15: Deep in the Aardvarks

terminal 0

unfinished

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/ up.boot

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////pfhor interface translation: active Realtime ~403.21 x 10^14 pressure based hydraulic compression agent. ------------------------------------------- Main compression unit: OPERATIONAL Nitric battery: OPERATIONAL Manual control: ONLINE ------------------------------------------- ////pfhor interface translation: active

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////pfhor interface translation: active ------------------------------------------- Initiation of crusher gate opening procedure #2785342 activated. Waiting for confirmation. CONFIRM / ABORT ------------------------------------------- ////pfhor interface translation: active

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////pfhor interface translation: active ------------------------------------------- Initiation of crusher gate opening procedure #2785342 activated. Waiting for confirmation. CONFIRM / ABORT ------------------------------------------- ////pfhor interface translation: active

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<tag 1>

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////pfhor interface translation: active ------------------------------------------- Initiation of crusher gate opening procedure #2785342 activated. Activation confirmed. Procedure completed and terminated. ------------------------------------------- ////pfhor interface translation: active

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/ boot.multi

success

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!wax_harp

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Carroway is safe in UESC hands once again, as is the fate of the war. Unfortunately, if I learned anything during my time as a UESC AI, it was that humanity is never to be trusted with its own destiny. The Dangi Corporation, the largest privately held organization in the human economy (and the least well known, I might add) owns a significant portion of the Salinger, a top secret remote UESC weapons research facility. From what I've been able to gather from the encoded distress signal I intercepted only a few seconds ago, things have gone very awry aboard Salinger.

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I'm bringing you back aboard the Rozinante, where you should gear up for your next mission. I hope to have more details about the situation aboard the Salinger when you arrive.

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!wax_harp

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<teleport to level 53>

terminal 1

unfinished

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100#0_m_u

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Admiral Carroway is currently being held in a converted ore sample crusher somewhere in this underground sector of the mine. That's right - an ore sample crusher - the kind that turns big giant rocks into lots of little tiny rocks, and would likely turn one normal sized Admiral into a much compressed and no-longer-living pancake. Tycho obviously means business, and it's a wonder that he hasn't killed Carroway yet. Maybe he's keeping Carroway seconds away from death to tease me. Maybe he's just a nutcase.

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Regardless, you'll need to move quickly as soon as you break into Carroway's holding area. Tycho will likely try to kill him as soon as he discovers that you're close, so you must hurry and smash any circuits you see that are near Carroway's makeshift cell. Hopefully you'll be able to disable the ore crusher before Tycho has the chance to put it to use. Good luck.

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100#0_m_u

success

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In case any of you wanted to know, the original design of this level was such that no matter what, Carroway died. On top of that, the player was always the one who had to kill him. Pretty silly, right? Basically the setup was similar to what it is now, except that there was a switch (no wires, just a switch) next to the admiral's cell. The player *had* to throw that switch in order to be allowed to leave, and that switch activated the crusher on top of Carroway. Just a little historical note for you. Love & kisses, the Rubicon Team

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terminal 2

unfinished

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s523--2

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Did I not tell you to destroy any controls you might find? Your failure to do as told is unfortunate. We now have to extend our stay on this backwards world, for without Carroway the incompetent leaders of the UESC will no doubt run their war machine into the ground. It now becomes our regrettable burden to eliminate Tycho and the Pfhor threat on our own. You, of course, will be doing most of the legwork.

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s523--2

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<teleport to level 54>

success

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!wax_harp

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Carroway will be back in UESC hands shortly, as will the fate of the war. Unfortunately, if I learned anything during my time as a UESC AI, it was that humanity is never to be trusted with its own destiny. The Dangi Corporation, the largest privately held organization in the human economy (and the least well known, I might add) owns a significant portion of the Salinger, a top secret remote UESC weapons research facility. From what I've been able to gather from the encoded distress signal I intercepted only a few seconds ago, things have gone very awry aboard Salinger.

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I'm bringing you back aboard the Rozinante, where you should gear up for your next mission. I hope to have more details about the situation aboard the Salinger when you arrive.

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!wax_harp

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<teleport to level 53>

terminal 3

unfinished

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proc#6578

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Work Order %1297.292.1 origin: Mining Oversight Committee destin: Work Foundry 27 ref: production speed stamp: command directive Command Oversight hereby notifies Foundry 27 to increase production units by 203047 percent, in accordance with aforementioned mandate stamp productivity. Oversight Committee received and noted the understaffing and overdemanding complaints of Work Unit 50, and has summarily ordered subordinate unit to receive maximum disciplinary measures. The Committee reaffirms commitments to upkeep of crew morale.

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proc#6578

terminal 4

unfinished

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<glt>

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&acutere%20ir&acute &c origin: ty##$@ destin: clumsy rogue conditioned unit ref: inability and failure 6E657665727361796E65766572 stamp: research &c &c Today's special: Carroway Pancakes&c &c Want to watch me make them? Log off and turn around.&c &c &c &c <laughter> &c &c &c &c &c

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<glt>

success

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!wax_harp

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Carroway is safe in UESC hands once again, as is the fate of the war. Unfortunately, if I learned anything during my time as a UESC AI, it was that humanity is never to be trusted with its own destiny. The Dangi Corporation, the largest privately held organization in the human economy (and the least well known, I might add) owns a significant portion of the Salinger, a top secret remote UESC weapons research facility. From what I've been able to gather from the encoded distress signal I intercepted only a few seconds ago, things have gone very awry aboard Salinger.

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I'm bringing you back aboard the Rozinante, where you should gear up for your next mission. I hope to have more details about the situation aboard the Salinger when you arrive.

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!wax_harp

# t
<teleport to level 53>