For Agent Coulson's team, boarding the Space Station was an entirely novel experience.
If they did not count the planet Agent Coulson had named "Tatooine," this would be their first time in outer space. Yet the courses they were about to take indicated that their future missions would be closely tied to space. Textbooks on spacewalks, space medicine, and human biology in zero gravity had already been placed on their desks. This knowledge would ensure that they had the survival skills needed for orbit and outer space, and could calmly handle any emergencies they encountered.
Leopold Fitz and Jemma Simmons were still arguing over how the Sky Sword Space Station generated gravity, while Coulson, Melinda May, Alfonso Mackenzie, and the other agents had already begun searching their quarters. There were no hidden bugs or cameras, because Tita disdained using spy equipment to watch them. She had openly installed surveillance devices in every room, monitoring the agents in plain sight. The soldier who had brought them here handed Agent Coulson a manual. It guided them to their rooms—there were nameplates on the doors, and the keypad locks contained the fingerprints and iris data of each room's occupant. This was also stated in the manual. It seemed that the owner of the Space Station had prepared for their arrival long in advance.
The situation sent a chill down Melinda May's spine. She did not know why the Space Station possessed such highly classified information, and she was even more frightened by the sense that its actions had foreknowledge. However, Agent Coulson merely brushed it off as a S.H.I.E.L.D. information leak. He did not pursue the matter openly, because this was only one of the countless mysteries confronting them. If the room locks containing their iris and fingerprint data demonstrated the depth of