While they’re waiting just in case there are more murders, the team gets a visit from a man in a heavy wool suit. He introduces himself as a representative of the Delphi Council, an advisory body to the President Pro Tem of the USA. It seems that all may not be as it should be in the reclaimed territories: Sacramento used not to be the vice capital of the west coast, for example. It’s only been a few days and this may be some sort of aftershock from the transition, but he’d still like it investigated… by storm knights who are definitely completely outside the normal American chain of command, just in case. He hands over the traditional Halliburton briefcase full of cash.