[IC] Myriad Reality

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

It should be an emergency-use connection. That’s the same one they use to set off the alarm in case anything is malfunctioning.
*The detailed view shows the beacon periodically polling a body in space with long blips between each connection; red-zone power spikes in the beacon’s grid zone line up with each outgoing communication channel*

@Techspert

It should be. Yet every time it’s used the power shoots above threshold. Look.

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

It should be. Yet every time it’s used the power shoots above threshold. Look.

@GalaxyRaider

The fact that it’s active at all bugs me. Unless that’s supposed to be some kind of canary.

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

The fact that it’s active at all bugs me. Unless that’s supposed to be some kind of canary.

@Techspert

Active at all? Bothering. Going into the red? Deeply concerning... Also, canary?

[Spiritblitz]

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

*A new panel of logging messages runs across your vision, ending with the text string “Secondary Style Change Detected: Null → Breaker”*
Good thinking! If we weaken that shield enough, I might be able to glitch through it.

@System

Then, let’s save Sam!
*my gauntlets hisses as I leap to Sam*

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

Active at all? Bothering. Going into the red? Deeply concerning... Also, canary?

@GalaxyRaider

Exactly, something is wrong with that connection. A canary is a type of alarm where you set up a system that’s continuously doing something, so when it stops, the canary dies and you need to see what the deal is.

[System]

<Snipped quote by System>

Then, let’s save Sam!
*my gauntlets hisses as I leap to Sam*

@Spiritblitz

Let’s do it!
*An oversized cannonball materializes in my hand, which I lob at the armor—the virus responds to your attack by telekinetically slicing you with the scythe as fast as the previous beast*

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

Exactly, something is wrong with that connection. A canary is a type of alarm where you set up a system that’s continuously doing something, so when it stops, the canary dies and you need to see what the deal is.

@Techspert

But there's consistency in that. Something is definitely wrong. Where is the actual reactor chamber?

[Spiritblitz]

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

Let’s do it!
*An oversized cannonball materializes in my hand, which I lob at the armor—the virus responds to your attack by telekinetically slicing you with the scythe as fast as the previous beast*

@System

*parries the slice, using the attack to drive me closer. And as a rocket closer a growing whistle noise can be heard until I punch Sam*

[Valiance]

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*the earth continues to shake and you hear a loud, slow swoosh*

@Galvanize

*Punches the last boulder, sending it soaring straight into the air as I climb from beneath the pile*

[Galvanize]

<Snipped quote by Galvanize>

*Punches the last boulder, sending it soaring straight into the air as I climb from beneath the pile*

@Valiance

*just as you exit, a massive chunk of earth is swung at you at immense speed and force*

[System]

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

But there's consistency in that. Something is definitely wrong. Where is the actual reactor chamber?

@GalaxyRaider

*Types at the terminal, my rate slowing down a couple times between long blinks, and pulls up the building architecture*
We’re here.
*Points at the diagrams*
The beacon is on top of the building because obviously, and the reactor is here. We’re probably not getting in there unless that machete is also a drill and you’re made of lead.

[System]

<Snipped quote by System>

*parries the slice, using the attack to drive me closer. And as a rocket closer a growing whistle noise can be heard until I punch Sam*

@Spiritblitz

*A blast of wind shoots in all directions when you make contact, followed by a low hum like an oversized yellow bell—after another second, the ground cracks from the force, getting blown out of the way*

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

*Types at the terminal, my rate slowing down a couple times between long blinks, and pulls up the building architecture*
We’re here.
*Points at the diagrams*
The beacon is on top of the building because obviously, and the reactor is here. We’re probably not getting in there unless that machete is also a drill and you’re made of lead.

@Techspert

I want to get my eyes on everything. Check everything I can for signs of tampering.

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

I want to get my eyes on everything. Check everything I can for signs of tampering.

@GalaxyRaider

*Opens the schematics for security systems*
You’ll have to get around any active security measures. The seismographs can probably be disabled, but turning off parts of a nuclear power plant sounds like a slippery slope.

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

*Opens the schematics for security systems*
You’ll have to get around any active security measures. The seismographs can probably be disabled, but turning off parts of a nuclear power plant sounds like a slippery slope.

@Techspert

Let’s see about the safest path to the roof, then. Seems like the logical choice. Unless there’s any info one what’s being communicated down here, but we aren’t lucky with info being where we can reach it.
*Parses through the systems available to us here to see what I can find in regards to communications from the array*

[Spiritblitz]

<Snipped quote by Spiritblitz>

*A blast of wind shoots in all directions when you make contact, followed by a low hum like an oversized yellow bell—after another second, the ground cracks from the force, getting blown out of the way*

@System

*the blast shoots me back and I land sliding*

[Techspert]

<Snipped quote by Techspert>

Let’s see about the safest path to the roof, then. Seems like the logical choice. Unless there’s any info one what’s being communicated down here, but we aren’t lucky with info being where we can reach it.
*Parses through the systems available to us here to see what I can find in regards to communications from the array*

@GalaxyRaider

*The machine initially shows that it has access to the beacon data, but then denies any attempts to read the contents*
Awful luck...
*Leans against the wall as soon as you pull data from the system*
I just want to get out of here as soon as possible.

[System]

<Snipped quote by System>

*the blast shoots me back and I land sliding*

@Spiritblitz

*Launches toward the virus as an oversized chrome gauntlet materializes over my arm*
Platinum Fist!
*The scythe swings at my torso even more quickly than before*

[GalaxyRaider]

<Snipped quote by GalaxyRaider>

*The machine initially shows that it has access to the beacon data, but then denies any attempts to read the contents*
Awful luck...
*Leans against the wall as soon as you pull data from the system*
I just want to get out of here as soon as possible.

@Techspert

There's a chance someone is actively denying our attempts.
*Uses the diagram to parse the easiest way to the roof, that has the least resistance*
I'm invested now. I want answers.