During this last couple of years, John watched his men develop into a strong team. Underground storage rooms were built using much of the already available space in the tube system. Sleeping quarters were established and stores of medical equipment, weapons, ammunition and food were at reasonable levels. Small generators and air compressors were strategically placed around the tunnel system so that air and light were always available. Derek Farson and Paul Cobb completed their task of making the underground accessible but also easy to defend. John’s fear was that the State would try to flood the tunnels or use gas once they knew that the tube was the fighter’s base. He took some comfort from the fact that flooding would seriously affect the masses of infrastructure that ran through the underground to service London and gas would also be a great risk to the population above ground. Nevertheless, it was difficult to predict what desperate men like Garside would do when pushed to the limit, so they needed to be prepared.