It seemed like this little discipline trick was working.  Maybe Merame had had something similar for her soldier training?  "Alright...if I might."  She carefully approached the table.  "You probably already know this, but Lookshy has been one of the strongest opponents of the Realm in recent history.  Part of that is because the city was built on Deheleshen, a former First Age citadel, and was positively loaded with First Age and Shogunate-era technology."  A pause.  "But we've been getting stretched thin, lately.  The Lintha pirates, Thorns, the Walker's Realm...Lookshy can't be everywhere at once.  Not with how we are now."<br/><br/>Another.  "The Senior Base Staff had a look through some records left by the Solars that once ruled Deheleshen.  They found this.  It's supposed to be a cache of Essence tech from the middle of the High First Age.  But it's been hundreds, if not thousands, of years since the Usurpation.  We don't even know if the cache is still intact, or if there's anything left.  That's why I was out here.  Me and two others were supposed to find this cache and see what was left in it.  If there was anything of consequence, we were supposed to contact home and have them send out resources to retrieve it."