Eli moves the giant switch downwards, and after a brief resistance, it slams down and the door opens, dropping into the floor faster than you can see.
Inside, you see a maze of scaffolding, and it seems that the asteroid is entirely hollow except for said scaffolding. At the center of the asteroid, you can see a metallic orb, purple energy pulsating through numerous cracks. The asteroid is a couple of hundred yards in diameter.
Along the scaffolding, you see a number of aliens, these ones more 'alien' than the ones in the weapons lab. They have bulbous, veiny, translucent skin. Their limbs are thick enough to beggar a better description than 'limb'. Their faces are centered around a gaping, tooth filled circular maw, surrounded by three, milky eyes. The beings seem to be moving things around the asteroid, and several are tending the orb by poking material through the cracks. Lastly, a device that looks suspiciously like a stolen system terminal, from what you can see of it, is mounted on the far side of the orb about halfway down, and two aliens are currently 'using' it.
You take all of that in in a few seconds, and the aliens drop whatever they are carrying and scramble for weapons. One on the corridor in front of you eschews weapons entirely and comes at you with hits raggedy toothy mouth hungering for your flesh.
OOC:
The three of you that aren't Floats on Thunder will act before them. As a way of teaching the system, these creatures are rank 3, which means you need 9s to hit them or to dodge their attacks or act before them, and they do 3 damage if they hit, and these also have 9 health. There are at least 12 of them, although the scaffolding prevents direct attacks from most of them. There is the one attacking you
{T1}, plus four more in direct line of sight
{T2-4}. Three more are within a move to get a bead on you
{T5-7}. The remainder will need several actions to become a threat. Call your targets, describe your actions and roll for it.