It is a long and arduous walk into the mountain foothills, for it's hard to go anywhere fast on snowshoes. This probably bodes well if they run into trouble, doesn't it?
They take the tunnels to Solis' place, then start above ground from there. Snow makes the dark a little less claustrophobic as the torchlight reflects off of ice on the ground and on every tree branch. They're probably extra-visible to everything in the woods, but it's much harder to be ambushed when you can see a little bit better, and that probably helps ease the nerves for otherwise, the forest is deathly quiet. Even Link, who can usually pick out the twittering of spirit-birds in the trees, hears nothing but the crunch of snow and swish of clothing as they work their way up the remnants of the road and rail tracks toward the mines exit, which is the point nearest this supposed silo that any of them have been to and at least there's a path there. They shelter in the mouth of the cave for a quick break (snowshoeing uphill all this way is hard work!) before venturing off into the unknown.
Hours later, they make their way to the general area the silo ought to be in if Langstrom's mention of the place is accurate, but it's harder to find in all the trees and snow than they might have guessed, for the area they need to search is probably still fairly large. They're looking for a large circular area that will mostly be underground, which may have some sort of lid/roof over it that is now covered in snow (but likely not covered in trees), or which may be open to the air and could just be a giant pit. Soldat likely knows what a missile silo is and can explain the gist to the group.
Will they take the time to search as a group? This runs the risk of taking longer (depending on how lucky they are) but is relatively safe. Or,
Will they split up individually or in small groups? This will almost guarantee someone will find it sooner, but there's danger in being separated. Or,
Is there another alternative they would like to propose?
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They take the tunnels to Solis' place, then start above ground from there. Snow makes the dark a little less claustrophobic as the torchlight reflects off of ice on the ground and on every tree branch. They're probably extra-visible to everything in the woods, but it's much harder to be ambushed when you can see a little bit better, and that probably helps ease the nerves for otherwise, the forest is deathly quiet. Even Link, who can usually pick out the twittering of spirit-birds in the trees, hears nothing but the crunch of snow and swish of clothing as they work their way up the remnants of the road and rail tracks toward the mines exit, which is the point nearest this supposed silo that any of them have been to and at least there's a path there. They shelter in the mouth of the cave for a quick break (snowshoeing uphill all this way is hard work!) before venturing off into the unknown.
Hours later, they make their way to the general area the silo ought to be in if Langstrom's mention of the place is accurate, but it's harder to find in all the trees and snow than they might have guessed, for the area they need to search is probably still fairly large. They're looking for a large circular area that will mostly be underground, which may have some sort of lid/roof over it that is now covered in snow (but likely not covered in trees), or which may be open to the air and could just be a giant pit. Soldat likely knows what a missile silo is and can explain the gist to the group.
Will they take the time to search as a group? This runs the risk of taking longer (depending on how lucky they are) but is relatively safe. Or,
Will they split up individually or in small groups? This will almost guarantee someone will find it sooner, but there's danger in being separated. Or,
Is there another alternative they would like to propose?