Once on Repler they make contact with the drug trader Dominick Rose, who had used an unwitting Captain Malcolm "Mal" Hammurabi and his ship, the Umbra, as unwilling transporters of bloodhype.
On Repler, they meet with the drug trader Dominick Rose. Rose had used Captain Malcolm "Mal" Hammurabi and his ship, the Umbra, without their consent to transport bloodhype.