It would have frowned at the thought, but it was not concerned, as it would have done the same if that had happened, though the Stalkers would have enclosed the portals to provide a full 360 degree spherical coverage of the portal. Establishing the base next to the portal, while more resource efficient, was also less secure, as stealthed units could slip through them without being detected which might allow for security bypasses at the worst possible times.<br/><br/>Still, now it needed to get more information, but going into a valley to get to a base inside it was a fools game. It would instead jump from above, and trust its limited jump jets to land safely, but this was clearly a military installation. So it waited for sun fall, so it could see what kind of patrols and lighting the locals did, before it committed to trying to get more information. A portal and worlds map would be nice, as would the bases previous and current orders, though honestly if it could download the secure archives, it would be most satisfied as it could answer what questions it needed. If the locals didn't have a covered area in their patrols, Reaper planned to slip in there.