DH RPG - Rodan Moon Arc(4)

[guardsman001]

Lucious will address the man "may I review the information stored on these cognators to determine the cause of the reactors timely start and make a determination based on the evidence there, I will require power be diverted to the main cognator for this purpose."

Curtis will look at the group of men and walk up towards them saying, "how have you survived this long?"

[ImperialServant]

"I'm afraid we are not that team. But we are here to put a stop to what's been going on." Lazerus says to Horatio.

"Lucious, figure out what we need to do to deactivate the reactor. After we get that done we can go and purge mine #12" Lazerus continues.

Stig loiters around looking at all of the strange instrument displays throughout this whole discussion as he has little comprehension of what's going on.

[Wayne S]

"I'm afraid we are not that team. But we are here to put a stop to what's been going on." Lazerus says to Horatio.

"Lucious, figure out what we need to do to deactivate the reactor. After we get that done we can go and purge mine #12" Lazerus continues.

Lucious addresses Horatio. "May I review the information stored on these cogitators to determine the cause of the reactors timely start and make a determination based on the evidence there? I will require power be diverted to the main cogitator for this purpose."

Kron and Sila move closer to the group.

Horatio gestures to the cogitator banks. "Do what thou wilt, Brother Brokenheart. But be warned. We have limited power and the power we do have is spent on illumination and security. If you do divert the power. Do it quickly, lest the beast find their way inside."

Curtis moves towards the huddle of survivors. They shuffle about nervously as she approaches.

"How have you survived this long?" The guardswoman asks.

One of the men, a gaunt squire with a scruff of blond beard looks at her wide eyed. "Well ma'am, we have been diligent in our faith. It is the Emperor who has preserved us from the darkness." He makes the sign of the Aquila and then look down at his shoes.

Stig loiters around looking at all of the strange instrument displays. He has little comprehension of the discussion at hand.

[guardsman001]

Lucious will go to the cognator banks and support the power using a maximum amount of power he can give using his potentia coil, along with siphoning off the rest from the illumination, if he is able to get into the system, he will attempt to access the main data server that may hold any information about the mine, why it was activated? what was mined there? and was anyone staffed there that could have led to this.

Curtis will move her hand to his chin and pull it up. she will say "do not look down for the emperor will not let his faithful suffer for longer then they can stand, we all do our part in order to enact his will"

[ImperialServant]

Lazerus and Stig are going to loiter around waiting for the results of Lucious' inquiry.

[Wayne S]

Curtis puts her scarred hand to the chin of the blond crewman and raises it up. "Do not look down, for the Emperor will not let his faithful suffer for longer than they can stand. We all do our part in order to enact his will."

The crew man stares at her wide eyed, a single tear slips down his cheek.

Lucius stomps past them.

A long thin cable snakes from Lucius' crimson hood and slips into a port on the cogitator with a barely audible click. The tech priest's body freezes in place and the lights flicker around the room and then grow very dim. The banks of logic engines begin to hum with a high pitched whine and lights and dials come to life.

Everyone else stands silently waiting.

Inside the virtual data stores of the mine complex super system, Lucius begins his search. He skims through thousands of report nodes and status points.

The information comes to him in hundreds of fragments. The half machine priest assembles the bits efficiently into a basic report.

As he follows the trail of data into the electronic storage banks of Outpost #12 he is suddenly struck with an overwhelming sense of deja vu. He stops to recheck the digital enviroment and realizes in a microsecond he is surrounded by scrap code. The same twisted scripts he has encountered all along this mission. It spirals around his mind calling to him and seeking a way into his mind. Dark tendrils of corrupt data needling into his enhanced nervous system. Lucius snaps his mind closed and withdraws quickly, leaving the scrap code howling his name in a matrix of hot white light.

The lights return to normal levels as Lucius withdraws his cable from the machine.

His report is a sharp monotone from his vox speaker.

"The reactor was activated by an unknown from the control node in the #12 outpost. This was an illegal intrusion perpetrated by a blunt force security data ram. In this case corrupted scrap codes, obviously the work of the same villains we have been pursuing. The outpost was mothballed and then mine closed as Horatio has indicated. The enemies have broken in and hijacked the systems there. The outpost has been brought up to full operations status and is drawing considerable power from the reactivated grid. There is a magnetic train which connects this space port with the outpost, for the expedient shipment of Serriex Ore. There is also a beacon trail which can be followed overland by an all terrain personnel vehicle. The Mag-train being the faster of the two choices."

As Lucius recounts the information, the others loiter about impatiently. Horatio nods along with Lucius's words. The psykers huddle together whispering from inside their hoods.

[ImperialServant]

"Lucious, can you shut the reactor back down?" Lazerus will ask

"If you can do that, it should make our fight inside the outpost much easier. The Mag-Train is almost certainly a trap and the overland route would give us more options for entry once we get there." Lazerus will continue.

"What is your opinion on the matter Lucious?" Lazerus will ask.

[guardsman001]

Curtis will remove her hand from the man's chin and wipe the tear away saying "there, there... the emperor truly protects, and when things come to fruition you will see you have served a purpose on this world for him, and that his will was done as he saw fit."

Lucious will look over to Lazerus and say "the entire system has been corrupted and I am unable to dissengage the reactor, it looks like a destruction of the main reactor is all we can hope for to shut down this monstrosity. also I have seen this handy work before previously in our mission, this abomination's grasp is quite impressive." Lucious will look back at his notes to see if he missed anything he could compare with his past experiences with the scrap code half paying attention he will also mention "I would also recommend the vehicle's route seeing how infected the systems around the area are with scrap code"

[ImperialServant]

"Alright, I guess that was a little much to hope for. Curtis, get the vehicle warmed up. Lucious, make sure she has the navigation data she needs. Everybody else, in the back." Lazerus will bark.

Stig will head to the transport and man his usual turret position.

"Thank you for your cooperation Horatio. If you or any of your men would like to accompany us they would be greatly appreciated." Lazerus will say to Horatio before boarding the transport himself.

[Wayne S]

Curtis removes her hand from the man's chin and wipes the tear away. She whispers to him, "There, there... the emperor truly protects, and when things come to fruition you will see you have served a purpose on this world for him, and that his will was done as he saw fit."

"Lucious, can you shut the reactor back down?" Lazerus asks.

"If you can do that, it should make our fight inside the outpost much easier. The Mag-Train is almost certainly a trap and the overland route would give us more options for entry once we get there." Lazerus continues.

"What is your opinion on the matter Lucious?" Lazerus asks.

Lucious looks over to Lazerus.

"The entire system has been corrupted and I am unable to dissengage the reactor, it looks like a destruction of the main reactor is all we can hope for to shut down this monstrosity. I have seen this handy work before in our mission, this abomination's grasp is quite impressive." Lucious looks back at his notes to see if he missed anything he could compare with his past experiences with the scrap code. Half paying attention he mentions "I would also recommend the vehicle's route seeing how infected the systems around the area are with scrap code."

"Alright, I guess that was a little much to hope for. Curtis, get the vehicle warmed up. Lucious, make sure she has the navigation data she needs. Everybody else, in the back." Lazerus barks.

Stig climbs into the transport and mans his usual turret position. The witches pull on their suits and climb back into the Dakar with out a word. The rest of the tea suits up and follows.

"Thank you for your cooperation Horatio. If you or any of your men would like to accompany us they would be greatly appreciated." Lazerus says to Horatio before boarding the transport himself.

"Of course, certainly. We will all accompany you. This is the Emperor's will." Horatio says excitedly. He and his group suit up and stand expectantly at attention.

There is only room in the Dakar for two additional personnel.