Apparently, the message received by GH and crew was an explicit "protection not valid" message, and yet, we are also told that DC didn't send in orders.



This does cast things in a new light for me. The Firnaz group was the group of two. That means all three of GH's group turned up, but some other reason the attack failed.


I understand now why GH was saying that one of the three might not be able to work with his faction, but not realise it. However, the other two members of GH's group were all involved in the coordinated attack on Golden1Knight in the first round. That would strongly suggest to me that they are capable of collaboration (although, given the attack failed, it isn't conclusive). That leaves GH, but he suggested protecting Kage.


Another possible option (although perhaps unlikely) is that Kage couldn't be protected, or couldn't be protected against that particular foe. The write up does show Kage dismissing his defenders. Although, if that were the case, you would have thought he would have mentioned it...

What this does mean though is that there were no successful protections of Kage that night. What's not 100% clear is whether that is related to the fact that there were two scum.


I'm sure we're missing something, because it doesn't add up. The different descriptions of the attackers is still bugging me.