[b]Redana and Alexa![/b]

A quick glance around will not immediately make it clear who could help you. The most obviously armed nearby individual is one of the Bridge Guardians, an Azura warrior who is armed and armoured in the cultural equivalent of a main battle tank. They, however, are standing in the center of their bridge in a meditative pose and radiate overwhelming danger. It's genuinely unclear if its safe to disturb them for anything less than a planetary invasion.

So that's the military option; civilian violence is an entirely different matter. The Azura don't seem to have obviously marked police officers. They may not have any sort of formal law enforcement at all. You'll need to Look Closely to get a sense of who or what might be able to help you out here.

[b]Vasilia and Dolce![/b]

Even the idea of a servant doesn't function here like it does elsewhere. In other realms there might be silent groups of obedient slaves who watch and tend to their masters every whim, creatures of no standing and no power who do the domestic chores. Within the court of the Satrap that function does not seem to exist. The Azura who showed you in is one of the black dressed asynchronous group, a Party member, one with a quiet and professional intensity to her. She has some sort of power here too but her dress conceals it rather than advertises it like the aristocratic side of the court.

"A week ago a single-passenger spaceship bearing the markings of the Order of Hermes crash landed on Boulevard of Pada," said the Azura professional quietly. "The occupant, a feline-based servitor, survived and has turned Metis' Witness against the Order of Hermes for their disrespect for the Endless Azure Skies. She is currently missing but the allegations made by the senator are extremely serious. The damage itself is not in question here, nor is the matter of proportionate retribution. What the Senator seeks to prove and extract compensation regarding is the offense given to the Skies. This is a diplomatic incident as much as a legal one, and an oratorical challenge as much as a political one. Senator Thist has much to gain politically by prosecuting your party."

There's a curious neutrality to all of this, like Thist's politics are entirely irrelevant to the standing of this Azura and her Party. So many questions about how power is distributed here still, and before you've even got your bearings you are under assault by a politician looking to score some unknowable point against you.

[b]XIII![/b]

"Not in the slightest," said Beljani, voice somewhere between cutting and a whine. "[i]We[/i] certainly aren't enough. Yes, you can break things, and yes, I can influence many people, but [i]we[/i] don't know the first thing about this planet or its politics. We go in there blind and we'll wind up fighting the entire Skies and Redana will escape in the chaos [i]just like every other time[/i]. Your ~[i]emotions[/i]~ aren't the problem, Bel[i]la[/i]. Your stupidity is - that [i]and[/i] the fact that you're trying to do everything by yourself. Let's just take the Ikarani Adept out of her box and get this [i]over[/i] with."