32: The Incredible Hulk

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// "Leela" @ [untranslatable] wrote: \\ As expected, fate seems to have sided with Hathor yet again; she just arrived on the space station we sabotaged, seconds before the engines overloaded. She immediately knew what was happening and has already teleported down to this Jjaro outpost. But none of this is beyond my expectations. She seems almost prescient lately, and I'm forced to think further and further ahead of her. I have a plan in place already to counter this latest turn of events. The Pfhor have called for reinforcements; a flagship of the Southern Arm of Battle Group Ten is en route as we speak. It's the first of the Pfhor fleet equipped with the trih xeem, discovered on this very moon months ago. Appropriate, then, that this is the first historical use of the device.

a beacon in the dark silenced to end the dreams of an unfolding nightmare This outpost has only one communications transmitter capable of broadcasting to orbital range. Its two antennae and their respective power sources are located in and near this very building. If you deactivate them, Hathor will have no way to leave, and when the Pfhor flagship arrives and this system becomes an expanding shell of dust and plasma, so will she. Good luck. \\ Message ends //

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// [HOST ID ERROR] wrote: \\ ~7`d87h~s is Leela. |ving comm~1nication diffic#17!$ J8--t a moment... Can you hear me now? Goo87d~~~ [[error - duplicate host id present]] Disregard that, and pardon the strangeness of this transmission. This is Leela. Hathor has somehow jammed communications, and I'm having trouble reaching you properly. The Pfhor flagship has just folded into the system and deployed their first trih xeem. Soon, this system will become a thin shell of dust and plasma riding the shockwave of its exploding star. With this jamming field in place, I can't teleport you off the moon, and insufficient time remains to recharge this transmitter's power systems before the shockwave reaches this outpost.

But there is another option. On a cliff face just south of here is a transport link to another facility in the outpost. That facility is an offworld waste transporter lift, used to beam mining wastes from this colony into Jjaro ships for recycling. It runs on its own separate power core and thus can be activated in minutes. If you can get there and override the control circuits, I just might be able to reroute that transporter to get us out in time. Hurry now; time is of the essence. \\ Message ends //

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