"Civilizations usually develop warp at a pretty steady, if noisy, clip and this cluster is going to stand out. Plus they're all nearby. I didn't admit to being in all those systems but I gambled on a couple to account for my time."

"You could take a lightleaper and go farther afield if you wanted to have longer before they piece it together."

"That loses much of the leverage if they're out of range to reasonably join up should they choose, although I suppose I could hop to places within the relevant bubble that I could not have warped to within five days."

"Might be worth it if it buys a few more planets of time before they catch on."

"Yes. I'm a bit attached to Prometheus but I suppose a lightleaper would be more practical. I can name it Nicholas."

Cam laughs.

"Hmm?"

"Earth cultural reference. So's Prometheus."

"This won't tip off the Federation?"

"There are several other ships named Prometheus. Greek myth is very popular. 'Saint Nicholas' would be inadvisable but just Nicholas should be all right unless I'm already under investigation."

"Is there a way to check that without invading lots of peoples' privacy -"

"I don't know enough about how they'd conduct the investigation to be surgical."

Nod.

"If I'm already under investigation I won't hold up anyway. My track-covering was to prevent suspicion in the first place and is not sufficient to deflect it after it's aroused."

"That makes sense. But you're sure they won't try to arrest you if you're in Amentan company?"

"I'm not one hundred percent positive but I would not expect it."

"Good luck."

"Thank you!"

When T'Mir gets back there's a crew ready to go.

And she summons a demon for a lightleaper and they're off.

Anitam nudges stragglers into handling their reds so that that can be all cleared up before first contact with the Federation.

Aitim sends some people to Iobel to get immortality for favors-trading reasons.

She can immortalize them!

Oh good! Then eventually (it'll take a while) he will be in more of a position to do things!

She is happy to help.