"Your past contacts will help immensely." Knowing what's expected of you is key to building a good pretext, after all. "Do we know what they want of us? Or is that yet to be ascertained?"

"I like the sound of this plan." She grins at Seyli and Xiulan. "Use a good dose of Shuos mystery to distract the Kel; perhaps a dose of authority to distract the Shuos."

A pleasing symmetry, if it can be done.