The hexagonal lift reached its maximum height. It stopped before a hexagonal gate that was already unlocked. John and the rest of Team Alpha assembled a defensive formation and crossed inside. There was a narrow passage that led to an ample room further ahead.
They could see from such passage a small cove, where a black pedestal with a shiny lilac ball of hexagonal patterns hovered. A long tube of conical shape was right above it, descending from the pyramidal roof.
The triangle on everyone’s HUDs signaled the lilac source of light. Lots of strange terminals and panels surrounded it, like the labs located in Neptune where scientists dealt with anti-gravity technology. Sergeant Kopp ordered one of his soldiers to advance, and after him, the other three walked ahead, followed by the Gunn
