[IC] Aleph Station

[flyinglemur]

Spoiler: Action:

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Hound uses the switch. Let the dice land where they may.

[GameOfChampions]

Sneak

Spoiler: Armory

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"Haven't seen it anywhere. Maybe its attached to the Hanger? Do you know the rooms with the switches in them then? What are we looking for?

Spoiler: Actions

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Move back to Test Range.

[WindStruck]

Aurora

Spoiler: Armoury

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Pointing at the label near the door, Aurora says, "Robotics lab is right there. If you go back to the test range you'll see what the switches look like."

After a pause she says, "I bet the prototype is closer to the lab. But might as well check the hangar for the override switches too..."

Spoiler: actions

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Aurora will grab the rifle and pistol and head to the robotics lab.

[Sarone]

Sidewinder

Spoiler: To Aurora

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"Aurora, Sidewinder. Scrap decrypted a couple files and discovered the locations of the switches. They are in the Test Range, Barracks, Robotics Lab, Kitchen, and Engineering Bay. The Vault can be accessed through the Robotics bay. I'm going to ask Scrap to come along with to engineering and get the Self Destruct deactivated. Keep your eyes out for any trouble. Can you keep the second team on task on the comms? We also need to know what else is on this station in case we need a quick exit."

Spoiler: Security Check point

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Sidewinder nods at Scrap and Sneak. "I just told Aurora about our trouble as as the rooms that we need to visit. I want to hit the engineering and deactivate the self destruct. Are you two willing to come with me?" Sidewinder directs his drone towards the Rec door. "I want to milk this terminal dry before I give up on it. Maybe deactivate those blasted turrets or find out how to do so."

Spoiler: Actions

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Find out what else can be done with the terminal, then head out for Rec Hall.

[WindStruck]

Aurora

Spoiler: More stuff in Armory

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After receiving some information on her communicator, she says, "Alright! Just heard that the other four switches are in the Barracks, Robotics Lab, Kitchen, and Engineering Bay. The self-destruct is over in engineering. I'm going to head over to the robotics lab now. Would appreciate if you stick by me."

[PartyOfRogues]

Spoiler: Armory

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”Kitchen is probably connected to the rec lounge, barracks are probably near there too, engineering’s probably near to robotics and the hangar. Who are you talking to on the communicator, and where are they, and is there any other intel you can provide?”

[WindStruck]

Aurora

Spoiler: Armory

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"I'm talking to Sidewinder. I think they're all still in the security checkpoint?" she says with uncertainty.

[GameOfChampions]

Sneak

Spoiler: Armory

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"My mistake. I'll head back and check out the lab then with ya. Even if there isn't a switch it may be useful to check the hanger for another way out just in case."

[Corona]

Fairy

Spoiler: Action

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Go to Mess Hall

[Unavenger]

Spoiler: Action

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Go to the hangar

[bc56]

Turn 7 Begin

Spoiler: Scrap

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Current Room: Security Checkpoint
Exits To: Armory, Rec Lounge, Airlock, Test Range

Everyone exits the room in one direction or another, and you are left alone.

It you wait too long, something bad might happen...

Spoiler: Bolt

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Current Room: Barracks
Exits to: Auxiliary Airlock, Mess Hall, Storage, Hydroponics Bay, Generator Room (forced)

With dextrous hands, you crack open the locking mechanism and remove the components holding the door in place. It slides open easily.

The door to the generator room is now open.

Spoiler: Battery

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Current Room: Test Range
Exits To:Armory, Security Checkpoint, Hangar

You return to the test range to find the switch has already been flipped, and the middle light above it is green.

You may choose whether or not to flip it back for free this turn.

Spoiler: Hound

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Current Room: Food Storage
Exits To: Hydroponics Bay, Kitchen

There is no sink to have a cupboard under it in this room. But there was one in the kitchen.

You may move to the kitchen for free this turn as a result of this action.

