The no-name jungle on the smaller lower continent of the planet known as Jutopeswhl, referred to on Alliance star charts as Serkin P32, was the location of a Serkin supply depot. Like all other bases abandoned by the Serkin, the Sa'larie had claimed it for themselves. Captain Roche was aware of it because a few years earlier he had prepared to be part of a raid on the complex, but the mission had been scrapped in favor of a higher priority target at the time. The depot had housed enough power, fresh water, munitions, food, and parts to supply an entire fleet. This was more than enough to restock the Phoenix. The captain was gambling that the new owners hadn't thrown anything out. The tactical advantage of the base was the jungle itself. With a three hundred foot high dense canopy of
