20: C-C Vessel Forget It

3047.7.25.23.45 C/C Vessel Forget It So you made it. Always said you were lucky - hopefully the autodoc won't have fucked you up too bad (and if it did, well, blame Odraye - he had a major job fixing the thing after that destroyer unloaded on us). Don't remember that, do you? It came straight out of that star at us - we reckon the Vorax have taken their field technology further than we thought, so their new ships can skulk further in than before. The first salvo took you out, and frankly I'm amazed - and delighted, honest - that you've survived. We only made it by diving headlong into that asteroid belt. Guess the hunt for g.crims is intensifying. Fuck it.

3047.7.25.23.45 C/C Vessel Forget It Energy is falling dangerously low (grid uptakes are pretty much gone) so most sections have been sealed. There's enough to run this hibernation unit for a while though. At this time we have hope, however. We've turned up something of interest. Wanna know more? Double-time to the bridge, scum. Glad you're alive. Azad.

3047.7.25.23.55 C/C Vessel Forget It : : CARGO--- BAY.ONE/H.VCC/CI:NIL/ENTRY.DOCK.ONLY: CARGO--- BAY.TWO/TMP.SEAL/VIABLE/SUIT.ENTRY.ONLY: CARGO--- BAY.THREE/AT.OK/CI:FULL/ENTRY.OK: CARGO--- [TMP.DS]BAY.FOUR/SENSOR.DAMAGE?.CAUTION: : :

3047.7.25.23.55 C/C Vessel Forget It : : WPN.SYS:[A235][B235]/Dammaged/ TERMINAL.OP.C.aZERO/INIT.AMC.FAIL: ORG.SYS: [A236]/Damaged/OP.C.a17%///eT.F.5h23m: ENG.SYS: [A237][B237][C237]/Damaged/OP.C.a3% ///eT.F.104m: <ROUT:REDUNDANT:FAIL> <VOUCHSAFE.LST.ATT> : :

3047.7.25.23.55 C/C Vessel Forget It : : GRID.UT >1-3< [E013][E0476574206120675636B6C] ///INIT.AMC.FAIL.FAIL.FAIL: GRID.UT >4-5< [6F6C:65]CABABILITY NIL/INIT.AMC.FAIL: GRID.UT >6< [E023]/INIT.AMC.IMPAIRED///OP.C.a63% ///T.F.F:32h17m [DOCK.REQ]:———— [DOCK.REQ]:———— : :

3047.7.25.23.45 C/C Vessel Forget It /ENV.SCAN/23.4350.21/... --------------- ERODROME STATION DELIRIOUS 137 Rebuilt 3012, origin unknown PleasureStation capacity 9 Ownership: Vorax Imperium Anticipated Guards: 110 - Calculated: 0 Anticipated Troopers: 40 - Calculated: 0 Anticipated Staff: 210 - Calculated: 0 Anticipated GC Prisoners: 360 - Calculated: 323 Anticipated Transplants: 422 - Calculated: 422 Anticipated Cyborgs: 89 - Calculated: 89 Anticipated Nonterrestials: 0 - Calculated: 0 -------- END/ENV.SCAN/23.4350.21/...

3047.7.25.23.45 C/C Vessel Forget It [SEARCH]:[S-Information/Glotenbook] COMMENCE/]]]*... the Morien Arm is an elongated twist of stars slowly being pulled out of the body of the main system into the gravity well created by a cluster of black holes. It is surrounded by deep starless gulfs of space on all other sides.

3047.7.25.23.45 C/C Vessel Forget It The event horizon for the local system, three dead planets orbiting a red giant which has already swallowed two other planets, is still several hundred millenia distant. The Erodrome orbits the dying star between the ellipses of the 2nd and 3rd planets, a welcoming presence on the edge of the abyss ...*[[[/INTERRUPT

3047.7.25.23.45 C/C Vessel Forget It The displace unit behind the elevator has been left set direct to our location on the Erodrome. If the door still jams (we've had some problems with that), try to flip the switch behind the wall plate to the left of the teleporter door (re: attached camera shot). That should do the trick. See you there. Azad.