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Day 2
12th March 2189
05:30 Earth Central European Time
Barnard's Rest Colony, Titan
As the door swings open Marshal Favre moves into Kingsley's office, sweeping her pistol from side to side. Her face one of intense concentration. Virgil steps inside the door frame and behind him Sam and Kiara look on.
Within the room, just inside the door, Dr Johnson is kneeling down beside what looks like a conference table tipped on its side. His arms bent and resting on the floor, head hanging down. Protruding from the centre of his chest is a jagged columnar fragment of rock or crystal. The shard is multifaceted and pearlescent in the patches where it is not oozing with blue fluid and a thicker white substance. A stub of crystal is visible sticking out of his back. More of the blue liquid covers Jojo's shirt and wells from his mouth, dripping into a pool on the floor. His clothing is torn around the shoulders and stained further.
Nicole looks down at Jojo, seemingly unfazed, 'What the 'ell happened to you?'
12th March 2189
05:30 Earth Central European Time
Barnard's Rest Colony, Titan
As the door swings open Marshal Favre moves into Kingsley's office, sweeping her pistol from side to side. Her face one of intense concentration. Virgil steps inside the door frame and behind him Sam and Kiara look on.
Within the room, just inside the door, Dr Johnson is kneeling down beside what looks like a conference table tipped on its side. His arms bent and resting on the floor, head hanging down. Protruding from the centre of his chest is a jagged columnar fragment of rock or crystal. The shard is multifaceted and pearlescent in the patches where it is not oozing with blue fluid and a thicker white substance. A stub of crystal is visible sticking out of his back. More of the blue liquid covers Jojo's shirt and wells from his mouth, dripping into a pool on the floor. His clothing is torn around the shoulders and stained further.
Nicole looks down at Jojo, seemingly unfazed, 'What the 'ell happened to you?'
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"He's an android!" gasps Sam. "That's hyrdodynamic fluid." This is even more disturbing to her than the thought that this had happened to a human, but she barely keeps it together.
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Kiara states, fascinated, at Jojo.
“The workmanship is astounding...”, she whispers, momentarily forgetting that, when she saw him last, the doctor was a living, breathing, human being.
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“An android. Bloody typical.” Virgil mutters sarcastically. “What’s the white stuff?”
Having glanced at Jojo’s body he then starts looking carefully around the room, especially at the ceiling, but doesn’t stray too far from the main door.
Having glanced at Jojo’s body he then starts looking carefully around the room, especially at the ceiling, but doesn’t stray too far from the main door.
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Jojo lifts his head slightly to look at the others. He opens his mouth to speak but only manages to drool more hydrodynamic fluid. The effort drains him and he lets his head droop back down again, silently contemplating the shard in his chest.
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Totally ignoring Jojo, and keeping a careful eye above, Virgil sidles over to the far side of the room. He bends down to a figure in a colourful shirt,
“Kingsley?” He says and puts his hand gently on the shirt.
“Kingsley?” He says and puts his hand gently on the shirt.
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Like Sam, Kiara is also absorbed in the android and thus barely registers Virgil.
“This is a serious piece of high-end kit. We should certainly try to repair it, or at least extract the backup memory and find out why it’s here.
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"Right," says Sam. "I'll handle the physical parts, and you can get the computer bits in working order." She sets to work on repairing the physical damage, with priority to Jojo's speech center.
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Kiara nods and sets to work.
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Kiara and Sam can see that there is extensive damage to Jojo. He has lost a lot of hydrodynamic fluid and there is major destruction to his chest and shoulders. Where the shard of crystal penetrates his body there must be catastrophic internal injuries, likely even compromising his endoskeleton and essential subsystems. It is not going to be possible to repair him here. Usually androids are repaired in a cybernetic lab, like a cross between an advanced engineering facility and a medical centre. It might be possible to do some basic work using a combination of tools from the Engineering Centre and the Medical Clinic. But first they're going to need to remove that lump of rock.
As Virgil reaches out for the figure in the chair a hand shoots up and grabs his wrist. The man looks up, it is indeed Administrator Kingsley, his colourful shirt covered in blood and bulging in an odd way. Under his cap, Kingsley gives Virgil a twisted smile. His face is pale and strangely mottled. 'Change of plans' he hisses, breath stale but almost sweet, like rotting fruit.
As Virgil reaches out for the figure in the chair a hand shoots up and grabs his wrist. The man looks up, it is indeed Administrator Kingsley, his colourful shirt covered in blood and bulging in an odd way. Under his cap, Kingsley gives Virgil a twisted smile. His face is pale and strangely mottled. 'Change of plans' he hisses, breath stale but almost sweet, like rotting fruit.
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As does Kiara.
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Disgusted, Virgil tries to pull his hand away.
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While Virgil talks to Kingsley and Sam and Kiara examine Jojo, Nicole is pacing the room, handgun still drawn. She seems agitated. 'Why is there a concealed synth on this investigation, and what happened to it?' Moses has been standing silently at the rear of the room. Not saying anything or showing any signs of emotion. Finally he says 'This isn't right. This isn't what I signed up for. what's going on?'
At this point two more people arrive in the room, Isabella and Li. Isabella blurts out, 'What the actual fuck?'
At this point two more people arrive in the room, Isabella and Li. Isabella blurts out, 'What the actual fuck?'
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"I was looking for words to express my thoughts," says Sam. "Those will do nicely. I don't know what this white stuff is, exactly, but it's moving up the crystal, not just down it. That's...not natural. Not that any of this is. I think we have to consider the possibility that...the synth is...contaminated."
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"JoooooJooooo" Jojo's words come out in bubbles. He attempts to stand but is unsteady with all the damage.
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Ever the scientist, Kiara ignores the hubbub around her and concentrates on Jojo. Agreeing with Sam, she steps smartly away from the android.
“He’s contaminated alright.”
She jabs some keys on her datapad.
“Jojo, can you hear me? Can you connect wirelessly to my device so I can access your memory files?”
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Virgil crouches down and whispers.
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