You might be on to something here - if you use the Vigenère solver at dcode.fr, enter the ciphertext and 'apademak' as a known word, then one of the suggested keys where Apademak shows in the correct place is:
'LFOHTRUTHTRLZPKRPAK' - with a decoded plaintext of 'AASQCPBWHOZIARDSEIBGRSQCQQEBKKRGSAREREAUTAPADEMAKIB'
obviously not correct, but it's odd that the word 'truth' appears in this partial key, and that it also produces the word 'who' in the partially decoded plaintext.
"Someone who wasnt carrying cargo will arrive in apedemak.."
so the bounty hunter will arrive in apedemak
Truth:
someone vva xcfng qmrying boder jivm qqpvvu fo apademak zh
Truthtrut:
someone vvo zzgzu sjsyyme ootdp kkim arrivs in obygdaak zh
Truthtruthtrut:
someone vva xcfnu sjskwpd cargo kill odplus so qoyegzau aj
truthtruthtruthtru:
someone vva xcfng qmryyme ootdp will odplus in obygdami cg
My money's on "someone --- ----- cargo will arrive in apademak at"
yeah the key definitely shifts, like
TRUTH
RUTHT
UTHTR
THTRU
HTRUT
etc
GUYS! I figured it out. But FD Fu**ed it up. The encoder they used stripped the numbers out.
Lfgxvgv poh qtzgn jdlrpgx vhkxi dbcf hkicol zh hirxxttb ta
someone who wasnt carrying cargo will arr__ve in apademak at
yeah the key definitely shifts, like
TRUTH
RUTHT
UTHTR
THTRU
HTRUT
etc
Galactic News: Problems at MetaDrive?
27 AUG 3302
Independent auditor BigSix has reported various anomalies in the accounts of MetaDrive Inc., a company based in the Chi Orionis system specialising in hyperdrive research.
Reviewing the company's financial records, assessors found evidence of a series of payments to undisclosed suppliers but none of the corresponding checks and balances.
"It's a big mess," said the senior auditor of BigSix. "The company is being placed in receivership. It needs a buyer, and quickly."
Femi Dakarai, the chairman of MetaDrive Inc., was not available for comment.
Following the news, shares in MetaDrive Inc. plummeted. But a short time later, Sirius Corp unexpectedly volunteered to prop up the company.
"We've been interested in collaboration for a while," said the marketing manager of Sirius Corp's hyperdrive research division, "and were in talks over licensing MetaDrive's exciting new technology. We have no desire to see them go under."