Arc 1, Thread 2: The Engines of Progress (Arkady)
Arkady hasn't had much time on his own to relax. Immediately after his exaltation he was dragged out of Sanctuary, thrown to the wolves at ONYX SPIRE, and then thrown back to Sanctuary's wolves for more quarantine/detox. Sanctuary's hardly a place where you get much time to do anything more than think under the watchful eye of the battle-orderlies, but hey, it gives him time to theorize.
So when Arkady makes it out, it's with a certificate calling him clean, a few thousand extra credits to his name, and- apparently- a new transport of his very own, thanks to Spiderweb. Unfortunately his boss has taken most of what remains of her old fleet out for another scavenging mission, leaving him temporarily stranded on the Last Refuge.
On the bright side, now he has clout. A new Exodite with a lot of money in their pocket and actual experience dealing with the dead is a rare thing, and a Twilight more so. He has his options. Of course, Pandora Bay is always open to people of his caliber, though he may have to spend quite a bit to get access to a good workshop. But there are smaller, lesser workshops, often left abandoned because of their paucity of tools and space. Alternatively, the Machina Guild is always looking for new members, and would find it quite a coup to have a new Solar in their midst. Then there's all sorts of others, like the different engineering schools.
Or, hell, fuck work. He could always go get smashed!