Thanar Zey was worried. Cores should not explode. It just shouldn't happen. And yet, from what he heard, that was precisely what had occurred. This was why he was in Sovereign. Even in Argos he had noticed the effect - his core arrays had measured a large release of energy, and soon after, the rumours had started arriving. And on a recent business trip passing this way, he had felt a large concentration of cores underground. Powerful ones. For what, he couldn't say, but it didn't bode well.

His aircraft came to a smooth landing just outside the town, and he disembarked quickly, striding down the ramp with his purple robes billowing around him. At each step, the Corestaff hit the ground with a solid [i]thunk[/i]. He proceeded at speed through the town, stopping momentarily to drop a handful of high-denomination coins in the lap of a blind beggar girl before continuing on his way to the council hall.

As he walked, he mulled over what he knew.
 Fact: there had recently been a large release of energy near Sovereign.
 Fact: rumours were that this had been caused by an exploding core.
 Fact: there were large concentrations of active, refined cores underground.
 Fact: there had been a lot of work going on in the area recently

 Hypothesis: the Sovereign Council have been building something large underground. This thing involves cores. However, they have run into complications.
 Course of Action: Make inquiries on the side - use personal sources. Then contact Sovereign Council.

This chain of reasoning had led him here today, and he intended to follow it to its conclusion, whatever that might be.