[IC] Myriad Reality

[GalaxyRaider]

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*Behind a panel with a universal cabinet lock sits a series of video inputs and outputs for the safety monitoring systems, connected to a central breakout box via cracked and weathered cables, and output to a single video port that connects to the main display*
I... really don't like this.
*Steps backwards out of the room and back toward the larger monitoring system*
Just let me know when you're done.

@Techspert

Will do. Shouldn’t be long.
*Tries to pan through the various feeds*

[Techspert]

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Will do. Shouldn’t be long.
*Tries to pan through the various feeds*

@GalaxyRaider

*Each feed provides a high resolution stream of various system health indicators and statuses, along with diagrams of the nuclear plant, each section highlighted green to indicate its current safety level*

[GalaxyRaider]

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*Each feed provides a high resolution stream of various system health indicators and statuses, along with diagrams of the nuclear plant, each section highlighted green to indicate its current safety level*

@Techspert

They need to take better care of something so volatile.
*Checks the cable connections for any loose or disconnected displays*

[Techspert]

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They need to take better care of something so volatile.
*Checks the cable connections for any loose or disconnected displays*

@GalaxyRaider

Everything okay in there?
*One display cable has a broken connection in the breakout box doesn't properly feed the signal to the inputs*

[GalaxyRaider]

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Everything okay in there?
*One display cable has a broken connection in the breakout box doesn't properly feed the signal to the inputs*

@Techspert

Hmm.
*Unplugs it, and carefully uses the blade from earlier to superheat the wire and solders connections together before plugging it back in*

[Techspert]

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Hmm.
*Unplugs it, and carefully uses the blade from earlier to superheat the wire and solders connections together before plugging it back in*

@GalaxyRaider

*A new display automatically adds itself to the board, this one showing the individual CPU usage of each component in the plant, the emergency response system responsible for the above-average general usage statistics, and a historical record of another recent spike in the steam control system, which has since decreased to normal levels of activity*
Hey, whatever you did got us a new feed. This one has processor load.

[GalaxyRaider]

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*A new display automatically adds itself to the board, this one showing the individual CPU usage of each component in the plant, the emergency response system responsible for the above-average general usage statistics, and a historical record of another recent spike in the steam control system, which has since decreased to normal levels of activity*
Hey, whatever you did got us a new feed. This one has processor load.

@Techspert

Yeah and there’s a couple of spikes that are strange. Almost makes it seem like someone broke in?… We may not be alone.

[Techspert]

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Yeah and there’s a couple of spikes that are strange. Almost makes it seem like someone broke in?… We may not be alone.

@GalaxyRaider

We need to watch each other's back. You've designed about a million things—where would someone have broken in that would cause a spike in nothing but the steam controller? Think it messed up the reservoir pressure or something?

[GalaxyRaider]

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We need to watch each other's back. You've designed about a million things—where would someone have broken in that would cause a spike in nothing but the steam controller? Think it messed up the reservoir pressure or something?

@Techspert

Steam in conventional nuclear power plants is used for the actual power itself. Wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that someone came here for power in quantities you can't get elsewhere. What in your world would use a lot of power, that maybe wouldn't be considered acceptable in the public eye?

[Techspert]

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Steam in conventional nuclear power plants is used for the actual power itself. Wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that someone came here for power in quantities you can't get elsewhere. What in your world would use a lot of power, that maybe wouldn't be considered acceptable in the public eye?

@GalaxyRaider

That's exactly right... and if they hooked it up to some new output, it would cause a temporary drop in pressure before restabilizing, requiring more CPU cycles to compensate.

[GalaxyRaider]

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That's exactly right... and if they hooked it up to some new output, it would cause a temporary drop in pressure before restabilizing, requiring more CPU cycles to compensate.

@Techspert

But what? What were they trying to power?
*Checks time logs to see if I can pinpoint exactly when this spike occurred*

[Galvanize]

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*Takes my hand and swipes it through the air at you, sending wisps of air flying that are so strong they can even cut through your metal being*

@Valiance

*jumps up into the air, and throws a punch that sends a compact wait blast at you*

[Spiritblitz]

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That's what I thought you were doing during that transformation sequence!
*Fires a yellow, slow moving bubble toward the beast, and then starts blasting it with attacks*

@System

I’m winging this transformation thing! Call it a gut feeling!

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*Stumbles backward, using the momentum to swing the aqua sword back at you*

@Source

*dashes to the side in mid air, a spear tip forms just outside of my gun’s barrel*
Lighting Javelin!!
*in a loud bang I fire a massive lighting spear into your chest*

[Techspert]

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But what? What were they trying to power?
*Checks time logs to see if I can pinpoint exactly when this spike occurred*

@GalaxyRaider

Nothing jumps out at me. It’s a weird way to power something, unless you’re really looking to not get caught.

[Source]

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I’m winging this transformation thing! Call it a gut feeling!

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*dashes to the side in mid air, a spear tip forms just outside of my gun’s barrel*
Lighting Javelin!!
*in a loud bang I fire a massive lighting spear into your chest*

@Spiritblitz

*A brilliant sphere of light rapidly expands from the point of impact, the shockwaves from your attack instantly deleting any nearby structures and rumbling the ground like an earthquake*

[System]

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I’m winging this transformation thing! Call it a gut feeling!

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*dashes to the side in mid air, a spear tip forms just outside of my gun’s barrel*
Lighting Javelin!!
*in a loud bang I fire a massive lighting spear into your chest*

@Spiritblitz

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*A brilliant sphere of light rapidly expands from the point of impact, the shockwaves from your attack instantly deleting any nearby structures and rumbling the ground like an earthquake*

@Source

That’s it!
*Lands one last sword swipe across the yellow sphere, which explodes on impact and rains all of the attacks I stored inside it converted to bolts of lightning*

[Source]

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That’s it!
*Lands one last sword swipe across the yellow sphere, which explodes on impact and rains all of the attacks I stored inside it converted to bolts of lightning*

@System

*One of my legs buckles and crashes me into a nearby tower*

[GalaxyRaider]

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Nothing jumps out at me. It’s a weird way to power something, unless you’re really looking to not get caught.

@Techspert

I wish I could see how recently they were here.

[Valiance]

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*jumps up into the air, and throws a punch that sends a compact wait blast at you*

@Galvanize

*Shields my face and takes the blast, sliding back several yards on my feet*

[Techspert]

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I wish I could see how recently they were here.

@GalaxyRaider

Doesn’t look like we’re going to get any more detail than “sometime the past week” unless you can find more of those busted cables.