The aliens stored a lot of different goods and weapons on this floor.
Ves and the others had essentially figured out that the floor above served as the main living space of the aliens.
It also happened to be the floor which held the crucial portal that could bring them back to normal space if activated.
Ves did not understand why the pescans built their main settlement inside this prison facility so close to a portal that opened up right in the middle of the capital city of the human conquerors. He could only chalk it up to irrational alien sensibilities.
At this time, a new firefight had begun. The pescan soldiers, many of whom originated from this floor but managed to retreat in good order, tried to push back from the entrances they controlled.
The actions of the aliens forced the human troops to split themselves up and prevent the aliens from pouring back out and turning this hard-won floor into a contested area again!
