  Compressed mass spectra are generally more difficult to identify than spectra
with large splittings. In particular, gluino pair production with four high
energy top or bottom quarks leaves a striking signature in a detector. However,
if any of the mass splittings are compressed, the power of traditional
techniques may deteriorate. Searches for direct stop/sbottom pair production
can fill in the gaps. As a demonstration, we show that for
$\tilde{g}\rightarrow t\tilde{t}_1$ and $m_{\tilde{t}_1}\sim
m_{\tilde{\chi}_1^0}$, limits on the stop mass at 8 TeV can be extended by
least 300 GeV for a 1.1 TeV gluino using a $pp\rightarrow
\tilde{t}_1\tilde{t}_1$ search. At 13 TeV, the effective cross section for the
gluino mediated process is twice the direct stop/sbottom pair production cross
section, suggesting that direct stop/sbottom searches could be sensitive to
discover new physics earlier than expected.