Spoiler: Sneak, Aurora

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Current Room: Robotics Lab
Exits to: Armory, Hangar, Generator Room (Locked) Vault (Sealed)

Aurora grabs some weapons and the two of you enter the robotics lab. Tables here are lined with disassembled machines and spare parts. A rover rests on one of the tables in the corner, it's control module next to it. There are 3 other exits in the room. To the right, a door leads to the Hangar. Across the way, the generator room is locked by a keycard lock. And to the left, there is a heavy blast door. There are 5 lights above it, the middle one of which is green, and the others are red. A switch is next to it, labeled "Vault Manual Override 1."

Aurora grabs a rifle and a pistol.

Spoiler: Sidewinder

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Current Room: Rec Lounge
Exits To: Kitchen, Security Checkpoint

You head alone into the rec lounge. Here are exercise machines and dumbbells, as well as a couch and television. A door across the way leads to the kitchen.

Spoiler: Fairy

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Current Room: Mess Hall
Exits To: Kitchen, Barracks, Hydroponics Bay

You head into the mess hall. Long tables and benches dominate this larger room. A bulletin board hangs on the outer wall. More notably, a turret hangs from the ceiling. It's pointed at the far door, but begins to spin around towards you as you enter. Doors lead across the way to the Barracks and right to the Hydroponics Bay

Spoiler: Chain

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Current Room: Hangar
Exits To: Robotics Lab, Engineering Bay, Test Range

You enter the hangar. Here, a trio of spacesuits hang on the wall, and a single-seater scout ship is parked in the middle of the room. As you enter, a turret descends from the high ceiling and begins to take aim at you. There are doors left to the Robotics Lab and across to the Engineering Bay

Turns until self-destruct: 14

[WindStruck]

Aurora

Spoiler: Message to Sidewinder (and Sneak can hear too)

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"Alright, I'm in the robotics lab with our hacker. Switch 1 is here. Going to flip that. Hm. Vault's here too but can't get into that. Can also get to the hangar or a generator room from here too. You think that's where engineering is?"

[Unavenger]

Spoiler: Actions

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Chain spins up his minigun and starts to shoot down the turret.

[Sarone]

Sidewinder

Spoiler: To Aurora

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"Roger that. I am in the Rec area, heading to the kitchen. Grabbing a dumb bell from the rec area in case I run across another turret. That would be my guess. Though the generator room might also be the location of the reactor. Just be careful as that would have a turret or three in my assessment.

"By the way, did command tell us to the personnel from this station? It seems "suspicious" that we haven't seen anyone just yet and they hadn't come in first."

Spoiler: Actions

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#1 Keep pistol drawn and held at the low ready
#2 If possible, grab two of the lightest dumb bells
#3 Move to Kitchen.

[PartyOfRogues]

Spoiler: Actions

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Grab bleach from cart and head into Hangar

[flyinglemur]

Spoiler: Action:

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Move to the kitchen and flip that switch.

[Togo]

Bolt

Spoiler: Actions

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Enter the generator room, ready to disable any turrets that might pop up.

[WindStruck]

Aurora

Spoiler: To Sidewinder and Robotics Lab

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"No idea what you're talking about. Nobody knew why there was a sudden blackout here."

Spoiler: Only Robotics Lab

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Aurora gestures at the key card slot and asks, "You think you can hack into that and open the door?"

Spoiler: Actions

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Small action: I'll flip switch 1 now.

Since I'm just going to be waiting around I guess, I will also try experimenting with the rover controls.

[Corona]

Fairy

Spoiler: Action

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Take cover under the tables (and if it's allowed to do this in the same turn, shoot the turret)

[GameOfChampions]

Sneak

Spoiler: Robotics Lab

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"Sure I'll give it a shot

Spoiler: Actions

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Attempt to hack the locked door to the Generator Room. Use the hacking rig as well.

[bc56]

Turn 8 Begin

Spoiler: Chain

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Current Room: Hangar
Exits To: Test Range, Robotics Lab, Engineering Bay

You open fire on the turret, your bullets shredding holes into its plating. It isn't completely destroyed, and returns fire at you, managing to blast some chunks out of your armor. As this is going on, Battery enters the room from the test range.

