When searching for Maarva's son Cassian, Vel Sartha observed the home and two of Andor's friends, Bix Caleen and Brasso, from Nicola's across the street; while waiting for her lover, Cinta Kaz, to join her. Sartha's drink went cold in the meantime. Kaz remained on Ferrix afterward and blended in among the locals, taking a job at Nicola's in the week before Maarva Andor died. An attendant for the Imperial Security Bureau (ISB), Corv, also pretended to be a civilian, which Kaz noticed. Aware that he was ISB, she kept a close eye on him when he visited Nicola's, which they both used to observe the Andor home.