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Make use of them if you need to. I'm

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who. Won. Com

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Current Reports. Cannons.

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Report Adrian Van de Eight

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I've never. Night is really

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fission. March. Twenty third,

2:32

Twenty Two Eleven. Since

2:35

you asked about it most fervent,

2:37

they have a game with Stephanie

2:39

Somerset situation So to be honest,

2:41

there's not much to tell. You.

2:43

Have all the same information we have. Everything

2:47

points to her using Victory as

2:49

a proxy to steal the artifacts

2:51

in question. Though. Whether the

2:53

artifact was being stolen to order

2:55

so she could send it to

2:57

fund a crusade or something she

2:59

needed a further, it is impossible

3:01

to to without more analysis to

3:03

determine what it is. And yes,

3:05

I will begin assigning a few

3:07

spare hands to look into it

3:09

as they become available. But

3:11

we have been more the physio the

3:14

heading case you hadn't noticed so I

3:16

will not be giving it top priority.

3:19

So. While I'm sure you'd love to get your

3:21

hands on a lead to bring her down and put

3:23

another feather in your path. You're. Just

3:25

going to have to be patient. So.

3:29

Know it occurs to me that when

3:31

you first began working home and eat

3:33

and I told you the story of

3:35

a rebels you know technologist who stole

3:38

an exploration vessel and set off on

3:40

a one woman crusade to keep the

3:42

west of Pop, them and technology from

3:44

falling into human hands. you actually said.

3:47

Good. Sir. How.

3:49

Times have changed day. Now.

3:54

On to things more relevant to

3:56

our current situation. There

3:59

have been a number the development

4:01

since the last report, but since

4:03

most of whom contradict each other,

4:05

I'm going to leave the interpretation

4:07

to others. Largest.

4:10

Of course is the recovery

4:12

or capture of Nabhan. I

4:15

don't see no technologist, Johan

4:17

Moolah. Who. Has found hiding

4:19

out in one of the storage has as

4:21

of the number night as compound where he

4:24

had been living like a rabbit in a

4:26

borrows somewhere in the walls. if he can

4:28

believe it. Recordings and

4:30

other files he had created were found

4:32

with him which have been added to

4:34

cut his workload. The. Lows evaluation

4:37

is ongoing and Celia and

4:39

Doctor Chance of informed me

4:41

that is not especially lucid.

4:44

And seems very frightened. A.

4:48

Sudden appearance without any son of

4:50

the others is set more than

4:52

a few tongues wagging. Most

4:55

asking the same question. Is

4:57

he in some way responsible for the deaths

5:00

of all the others? Did. He

5:02

create this situation and doom the

5:04

mission. Could.

5:06

He be there gordon. I'd

5:10

write it off his paranoia, but.

5:12

With. Everything that's happened. Paranoia.

5:15

Seems the more than fair response.

5:18

And. The same so certainly crossing

5:20

my mind. Even.

5:23

Kept him Francis is entertaining the

5:25

ocean. He's. Had two of his

5:27

marines outside the med bay door the whole

5:29

time. Celia. Has

5:32

been very vocal as only

5:34

they can about their present.

5:38

Speaking. Of Peru. rumors.

5:40

In the general mood. People.

5:43

Have been based, elated it and

5:45

frustrated that Francis in I took

5:47

the decision to whole surface searching

5:49

for now. On the

5:52

one hand, I think everyone's glad not

5:54

to be spending shift off to shift

5:56

in the crawlers covering endless white ground.

6:00

That. Are the same time. It leaves

6:02

people with less work to occupy their

6:04

time and that's not good for a

6:06

bunch of workaholic save spent far too

6:08

much time in danger or over the

6:11

course of this year and know they're

6:13

still in it. However,

6:17

It. Has seen like busy work.

6:19

The longer we've been hit the

6:21

further we search, especially as more

6:23

and more for way seeing suggests

6:26

They never left side and as

6:28

the weather outlook for the next

6:31

few days suggest a further west

6:33

inning of what are already very

6:35

cold and windy conditions it seems

6:38

prudent. Was

6:40

assigned a few more. People to help Kathy's

6:42

delegated some others to help then down

6:44

in chain that aids than support attempts

6:46

to get the on the doors. The.

