"My primary concern is the Polygon," said Ms. Scipio. 

The Polygon. Logo: An ever-shifting polyhedral shape in rainbow colours. Aesthetic: Extreme personalization. The old military-industrial complex given new life, a formal union of major data technology companies, insurance industries and old aerospace manufacturing sectors. Their mission is to know everything, and know the dollar figure cost for destroying anything.

"Lhotse's business model relies on certain strong connections with the State," said Scipio. "The Polygon is a successor of old government entanglements and they regard several of our key sectors as their natural territory. In addition, many of our international shipping lines are reliant on Polygon security. They can threaten us like no other corporation can: By breaking our connection to the State and by even implying that our commercial routes are no longer fully secure. My priority as Head of Security is mobilizing Lhotse's resources to confront this threat."

Something about how she spoke about them made you think that this was personal for her. The old nation state militaries had not all been happy with the growing influence of the Polygon and the commercialization of security. A grudge nursed like this for decades implied a myopic focus.