<span style="color: #6495ED">"Yet, Kala is right. She needs an omnitool in order to do her thing, and she's not going to be able to have it if she's masquerading as a slave. And like Ashana, I don't need to be armed to be effective."</span><br/><br/>Milenya steels herself.<span style="color: #6495ED">"If it's necessary, it's necessary. As a paleotechnologist, I'd be the more valuable sale over Kala and the more credible one. If they bothered to check the records, they could see that I took passage to Omega and then disappeared. That adds a layer of verismilitude that we wouldn't have, otherwise. That would give her the chance to act as one of the sellers and keep her omnitool. It would also mean we can't delay acting for long. They also might not have the best scanners. Remember their method of operation; they ship captives on cargo ships, meaning they've already, usually, done the searches for advanced equipment before bringing their captives here, and any trouble from the captives would have happened elsewhere."</span><br/><br/>She brightens up a little.<span style="color: #6495ED">"That does give me an opportunity. I could refit my old collar with more advanced components, and effectively turn it into an omnitool. The lifespan wouldn't be very long, perhaps a couple of hours of active use as an omnitool compared to the typical five years, but it would pass as any one of several active restraint systems. With the appropriate hacking of the operating system, I could make it look and react realistically while still allowing me to override it when the time comes."</span><br/><br/>Then, a blush dawns on Milenya's cheeks as she realizes what she just admitted to. She bows her head, wrapping her arms around herself and shrinking a little.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>