4: One Damn Mess

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Not what you expected, huh? Aww, too bad. You're here to work for me right now. After you blew up the Pfhor ship, the other Pfhor ships went looking for someone to blame. And they launched a full-scale assault against this S'pht water purification plant. The Pfhor attacked this water purification plant two S.T.U. (Standard Time Units) ago. Pfhor juggernauts overwhelmed the defenses and slaughtered many S'pht. The base has been overrun, but some S'pht fight on. The Pfhor came for revenge, but also came for the water supply. To prevent them from getting the water, the S'pht drained the reservoir, sealed the dam, and shut down the primary pumping stations and purification filters.

The Pfhor have posted guards around much of the installation and are beaming down reinforcements. They need this site as much as we do. Your job is to eliminate the Pfhor, save the S'pht, and get the water purification systems back online. I've scrounged up a few weapons. I'll try to see if I can send you some heavier weaponry later. You'll need it for those juggernauts. Terminals at the purification plant should tell you how to get the systems back online. Good luck, and in case that imperfect organic brain of yours doesn't remember, the S'pht are on our side (that includes the cyborgs that once worked for the Pfhor).

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Installation AI Online

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ORIGIN: S'pht Installation AI DEST: Human Cyborg Welcome, Marine. Wanda has informed me of your presence here. I am authorized to help you get the purification plant systems online again. Wanda assures me you're smarter than the average marine, although that's not saying much I suppose. Regardless, you'll have to do. Pay attention, because there are 4 main tasks to complete to get this installation online again. First, the primary pumps need to be brought back online. There is a switch in a room near the pumping station (shown here). You may have to search around for it. For security reasons, the exact location of the switch was deleted from my memory banks.

Installation Reset Procedures (cont'd) __________________________________________ Second, the dam floodgates (shown here) need to be opened. There's a switch on top of the dam that can be activated once the pumps are online. ___________________________________________

Installation Reset Procedures (cont'd) __________________________________________ Next you need to turn on the purification filters. You'll have to visit the Pump Control room first to activate a master switch. Once the switch is activated, you can return to the purification filter and bring that online. Finally, it's back to the pump control room. Throw a couple more switches here, and the reservoir should begin to fill with purified water. Just in time, too, because Wanda tells me you'll need to take a brief swim to get to the exit terminal. That's all you need to do. Now get moving, and good luck in your killing spree. ___________________________________________

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General Broadcast [Translation active]

ORIGIN: S'pht Commander S'pr'kt DEST: All Purification Plant Personnel A Pfhor invasion of the plant has begun. Pfhor juggernauts have already terminated S'pht lives. Pfhor ground troops are being transported down now. All personnel are ordered to shut down the purification systems and drain the reservoir. We cannot allow the Pfhor to gain control of the purified water. Once shutdown is complete, surviving personnel are advised to fallback to the maintenance corridors and hide or defend themselves there. Help is on its way.

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You haven't got the systems back online here. Go back and finish the job.

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Good job. The Pfhor have been eliminated here and the purification plant systems are online again. Now is the time to pursue our advantage. I'm transporting you to a Pfhor moonbase (shown). Remember the layout. Among other things, the moonbase is used as a juggernaut service and storage station. Eliminate it, and we eliminate most of the Pfhor juggernauts from this fleet. Most of the juggernauts should be shut down for repairs, and can be eliminated with a single fusion bolt. Your mission is simple: kill all the Pfhor. I've managed to secure a flamethrower unit which I'll be transporting in with you. I'll try to send some S'pht backup. When you come back, I want you smelling of burnt Pfhor flesh. Ah, the smell of napalm in the morning...

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