6:49

Rest star in their pods and

6:51

all compound. Back of the work

6:54

they would have been completing on the

6:56

journey home if we hadn't been diverted.

6:59

So you can expect some resumption of

7:01

data and photo op reports from our

7:03

efforts on tested. The.

7:06

Availability of extra personnel made

7:08

it easier to manage all

7:11

excursion be on the door

7:13

which occurred late afternoon yesterday.

7:16

Due. To concerns over the broken

7:18

container in the video of holistic

7:20

view on and mice In his

7:23

own excursion, we set up a

7:25

full biological containment protocol as a

7:27

precaution. Suits. Sales screening.

7:30

The works. But.

7:33

That's not what I remember most from

7:35

that moment when the doors were open

7:37

the first time. The. Left

7:40

is engaged and the door opened.

7:43

And we saw that the area beyond.

7:46

Was. Devoid of anything. And.

7:48

All Of. this. Every. one.

7:51

Letter to sign and it

7:53

wasn't relief. Since. The

7:55

term thing. There

7:58

was disappointment. All

8:00

of us subconsciously in deep dark

8:02

places we wouldn't have knowledge to

8:05

anyone else. Was. Secretly

8:07

hoping to see bought beyond

8:09

that door. To. Have an

8:11

answer. To know this

8:13

ordeal was over. To.

8:16

Not have to do this anymore. That's

8:20

a hell of a thing to say that

8:22

we'd rather eighty seven people be dead and

8:24

have to carry on like this. So.

8:28

That's where where act. So.

8:30

They were nobody's There are none

8:32

in the chamber's beyond. The people

8:34

are still working on mental eggshells

8:36

and waiting for something to jump

8:38

out at them. When

8:41

I say that this crew is

8:43

fragile, when I say that we're

8:45

not in a place to deal

8:47

with this. This is

8:49

what I'm talking about. We.

8:52

Want the other shoe to drop?

8:56

Or they outside inside alive,

8:58

dead and men are a

9:00

victim. A matter of survival.

9:02

Is this site a church

9:04

to military base? On what

9:06

do all the warnings mean?

9:10

And. Does or employer actually

9:12

care whether any of us

9:15

live or die? At

9:18

one starting to crop up more and more. Especially

9:20

since you overhauled bends original judgment to

9:23

hold off on opening up the site

9:25

into more. study had been made of

9:27

the into cable. Or. A

9:30

whole new to see. It

9:33

was. ha. Oh

9:36

we. Say. Woo.

9:44

Who. Who.

9:46

Who. Come

9:48

in support.to see the Athena reporting

9:50

they eight of the Never Night

9:52

as relief mission. This.

9:54

Is now officially the Pinball Report as

9:57

I bumped around. Some things you know

9:59

archaeologist. For in the detective

10:01

to babysitting and witness evaluation. I

10:04

know my resume pigs me as a bit of

10:06

a dealer taunt, but I ultimately settled on Xena

10:08

Biology for a reason. But

10:11

this is for. Someone.

10:14

Needs to take on the responsibility of

10:16

determining exactly what kind of development in

10:18

this whole rescue mission. Saw the Johan

10:20

Mueller represents and been his best equipped

10:23

to handle developments at the site. While.

10:25

Cathy has gotten into a good groove working

10:27

through the information from the Never Nine. Dismission.

10:31

So. Now here I am. The.

10:33

Same medical bay where I recovered from

10:35

my unfortunate near death from dehydration. Working.

10:38

To understand what's happening now. while

10:40

also remembering that Johan is a person

10:42

and not a puzzle first and foremost,

10:45

It seems someone should. But

10:49

this is also fine. Because.

10:51

I have never held strong associations

10:53

between places and past events and

10:55

I've always enjoyed took the Chung's

10:57

company. Thank. You. What?

