Waking Up In A Med-Pod
Just as I was searching for a way back to Crematoria in this strange port ... The next thing I see is the inside of a medical pod. Fuck! And what else can it be?! One filled with breathable liquid. Seeing through the window all I see are a few more pods and a room from one of those old cyberpunk movies. Where I am now? After the some of the pods open I can at least recognize someone: Moxmen Ho. From six pods in total only three opened. The other person is at least a normal human. The three other pods display error messages. Moxmen rips its lid open, but that kills the person inside. Well ... so much for first aid. A Voice over speakers urges us to stop. She says the pods are not ready yet. Looking inside the remaining two I can make out the form of Dhovos Syn Priboya in one of them. With no other option we will listen to the women. Hopefully Dhovos can be saved.
Getting The Briefing
The other man introduces himself as Isaac Gabriel Fletcher. And the only thing that he wants in all this chaos is his cane... The Voice's nickname is Augur. She transferred our minds to this universe. So ASCII and I were wrong. We are not in the same galaxy. This is getting more and more complicated. After some horrible coffee and noodles she starts explaining: Augur tells us, that in this 'verse Earth was hit by a meteor and some island is missing. This world is ruled by cooperations and she forced us here to steal something for one of them: a hard drive. And all the payment we get is a ticket back into our real bodies. Our current ones are brain-dead people. And there I was on that strange ship and thought that nothing could be crazier.
Starting An Investigation
With no other choice we three start investigating. First: Where is the hard drive? All that Augur has is a serial number and the name of the corporation: Psisys Consolidated. So I get straight to work: Access the nearest computer and start hacking away at Psisys inventory system. But shortly before I can narrow its position to one of 5 buildings Augur cuts all my connections. Tells me to stop doing that. I tripped to many security systems on my way in. What else should we do? Especially if she seems somewhat unwilling to help directly. And then she congratulates me: I found the building the drive is in.
Analyzing Floor Plans
She pulls up a the floor plans of a skyscraper. One of Psisys's buildings. But the trouble is: The drive is below that building in an underground complex. Only accessible via one of two elevators. One of the at the second level of the skyscraper - which is a security floor that cannot be accessed via the skyscrapers normal elevators. And the second on is connected to a neighboring building - a whole building full of security guards. Coming from Crematoria I recognize a prison if I see one. And this underground complex is not much different. Getting in and out will be no easy task.