Your heavy body armor is damaged, and can only take one more hit before breaking. It might be possible to repair it with the right tools and materials.

Spoiler: Sidewinder

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Current Room: Kitchen
Exits To: Rec Lounge, Food Store, Mess Hall

You grab one of the dumbbells, but then your hands are full, so you rush to the kitchen. This room has a number of drawers full of different utensils and surfaces for food preparation. Hound is here, crouching on hands and knees to do something in the cupboard under the sink. Exits are to the mess across the way and the food storage to the right.

Spoiler: Battery

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Current Room: Hangar
Exits To: Engineering Bay, Robotics Lab, Test Range

You search the janitorial cart, but it seems someone else has picked it clean of anything useful already, so you head to the Hangar. Immediately, you see Chain in the room engaged in a shootout with a turret. Both of them have taken some damage, but are continuing to shoot. Other than that, there's a single seater exploration shuttle and three spacesuits here, and exits left to the Robotics Lab and across to the Engineering Bay.

Spoiler: Hound

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Current Room: Kitchen
Exits To: Mess Hall, Food Storage, Rec Lounge

You find the switch, labeled Vault Manual Override 4, under the sink where the note said. It has five lights above it, most of which are red, but the third is green. You flip the switch and the fourth light turns green. Someone else must have also flipped a switch, because as you watch, so does the first one. As you're doing this, someone enters the room from the Rec Lounge, but you can't see who from this angle.

Spoiler: Aurora, Sneak

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Current Room: Robotics Lab
Exits To: Armory, Vault (Sealed) Generator Room, Hangar

Aurora flips the switch, and the first light turns green. There's a loud clunk from the vault door as one of its locks unseals. A few seconds later, the fourth light also changes, and another lock unseals. Looks like someone else found one of the switches. In the meantime, Sneak connects his hacking rig to the door and quickly hacks it open, and Aurora plays around with the rover.

The rover can be controlled, although this takes time. It has enough range to be controlled from anywhere in the facility, and can carry and use a single object which can be held in one hand.

Spoiler: Fairy

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Current Room:Mess Hall
Exits To: Kitchen, Hydroponics Bay, Barracks

You duck under the table and fire off a few shots at the turret. The bullets embed into it and do some damage. It shoots back, but the metal table deflects its bullets away from you with a loud clamour.

Spoiler: Bolt

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Current Room: Generator Room
Exits To: Barracks, Engineering Bay, Robotics Lab

You enter the generator room. A large nuclear reactor takes up the majority of the chamber, clearly the source of power for the entire station. A computer console is attached to it. The monitor reads a self-destruct countdown. Exits lead across to the Robotics Lab and left to the Engineering Bay.

Turns until self-destruct: 13

[Sarone]

Sidewinder

Spoiler: Kitchen

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Stepping into the kitchen, Sidewinder tilts his head at Hound being in the sink. "Hound, what are you doing in there?"

Shaking his head, Sidewinder moves past him and heads to door across from the Rec Room.

Spoiler: Action

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#1: Move across the room to the mess door, exiting the kitchen.

[PartyOfRogues]

Spoiler: Actions

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Find cover and shoot at the turret

[WindStruck]

Spoiler: To Sidewinder and Robotics Lab

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"Alright, first, third, and fourth locks are deactivated. Sneak here just hacked his way into the generator room too. There's some kind of controllable rover in here too, looks like it could be useful, but probably not for our mission." After a pause she asks, "So what are you doing, and have you seen anyone else?"

Spoiler: Actions

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Heading into the generator room!

[Sarone]

Sidewinder

Spoiler: Aurora and Kitchen

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"Roger that. Hound must have activated the switch as I don't see any obvious switches. I am moving to the Mess Hall and see if anyone else is there."

