They evacuated the ship, leaving behind only the supporting crew that were monitoring their movements through the cameras in their eyes and drones which had followed them. The system hosts of the bureau were covered from head to toe. It was done deliberately to keep their identities a secret from the humans and system hosts of the dark side.
In case one of them escaped, they did not want them to identify those that had been involved in the attack. Two people had not bothered to hide, Alix and the captain. She was a dragon, she would be identified anyway if she used that skill. The captain was on official bureau business and he wanted Afaro to know who exactly it was that had brought him down.
