She was pleasant, though she did pay a fair amount of interest to him, if only because he was the most interesting thing there. Unfortunately, neither Barid, nor any of his lieutenants made a showing; instead, the official ceremony was run by one of his many administrators. It was a nice show, overall, but few people actually paid attention to it. He could hear whispers and stories about him, racing up and down the tables, and he'd recognize his wife's touch on a few of them; one even told the truth.<br/><br/>Almost immediately after they began to recover the device, things would start to go... wrong. A heavy atmospheric disturbance began, within minutes of it being discovered, which was impairing both sensors and communications. Worse, there was no apparent cause for it.