10:59

Is not Fine is if he and

11:02

I are forced to do this while

11:04

having armed guards stationed at the door

11:06

with strict orders from Captain Francis that

11:08

that door remains open at all times.

11:10

Were. Just doing our job. Doctor Vanilla

11:12

and. You couldn't do it from the other

11:14

side of a lockable door. Secure enough to

11:17

prevent lots of oxygen so this could be

11:19

breached while in a semi a hostile atmosphere.

11:21

You've. Already handcuffed him to the bed

11:24

and violated his right to private treatment.

11:26

Is. That not enough for you. I'm afraid

11:28

you'll have a ticket up with get the free. I

11:31

shall try that, Rest assured, The.

11:36

Problem Jennifer. Is that?

11:38

Whatever Mueller may have said or done, it

11:40

has been extremely hard to get him to

11:42

cooperate or open up when he sees himself

11:44

as a prisoner. Actually,

11:47

I'm not entirely sure that he sees

11:49

himself as anything at this moment. He's.

11:52

Not always lucid when he's conscious,

11:54

And. Comes to panic that the restraints. Meaning.

11:57

That Chung has to sedate him before he can

11:59

harm. And the

12:01

cycle has continued for the better part

12:04

of two days. We.

12:07

Did finally have a little luck earlier this

12:09

morning. And I recorded our

12:11

brief conversation. That.

12:16

You can't touch me. Say that.

12:19

Sort. Of one of them? Aren't sure. Where

12:22

did you come from? Why are you hear? Or

12:25

see what they became. What's the others?

12:28

retirement? Why? Are

12:30

you here? Legally

12:32

allowed to say yes. Please.

12:36

Johan. My name is Doctor

12:38

Chong. I would like to

12:40

examine you. Do.

12:43

You know, lila? This

12:45

is midday of the her out of his task

12:47

force. We. Were sent to find out

12:49

what happened to you and the rest of your crew.

12:52

What do you mean by for the others became.

12:56

What? Happens. For.

12:58

Protests. But. You're

13:01

already on. Miss it! You

13:03

are due to be appointed until April. What

13:06

datasets? March. Twenty So.

13:09

You. See We were evacuated off.

13:11

This is a threat. You're. Lying.

13:15

Or not says your. Site.

13:17

That had such risk Thoughts:

13:19

tax rates Johan I just

13:22

want to look at your

13:24

eyes. Are

13:27

you might seem to this that. So.

13:30

I see how it is. it's

13:32

work last time that your project.

13:43

Damage. I mean, I both.

13:46

Know. What

13:49

is? It.

13:51

oh. I

13:57

thought he was as he with is there for a second

13:59

that time. We've

14:03

been through some version of that cycle

14:05

four times now. I think that was

14:07

one of the better conservation. Generally, when

14:09

he regains consciousness, he seems to have

14:11

forgotten what happened to the previous. It

14:15

is possible that he's had some sort of free

14:17

quick break as a result of what happened, but

14:19

then I'm not. Would

14:22

become. I felt that

14:24

kind of the guy though. But

14:27

yes, some sort of break or

14:29

Ptsd is certainly a possibility Door

14:31

of course, we cannot yet be

14:33

sure what he has experienced or

14:35

witness that might have caused it.

14:38

Was about his physical health. Apart

14:41

from exhaustion and other indicators of

14:43

high stress, he is in good

14:46

overall health. Given your concerns about

14:48

the. Containers phone at the site.

14:50

I've done scans and detests and

14:52

found no foreign. Bodies viruses or

14:54

other a non biological contaminants in

14:56

the system. He's.

14:59

Doing well do would be

15:01

i suspect version better. If

15:03

you were treated with great the decency.

15:05

Oh also I want to mention that

15:08

there are a number. Of redacted sections

15:10

in his personal file and medical history.

15:12

I've put in a request to get

15:14

the complete files and true. Yes,

15:17

That brings me to the other point. I

15:19

wanted to. Actually, wait a

15:21

moment. Excuse me doctor,

15:23

I shall return. Momentarily I'm

15:25

suddenly overtaken by the urge.

