Drake looked shaken to his core. Sure, he didn't seem like this was his first time in danger. There'd be wet trousers and a whole lot more screaming on his part. But being this close to danger unnerved him greatly, and he seemed far too keen on getting away from Sayeeda and Neil just as much as the commandos, constantly looking over his shoulder on when he could perhaps slip away. When he realized that wasn't going to happen, and Sayeeda asked him the direct question, he looked to her. 

"I don't know what it is exactly." A simple statement, yet the shivering fear and awe in his eyes was damn near chilling. He cleared his throat, and hesitated, choosing his next words carefully. "The...The Aelahyne once used this world for study, and experimentation." Neil turned to Drake with a raised eyebrow. "The Forerunners?" The pilot said incredulously. Almost no one called them by their true name, Aelahyne, and they had died out a long time ago. 

"Why do you think Savran City was built upon a ship like that?" Drake asked with excitement, letting his words sink in. The city's ship looked somewhat human in its make, but also oddly shaped, particularly the upper reaches of the city near its engines. "Why is Savran so hot and teeming with life when it's a bit too far from its star to sustain such an environment?" He tried to gauge the reactions of the two mercs, but knew they couldn't understand it like he could. 

"The Aelahyne have facilities here. Underground facilities with technology we couldn't even dream of. And I know how to get there." 
[@Penny]