Option 3. Sounds like our best option, plus since we’re making a name for ourselves this might turn out really well
For alias, I’m going to throw my hat in the ring and suggest Lancaster like the pistol with multiple barrels :)
2.
Asking might be the best bet we have in order to figure out what happened and how. While yes there's the cat, this probably needs to be resolved first and going in for one or the other could mean some serious backlash from civilians and EXnet