"Security clearance required," the robot says.  (I'll assume Desiraye followed Kri'lik to sick bay.)  "Secured computer strongroom is guarded and off limits.  The strongroom houses the main computers and life support computers."

Anyone else doing anything?


BTW, I ran across this portrait and thought it made a funny looking Yazirian.

"Who has access?" Desiraye asks.

You gather back at the bridge, and soon hear a voice over the intercom.  It is Baralou.

"Locate that," Ellen says.

"It's up on Snobol," Fiator says.  "She must have taken the elevator up there."

They turn up the intercom and you hear Baralou calling for help.

"It's coming from the Snobol microstill," Fiator clarifies.

Ellen turns to you.  "Well, since you've got nothing to do, why don't you take the elevator up there and see what's wrong."

"Help," Baralou's voice continues.  "Help, I need someone to help before it explodes."  Then the intercom goes dead.

"I take it that would be a bad thing?" Kri'lik says in response to an explosion.

"Let's do it," Sergi says, gathering his gear to get into action.  "I'm guessing we don't have long."

"I'm with you. But just wait one minute while I check something out." Yag gets on the computer. He wants to see if that call really came from Snobol. He was taken aback when they learned that the lifeboat ejection call had been triggered within the computer from somewhere else.

"What're you thinking Yag?"

Yag determines that the call might not have originated from the microstill, but he can't figure out where it came from exactly.


The Microstill is L1 to L3 on the map.

Here are the maps again.  You are currently in M3.

MAP OF MONEYSPIDER



MAP OF SNOBOL

"Lets hope nothing bad happens while this elevator is moving along the cable." Kri'lik will check to make sure all his gear is as it should be including his atmosphere and toxi-rad devices.

"Just that something's fishy. Computers seem a little wonky, that lifeboat call was triggered by someplace other than the lifeboat, this call doesn't actually seem to be coming from the microstill. I think someone's trying to lure us up there. If we go, let's be careful."

Sergi says, "Noted."  He helps lead the group to the elevator

Desiraye puts her hands on her hips after she listens to Yag's thoughts on what has just happened.  "I really don't like the way this is going.  There's too much stuff going on here since we got back and really since we've gotten back on this ship.  Now, we're getting distress calls that originating from where they should be, the Captain questionably commits suicide, and we just had one of the ships crew just try to destroy the electronics.  Do we go and check this out?"

Sergi says, "If we're wrong and don't help, someone could die.  I'm itching for some action anyway."
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Desi shakes off a smile and looks at Sergi, "I hate it when you're right Sergi.  I guess we're going!"

"Yeah, I guess so."

"This Matrix has to be here as well. But why can we not detect it? Remember the strange acting robot when we first cam on board Moneyspider? The one we had to wrestle to the ground. Perhaps we should look for some enviromental controls when we get to Snobol." Kri'lik says as he follows the rest to the elevator and up to the moon.

Sergi says, "Yeah, if that robot was infected, maybe the matrix virus mutated or adapted somehow, and that's why it's different here than back on Jetsom.  Didn't one of the rescue teams actually make it back from Jetsom way back when?  Maybe they brought something then.  Or maybe we brought it on our shuttle or our maintenance robot.  I think you're right though.  This place is infected."

"Listen, if you feel that strongly about it, maybe one or two should stay back and confirm that there is or isn't a matrix virus up here now?"

"I'm going," Sergi says.  "I wouldn't want to miss any action.  I'm just sayin'..."

"I'm going too. My chances of survival are much better staying with you all then these idiots here."

"OK, I guess we're all going then!  If you're not geared up, do it now!  Screens and weapons ready to go!"

"Check. I'm ready."

When everyone is ready, we head to where we have to go to check out what this new problem is.  "Screens on, weapons ready!"