7: Into the Fire

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Incoming message from Leviathan

If I were programmed to feel embarassment, I would be red-faced right now. I guess I was wrong about there not being any life down there. Well, at least you managed to survive my bad information. I'll try adjusting my sensors. Hot enough down there for you? I'm sorry I can't send any backup for you. The ship is a mess and the few sane BoBs I've got at my disposal I need to start making repairs. Besides, I don't think they'd survive the heat down there. It looks like you got the geothermal generators online. Good job. Remember, we're looking for the source of that strange energy signature. Keep looking. I'll be in touch when you find it.

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Installation AI rebooting...

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Installation AI rebooting...

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Initiating database search...

[Lieutenant?] F'nor's Mission Log _________________________________ I just returned from another science mission at Station Alpha. It's been [8 years?] since I gave the order to abandon the station. This is the fifteenth such mission we've made to make scientific readings. Our scientists think they might finally have found a way to entrap the W'krncacnter. They have constructed a large space station orbiting L'howon and are equipping it with an instrument to stop the W'krncacnter. They plan to trap it inside a star. We hope that the destruction that this chaos being has caused will be at an end. It has already destroyed 4 of our planets. This has to work. On a personal level, I hope they can save L'howon. Some of our comrades who suffered genetic resequencing from our mishap on Station Alpha were deposited on L'howon in the hopes that they might live out their existences. These comrades are called the accursed ones [the Flick'ta?].

[Lieutenant?] F'nor's Log [cont'd] __________________________________ Station Alpha is the same mess we left it. The upper level still seems to be intact, although flooded. Wanda has had no luck breaking the encryption codes. She is, however, quite angry at our abandoning her there. She whines incessantly about being "bored", and vows her revenge on me personally for ordering her abandonment. She still threatens she will make the rest of our race slaves to prevent us from making any more mistakes. It would seem that time does not mellow [rampant?] AIs. Once we have defeated the W'krncacnter, I hope Interplanetary Command will see the wisdom in destroying the station and ridding ourselves of the threat. However, they seem intent on holding onto the reactor and to Wanda for further study. Both are unique, it would seem. End of Log

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Incoming message from Leviathan

You seem to have found the source of the strange energy readings. It appears to be some sort of transport mechanism. Although the energy signature is a little strange, not quite like any transporter I've seen. But there's only one way to find out where it goes. I'm adjusting my sensors to follow the energy signature and maintain a signal lock on you. Hopefully, I'll be able to see where it takes you, and we'll hope this isn't just a one-way trip to nowhere. Isn't life as a UESC marine exciting? Just turn around and step on up there when you're ready...

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