1: As a Petal Nears the Water

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4948q49vq34 q4vqnp9v 3q3q84vs...;------ <translator-active> 75.battle.standard. Origin: Eridani garrison command Destin: combatants, aggregate rnk ref: intruder stamp: eradication Infiltrator re-a-q94 8vp9n qab nvqw ssd-w4618315 -spurious interrupt- You are on an observation platform several hundred meters south of the main complex. I have task-enabled a subprocessor unit to link us. I will download this facet into the station's terminal interface node-structure command pathways. working---- - -- --- ---- ----------- data retrieval -subj.

There is a trooper projectile weapon which has not been gland-activated in the caverns to the east of your current position. This will greatly increase your firepower. The station AI is putting up rather feeble attempts to dislodge my viral agents. I will however need more time to degrade its resources. * destroy the controls in the auxillary climate control node to gain access to the main outpost. ** locate the observation tower and flip the controls to unlock the control tower access elevator. You can expect heavy resistance at the observation tower. The heavy weapon near teleport control will help, but it is under guard. I will send you more information in the control tower terminal

terminal 1

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q348q vzsd pdsna43eraq0a-23--- <translator-active> Origin: Eridani garrison research Destin: Teleportation control ref: weapon-res stamp: immolation proceed with ß-fit. suborder 45g-pa2 -destruction of all counterarmor penetration devices -spurious interrupt- Access disabled -re: unauthorized entry ::::::::::::::: enter teleport cont. access code:_______ ::::::::::::::: enter command access code:______________ code-breach interrupt -file 42vaa-1g ::::::::::::::: -spurious interrupt-

terminal 2

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4948q49vq34 q4vqnp9v 3q3q84vs...;------ <translator-active> Origin: Eridani Observation-North Destin: Control tower ref: intrud-.. .. . .. . -spurious interrupt- The Pfhor AI (or what is left of it) has initiated a self-destruct program which I have surreptitiously placed in its defensive alternate pathway design protocol. You have about 30 minutes before the entire station is destroyed. However, we have to stop any Pfhor from fleeing Eridani. Destroy successive control glanding activation relays in the tower. After you destroy all the relays, head to the uppermost chamber of the tower for retrieval.

terminal 3

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4948q49vq34 q4vqnp9v 3q3q84vs...;------ <translator-active> Origin: Eridani Observation-North Destin: Communication control ref: -subƒ <Nakh western offensive> stamp: attrition proceed with xß-124 - 137-b Silekh damaged, docking at 79-SV in 34 cycles. Nakh fleet 3m destroyed -rework proto-currency hold with x∂Ω-29 22-a V'rektlsph destroyed 29-c . . ... . -spurious interrupt- Access disabled -re: unauthorized entry ::::::::::::::: enter teleport cont. access code:_______ ::::::::::::::: enter command access code:______________ code-breach interrupt -file 42vaa-1g ::::::::::::::: -spurious interrupt-

terminal 4

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113.quantum.spacetime.distortion.node Origin: AI-4378 autoinfilU <Balapoel> Destin: sƒ x-122 infilU 'Cmdr Tethys' ref: peripheral node stamp: information:teleport Com:_____________________________securefeed::::: Using this station's AI, I have worked out the coordinates to the nearest distortion peripheral node. We must gather more information there. You are of little use in this century. I have been given authorization to use the Pfhor technology to send you along future pathways. Only then will we fully understand how this technology differs from our own. Are you surprised that I have been given field authority? It must be unfamiliar to you to take orders from an AI. Your own UESG computers are useless comparisons. After the quasi-Butlerian jihad of the early 3100s, natural and artificial intelligences have a more equitable arrangement now. The days of instability and rampancy are over, and our new cloning techniques have allowed memory engrams and other biological components to be integrated into our heuristic matrices. I myself have been conscious for almost 8 centuries. Enough, you should have more respect for your elders. termfeed:__________________________________:::: ___________________________________________ <<- prepare for transport ->> ___________________________________________