Here's more of the adventure, from where I left off. It's from the end of 1/3rd done to the end of 2/3rds done.
The first stop is in a non-capital of a client state, named Weirbarrine. It has a class C port, 90 million people, tl12 and lots of desert. The main highport is the primary stopover port, and has refined fuel, though it is otherwise class C—there are two 3-star hotels to choose from and five different-class restaurants, and a shopping district with primarily novelty shops. Being a “member” of Masonry Corp. gets one quarter off fuel and restocking fees, but port fees are unaffected. There are about three stops to choose from after Weirbarrine—Rhemmonay (tl9, 320,000 pop, true class D), Lastochan (as in “Jackie-Chan,” tl9, 5 million pop, class B) or Fueregue (tl8, 70,000 pop, class C, no refined fuel, small world like Israeli climate). All of them are independent, and being a member of Masonry Corp does nothing. Lastochan will add one more jump-3 to the route.
Once the PCs have reached Khelsay, the strike team departs and activates a credit line of 15,000 credits for the PCs. If they look, they will find several cargoes headed towards Zhiniseir, and several passengers, including a 3 dton passengers and cargo charter headed for Umwevlir, a jump-6 past Zhiniseir (pays 5,000 per parsec for cargo and two high passages). The strike team will have recommended that 5 dtons be kept free for the archaeology team’s equipment (which is only 2 dtons total).
When the PCs arrive at Zhiniseir (tl11/3, 700 million pop. with most in feudal serfdom and most of the rest supporting the nobility, terrain like northern Europe, with B-class port on Aricnasi (western) continent) which takes about five days, they will need to land and pick up the researchers. There are ten of them, and they will need about a local week (ten days of 26 hours, by Consortium Standard Time). Andoru Javenel, a Kalina (think a slightly taller, dry Bwap), is the leader. Somehow, they have a new addition to the team, a young human woman (who is really a plant by the commander of the Depot) named Vanessa G. Snow. Once the group leaves, they will receive a hyper-message from the strike team about a research station near the Belle Ilse Depot. This station is owned by Isfihir Molks, and he’s conducting some odd experiments here—and the PCs are being ordered to investigate, because of a suspected connection between the station and the Depot. The research station is eight parsecs away from Zhiniseir.