Selene and Kurama
"You never know until you ask," Selene shrugged. "Half of this business is knowing people who know things. Networking. Rumors of pirates, information about a colonization flotilla that wants guarding. Somebody with an internal theft problem. The sort of things we get paid to deal with. I've always been generous with finder's fees; even if the information doesn't pan out, there will at least be a small stipend for a legitimate try. Most of my old network is out past the Rim; I'm still working on one here."
"If you really want to study botany, you should try to hire in with one of the private exploration ships operating out in Wild Space. Nobody even has any idea how many new planets there are that haven't yet been discovered and catalogued."