3: Ghost Hardware

terminal 0

unfinished

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Damn. Noah's signal is growing less distinct. I fear we may lose access to his core. The crash pod, too, seems to have been lost in white noise. We have to get off this rock as quickly as possible. The Farcast relay you're standing under connects to the local deep space network. I need you to commandeer the relay so I can re-establish comms with Isaac, the Venator's operations AI, to coordinate an extraction. The Pfhor have isolated the hardware by removing a pair of communications chips. I'd like you to convince them this wasn't a good idea. Return here when you're done.

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success

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Good work. If the Venator is still out there, we will receive signal confirmation within the hour. I’ve bought us time by modifying the relay to jam the Pfhor’s remote teleport systems. I anticipate at least 43% of incoming platoons will encounter de-sync issues upon re-materialisation. They will undoubtedly respond by reinforcing their ground attack efforts along the station perimeter. This is where you’ll meet them.

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<teleport to level 4>

terminal 1

unfinished

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Garrison Security origin: Unit Command destin: Unit broadcast ref: Garrison Security stamp: broadcast Due to the continuing aggression of the native hybrids inhabiting all known Cave Areas, Patrol Units are hereby ordered to release Phan'Shrrh (?Swarm) Aggressive Depopulation Units until completion of Hostile Reduction Directive 11 and complete sterilisation of local Cave Areas as indicated in Control Schematic Garrison Wall 08.

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internal unit files (ref: broadcast) origin: Unit Command destin: Unit broadcast ref: Control Schematic Garrison Wall 08 stamp: records { cmd: local schematic appended } { cmd: Phan'Shrrh nest areas marked }

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terminal 2

unfinished

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The Gingerbread Man was built to last, A hallmark of ESR infrastructure. We survived four days of constant fire before her hull began to slag. Noah led us here, tracking a silent messaging buoy released by the Pfhor Battlegroup sacking the Surrex system, our last line of defence outside of Sol. We had expected to find at most an assault carrier and support fleet. What we found instead was a military force at least equal to the invading navy at Surrex. Do what you can to get this site operational, every moment the front line at Surrex grows weaker without us.

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