Garrison likes you, Antoinette likes you (and her mom has no emotions), and Lovelace is positively inclined towards you. They're not going to change their opinions simply because she's butt-mad about a classified operation that they can't access because it's NTK/VIGILANCE. If they can access it, they've formed said opinions already knowing what Jamelia did there and made Dyne hate her so much.
Sure... but that's not really the point. Let's suppose that Dyne gets into her happy place snuggled up to the ItX higher-ups. Let's further suppose that her distaste for us is both still there and not hidden. There's a good cahnce that Aleph would find out about it - and hey! Insight into what makes us tick. He's been wanting some of that. He has a little sit-down chat with her in which he expresses "concerns" about us in a beating-around-the-bush sort of way. I'm pretty sure she'd be happy to open up on the matter... and from there to Threat Null knowing about her is a relatively short hop - and at that point, Threat Null knows about her and has a serious in to try to turn the lady.
Even without Threat Null under the bed, it's not that I'm concerned that she'll turn them against us. It's that she'll be given a position of some degree of power and responsibility, and she'll be waiting. I can almost *guarantee* that at some point she'll have an opportunity to make our lives a *lot* more difficult, and would take it with relish.
Your thinking isn't wrong but that doesn't always mean your plan is right. That's the fun part about this quest! The discussion and internal debate informs a lot more than just direct first-order reactions! I certainly like adjusting the world to what you guys think is happening.
I'm not even saying that my plan is Best Plan. I'm saying that people seem to be flocking to the currently prevailing pan in an attempt at damage control, and as a plan, it's not that good at damage control. I would be *delighted* if someone could come up with a better plan to handle the situation, that had a solid chance to defuse the situation without revealing anything further, but I haven't seen one yet and I'm not currently convinced it's possible. I'd be happy to see someone come out with a better plan to let out a controlled amount of information, possibly with some disinformation (as mine does) that does so better and more efficiently. I'd probably change my vote.
Still, if people find my idea unacceptable on the face of it, there are other options that might manage this. How about this one?
[] Apologize. Apologize deeply. Think about the fact that she really did get screwed over by your actions through no fault of her own and try to show real contrition. Say that you hadn't known what had happened to her until just recently (they sent you through INVISIBLE BEAR and then worked you like a dog for about a decade, and by the time you got out you'd lost track of basically everyone). Say that you'd just recently discovered what happened, that you really do think she was treated unfairly, and that you're pulling some strings to try to get her back in. Possibly mention that you're pretty sure you could get her into a fairly good position wrt ItX leadership, but that they're requiring you to investigate at least a bit, just in case. She'll likely come out of it still disliking us, and thinking badly of us, but if we swing it right, she won't feel motivated to actually do us harm, and we have a decent shot of getting more information (via rant or investigation).
I'm trying here, I really am.
