Running out the door of the safehouse on hearing the voice of Reibelle Ordo. She's not the same one from Death Watch. It may be the same body, but not the same mandokarla. But, he did far most pressing matters to attend to.

Clay rode him speeder out to a busy area near the Imperial Spire. This may be a long term project trying to get into the lab the technical department he met at the Imperial mixer a few days again. He's been looking for where the computer code segments fit in that he got uncovered a few weeks ago.

One thing she shares is how it's been extra annoying because of how the Spire seems to be two buildings in one, the spire above the Imperial construction everyone recognizes and the labs below that they frequently have to maintain are actually on a different grid from the older city. Whatever the old building was she can't be sure but she does share an annoyance that all the terminals operating on that old system make things problematic when trying to get down and fix something.

With the fact the code very old code and the lab is as well. He'd asked Jyress about the code and tried use it in the race, with no luck.

He found a café near the Spire and got some caf and seat for awhile looking at the people going in and out of there. Looking for entrances and exits, and attire. Clay walked the whole perimeter intermittent to try to keep suspicion to a minimum. Then he returned to the café for some more caf and to start coming up with a plan and how many people he might need. He skill in stealth and computers might be enough, but dealing with the Empire was always better to have backup.