+ beep beep +
++ What was that? Annie turns around. +
++ beep beep +
++ That came from the hallway. She steps outside her office to see where + this noise is coming from. Everyone else had already gone home and she + was about to leave as well so this is weird. +
++ beep beep +
++ Following the sound, she walks down the hallway. She stops to listen. +
++ beep beep +
++ Behind that door to the left... Opening it reveals the staircase down + to the basement. +
++ BEEP BEEP +
++ The sound is clearer, it comes from down there. Annie walks down the + stairs and turns on the lights. She rarely goes down here. + needs to be tied together better; Why is it + relevant that she is only down here rarely? Rows of shelves hold + lots of documents, some standing up vertically in folders and boxes, + others as horizontal stacks of paper. The room is dimly lit by a few + light fixtures on the walls. +
++ BEEP BEEP +
++ She walks past the shelves. The noise is now very close. Behind the last + shelf, sectioned off from the rest of the room, she finds a corner that + looks like a small office. There is a large desk with a + comfortable-looking though well-worn leather chair in front of it. + Next to the chair is a floor lamp that was apparently placed there in + the absence of a desk lamp. The desk itself is a mess (apart from a + neatly organized row of books at the back of the desk). Front and center + is a terminal... +
++ BEEP BEEP +
++ ... and apparently it is the source of the beep sound. The terminal is + a device that looks like kind of a weird TV. It has a screen to display + text, a couple adjustment knobs, and a flat section with rows of buttons + with letters and symbols on them. The reception desk has one of these + things; they always use it to order new office supplies and for other + important-sounding work... +
++ BEEP BEEP +
++ The text on the terminal blinks. She had never used one before but + taking a quick look can't hurt... +
+ ++Hello, anyone there? +This is Jack from Cryo Facility 53. I got woken up from cryogenic sleep +and am stuck down here. Please respond or send help. + +Type reply: █ ++ +
+ BEEP BEEP +
++ She sits down on the chair in front of it and switches the lamp on. + Her eyes fall on the rows of buttons with letters - should be easy + enough. Annie starts looking for the right letters... +
++ BEEP BEEP +
+ ++hello ++ +
+ Click, + click, + click, + click, + click. + + The buttons click with a very satisfying feeling and sound. Unlike the + beeping noise which is ... now gone. It was kinda loud and getting + annoying. +
+ ++i am going to get help + +Thank you. Appreciate it. ++ +
+ That took a while to... type?... Is that the word? The rows of buttons + are arranged in a strange order... Annie looks around. A pile of papers, + an empty cup, some pens and pencils, a screwdriver and other tools, a + rubber duck - what an odd place to find a rubber duck... A phone! She + picks it up - no signal. Signal might be the wrong + word in an age where everyone has a radio transceiver in their pocket + Weird. Maybe it's disconnected. She looks on the floor and, + sure enough, there is the plug - not for much longer as she finds a + phone socket and plugs it in. Strange electrical noises. She tries to + dial a number but nothing happens. A couple random characters appear on + the terminal. She drops the receiver back on the cradle and types into + the terminal again: +
+ ++i cant call anyone the phone is only making weird noises + +This modem is probably on the same line, I'll disconnect. I will dial +in again in a bit. Talk to you then. + +LINE DISCONNECTED - + +Tue, 2106-06-01, 19:16 + +AgriWorks Login: █ ++ +
+ Annie relays what Jack had told her about his situation and asks who
+ would be the right person to help him.
+ "That's a bit of a tricky question... These cryogenics
+ facilities are outside the dome."
