"I'm a codebreaker by training," Alex said with a shrug. "I've broken into a few foreign computer systems in my time." Which hadn't stopped him from being on the front lines, but at least it was a useful skill when there were computers. He'd found that he had his laptop, but he wasn't sure about the state of wifi in the city, yet.

"And I was in combat, so there's that. My leg stopped holding me back a few months ago."

"But when I was a kid, and you have to promise not to laugh," he said, pointing his drink in Bass's direction, "I used to work for the UFO museum. So I've got a range of things I could use for a job. But I suppose getting someone I don't know to vouch for me might be difficult."