Calvin stroked his chin as he listened with particular attention to the woman and the...hologram? Apparently not just that but an AI to boot. This group of newcomers might be more helpful than he had thought. He was far from an expert or an engineer in anything beyond the most practical of terms, but he could lead them where they needed to go.<br/><br/><span style="color: #b30000">"It's usually Rach who does the tinkering, but we've been in need of an expert hand."</span>He said<span style="color: #b30000">"I might not know my way around the more complex machines, but everything you're looking for is in the hearth, the center of the facility. Good thing for you it's one of the last places with lights still going, phosphorous or something. The way there though...not so lit."</span><br/><br/>He made his way to the door, gesturing for her to follow.<span style="color: #b30000">"I can take you there without too much trouble. The traps are mostly in the air ducts and the inner wall panels, shouldn't be anything to look out for in the halls proper."</span><br/><br/>The further into the facility the went the darker things seemed to become. Even with the phosphorescent plants and moss along the wall their light seemed to penetrate a little less with ever few meters. Eventually, for the sake of footing, Cal switched on the small shoulder-mounted flashlight. He used it rarely, it drained precious solar power from his suit and only cut a thin beam through the darkness, but he didn't know how good Alicia's low-light vision was.<br/><br/><span style="color: #b30000">"So Alicia was it? Can't tell you how good it is to have fresh faces again in a place like this. What brought you out here to the asshole of the galaxy?"</span>He asked idly, trying to pass the time and more than a little eager to chat with the only human woman he'd seen in...far too long. He kind if wished he still had his helmet, one of the advantages to a tinted visor was the ability so slide his eyes up a woman's figure without her noticing. For the time being he just had to make a few glances, but he certainly liked what he saw. Even through the utilitarian environment suit he recognized all the lovely human curves he'd missed, and made him wonder how much better it was underneath.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>