Swamped

"Let's start with the easy part. Did you hear about the digging machines?"

Stan nods.

"We got a heads-up about those a while ago, but didn't see anything."

"Well. Here's the thing. Sergeant Ash is managing that response, and he's desperate to keep any other officer from showing him up. To the point where he tried to block off the commander's office so Burgundy wouldn't even hear about it."

Stan looks less surprised than you expected, considering you just accused a top officer.

"Just like the squad that kept us out of here, huh?"

"That's right. We tried to help Burgundy escape pursuit, but we lost track of her. She was escorting someone to the infirmary, so the squad was either keeping her in here or lying in wait."

"But here's the big thing," Erin interjects. "We listened in on Ash talking to Roxley. They seemed to know who sent the digging machines. Not only that, but they talked like it was someone they were working with... at least until the attack happened."

"Right. They were going to try to negotiate with whoever it is. Roxley was skeptical, that's all we picked up about it... oh, except we tailed them a bit and found out where they're meeting. Ash asked a squad to keep watch near the abandoned storage room."

Stan stands up.

"Real serious charges you're making there. But I guess if we find Ash and Roxley talking to someone suspicious in the storeroom, that'll prove your story, won't it."

"You want to go now? We were just in a fight! You took quite a few blows, too!"

"Not to my legs. I can run just fine, and it sounds like we better get there in a hurry." He pauses. "But I can't bring the whole squad, not when we've got these troublemakers to watch."

"And we still don't know where Burgundy is," Erin points out. "She's going to want to know about this, too."

"Plus, we don't know how to get into the storeroom, short of going outside and using the hole," you add. "That's the main reason we didn't keep following them."

"Well, we've got an officer right here we can tell about it, even if she's a bit busy," Stan says. "And if the hole's the only way we know, the hole's how we get there. I'm more concerned about numbers. Think I could spare myself and one of my squad, but that's it."

"It would also be good to have some kind of plan, rather than just barging in there," Erin adds.

You decide to give that some thought.