Why didn't anyone tell me about Vogel and Knight?! O_O O_O O_O O_O O_O O______________O
Also, the Sea Dragon can go straight to hell as far as I'm concerned, but that's because I don't like people who kidnap babies.
As for my NPC, given how KE's screwed up by following the Ares party line, putting their contracts at risk, I'd say not only my NPC bailed, but his underlings also decided KE no longer holds a proper future for them. So my new headcanon is that four squads of KE Seattle HTR have now gone freelance and are cutting deals with Urubia and Kalanyr to do dirty work and security for them in cases where their interests aren't conflicting.