Siberia
Stone
and Dupree reach the facility just shortly after noon. The facility sits next to a large crater with its solar arrays spread out from it in an arc. The crater itself has a large satellite looking dish built into it.
The two agents expected to see a place covered in snow or a sign that snow fell on it. Instead the entire area and at least fifty feet around the facility doesn't have snow. In fact, compared to the rest of the land it looks like a rain storm hit just place and only that particular area.
"Strange," Dupree remarks upon seeing the facility for the first time.
"That it is," Stone remarks agreeing.
"What do you think caused it?"
"If I were to guess? The solar power running through the place."
Dupree casts a look over the solar panels and the dish itself. After a moment of taking it all in she finally says, "I can't see the panels melting
that
much snow if any. They have to at least have workers to keep the snow cleaned off of it. Besides, what use is that big ass satellite dish for?"
"You know I was thinking the same thing myself," Stone muses. "If they're collecting solar energy then what is it used for?"
"Communications?" Dupree takes a guess.
"This far out? It's possible."
"Have you been able to contact Grines?"
"I have but have gotten nothing but static," he answers solemnly. "I'm actually surprised anything came through when he called us."
"Well if that is what that thing is used for then we'll use it," she says looking out at the large dish.
"Until then we need to get some rest," Stone suggests. "We sneak in just after dark."
The agents work fast to settle in for some rest. In the seating compartment of each snowmobile are three important items. The first is a snow white cover to go over the snow mobile itself. Equipped with tiny cameras it uses the surrounding area to further camouflage the snow mobiles from both the air and the ground.
The second and third is a thermal sleeping bag that totally encloses the person lying in it and a shovel. After digging a small ditch the agents put their bags down and cover them with snow. Then they slip inside and close the bag up. The bags keep them warm and well hidden while a small pump located within the bag pumps fresh air into the bag.
Neither of the equipment is meant to last for a very long time, just enough to get someone through a few days of a harsh arctic climate. They aren't planning to need them for very long. After a few minutes of settling in, both agents drop into a deep, cozy sleep.
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The
chamber is set my lord," the technician says as Typheryian steps into the room. He nods to the man but keeps walking to the far end of the room.
The room is built as a circle. The majority of it encased in an arc with large windows. It gives any viewer a panoramic view of the ocean. In this case it is a view of the ocean full of ice. For many, the view would be remarkable and a thing of beauty, but no one would chose to live here. For Typheryian, the beauty is beyond words and when he has his way the entire earth is going to share the same view.
