The Ace of Spades Campaign - Alien Base part 05

Alien Base Sub Level 1
The elevator descended to the next level and opened to a room that was perfectly square, with the elevator occupying the centre of the room.

"This area is breathable," Lynda announced as she activated her science scanner. "We've got normal oxygen levels here."
"In that case, we may as well make use of their air supply," Storm suggested, "and preserve our own oxygen supplies."
"I'm not detecting any lifeforms either," Judith added as she checked her medical scanner.
"That's a relief," Danica said, "but even so, stay alert, everyone."
"Absolutely," Rebecca replied, "I've still got my Phaser set to kill."

As the party stepped out of the elevator they could see that the floor was covered in trash, as if a great deal of material had passed through in a hurry and the remnants had not been cleaned up. Some of the trash was made of some kind of vegetable matter and other pieces were made of metal. There was a circular door in the centre of each of the four walls, all of which were closed. An activation lever was visible next to each door. In the four corners of the room, high up near the ceiling, was a single weapon turret. No one could identify what the weapons were, but they all looked identical. The turrets did not move at all. Whether they were active or not was unknown.
Lynda scanned the walls and and made this discovery, "It looks like this whole base is constructed of macromolecules," she revealed. "Each individual wall is really one single, gigantic molecule held together by the terrific strength of stomic binding."
"Which means what?" Storm asked.
"It is going to be very difficult to blast or cut our way through a wall or the floor," the research scientist replied. "Blasting it would make the wall deform outward from the blast and return to its normal shape almost instantly. Cutting would be equally useless. You'd need a very special tool, which we don't have, to cut through these walls."
"Bummer," Rebecca responded.
"We'll check out this door in front of us," Danica said, "and if it's clear, we'll move around this area in a clockwise direction and check out the other three doors. Smiley, lead on."
"Affirmative, mistress Danica," the robot replied in a cheerful voice.

The door opened to a short corridor that led to another door, identical to the one they had passed through. A single red lighting strip ran along the top of the corridor to provide illumination.

The room they entered was rectangular in shape and was clearly some kind of storeroom filled with many boxes and crates. There was no sign of life and nor were there any cameras or gun turrets visible.
"We may as well check out these boxes," Storm said, "and see what's being stored here."

They spent about five minutes opening boxes at random and they all made discoveries. Rebecca was absolutely delighted to find a huge industrial diamond weighing roughly 20 pounds. It was worth about 10,000 Credits.
"Oh, lucky me," she squealed.
"Remember, we share any finds we make," Danica, who was standing next to her, reminded the young cat burglar.
"Yeah, I know," Rebecca sighed forlornly. "What have you found?"
"I dunno," Danica answered. "It's some kind of control valve. I've no idea what it's for, but I'll keep it. We might need it later."

Judith and Storm were checking out the boxes at the other side of the room. Judith found a collection of small cubes that looked like children's toys. They were of many colours and they stuck together in whatever shape they were given. Their use remained a mystery, but Judith still took them.
Storm found several small flat cans. They were full of a thick, oily, yellow fluid. Analysis revealed that the liquid was most likely some kind of lubricant. She kept one of the cans.

In one large crate, Lynda found the drive and motor assembly of the type used in the powersleds they had seen in one of the modules in the dock above. With it was a scroll of instructions for its assembly, which Lynda copied to her data-pad for translation purposes. She left the devices in the crate.

"I'm getting the feeling that this complex has been abandoned," Danica surmised. "If there is anyone here, surely they would have noticed our arrival by now."
"It's certainly looking that way," Storm agreed. "Let's see what else is on this level."