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Please don't explode...
*Lifts the core and shoves it into the port with excessive force*

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*Nods and traces against the wall, keeping one gun pointed behind us and glancing back every so often*

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…
It’s probably not instant. We can go check back at the computer up there. Slightly more comfortably far away.

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*softly the sound of gunfire from a distance echoesthrough the halls*

... follow me, stay close. Need to pick up the pace-

*at that exact moment, a rather odd, purple looking rat jumps out at you from the opposite wall*

-!

*shots the rat out of the air, it lands with a thud next to you*

...... it even got the rodents on board, too. Nasty stuff.

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*Takes a step back*
Did you end up finding a better way to get up there?

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*Points back over my shoulder*
Stairs.

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Oh. That does make it easy.
*Wanders up the stairs and back over to the terminal*

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*Jogs up to your side and follows just behind you*

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*Looks at the terminal*

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*The screen seems to show a moderate list of new warnings, but distinctively specifies that there are no fatal errors and now provides a prompt to attempt to start up the reactor*

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Here we go.
*Pulls my arm back and taps on the screen, misses the button, and then corrects my hand's position and presses it*

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*A loud clang is heard from the machinery we were standing next to before, then the main reactor chamber begins to glow a dull blue, illuminating liquid through some transparent viewports along the sides. After a few moments some more whirring is heard, and then some ear-shattering booms that almost sound like metal slamming into metal sound off while the computer shows a red warning sign on it. I cover my ears with my hands*
Maybe we should turn-
*The loudness stops after a few seconds, the warning clears, and the entire room lights up completely*

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*Plugs my ears during the banging too*
Now I'm really concerned that this place might explode.

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I think we're fine? But maybe we’d better not loiter anyway.

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Back to the admiral's closet, then.
*Heads toward the exit*

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*Walks over to the empty armor and puts the older core in, and tries to open it again to no avail*
I figured. Goodbye, my friend.
*Jobs over to you as the door opens automatically*

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Too bad. I'd try to go and knock it over, but it's probably too heavy.

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… Why?

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The deep-seated male urge to push over heavy objects? I don't know, it sounds fun.