31: The Incredible Hulk

terminal 0

unfinished

// Decoding message from host "Leela" @ [no translation] \\ As expected, fate seems to have sided with Hathor, and moments ago she arrived on the Pfhor spacestation we just sabotaged, seconds before the engines began to overload. She was of course immediately aware of what was about to happen and thus has already tranferred herself down to this Jjaro outpost. But none of this is beyond my expectations. She seems almost prescient as of late, and I am 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, and a flagship from the Southern Arm of Battle Group Ten is en route as we speak. This ship is the first of the Pfhor fleet to be equipped with the trih xeem, discovered at this very site only 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 transmitter capable of broadcasting to orbital range. There are two antennae and their corresponding power sources located in and near this very building. If you deactivate them, Hathor will have no way of leaving. When the Pfhor flagship arrives and this system becomes an expanding shell of dust and plasma, so will she. Good luck. \\ Message ends //

success

// Decoding message - [ERROR IN HOST IDENTIFICATION] \\ ~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 am having trouble reaching you properly. That thing you just encountered was the cyborg Drinniol which started off this whole little revolution. Hathor beamed it into your path via it's cybernetic junction, hoping to stop you from deactivating the transporter. Unfortunately she realized a little too late that this Drinniol is smarter than it seems, and now can circumvent her access to it's Junction just as you can. It seems this plan is failed, but that was to be expected. Survival is all that's at stake now.

A Pfhor flagship has just folded into the system and deployed the very first trih xeem. Soon it will detonate and this system will become a thin shell of dust and plasma riding the shockwave of it's exploding star. With this jamming field in place you cannot be beamed off the planet, and there's not enough time for the transmitter's power systems to recharge before the shockwaves 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 transport center, already on standby. If you can get there, activate the transporter, and smash the control circuits, I just might be able to reroute it to get you out in time. \\ Message ends //

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