Diverge after you find the ship
Instead of finding a part you trace back to a planet, you trace the signal out to the outskirts of the system
The transmission is sent to another faraway system
You search for a while and find a (pather base?) in an asteroid field/belt
It self destructs before you can reach it

You eventually find a survivor, who tries to cut their own neck but your doctors save them with only some
brain damage
Through rigorous interrogation they reveal

Okay so, find the semi-public rumor place thats trapped to kill people searching for broker
Transmission and killfleet
Go to transmission target
    This target received the transmission, is basically just a monitoring station, minimally staffed, a finger on the heand on the arm
    You probably get a *name* from the sole survivor, with promise to punish them horribly if the lead goes dead

    This name is higher up in the conspiracy's hierarchy, but ultimately still a grunt

    Back to mainline, with the admin