[ Akechi's gaze also drifts to the equipment lining the walls, and now that he feels a little more in his element he doesn't hesitate to approach. It doesn't take him long to locate something that looks like a control panel, and even less time after that to dig out the little toolkit he was given before setting out. ]

Here. These are the sort of things we'll be on the lookout for.

[ He taps the panel, which consists of a powered-off screen with a keypad and several other buttons underneath it. ]

It would be best if we could get them on and use them to analyze these machines, but if that doesn't work then just harvesting them directly should be helpful.