'Maybe. As long as we don't try to talk to them for long enough to expose the lie. Although even if they are suspicious, who would want to antagonise the Mechanicus without cause.'
'Conversely the only problem I can see with claiming to be attached to the Navy is the Sting itself. Perhaps the Navy took a raider as a prize to augment their fleet? I am confident that we can talk them into believing that we are not merely pirates, but not so much that we can't prove that we aren't what we are, namely a Rogue Trader ship with some hidden agenda.'
'In any case, they would only need to believe us for long enough to allow us to get close.'