Ok, got another half hour or so of playtime. I came across a white dude who was in charge and didnt have some mutt or black woman there to supersede his position. The governor of Mars no less. You can offer to bribe him for a politcal discussion but I didnt think much of it as politicians are known for corruption. He doesn't accept the money and says it would cost a lot more.
Oh... he is asking the player to do something illegal. This time, unlike the last two white guys who wanted me to commit crimes, wanted me to blow up his missing ship and everyone on board. I am not really playing that type of character but I wanted to go see what was going on. I jump across the galaxy and speak with the pirates who had taken over his ship. I docked on the ship and got into a gunfight after failing a speech check to negoitate. I am not the type to save scum so I went ahead and wiped them out. Then I found this note addresed to the last guy the gov of Mars hired to perform this task.
I am feeling a bit demotivated at this point that the 3rd white dude who was a quest giver would be protrayed yet again (40 hours played or so) in such a negative light but I must continue on. Oh lord, whats this? A woman dressed in civilian clothes, clearly not one of the pirates I put down, is lying on the ships floor, dead. She has a note... This is the woman he had been having an affair with. She was so consumed with guilt and shame that she decided to commit suicide.
To sum it up. The white man in charge of mars, had and affair with a woman who would go on to steal his ship and leave the area. He hires the player after his last hire botched the job. He wants the player to kill everyone on board by destroying the ship. The woman he was fucking on the side hated herself so much for it she stole his ship, forgot to put gas in it, and commited suicide after having drifted for a time.
Also, if you decide to just blow up the ship without boarding it, and you loot the ship from your own ship, you will loot these two notes. So the quest designers makes damn well sure you know about the dirty laundry of the white dude before you leave. I know this because when I left the ship after having cleared it, I decided to destroy the ship. Well I got a duplicate copy of the notes I found when orginally boarded the ship. This is my second half hour of play today.