[Togo]

Bolt

Spoiler

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He sits down at the computer, and brings up some simple operational information. Hacking is not his forte, but if he can understand how the power distribution works he might be able to makes some changes using... he glances down at his explosives bandolier... some more direct methods.

Spoiler: Actions

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Don't know how much of this I can do in one action, so, in order of priority: Can he work out where the AI Core or the turrets are from the power schematics on the computer? Can he work out where the power to the turrets comes from, and either switch it off or disable that power line physically? Can he stop or slow down the countdown, or failing that, physically slow down or disable the self-destruct mechanism? (Presumably it works on the basis of the familiar reactor overload - could the overload be slowed or stopped?) What would likely happen if I just shut down or disabled the reactor entirely? Is there anything useful I can find in this room?

[flyinglemur]

Spoiler: Talk Kitchen:

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"Only saving everyone's life with this override switch. Though it looks like there's a few more of them. These blasted ships always make things so complex. Anyhow, I'm going back to finish my search through food storage and hydroponics. Tell Bolt to look out for more switches when you meet him."

Spoiler: action:

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Move to food storage.

[Sarone]

Spoiler: Kitchen

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Nodding at Hound, Sidewinder looks to the Food Storage. "Aurora saw your light go active. The remaining switches are in Barracks and Engineering Bay. I'll head to the Mess Hall and see if what is connected there."

Spoiler: Action

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Moving to Mess Hall.

[GameOfChampions]

Sneak

Spoiler: Actions

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Move into Hanger room pistol drawn.

[bc56]

Turn 9 begin!

Spoiler: Sidewinder

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Current Room: Mess Hall
Exits To: Kitchen, Hydroponics Bay, Barracks.

You enter the mess hall to hear the sounds of gunfire. Fairy is cowering beneath one of the metal tables as a damaged turret rains bullets down on her. In addition, a bulletin board hangs on the left wall, with a number of small notes on it. Exits are across to the barracks or right to the hydroponics bay.

Spoiler: Aurora

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Current Room: Generator Room
Exits To: Robotics Lab, Engineering Bay, Barracks

You enter the Generator Room. It's dominated by a large nuclear reactor and a console displaying a self-destruct countdown. Bolt is seated in front of the console, searching through various windows. Exits lead right to the engineering bay and across to the barracks.

Spoiler: Hound

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Current Room: Food Storage
Exits To: Kitchen, Hydroponics Bay

You return to the food storage to find it unchanged. Nothing has visibly happened here since you left.

Spoiler: Bolt

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Current Room: Generator Room
Exits To: Barracks, Robotics Lab, Engineering Bay

You pull up reactor controls and system readouts. It looks like there are several paths you could take. The self destruct is indeed a triggered reactor meltdown. It's hard-wired to the reactor, but could be defused. It would be very difficult, and there would be a slight risk of triggering the meltdown immediately. Alternately, it would be relatively easy to power the reactor down, but then anything that doesn't have a backup power source would be inoperable. At a moderate level of difficulty, you could attempt to cut power to a specific area of the ship, targeting a single room.
While you're investigating the reactor, Aurora enters the room from the Robotics Lab.

Spoiler: Battery

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Current Room: Hangar
Exits To: Test Range, Robotics Lab, Engineering Bay

There's no cover around. The hangar is too large and open. But you bravely fire on the turret, only to score a glancing hit, your bullets pinging off the shell of the machine rather than doing much damage. This gets its attention, and it returns fire at you much more effectively.
If you are wearing light body armor, it is destroyed. If you are wearing heavy body armor, it is damaged. Otherwise, you die.
While you're fighting for your life, Sneak enters the room from behind you.

Spoiler: Sneak

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Current Room: Hangar
Exits To: Robotics Lab, Test Range, Engineering Bay

You enter the hangar to see Battery and Chain engaged in a firefight against a turret. All three have apparently taken some hits, judging by the damage to their armor. In addition, there is a single-seater scout ship here, and three space suits. Exits lead left to the Robotics Lab and across to the Engineering Bay.

Turns until self-destruct: 12