Aw, if only I'd gotten these rolls on a more ambitious turn...
Action!: Keep searching on Angies List for more mercenaries. When a decent amount of 5, seek out the second politician!
(4) You find a loose-cannon merc who doesn't play by the rules (of not playing by the rules, since he's a merc), a dangerous orangutang girl with a dark and troubled past, a chimp of action who lets his gun do the talking, and someone called "Frank." With the mysterious person with a dark secret from earlier, that brings your total to 5. You arrange a meeting to plan your second hit.
Call out my drones this is MY facility with unfinished robots.
(4) You don't know why, but this place seems... familiar somehow. The words "home" come to mind, but your lab had been under a warehouse in Europe... strange. You tap your giant friend with an arm-stump. "I think I know this place. Don't ask how, but I think there are robots here." A phrase comes to mind. "Kuamsha 1-1-B!...?" you call out.
A scraping noise comes from behind the concrete wall, shortly before a crackling, slightly muffled electronic voice.
"Wel/el/elcome back, Doctor. You are expect/ect/ected."Nod wisely at handless Gorilla's attempts to call out robots. Punch a hole in the wall of the facility to gain access.
(4) How curious, but it seems trapped within. Hmm. You feel the wall, tapping on it, listening... Aha! A fracture in the concrete. With a carefully placed punch of your massive fist, a door-sized slab of wall cracks, before falling towards you onto the rocky beach. A small robot trundles out on rusty treads.
"This in/individual is not on rec/ec/ecord. Is it authorized, Doctor?"Wait until the journey ends. INSIDE the ship.
(5) Your work done, you get back in the ship and return to sitting around lazily. Well, looks like the mission made it to Jupiter. Maybe it's time to go home. Or maybe it's time for some science.
Um. Do whatever I'm supposed to do while the magnets are in the process of decoupling?
(3) You inform the crew of the other modules that the detachment sequence has begun, and they will be deposited in their respective orbits in sequence. Once the last module is released on its trajectory, you will proceed to the outermost edge of the Jovian atmosphere for an experimental refueling maneuver.
Go to sleep.
(5) You feel that a chimp in your condition doesn't need to be disturbed by your pet's internet search habits, and decide to get some much-needed rest.
Figure out if there's anything wrong on the ship.
(5) As your craft goes beyond the orbit of the moon, a government satellite in lunar orbit relays a message to your encrypted communicator. "Captain... the purpose of this station will be of vital importance to the future of the Empire. As such, the individuals aboard your craft are all considered vital to the success of this mission. Every. Single. One. And yet, we have intelligence linking one of them to... dangerous people. We don't know who. But as chief of security, it is your job to find out before this ship reaches its destination, and to prevent any leaks or sabotage. And remember: everyone on board is needed. There is too much at stake here for politics to get in the way. Make sure this subversive remembers that."
look up why cybernetics is regarded as it currently is.
(6) You find many comprehensive articles on the subject, but what you learn only horrifies you.
As well as being associated with increasing the intelligence of inferior creatures, as it offers a possible method, cybernetics is seen as a challenge to the popular idea of the Perfection of the Ape. The Five Species, though seemingly quite different, are together seen as physically perfect, the most beautiful products of living nature. To attempt to improve upon these body plans is to say that the current hominid body is defective in some way. There are movements, of which the government is somewhat supportive, to increase acceptance of the field, but scientists known to be involved face a hostile public in many places, and violence against proponents and the amateur bod-modding subculture is common.
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