As one who is unfamiliar with your other tales on the Galactic Underground (and the wider universe you've set up), I very much enjoyed this article! You did a good job humanizing the participants of the conversation, and the snippets of Black Nebula activity were enjoyable to read. My only qualms are that I never got a good sense of the main characters' public personas, especially Alexander. I get that we're supposed to be looking into his private life, but I never much felt like he was a powerful character, so to speak. Maybe some examples of his executions would be good?
Other than that, +1.
Mm Mm Good