Blade hit the comms again after sending his message to Kuraiko and the others on his team, updating Mike and Aidan on the developments.
"Prowler, Sykes, this is Blade. We've got some action kicking off; Aihara's located the Northerners on the Eastern side of town. I'm sending his GEAR to him, along with the fireteam and Irry for support. Maxwell will be moving to cover us once he's airborne. We'll make a recon of the situation on the West side, and then plan our movements accordingly. Keep me updated on any new developments, out".
He turned back to Adrian as he increased pace, motioning for him to continue talking as they walked in the direction of the warehouse district.

“Captain, I just had a thought,” he said, “If that’s the Imperial princess, and the folk after them are from the Empire, why are we getting involved? A lot of this has skimmed over my head. I mean, what do we do when we’ve found the guest of honor?”

"Mighty good question, an' yer right to ask it," he replied as he walked rapidly along the streets. "It comes down to what I said in th' briefin', an' what we know about the Empires politics: I mentioned the Emperor and his daughter don't always get along, sure. An' that she's the moderate one in all situations as well. Bearin' that in mind... she ain't ever decided to run away from home before, An' it's sure runnin' - because it wasn't, she wouldn't be hidin' out with the regular folks, or have the search-and-destroy team right on her ass either. And gunnin' for her, not lookin' ta capture her. Nah, man... she's lookin' fer someone or somethin', and she got side-tracked. And this third group, whoever they are, I reckon they know somethin' too an' want in on it. Which means, Landren is gettin' caught in the middle, so we wanna head it all off before it gets worse, I reckon".