demolition charges

The demolition charges were discovered by Hanover mounted near the tops of the pillars in an underground chamber within the Oasis of Whispers complex, nearly a hundred feet above the floor. Each charge bore a red blinking light, and cables ran upward into the ceiling gloom, making the triggering mechanism impossible to trace from below. Haze's demolitions expertise confirmed immediately — without need for a roll — that the charges were placed at precisely the most structurally damaging positions by a competent professional, designed to collapse the entire chamber. The group debated disarming them but concluded the height made it impractical in the time available; Hertz argued correctly that the Nazis would not have set charges they could not safely trigger from outside, implying a remote detonation mechanism above ground. The cell evacuated rather than attempt disarmament.