Still, S-S might not be the best choice. No matter how vociferously the intertribal council denied it, events in Seattle had a big effect on what went down in S-S territory. As the corp war continued to heat up, the news would leak into the Salish-Shidhe nation first. It was highly likely that any megacorps with a presence in S-S were already maneuvering as actively as they were in downtown Seattle.