The Pirate Bay

Arrival
Upon exiting hyperspace with the hopes of finding civilization, the crew was unfortunately met with hostile pirates instead. Captain Warlock had hacked the ship so that it didn't recognize its own engine anymore. Realizing the situation they were in, Slim tried to converse with Captain Warlock, and was told that they could land for a fee. After paying the 400 feds, the pirates stopped aiming their weapons and the Maria was able to land without issue. Leona decided to go and find a metallurgist. After finding a metallurgist, Leona tried looking for metals that she liked for her shield. The metallurgist claimed that his metals could satisfy her needs, and after hearing such a thing, Leona bent a metal ship plate in half. Not amused, the metallurgist tried to bend the plate back, but found that he could not do so. Leona bent it back and left after apologizing profusely.

Leona and Slim went to a restaurant as the rest of the crew were busy with something else. Finn was asleep, Trace was tending to his plants, Sweets and Grom refused to come outside, and Operetta was dealing with her dragon. Upon arriving at the Scorching Howlet, Leona saw a howlet outside the restaurant. It was in a cage and was saying the one thing that all howlets say, "help". Leona had to use all her willpower to not break the howlet out of the cage.

Inside, Leona and Slim discovered that there were four groups within the restaurant. Three of them were of the three warlords.