Sydney has a very very good point. The instant they said it took a quorum of senior council members to open the vault the alarm klaxons began screaming in my head. This is very much so an obvious prelude to a trap. Yeah its POSSIBLE sciona already looted the place, but im still picturing a swarm of goons sent to delay them while sciona or whoever dashes in, loots what she wants, and dashes out, probably setting off a trap on the way to try and kill them all. Or they enter the room, and she shuts them in, or a dozen options really. Sydneys com orb may be classified, but its not like she has to announce what she is doing. She should totally casually fiddle with the yellow orb and take a subtle look around. Glamours, magic auras, whatever she can scan, just to see if she spots anything. Then text maxima again to avoid triggering the ambush until the boss lady wants to. There, no analysis paralysis. Just a simple reasonable action to quickly confirm danger or lack thereof. Also, sydney, stay out of the vault. Again easily justified. "She has the ooh shiny bug. Its safer if she isnt in arms reach of anything explodey" That way if there IS a trap, at least sydney will be outside it. Again, reasonable precaution, no paralysis involved. The what if game can totally get out of control, thats true, but that doesnt mean taking a few basic steps for the sake of caution arent warranted.