She nodded. "Stay close, then."<br/><br/>She led the way around, down the hallway, to an open door in the south wall, and slowly edged inside. The fog seemed to lighten a bit, inside, letting them see a little further away, and at least make out the major designs of the rooms.<br/><br/>The air in this compartment is choking and stale. The dust here is inches thick—nothing has disturbed this area in years. To the west, the wall is partially crushed and melted, leaving a fivefoot- wide, two-foot-tall gap that opens into another chamber beyond. Four large coffin-shaped objects made of glass and metal sit against the walls—one to the north and three to the south. The northern pod and the central southern pod are partially broken. Each contains a skeleton clad in fragments of strange, bulky armor. The other two southern pods appear to be only slightly damaged. The air is thick with a rancid scent, like old meat gone bad.