You’re being paid to retrieve an item.

The item is on a ship.

It’s a warship.

It’s the flagship of a fleet.

The fleet is blockading a planet.

So your fleet is going to attack their fleet and disable, not destroy, their flagship so you can board what’s left of it and get the item. Which is in the captain’s cabin. Just off the bridge.

It’s a painting. A special box has been provided.

The client is very wealthy.

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Set in the universe of the long running and now complete webcomic Schlock Mercenary, Planet Mercenary is a fast paced and hopefully humorous game about trying to make money by shooting people, or in this case fetching a painting. All the shooting is coincidental.