One thing i find confusing: What are the band members doing professionally? Are they officially just professional musicians? With the few gigs they play, and often cut short? And unofficially, do they get paid by the Alliance? That is, are they mercenaries? The amount of training and practicing they do doesn’t really leave much time for a full-time job. But at least old Claire must have had some kind of job. Did she quit? Get fired? Did i miss a single sentence to that effect?