Conquerors were behind in both resources and cash. That made it really hard to do hostile actions against the Researchers and Advocates. Without cash and tech, they could not steamroll all the other clans. Sonic Clan would normally be able to swat them away with ease. Due to the military being invested in rooting out cyborg influence wherever it could be found. All of their attempts to mount a real defense were interfered with by all the outside forces. Their interruptions and attacks made everything more confusing and violent. This chaos compounded because every faction was on their own. The only truce here was between Erosion and Electric clans. They did not attack each other when they encountered each other. I honestly would not put it past 08-001, 002 and 003 to start a playdate if they found an AEP unit of Electric Clan in a casual setting. All of them could be very whimsical. The level of emotional intelligence they had was that of children. Jake and his children were not bad people. I did not see where they were in all of this, but the 3 had to be doing something crazy here.
I wondered where they were. Regardless of where they were, it was on us to make sure that the members of Sonic Clan were safe and sound. Right now, they wanted to focus on their new fascination. 11-003 came over to us. I smiled as he asked "The others went out and had sexual contact with human females. What would happen if I or another AEP unit sought out a male human for companionship?" Brett said "It would be totally fine. No one should tell you that you can't fall in love just because of the genders involved." He tilted his head in confusion. It was clear he was going to ask a question about that. The fact he did not know about human gender showed they were not doing a good job in their research. Before he could ask a question, I got a ring on my cellphone. I answered it. "Hello. Brianne. You were right about 06-003. He had a trojan horse program installed in him. The humans in that syndicate would have been able to force him to reveal the location of the transmission hub using a false mandatory mission and a GPS tracker. It activated just as we were apprehending him.
Luckily, our clan was able to find him and bring him in with all our countermeasures unused." I was told by the clan engineer of Wind Clan. Nice. With that crisis averted, I breathed a sigh of relief. This was almost a disaster. The syndicates would have a field day if they had the exact location of the Wind transmission hub. I said "You are welcome for the heads up. That's just what allies do. You should spread the news and make sure that other clans are protected from this issue. Any AEPs in the faction that have been in fights with any of the major syndicate members should be checked in on. Just in case." "Will do." was the reply. They then hung up on me. I thought that they were being a bit cold. They did not need to suck me off, but a bit of gratitude would be nice. My direct interference kneecapped a potential negative story event from firing in the game. I pat myself on the back. Now that the backdoor exploit was confirmed by Wind Clan and Sonic Clan, it would be taken seriously. The Conquerors did not need to know about it yet. Hopefully, they never would. That would be very nice.
