Preston had taken the long moments to drop to cold sim, then AR, then do a physical scan around the Gaz, just in case they’d been rumbled. Then he told the team <<My friend here can’t tell us where V. went — due to confidentiality under SK and Panama state law. I guess I can’t ask him to violate that>> He was so happy that it was possible to add tone to AROs, so that they could read his pleasure with this information.

<<I suspect that taking extra gear with you would be considered damage to the base, and may void the safe passage offer. I can’t promise that is the case, but asking seems like it would guarantee a negative.>>