The flight to the mothership was a silent journey. The massive, biomechanical moon loomed larger and larger.
"How are we getting in?" Serian asked.
"They're not expecting a frontal assault," Nox replied. "They're arrogant." He pointed to a large, pulsating vent near the ship's "equator". "There. The ship's exhaust port."
They timed their approach perfectly, slipping into the vent just as it opened.
The inside was a hellish landscape, a massive, cavernous tunnel with walls of a pulsing, organic membrane.
"Welcome to the belly of the beast," Nox muttered.
They moved through the ship's circulatory system.
'Liona, I have a connection to their network. Where is the Hive Mind?'
[The Hive Mind's central processing core is at the center of the ship,] Liona replied. [It is protected by three primary bio-energy nodes. To reach the core, you must first disable all three.]
A three-dimensional map of the ship materialized in Nox's mind.