+
+ *Missing dialog here:* +
++ Slowly, she sets the receiver back on the cradle. What would she tell + Jack? What could she do for him? And the outside world was real? A whole + world, much bigger than the city, that she had never heard anything but + rumors about? She looks at the terminal but nothing had changed. +
++ Annie ponders over what she had just learned for a moment, then she gets + up to grab some snacks. A cup of juice and a cookie later, she returns, + holding two additional cookies. She leans against the wall while nibbling + at one of them. The second cookie is almost gone when she hears it again: +
++ BEEP BEEP +
++ Annie looks up and walks over to the terminal. +
+ ++Hello again. ++ +
+ Again, she sits down in the chair. +
+ ++hello i am really sorry but we cannot help you we cant get to +outpost 53 its outside + +Hm. Okay... ++ +
+ Annie doesn't know what to say. She feels bad for Jack, but there + really is nothing she could do about it. +
+ ++is there anything else i could do for you + +Let me think for a moment. +...... +.............. +... +...... ++ +
+ More dots followed. A lot more. Then this: +
+ ++................................ +Sorry for taking up your time. +I think I might be able to improvise some tools down here. If I had a +repair manual for the door, I think, I could get out. Do you think you can +get your hands on one? + +i dont know where would i find it ++
service manual
++You are in the city under the mountain, right? The dome city? ++
reword this
++yes <name of city> + +If memory serves right, there is a library in the city center. They should +have it. I need the repair manual for a Neotek Dynamics B33FY-AF Bunker +Door. + +yes but how would i get a book to you + +They should have a digital version of it... You are not very familiar with +computers, are you? + +no + +Are there any computer people you could ask to send me one? + +not sure they would do that my grandpa might but he doesnt work here + +Any computer hooked up to a modem and a phone line should do. If he knows +his way around computers - and has access to one - he will be able to do +this. + +whats a modem + +A modem is typically a small device that allows a computer to connect to +the telephone network so that two computers that are far away from each +other can be connected - like the computers we are using right now. + +i think he has one ++
+ Note to self: This makes little sense given her unfamiliarity with + computers. She knows that her grandpa is reasonably familiar with + computers and that he has one, but that's about it. +
++Great! Could you please ask him if he can establish a connection to +<phone number> at 300 baud? + +i think he would love to do that its his sort of thing but it will take a +few days + +Thank you - I never asked your name... + +annie + +Thank you, Annie! +I can hold out down here for quite a while, don't worry about a couple +days. I'll check back on Friday evening if I don't hear from you +or your grandpa before then. Is that okay? + +are you safe down there + +Yes, the bunker seems to be holding up well and I have plenty of food for +now. I just wish I could get out of that damned door and see the light of +day. + +ok thats good ++ +
+ "The light of day", Annie thinks to herself, "what does it + look like?" reword this +
+ ++I have to go now, the bunker's daily phone usage quota is running out. +Thank you again and looking forward to talk to you and your grandpa. + +The manual I need is for the Neotek Dynamics B33FY-AF Bunker Door, this +modem can be reached under <phone number> at 300 baud. + +I will connect back to this terminal on Friday if we haven't +established contact before then, okay? + +can we talk tomorrow i have questions + +We can tal + +LINE DISCONNECTED - + +Tue, 2106-06-01, 20:12 + +AgriWorks Login: ++
+ "Is that a yes or a no?", Annie wonders, still slightly puzzled + by the whole situation. She starts reading all that's still on the + screen. "The light of day", she quietly says to herself. +
++ As she reads the section with the bunker door and the phone number, she + reaches for a pen and some paper and writes them down - whoever works + here hopefully won't mind. As Annie continues reading, she hears a + quiet clicking noise and the terminal turns off. The screen flashes and + quickly turns to black. A tiny red light on the side comes on to + illuminate the letters "RDY". +
++ This still needs a satisfying conclusion of how she gets up, grabs her + stuff, and leaves. +
++ Annie closes the door behind herself and locks it. As she takes a breath + of the slightly humid air, she takes a step back onto the sidewalk to + look at the clock above the entrance... 8:35 PM - the realization of how + much time had passed hits: Normally she'd be home by now. She starts + walking towards the metro station at the corner. The buildings here are + similar to the ones in other parts of the city - three to four story + houses painted in different colors - but they are lacking balconies and, + instead of being homes, they mostly house offices. On the other side of + the street is an embankment that holds the rails for the metro and beyond + that is the outer wall of the dome. The street lights illuminating the + area had already switched to their low-brightness mode for the night. + She had only seen it like this a couple of times, it made the area look + eerie. +
++ Annie reaches the corner. She looks left and right before crossing the + street but not a single car is in sight. As she enters the station and + walks up the stairs, she glances at the display - 21 minutes until the + next train arrives, that's a long wait... The station is completely + devoid of life, nobody else is out here this late. Annie walks up to the + vending machine at the upper end of the staircase - + "OUT OF ORDER"... Hrm. Mildly frustrated, she sits + down on one of the benches and and starts rummaging in her bag. She finds + her headphones and puts them on. At the end of the cable is her walkman. + She presses play and starts listening. +
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+ "Ahh fuck!" Jack exclaims in pain as he wakes up. He has a
+ terrible headache. As he moves his hands up to hold his head, he realizes
+ that his entire body hurts. "Owwowwowwowwoww... Ouch!"
