It was good just to discuss it with someone who doesn't have the context, though. Perspective."

"Happy to help!"

He produces the multitool, a short, nearly pitch-black metal rod. "The multitool. I don't think it'll break if you drop it or something, but don't treat it too roughly. Here's the refill capsule... And here's five credits on top."

"Thanks! Is there a manual - even if you don't have it on you Bar will -"

"Aha. There should be..." He gives the model name.

"Thank you!"