The group made it rather uneventfully to the Phai stronghold, loading the diplomats and any other non-combatants onto the waiting shuttle. As they were boarding, a second, nearly identical craft landed nearby, opening up to reveal a small platoon of security officers of various species. Some were wearing Sidereal uniforms, some standard green Senate ones, and all were armed.
Inya watched as they marched off, perhaps 15 strong. She knew from experience that, on such a vessel as the Drason, the five or so green-shirts likely composed the entirety of the security force. She looked at the quickly filling evacuation shuttle, to the security force, then back to the shuttle, and decided that, ultimately, it was better that she remain planetside for the moment.
Upon back-tracking to the Great Tree, the Away Team encountered a few soldiers patrolling the outside. They were, for the moment, unaware of their presence, hidden by the planet's dense foliage. They would rumble occasionally, likely radioing in to the temporary base they'd set up.
//Away Team, we've done some scans of the interior, but between their cloaking technology and whatever the Phai already had set up, we can't give you much. We do know this much: they're not using shuttles to transport down. The ship is sending out pulses of energy at regular intervals now, focused around the area of the central chamber. They've likely got a transporter receiver set up inside. The Phai are preparing for a counterattack as we speak, but it will still be some time before they arrive. Head in, try to take out the receiver if you can. At least try to thin their ranks before they get a proper army down there.//
