The base was 'fortified' in only the most general sense and it was still far from being able to offer any real feeling of security. At least that was Cal's perspective. Honestly an steel box with three fifty foot walls in the middle of nowhere surrounded by sentry turrets  wouldn't be "safe" in his mind either. So he had to make do with "sufficient". Fortifications weren't his particular specialty, but again he'd had to make do. For the unexpected he had fashioned enough booby traps to bring down half an army if need be.<br/><br/>So it was rather frustrating for him as he had to rapidly disassemble quite a few of them as the few remaining operational cameras in the base picked up the unmistakable silhouette of a team of new arrivals. He'd had to triple check before confirming the one at the lead was Akris. Which was clue enough for him that they should be expecting company.<br/><br/>He swore under his breath as he carefully untied another tripwire. Half the "fun" of booby traps was remembering where you put them so you don't find yourself waving a sad goodbye to your head as it goes flying across the room. Still, he managed to clear enough of them in time to hurry back to the re-purposed communications room around the time they were entering the base. Rach had been clever enough to, among other things, fix some of the old paging systems so that they could get in touch easily from across the base, or blast some music to wile the hours away or screw with anything trying to claw its way in.<br/><br/>It's the simple things in life that keep you sane.<br/><br/>Still, it was enough for him to activate one of the loudspeakers closest to the entrance.<br/><br/><span style="color: #b30000">"Greetings"</span>He called out to the group, voice slightly distorted by static<span style="color: #b30000">"So as Akris has probably informed you not everything out here is dead or even mostly dead. Thankfully I just so happen to be one of those not-dead specimens. Name's Calvin Hueurn, call me Cal. Just thought I'd give you all the heads up so I don't come around the corner to wave howdy-do and lose an arm for my trouble, this place'd make anyone twitchy."</span><br/><br/>He paused a moment to clear his throat before continuing.<br/><br/><span style="color: #b30000">"Anyway point is I undid most of the booby traps so you all can feel free to make yourselves at home just...if you see something suspicious, don't poke it first ask questions later. Safety first and all that. We'll be seeing you soon."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>