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And I figure at the very least he'd have a good alibi ready for where he was and what he was doing all day and night yesterday.  So yeah.  I'm assuming something along those lines.”
    “No problem,” Artemis replied.
    “And while you're working on the money, make a few payments from him to several foreign politicians, a couple of numbered accounts in the islands, and dump whatever is left into a few accounts for us.”
    “Payoffs and a money dump, huh?” Amina asked.
    “Yep.  He's already dirty, but I want him filthy.  And I want him to start panicking.  I don't want his credit stick to work when he pays for lunch in an hour,” Regina replied with a cocky smile.  “Oh, and I was never paid for the job I did, so yeah, I want that.  Fifteen mil for each of us.  Let's make it look like he hired more than just one data thief for that job.”
    “That will make a good connection to the fifteen I'm letting MPHarm know he was offering.  Plus the bonus of knowing a lot of people were biting the bait he was dangling,” Yosha said, snapping their fingers.
    “Yep,” Regina replied.
    “I can probably send some of those millions to some hacker and slicer pals.  Ones we've worked with in the past.  We can probably buy a few favors,” Artemis suggested.
    “Sounds good,” Regina replied.
    Artemis pulled his phone out and started quickly tapping on it.
    “Galatea?” asked Regina.
    “Yes, Regina?” Galatea answered.
    “I need your primary focus on data backup.  Everything we take, and everything we make.  I want a backup here locally and uploaded to both mine and Artemis's net storage ASAP.  Next, I want to know the moment someone tries to connect to our local network, anything that looks like someone wants to take a peek inside.  I don't think that will happen as we've not even gone online yet.  It's inevitably going to happen, but hopefully we'll be done by then.  Lastly, I want you to monitor all media outlets for news on anything even remotely related to what we're doing.  Local and national, big and small.  I wanna know.  If you can, I'd also like you to keep a log for later review to see what outlets don't mention it at all, or just mention it in passing.”
    “Trying to figure out if he has some of them in his pocket?” Amina asked.
    “Bingo,” Regina replied.  “Also Galatea, if you've got any processing power left after all of that.  I'd like you to monitor any SecFor communications you can find.  Maybe you can give us a heads up if things are about to go soup sandwich on us.”
    Grendal let out a small laugh.  “Yeah, that would be nice.”
    “Is there anything else I can help with?  I should still have some net processors left unused,” Galatea asked.
    Regina looked at Artemis as a pleasantly surprised smile started to creep onto her face.
    “I told you already. Upgrades,” said Artemis, returning the smile.
    “Well alright then,” Regina said happily.  “If you want to go ahead and start finding your way into the five biggest news stations in the region, please do.  And while you're in there, if you could setup a few pre-configured connections for us so we can hijack the live broadcasts here in a little bit after we get done diving, that would be great!”
    “I don't know if I can get five while supporting the team, but I'm sure I can manage at least three connections for you,” Galatea replied.
    “Oh, that's fine.  One of us will do the rest when we're out.  So don't worry about that,” Regina said.
    “We good to go?” asked Artemis.
    “Rock and roll,” Regina replied as she turned around and started towards her dive rig.
    “Eh hem,” Yosha said as Regina started passing by on the platform.
    Regina turned to look at Yosha, confused.  Then it hit her, Tribul8 had a pre-job chat that she'd nearly forgotten.  She spun on her heels to face towards everyone else, clasped her hands together below her waist and stood patiently.
    Yosha waited for a dead silence