Solar Warden

Decisions Part 21

Commander Knight and his team were arriving at the location of Ryan's squad.

"Commander we found several spots at the building were some covered things like sensors or weapons could be behind. Some of them are on the bottom side of the towers top in periodic intervals. But also some near the door. With our passive scan options, we are done now. So we have to get active," Ryan informed Knight.

"With sophisticated infrared sensors they should have already spotted you or our approach to the mountains. Still we spotted no structure then this one. Go on with active scanning but stay here. We will fortify further up to this garden. So we are in front of the door," the commander replied.

"Newman send the drone. Set it to active scan especially for these cover plates," Ryan ordered. The cover plates had the same color as the building in a dark green.

"Yes, sir," he replied. The route for the drone he already entered. With pushing the start button on the touch screen the anti-gravity drone lifted off and went away. He could do further active scanning with the binocular but the drone had the same sensors and could get closer.

The drone went around the facility and made a detailed area sweep. Then it concentrated on these cover plates at the top and around the door. Finally, it checked the door itself.

The door opened. Everyone was focusing there. It was no one to see. The drone went away, to the landing zone while the door closed.

"Seems to be automatic on nearby motion," Ryan guessed.

Newman was now transferring the data.

While Commander Knight was joining them. "What do we have. We saw no one in there."

Newman made a quick check.

"The cover plates we could not penetrate. Maybe with x-ray but we don't have that. Here is the view of the interior. No life sign with infrared. There is a corridor leading to the tower. Also some cover plates are in there. That we can at least reach. Maybe we can get access to their system over there. The electromagnetic check showed also nothing. That means either they are good shielded or they use something else like optical wiring," Newman told.

"It's your choice Major. My team is in cover position. But the others seem to be still on their move," the commander noted.

"Good. Caine and me take the lead. We go in and cover the corridor. When we enter, Newman and Archer will follow. Newman does the cover plate investigation. Archer searches the entrance hall for symbols and other stuff to analyze. Then assists Newman if needed. Owens gives also cover from here. We come back when Newman is done. Let's go." Ryan took the lead. Caine followed. They walked to the door, it opened. Ryan went in first and cautiously moved to the corridor while Newman and Archer ran not too fast to the door. They also went in as Caine and Ryan were already in position. There was no one to see. The corridor let to another hall at its end. Another corridor was on the opposite side of the hall.

Newman reached the plate and removed it. He found fiber optic like cables connected to a device. He used a scanner for further analysis.

"This will take some time at least five minutes," he told Ryan which was close to him.

"Good. Go on I check the next hall. Caine you hold position." Ryan turned his head so both should hear him. Caine signaled him to go on. Then Ryan stepped forward.

The entrance hall was completely empty. No tables, seats or decorative stuff. It made not much sense to Samuel. There were even no windows as they already seen from the outside. Samuel expected some semitransparent walls but nothing. Also there were no symbols. There was a dim light source at the top, out of reach. After finishing his inspection, he joined Newman to assist.

Ryan was at the end of the corridor. The hall there was bigger. There were other rooms. He could not see what's in there. The doors were open or there were none. This he could not make out from his position. Here at the top there were windows which meant they were semitransparent. They saw them as cover plates from the other side. That could mean at the top of the tower could be the same hiding cameras or be just a window. As he had checked everything he could from his position, it was time to move back. The helm camera had recorded all so they could check it out later on a saver location. Reaching the corner to the entrance hall, he went to Newman. "Status?"

"This looks like a service panel. Behind it there is also one for the power. There seems to be both, the data link and the power leading to the door. That means they know when the door opens or even have a camera there. I have done all scans. For spying on the signals I must do some analysis of the scans. We can go back and return when I know how to do it," Newman reported and put the cover plate back in position. Then stood up.

"OK. Let's move back." Ryan commanded. He and Caine went to the door as Archer and Newman went out. Then they covered the door entrance on each side till the others reached the forest. After that they sprinted back knowing Knight's team had their eyes on the door.

After transferring the records to Newman's laptop. Ryan went to Commander Knight for an update while Newman and Archer did the analysis.