The young Guardsman seems quite in awe of you Brannon, even if you're not an Inquisitor, in his eyes you're the next best thing. He licks his lips, glancing around to make sure the Sergeant isn't coming back this way before speaking. "Well, there was this uprising in the mines. So we was called in to crush the rebels. The Commissar ordered us to flush out the mines to see if there were any more rebels. That’s when those things nabbed my mate Hastus. The things grabbed him and dragged him off screaming. That’s when the sergeant ordered our withdrawal, and we’ve been stuck here ever since. Hey, if you’re going down there, see if you can find Hastus, would ya? He has a girl on Scintilla and I know she’d like ’im<br/>back, yeah?"<br/><br/>Seeing the next question already forming in your eyes he hurries on. "I don’t know what the things were f ’sure. All I saw was shapes, strange shapes, weird things, tentacles, eyes, and worse. Probably just xeno. Some of the men think there’s something else down there. I dunno."<br/><br/>- - - - -<br/><br/>Dariel, you keep your eyes open as you walk along, catching scattered fragments of the Guards conversations. Unfortunately with walking along you can only get a sentence or two before you've passed out of conversation range. As you would surmise, the Guard are anxious, wondering who your group are, guessing that you may be Inquisitors, and hoping you don't plan on drafting any of them to back down the mines again.<br/><br/>- - - - -<br/><br/>The rest of you proceed on through the camp, and pass by a large area hemmed in by a chain-linked fence. The fence stands some 3 metres tall and has barbed wires running around the top. Bits of cloth flutter in the breeze hanging from the barbs, while blood covers the ground. Inside the fence are a dozen forlorn looking men and women. All wear light grey garb stained black from dust and filth. Dirty faces stare at you as you pass by. A few guards dressed in black flak armour and wearing helmets with photo-visors patrol the perimeter. They carry heavy automatic rifles.