@CoF - Al's question is obviously directed at Robyn IC, but of course more for the GM to perhaps let those with Below knowledge know the answer...
I may be mis-remembering, didn't Solo go with the Murder Clowns to try and absolve his hacking faux pas?!? Will have to check again!
Technically you attached the Flowers unprovoked - Tasja went to them willingly (if you count subtle spell weaving as willing, but Overworlders are always going to be 'guilty until proven innocent' so that's not going to be a good defence...). Ok, it was an excuse for them to exercise their power (yes, they botched that rather badly by underestimating you!), and the 'Bane' is set into the 'rules' of Below. Your rigger got drugged by them, but again that was something less than obvious... anything else I'm forgetting?
Essentially the 'rules' aren't all that different from any Barrens the world over, the powerful get to do what they want! The Houses' power is mitigated by the fact that there are 13 more or less equally powerful factions down there and like the Big 10 corps they are sort of self regulating otherwise anarchy would ensue...