Kain is able to use his Disguise and UC Ops skill coupled with Surveillance (assisted by Camouflage by the Suki) to get footage of the estate and the Palace, using the Navigation skills of the others to worm your way into elevated positions along the walls. Those that made the boarding space ships rolls note that, the Mother-ship is a beast, not only is it huge, each ship is essentially unique, those that have actually been inside the 'drywall' of them can attest to this fact. History Tirolian, tells you that, the masters were a paranoid lot, and their history is rife with tales of assassination as well as escape from assassination. Tactics coupled with that tells you that as with any situation, you should always have a way out. Lore Invid tells you that even with a swarm, no fully operational Mother-ship was ever successfully defeated by the Invid, and even the few crashed ones that they ransacked on Earth were nightmares of traps, dead ends, trap doors, and other pratfalls. (the holographic walls where Boiroids would just materialize out of were particularly vexing.
Ay, you think that you recognize a species of constrictor vine, as well as the more mundane hedges and rose bushes that, while attractive and smell good, are full of thorns, which in and of themselves are barriers. (besides, hedges are rather thick and hard to get through quietly, that and they are perfect spots to hide alarm triggers and other nastiness. If you've ever stubbed your toe over a sprinkler head in tall grass, you know what I mean) … working on the concealment's
Sarah s concealment notes a few surveillance devices as well as a few weapons bunkers built into the scenery. Jeron, you notice by sheer happenstance one of those aforementioned holo-walls (will mark on map) along the elevator track on the Palace / Bridge tower.