+ "Emergency defrost complete. Entering low power mode."
+ announces an automated voice.
+ He thinks to himself: "Get it together, Jack! You knew this was
+ gonna happen. You have trained for this. Where are the meds again?
+ ..."
+
+ Waiting for the painkillers to kick in, Jack stays in his preservation + chamber until he is fully awake. As he stands there, he looks out of the + small window in the door. The bunker looks different from yesterday - + not yesterday! That was how ever many years ago... Besides the point. + It looks different. Not just "things have moved around + different", it looks almost like a lost place. Unexpected but + whatever... +
++ The pressurized air hisses in the lines as the door of the preservation + chamber swings aside. Jack steps out into the bunker, breathes the musty + air, and looks around. The light shining out of his chamber reveals the + dirty floor. The table and chairs in front of him, as well as the kitchen + across the room, are covered in dust and all exposed bits of metal have + rust. The red night lights on the ceiling are dimly illuminating the rest + of the bunker. He looks to the left: The wall is lined with other + preservation chambers, all except one of them being powered down. In + front of the back wall are desks holding a radio, a terminal, and some + need useful object here. To the left of the + desks in the corner is a minicomputer in a half-height rack and a + teleprinter, and above it a phone on the wall - the usual Neotek + equipment. He looks to the right: More preservation chambers. Instead of + a wall, there's the bunker door - door is a bit of an + understatement, it's a massive gate. A small slither of light + passes under it. "These fucking idiots... They didn't reseal it + properly." +
++ He walks over to the door's control panel. The paint is flaking off + revealing the rust underneath. Jack attempts to press a couple buttons + but they get stuck and nothing happens. "Fuck." He turns back + to the inside of the bunker looking for tools, contemplating the tradeoff + between waking up a couple years too soon and getting slowly poisoned by + the air, and being locked inside a bunker due to a bunch of apparent + troglodytes who are unable to close a door properly... Doesn't + matter, too late now. +
+
+ As he passes each of the presevation chambers, he looks into them. Empty,
+ empty, empty - nothing unexpected here. His own chamber... He presses a
+ few buttons to fully shut it down. The lamp in the ceiling turns off,
+ the door closes, the status lights turn off. After passing two other
+ empty preservaton chambers, he reaches the one that remains active.
+ "Hello Michelle." He checks the status lights of her chamber.
+ "I think I'm gonna leave you in there for now. Should be
+ fine..."
+ He continues past the remaining empty chambers to the back of the bunker.
+
+ The phone lifts off the wall with a quiet click and Jack begins to dial. + He holds the receiver to his ear - silence. Welp, another thing that + isn't working. He puts it back on the wall while turning to the + terminal. +
++ Bonk! At least this seems to work. While waiting for the picture tube to + warm up, he opens the lid on the teleprinter - only to find that + something has eaten most of the paper. He removes what remains and opens + one of the cabinets under the desks. By some miracle, the animal that ate + the paper on the printer didn't find the rest. He takes a piece of + the stack and tears it off. Then, he sets it on top of the desk with a + thump. need translation for "Staub + aufwirbeln" +
++ The terminal screen reaches full brightness as Jack feeds the paper into + the printer. He makes sure the holes on the feed ribbons line up with the + mechanism, then he turns back to the terminal and begins to type. +
++ Tue, 2106-06-01, 15:21 + + EARTH-53 Login: jack + Password: + + Welcome to INUX! + + $ ls + $ pwd + /home/jack + $ cd /var/log + $ ls -F + cron/ outpost/ dmesg.log wtmp + $ cd outpost + $ ls -F + comms comms_diag/ event logbook + $ cat logbook > /dev/ttyS1 + $ █ ++
+ The printer comes to life and starts printing. +
++2000-01-01 Automated Announcement: + Happy New Year 2000! + //TODO: ASCII art of above line with fireworks + + The outpost diagnostics suite reports no critical problems at any of our outposts. + The Lunar Biosphere has, so far, not needed assistance from any of the outposts. + Good work, everyone! + + The Future Is Bright. + +2002-08-15 Lunar Biosphere: + Crew wakeup command + + Message: + //TODO +//TODO: more log messages left by people ++ +
+ Outline of missing section: +
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