Zen's plan, Cassius' order - it didn't matter. They were headed for the nearest stairwell in an organized fashion. As they progressed, the question of actually destroying the X and of ammo was raised by the dragon. Not even pausing in his duty to destroy, the android replied thusly... [color=ed1c24][b]"The free-floating X are, at best, inconvenienced by our current weaponry, due to their higher resistance to attack. They are barely able to bring any harm to us, in turn, due to our protective fields. The problem of ammunition may be solved one of two ways: First, that an armory will carry either the stores to re-arm your weapon or entire new weapons to use instead. Or second, that power is restored to allow the use of a Recharge Station to instantly process new ammunition for all current weapons."[/b][/color] Indeed. Armories could contain power packs and energy cells of compatible with various weapons, or solid ammo containers for your various other weapons. More importantly, it was an [i]armory[/i], so it would probably have weapons and ammo available in accordance with whatever was stored here. And as for Recharge Stations, well... They were fully-functional synthesizers of ANY applicable ammo, regardless of the weapons. It scanned 'em, processed the materials, and supplied them to full, including spare ammo containers that you might have that were deplated. Isn't modern technology wonderful? Speaking of decent tech, Amber's specimen gathering yielded some results. That is, the AI of her suit began to analyze the contents of her container for her and displayed what it found within the limits of a mobile scanner's abilities. To wit, it found that the rather disgusting material the Zombies were composed of was degraded organic compounds originating from human flesh. The cells had been either dead or dying, the human having been killed in some fashion, and this was what had been produced once the human body had begun taking on X. The 'melty' appearance and the zombie-like status was therefore due to a 'Garbage in, garbage out' effect. Already dead tissues forced into animation via regenerative properties will not become a human form. It will become some horrifying mutant. No doubt, this was the effect of having first been killed outright by whatever busted through here, and THEN having the X inhabit it. Still no definite clue as to what could have done this. Only that whatever it was had obviously worked fast and hard, and that it had not gone downstairs, apparently. The door to the stairs opened as one of them hit the release. Like all such places, the doors would close after them and anything not built for the opening and shutting of doors - or for the destruction of them - would not be able to. This led them to the stairwell and cut the zombies off. It was dark down here... [center][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-ycFy-Wws[/youtube][/center] Zen scanned around, his red eyes casting a glow for a limited range. He then deployed a pair of lights from within his shoulders. He didn't need them, but others might. There could still be things in the darkness, and it could be pitch black down here, save for the occasional emergency light. Certainly, there were no bunker lights on right now. They might've taken damage or ran out of their emergency power. Now, between Amber and Zen's scans and information of this place, it seemed like the armory was one floor below, then storage, then engineering, then the drill mechanism. The floor they were currently on was reception security, with living quarters above, then command and their lookout equipment. As stated, the Armory would have a Recharge Station, but it wouldn't operate right now, leaving only stored equipment available. Storage would be...just about anything they would need here that [i]wasn't[/i] weaponry. Living provisions, spare parts and equipment, etc. Engineering was, of course, their actual goal. How they wanted to proceed was up to them. Zen reported no immediate threat on the stairwell. So, it's time for a command decision. Where to?