He didn't want to stand on the alternate floor, just tell which was the secondary 'down' when the ship was in space. That would tell him a lot about the design and relative technology level of the builders. That the doors weren't all on the same level, but spread around the circumference of the ship, implied that they used a rotating ship to simulate gravity, rather than true artificial gravity, or some other, more esoteric, means of moving about the ship.<br/><br/>He found the indentation, and placed his hand on it, not expecting much, until the burning started. He gasped in shock, yanking his hand away, confused as he examined the wound. It wasn't fire, as he was immune to it thanks to his ring, so either the plate was malfunctioning, he had been tagged with acid, or had just been nearly disintegrated. Either way, he entered the new room, and began poking about the cockpit, seeing what he could learn, before repeating the process of opening the other doors, though he first tried to avoid burning his hand.