"Time to start spying," Gandalf said. He sent a command to the drones and several of them popped open their cargo doors. Out came little spy drones, a combination of tech from my spying on the Deltans and Jacques’s spying on the Pav. Improvements in technology, including but not limited to the Casimir power sources, meant that the modern version of the spy drone was no bigger than a sparrow. Add in the camouflage system, and we were confident we’d avoid discovery by the natives. These drones would, among other tasks, try to supplement the Skippies’ scans with some good old-fashioned eavesdropping.