After the incident at the Shangri-LA hotel and casino, the team decides to put Los Angeles in their rear view for a while. Kaz has offered to help them leave town and to arrange employment with the Olaya delegation for some travelling on the cartel’s checking account. After some deliberation, the team has accepted. Kaz hasthem wire him their vital stats for the fake SINs and meet him at the Ontario Airport in twelve hours (travel bags and essential gear only).

When they arrive, Kaz directs them to a private VIP lounge where a woman named Sacristán is waiting, accompanied by an unfamiliar member of the Olaya delegation. Kaz pays the group the balance of what he still owes them. After that the stranger hands each member of the group a credstick with a false SIN (Rating 6). When all is agreed, Sacristán briefs them on the terms of their retainers, welcomes the runners to her team, and tells them they will be boarding a suborbital to their next destination, Hong Kong, in a few minutes.

The terms: The team is hired on retainer, and will act under the direct supervision of Sacristán as part of a delegation from the Olaya Cartel. They can expect not only a healthy payout every three weeks of their travel and travails but also accommodations, travel expenses, and a daily cost-of-living stipend. Any (false) documentation needed will be also be provided.

This delegation will be stopping in several locations over the next two months and in these locations Sacristán will have need of their talents. Sacristán is second in command of this delegation… they will have little or no direct contact with the leader of this ‘tour’, Henry “The Diplomat” Uribe—and that is intentional. The Diplomat has his own loyal security detail and will not be bothered dealing with the “hired help.”