Valik heard the words of the Empress, and that they were to meet on Korriban, the home of Valik's master. Then he heard a name, Lord Tirdarius. So that was his name. Even after using a face-searching algorithm on the Sith Database he discovered that the man had no file, which had simply driven him mad. Then he heard the Faleen advise he go to Nam Chorios due to the location of one of his Operational Centers. Valik sneered, he had a lab on Korriban, they didn't need to go anywhere. He supposed the Empress did want him to work with the Faleen, so he decided not to reveal his lab's location to the reptile. It was always best to give people you didn't trust as little information as possible.
Valik went back and conducted some scans on Kaine Zambrano, taking notes on his datapad. The man was in near perfect health, but had an uncommon amount of metal throughout his body. Still, no detectable physical port or chip attached to him. He suspected nanites or micro-droids were the means by which Omni controlled the Grand Vizier. If he could implement a signal to sentient's brains without a physical conduit, he wouldn't have needed to send droids to kill or infect other organics. Even if the sentient-controlling process was designed to kill other organics, there had to be an infection method somehow as a simple matter of self-defense. Valik stared at the Grand Vizier in the eyes, getting just a bit closer but not much. If the nanites could be contracted by touch, they could probably be transmitted by spit or sneeze as well. Valik then conducted a thermal scan, and saw that the Grand Vizier had an abnormally high temperature, but it wasn't consistent around the body. Certain areas had higher temperatures than others. That confirmed it, there had to be microdroids running around his body, providing an extra heat source around concentrated parts of the body.
Valik went back to go speak to the Faleen of his progress, then overheard something about a summit, a gathering of forces between different nations. Valik decided it would be in his best interests to be in attendance, and gather data from other scientists on the issue. It would also be an excellent opportunity to try and hack into Republic databases, gather data on their ships, weapons, Jedi. Yes, Valik had pressing issues. As he found @[member="Radon Mont"] he typed his notes on Zambrano. "The infection is nanite-based, the nanites don't seem to need to physically link to the nervous system in order to maintain control of a sentient, but I haven't found any signs of a wireless signal either, at least none I can detect with this equipment. I'll be headed to a summit of all of the galaxies governments. You can have the body, but I expect a live stream of any scans and other data gathered." Valik informed the Faleen of his knowledge in a short burst. He could analyze his blood sample, that was all he needed scientifically speaking. Being able to interrogate never hurt, but he would live without it.
After listening to the Faleen's response, Valik left the Faleen and went back to see the Empress's companion, as they should have finished their conversation by now. As he walked he saw the Empress and a twi'lek woman, the twi'lek cradled together in a state of sorrow, and kept walking, not wanting to draw attention to himself. The Champion of the Empress was a hard woman, and a strong one. Omni's attack shouldn't have affected her like. Unless Valik thought to himself then jotted a note down on his datapad. This was information he could use to blackmail later, once Valik solved the whole Omni issue.
Soon Valik arrived near the masked dark lord, his presence in the Force wrapping the room like a shroud. He approached @[member="Darth Apparatus"] and then began to speak. "My Lord, I wish to join your crew in the summit as chief science officer. I will be able to analyze any information they might have gathered on Omni, and if we have time I could also analyze the technological capabilities of the Republic and anyone else who gathers there."
