Inside the Tortured Sister

[Not Espi]

Before the Kusari ships arrived, Espi had the complex checked for bugs. For this, two of the scientists were left behind to help him and his friend Anibal. After all would be done, Anibal would fly them to their temporary camp - about 42 kilometers away - and wait there for further orders. The first place to check would be the landing pad. The people that were about to meet here were top priority for both Corsairs and the Hogosha, and things might get hairy if something would happen to them. As for this Commander Yamakazi, if the Hogosha trusted him, so would Corsairs. At least on the first meeting.

Looking for bugs in the complex wasn't as easy as the Corsairs would hope - the whole thing was designed as a nuclear shelter, in case of an attack on Kalhmera and insufficient time to evacuate. Shelters like these were all around the planet. Even though most of the Corsair warriors were in space, the ground troops were just as important. When any space battle was won, these men would spearhead the ground offensive. That means each complex had several thousand rooms to sweep. Espi couldn't be bothered and just had most of the complex locked down. The blast-proof doors would make sure no signal is coming out of where it shouldn't.

Finally, the whole thing was cleared up. They found nothing. Who the hell would bother to spy on this place anyway? Maybe order on artifact research or something. Who cares. We'll seal the doors and nothing gets out. Finally, they got to Cantine 12, where the whole meeting would take place. They scanned it for a few hours, but found nothing. Finally - 3 days of searching were over. Espi shut down the neon lighting and left the room in darkness, while heading to the entrance on the surface, to wait for others.

All was set.