Venjix Palace (Semi-open, to Engineering)

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Finding Venjix Palace had been the easy part, relatively speaking.

It was getting inside that was hard.

Somehow, part of the Venjix Barricade around Corinth had been dropped in, right in front of the Palace. Directly in front, making it difficult to push past. Tenaya had to be sure she was fully healed and repaired before she tried to break up parts of the barricade into chunks and move them out of the way.

"Home sweet home," she remarked as she walked into the main chamber, where Venjix's main server was stored.

She found the components she needed for her own maintenance and gathered them in a bag she'd brought along especially for this. Once she saw the recharge station she'd often used as Tenaya 15, she called Engineering on her omnicomm.

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[morphitudinous]

After a quick drive over the City to find the place, Billy parked on a nearby rooftop and shot down the stairs to the newly created hole in the barrier. After a quick hop through the hole he stood inside the main chamber with Tenaya, a heavy leather sack resting over his shoulder.

"Just based on my preliminary observations it's an elaborate base," Billy commented.

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Tenaya was already gathering parts to make power supplies for her and Celena when Billy arrived.

"It is," she answered. "I spent maybe a year here, and even I don't know what half the stuff is."

She pulled out a broken Grinder's arm from her inventory. She'd been planning on reworking the hand as an emergency replacement, but given that Billy was a Ranger, another idea had come to her.

"There's Grinder parts all over the place. I should be able to put together a small unit of these things, help out around Engineering or for training."

[morphitudinous]

"Maybe there's some data in one of these computers that could provide answers," Billy speculated, idly tracing his fingers over a panel.

Well, that was handy. Leaning in to inspect the Grinder part, Billy nodded and checked the area for other parts. "Grinders were Venjix's soldiers, correct? It should be possible to prevent them from attacking the crew again, and presumably they'd have the skills. We'll rebuild one as a test if you'd like."

Glancing around at the other things, he said: "What else do you want to collect?"

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"It'll take some new programming," Tenaya said. "We'll probably need the computers for that--at least they'll have the base code for the Grinders, and we can work out a new program from there."

She gestured to the giant Venjix server, its large red "eye" dim and dead. "As long as we get that thing destroyed and the programming wiped, go ahead and take whatever you want. I've already taken the parts I need and anything we'll need for a power source. This place has spare parts galore."

[morphitudinous]

"All right, but I'd like to call in some other computer experts to perform an assessment. I'm fairly knowledgeable, but others know more. We can't afford to risk Venjix reawakening and repeating the devastation on your world."

Billy frowned up at the server, his hands idly adjusting his pack. "In the meantime, I'll gather spare parts that were not connected.

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"Sounds good to me," Tenaya answered.

She headed to a wall and ripped off part of the paneling. Checking the connection, she tested it against her fingers and called out, "You're good--the power's offline."

[morphitudinous]

"Thanks."

Billy carefully studied the panels he collected, recognizing pieces of it as very similar to the Command Center technology he'd scoped out a few weeks ago. Even the layout of the room reminded him of the other building---if he closed his eyes, he could imagine Zordon's tube in place of Venjix's server.

"Are you waiting for anyone else?" Billy's excavation had needed several hands, and this place appeared far more complex.

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"Actually, yeah," Tenaya answered. "I'm waiting for Celena to get here, since I promised I'd help with the power supply. I've got some of the parts we'd need set aside now, but she'd probably want to see if there's anything else she'll need."

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Celena had gathered together a small pack once she'd gotten the call over the Omnicomms, it wasn't long before she was once more on wing soaring over the city toward her destination, the Venjinx palace. It didn't take her long to find it, though she took a few moments circling above getting a better look at it.

After a few moments she decided it best to not keep Tenaya waiting, swooping down to easily landing nearby hole in the wall that marked the entrance way. Padding within her eyes swept the architecture..different, nevertheless Celena approached the two once she spotted them, giving a nod of greetings to both, "Tenaya, Billy, I am sorry if I kept you waiting,"

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"Just in time," Tenaya said. "We were starting to grab some of the stuff already lying around. I've got some things for a power supply over by the recharge station." She pointed at a bag sitting on a chair against the wall.

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Billy nodded, waving to Celena. "If you need any assistance with that, I'd be happy to help. Just let me know.

Right now, though, I'd like to know what can safely be relocated and what we'll need a virus scan for."

He sets to work on examining everything there, eventually finding a metal circuit box. Perfect---there's a goldmine in here.

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Celena gave a smile and a nod to Billy at his offer, "Thank you, I shall certainly keep that in mind," replying easily before padding over to the bag that Tenaya had indicated. "Quite a complex facility I see, and no doubt much technology lies within its walls," commenting almost to herself as she opened the bag carefully with a claw.

Peering within she carefully withdrew a few of the components that had been placed within. Turning them over each to carefully examine them normally before she would draw a little of her energy to view the workings of the components in terms of flows of electricity, heat or other forms of energy in general, a soft glow given from her eyes as she viewed them in such a manner.

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"Plus, my bed," Tenaya added. Hey, with Venjix and his generals destroyed, that left her in charge by default. And in any case, she'd claimed dibs. Nyah!

She picked up the paneling she'd peeled away and said, "You think that kid--Hiccup or whatever his name is--needs scrap metal? I think I remember him saying he was a blacksmith."