Ofuji rode the elevator upward with the others, looking out over the platform.<em>This ought to make an excellent seat of power for Westward expansion.  For the year, at least.</em>Still, a number of questions were on his mind.<br/><br/>"First of all, what can you tell us about the Lunar stalking these waters?  Do you know why it haunts these waters in particular?  And more generally, why is the platform staffed by these barbarians, what are they salvaging, why is a First Age battle station being used for a salvage operation, et cetera."