David is confronted by Maine and his gang, which confirms that his mother actually dealt in black market cybernetics among possible other crimes. Unfortunately, she had sold the Sandevistan to Maine before David installed it. Sympathetic to David's plight, Maine backs off of killing him and harvesting the cybernetic implant upon discovering the former's relationship to Gloria. Desperate for a job, David demonstrates his faculty with the Sandevistan and is accepted as a probationary member.Maine introduces David to the other members: Kiwi, Dorio, and Pilar. David then participates in a heist to steal navigation data from Maxim, a driver for Arasaka. The plan goes awry due to unexpected complications and David and Lucy are forced to steal Maxim's limo to gain the navigation data instead. This leads to a wild car chase on the freeway that ends up totalling the limousine and two members of the Tyger Claw gang being killed.
Maine officially inducts David into the gang, having been impressed by his performance on the job. David also meets Maine's fixer, Faraday, who brought them the job to steal Maxim's navigation data in order to obtain information on Tanaka's movements. Unfortunately, Faraday is furious that they stole the limousine in such an overt fashion and chews out Maine for his action as the higher level security resulting from it renders the stolen information useless. David receives a message from the Academy offering to let him return, but he is not interested.