I saw the staircase and only considered descending for a brief second when I realized the main floor of the colony had not been secured and swept yet. The thing that ate at me the most was the lack of a fall back spot, an area to make a stand and fight. As it stood we were nothing more than rats in a maze and that gnawed at my belly like the worse pains one could imagine. I looked over at Senjo, she was our portable armory. In a matter of moments those guns could set up a sliver of security and I was willing to leap on it and on top of that she could load into the colony's main frame and possibly even get the entire system up and running in a matter of minutes. The Hab lock was large and ominously empty but it would serve well. We would be able to see from multiple directions and it had multiple routes for escape if shit went sour.<br/><strong>"They must have locked themselves out, Rome."</strong><br/>I chuckled and flashed a quick grin through my face plate, the damn helmet was starting to get on my nerves. Now was not the time to show uncertainty and I figured a little joke would ease the tension if only for a brief moment.<br/><br/><strong>"Senjo, set up right here...if all goes well you can hook up into the Colony's main frame from that access point."</strong><br/>I pointed at control panel that should have opened the hatches to the bottom floor and into the control room, we would be there soon enough.<br/><strong>"Yui you are staying back with us here, in the hab lock."</strong><br/><br/>Pointing at the door the reformed bravo and back up team would soon take.<br/><strong>"Sarge you are leading Reaper and Gizmo to sweep and secure the rest of this level before we go down, Reaper you have point. Window and Rome I want you one room behind Bravo at all times in the event they need cover or suppressive fire for any reason. Giz you open the doors along the way and make sure you are up linked with Senjo and I at all times."</strong><br/>Breaking us up would help us move faster I hoped, I had broken us up in the most even groups possible to keep maximum efficiency.<br/>My attention turned to some of the make shift barricades in case I needed some cover, always trying to think a few steps ahead.<br/><strong>"Now let's find out what the hell happened so we can get the fuck off this rock."  </strong>