Organized smuggling is the thing, okay! Weapons and the rest are not. These are very closely watched, so finding any hint of them in the time of the scouting mission is highly improbable, since signs of such things can get entire villages disappeared. Politely. By the United Earth.
They will need smuggled tech parts, and be taking up lots of diverted power, and require all sorts of odd supplies. Follow those sorts of lines to end up crossing pathways with the Initiative!
(And remember that almost anything can be weaponized... it's just a question of making it as obtuse a process as possible.)
His best bet is to stalk any/all he pegs as part of a smuggling operation based on overhearing or being told (from loose lips) a shipment's getting moved in that week. By himself or with others along, he would then be able to intercept or approach the receiving party.
Again, hope you talk fast or have good bargaining skills, because the Initiative will need wooing as to why they let you near at all, strangers who might as well be a United Earth spy!
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They will need smuggled tech parts, and be taking up lots of diverted power, and require all sorts of odd supplies. Follow those sorts of lines to end up crossing pathways with the Initiative!
(And remember that almost anything can be weaponized... it's just a question of making it as obtuse a process as possible.)
His best bet is to stalk any/all he pegs as part of a smuggling operation based on overhearing or being told (from loose lips) a shipment's getting moved in that week. By himself or with others along, he would then be able to intercept or approach the receiving party.
Again, hope you talk fast or have good bargaining skills, because the Initiative will need wooing as to why they let you near at all, strangers who might as well be a United Earth spy!