Aldrich did not look at the symbol for no reason. Normally, it was hidden, but the moment he had come into extended contact with Mel and Beta, he found it reacting for some reason. He could hide the glow by having Volantis cover it over with an additional layer of metal, so Mel and Beta did not know about its existence yet
"Volantis, you can't read this thing's energy signature? Even with your new eye?" said Aldrich.
"I am afraid I cannot, Armored," said Volantis.
When Aldrich tried to analyze the symbol using the helmet interface Volantis provided, nothing happened. A white circle rotated around the symbol, indicating that Volantis was loading an analysis, but that was it.
"Yet another mystery to be dealing with, hm?" commented Aldrich.
"Are you sure it was wise to hide it from the ones hailing from the future?" said Valera. "Perhaps they would have known about it."
