this is a scientific experiment in whether it's possible to give a force ghost a heart attack
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"Okay! I'll send down someone else, back up a bit!"

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She does so.

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And she floats Anathema, Sharp, and Charge over one by one.

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One more to go.

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Lily jumps off the edge of the ravine, somehow angling herself so she lands in a crouch on the lip of the door.

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"Nicely done. Let's go."

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She nods.

There only seems to be one path in, long and partially damaged - with clear indications of past flooding - and ending at stairs up.

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At least they don't have to decide about splitting up yet.

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Important, that. 

Charge takes over checking the door - there's a side bay likely once for small craft like TIEs, but it's empty, and she confirms there's no other exits. She doesn't think the door at the top of the stairs is alarmed, but it seems physically barred, not electronically...

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"...Hey, let me up," Lily says, ducking past the clones -

Then igniting her lightsaber and carving a hole in the door. She catches the door with the Force, gently floating it to settle quietly in the bay. 

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Useful tool to have. Beyond the door?

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A hallway ending in an intersection. The ceiling lights are all off, and the camera at the end is inert. 

"Think the power to this section is out," Lily says. 

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"But any other cameras could be a problem. Depends on how much attention the guard in charge of watching them is paying..."

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"If we find an interface before a working one, we can try to slice the system. But if the terminal's online, so would any nearby cameras."

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"Force stuff can work over video," she says, "As long as you can conceptualize who you're aiming at and where they are in the Force. Though that means it's harder to do targeted things if you can't see the person on the other end, unless you're good at identifying whose attention is on you... But the hiding thing we're doing isn't directed at specific people, just everyone who isn't us."

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"...So does that make it more or less likely to work on a camera?"

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"...I think about as likely as it is to work on like an in-person guard."

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"That's not nothing, I guess."

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"I'll make sure I'm paying attention to try and catch cameras more strongly, too, though..."

Move onward, then?

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Carefully.

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They come, not too long later, to a door with power to it - also locked, but electronically, and Sharp successfully slices it.

There's working cameras in the halls beyond - but no alarm seems to be raised as the party creeps on. This area of the base seems mostly not actively used so far, pretty much just spider habitats labeled 'Storage.'

Lily leads them as surely as she can, hesitating at some intersections, whispering to Sharp - it sounds like Sharp's pretty sure there won't be a complete map, especially not accessible outside the central command. The First Order has learned its lesson already about putting useful information where infiltrators can trivially reach. 

Still, they do seem to be winding their way towards the nicer quarters. 

Which means an increase in patrols Lily can't just lead them entirely around. 

She whispers a warning to the others at one point, flattening herself into a doorway, as the sound of boots - mix of trooper and officer, maybe - comes from around the next corner. 

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They're not here, they're not here, they're not here...

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An officer, flanked by two stormtroopers -

Her eyes don't so much as skim over them, and neither trooper turns to look. 

The three pass and turn another corner at the end of the hall. 

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Close one.

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They're likely to have closer... But it's good their hiding is working. 

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