@molly0xfff I'll bet it would cost about 5USD to have a group in one if the impoverished places listed to just show up at a scanning site and TAKE one of those orbs by force so it can be reverse engineered later...

I spent enough time in enough shitholes in the world to say with confidence that a "fiver" will buy anything you want.

For a Benjamin, you'd get the orbs and the orb bearers (condition not insured)

They're playing with stuff they don't understand. I'm at least moderately morale, but I know folks with similar experience and infinitely more "flexibility".

If there's billions? Trillions? of (currency) involved, it's going to attract those folks ( and every lesser hood between)