people regularly pull more bullshit stuff for more inane reasons. this level of corruption in a world built on corporate city-states? absolutely tame as fuck.I realize the author wants an excuse to upgrade his gear but it becoming property of the city because they used it to identify him makes literally no sense.
Food, always.What is the priorities, ammo or food
Maybe they did find something or are in the process of find something. Could come into the story later, or Alpha has good encryption or deleted any trace while he was unconscious.Odd there is no concern about the software modifications Alpha has done to his gear