"He must have an office or communications centre of some kind around here," Juno replies as they re-enter Fenran's control room. "Perhaps we can find a record of someone contacting him?"

Needa considers this, frowning.

"We don't know how many more guards he has wandering around this place, or how far away his friends might be. We are better off getting out of this facility as swiftly as possible, at which point we can try to look for answers."

"And by which point any chance of getting information from this facility will be gone," Juno argues. "I say it's worth the risk to see if we can find some clues here before we leave."

Needa doesn't look convinced, but turns to Xanatos.

"What do you think?"

"I am a simple businessman, not a soldier," Xanatos points out. "Obviously while answers are important, they are not as important as the profits I am losing daily in lost business opportunities by being trapped here. I will yield to your judgement however, since I am a dutiful citizen."

Needa nods.

"I'm sorry, Lieutenant, but my decision stands. We will make our way to the hanger and leave as swiftly as we can. I promise you we shall investigate thoroughly once we are out of this mess."

Juno gives an unimpressed frown, but her voice, when she speaks, is curt and dutiful.

"Yes, Captain."

They continue to follow the schematics on the datapad provided to them by Fenran, Needa leading the way.

"This way," he says, taking them down a corridor to the left, then down a ramp to their right. At length they come to a control room which overlooks the hangar.

A Rodian and another Klatooinian are seated at a terminal beyond which a transparisteel window looks out over the hanger one level below. Even as they watch, a battered A-wing fighter lifts into the air, piloted by a familiar white-skinned Twi’lek, and accelerates out of the hanger and into the asteroid beyond.
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"Set weapons to stun," Needa murmurs to Juno as the pair pick their way up the corridor to the pair seated at the terminals.

They are halfway to the thugs when the Rodian suddenly notices Needa out of the corner of his eye and gives a startled cry, reaching for his weapon. The Klatooinian also glances around, before reaching for the alarm switch located on the desk beside him. A well placed stun blast from Juno strikes him squarely in the head before he can reach it, sending him thudding heavily off his chair and onto the floor. A stun blast from Needa catches the Rodian before he can raise his blaster, and he slumps sideways into his chair and then to the ground.

OOC: Juno Eclipse stunned Klatooinian Thug.
Lorth Needa stunned Rodian Thug.

"Excellent work," Needa compliments Juno as he moves over to the turbolift nearby, typing in the override code provided by Fenran. "Well, what do you know?" he remarks as the lift gives a pleasant beep and the door slides open.
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Juno has moved over to the transperisteel viewport to examine the half dozen ships parked below.

"That U-wing looks in nice shape," Juno says appraisingly as she jogs over to the turbolift after Needa. "Let's just hope its interior is as nice as its exterior."

OOC: Juno Eclipse rolled 31. Profession (pilot).

Xanatos hangs back near the terminal.

"Perhaps just one check of the facility to be sure there are no other prisoners before we leave? Purely for my peace of mind?" he suggests.

Needa frowns, but after a moment he nods.

"Very well," he says after a moment. "But let's make this quick."

Needa moves back over to peer over Xanatos' shoulder as the CEO slips into the terminal beside which the unconcious Rodian is slumped.

"Does this thing have access to the camera system?"

"One would normally be able to do so in a mining facility; it's common enough for droids to have behavioral issues that most places are equipped with manual overrides to the master database. It will just depend if this facility predates those safety standards..."

The terminal does indeed appear to have access to the main database, and after a bit of typing, Xanatos is successful in bringing up the camera system menu.

OOC: Xanatos rolled 21. Computer Use.

"All right," says Needa approvingly. "We have the crew quarters, the medbay, the cargo bay. My guess is any prisoners will be in one of those locations if there are any."

None of these locations, or several more Xanatos examines, indicate any sign of additional prisoners on the facility. Upon checking for a comm log, Xanatos discovers that the last recorded message was over a year ago, and was by one Cantus Vell, a foreman of Pogga's Mines, detailing the closure of the mine due to unprofitability. The comm system seems to have been stripped for parts following the closure, and was never reinstalled by Korga's team.

"Well I suppose that clarifies that. However Korga is communicating with his allies, it isn't through this facility. No further prisoners either, from what I can see. Still several thugs left though. We had best be on the move."

"Agreed," Xanatos nods, looking not displeased to see a rival corporation's unprofitability, logging out of the terminal and following Needa in the direction of the U-wing.

Juno sidles over in the lift as the pair enter and it descends with a rumble. The lift seems to take forever to descend the single level to the hanger, eventually coming to a halt. Needa is just starting to give the door a concerned look when it finally decides to open, revealing the hanger stretching out before them.

They also find themselves face to face with a trio of Weequay who were clearly waiting for the lift. The three are midway through laughing coarsely about some shared joke, but their laughter dies abruptly as they see their former prisoners standing before them.

Xanatos is the first to react, and waves his hand in a graceful gesture.

"We are new recruits, and you want to give us the passcodes to the U-wing and continue on to wherever you were going."

OOC: Xanatos used Affect Mind on Weequay Thugs.

The trio of Weequay instantly relax.

"You are new recruits," the leader of the Weequay repeats in a dull voice. "Here is the U-wing passkey. We're going to the crew quarters now. C'mon boys."

OOC: Weequay Thugs rolled 6. Will Save.