>>6168792TS Devonshire, I'm-- hey!! Where'd you get that drone-scrap? It wasn't showing up a second ago on any feed and there it is in your hands. We were right those birds that you seem to be seeing aren't birds at all. They're micro-drones with very cunning disguise. I think those are real feathers. That's vatgrown exterior animal mimicry over an interior shell, with some coding to mimic behaviour profiles so they fit in the background. That's high level stuff. We're talking Chironan Corporate tech here, they're all the drone enthusiasts. This is good. This is valuable. Maybe...
The Oyban of the Golden Koi mentioned Steelhearts, didn't he? It's a really, really old reference to the private security operators of the Chironan Corporate Combine. You know, as much as mercy as a man who has steel for a... Right? I didn't think anything of it at the time because it's entered common use, it mostly just means anyone with implants now. But those drones with that? I think someone was keeping a watch on this market, and the Hong8. It might not be related at all to Dr. Despango, it's just probably some larger scale standard operation. We just happened to find out. Though, it could be that both Singularity Cloud and... the Chironan Combines are interested in Dr. Despangos' FEYWILD research? Proprietary rights to something that novel would be enticing to them... Anyway you should---
TS Devonshire why am I getting a missile lock from your location?
