Graff marched his Marauder into the mechbay after the scout and fire support lances entered.  The storm was great for his heat dissipation but completely nerfed their visibility.  Poor visibility definitely favored anyone who would attack the HPG, they could be on top of them well before anyone can really see them and by that time his PPCs would be at a disadvantage firing from such a close range.  It was even worth for the missile boats in the Company.  LRMs usually take a couple hundred meters to arm before their payloads become effective, if fighting did break out it would be messy.<br/><br/>The other question floating around in Graff's head is why Comstar would need two companies to guard this backwarter HPG, they must have had some intel on a threat.  Perhaps they shared that intel with Walter but with Comstar's usual er of secrecy probably not.<br/><br/>"How long are we expecting this storm to last?"  Graff opens on an open com channel.