15:28

To take a wall. Of

15:30

course. Enjoy

15:36

your walk up. And

15:48

I'd rather a whole. Load

15:52

and. I

16:05

didn't want most of. The giving the

16:07

difference to. It already stopped by several

16:09

times asking when he might be able

16:11

to interrogate the prisoner and I do

16:14

not feel that it is in anyone's

16:16

best interests of this be allowed until

16:18

Mueller has been given more time to

16:20

recover himself. He is not

16:22

a suspect yet, and when I pointed

16:24

this out the francis he said that

16:26

one of you eggheads going rogue is

16:28

hardly without precedent, which even knowing it

16:30

was a poor attempt at humor on

16:32

his part I did not take well.

16:36

I'm not suggesting new the shouldn't be

16:38

interviewed. I'm pragmatic about that. I

16:41

just feel that a more time

16:43

is required and be some oversight

16:45

of the process is needed with

16:47

tongue or the very least someone

16:49

else prison. Aphorisms

16:51

about flies, honey and vinegar

16:53

come to mind, and Mueller

16:55

is genuinely fragile. And

16:58

a man who would invoke Gordon Myth a way

17:00

of getting a rise out of me is not

17:02

a man I feel should be heading up any

17:04

interview. And

17:07

for that matter, I genuinely don't believe

17:09

the near the had anything to do

17:11

with this. But as I bounced from

17:14

one side of this investigation to the

17:16

other, I keep being left with more

17:18

questions and every answer contradict something we're

17:20

seeing somewhere else. And

17:24

to top it all off, Jennifer,

17:26

you keep persisting with your little

17:28

questions. It's hardly professional to

17:31

be repeating the same personal questions

17:33

over and isn't. and frankly, on

17:35

top of everything else that's taken

17:37

place over the last few months:

17:39

near death, broken wrist, people I

17:41

care about dying, being dragoon into

17:43

a rescue mission. I

17:45

don't have the time to consider.

17:47

Little won't dignify the sheer insanity.

17:52

You. Know hot at to the I will.

17:55

If only to stop you asking? Why

17:58

have I been so reluctant to be in touch? Why

18:00

do I not want to do reports? Do

18:03

you? specifically? Here it is.

18:05

It's. Not about taking signs, It's.

18:08

Not even really about the fact that

18:10

these report a condescendingly points us. Is

18:13

is actually about you. Yes,

18:18

we are friends. I

18:20

have new new for twenty years and I've

18:23

known you in ways that thin and Adrian

18:25

never did. I know your

18:27

ambition. I. Know that you know

18:29

as well as any one how going corporate.

18:31

Changes a person. And

18:33

I can already see that your

18:35

breathing streets past human into full

18:38

blown corporate overlord at record speed.

18:41

We. Both saw what happened to Tyro when she

18:44

made the jump. And. When we

18:46

both vowed that we would never let that

18:48

happen to us, I know you meant that

18:50

you thought you could do is and not

18:52

be swayed. Not that he would never climb

18:54

the ladder. And.

18:56

Then you did. Stepping. Over

18:59

Adrian. Someone who has every

19:01

reason to want to get out of

19:03

the field including a husband who suffers

19:05

a chronic illness and need support from

19:07

a partner. He spends more time on

19:09

Planet the North End the extra care

19:11

that can only I'm from either a

19:13

control, his salary or a corporate level

19:15

position. Even

19:18

then, I gave you the benefit of the

19:20

Dell. Venue

19:22

when can selected mine and the to

19:24

without including me in the process. And.

19:27

I got stuck with Cathy. And.

19:30

I gave that bill hello for weeks

19:32

because I was so she was some

19:34

sort of planned on your part. A

19:37

newly minted doctorate, Getting a core staff

19:39

job in the best team in you

19:41

docsis. She had to be

19:43

a handpicked piece. You placed on the board to

19:45

keep an eye on us. On. Me

19:47

specifically. Someone. You

19:49

could mold as he wished to what end,

19:52

I had no idea. But.

19:55

Then it turned out that she was

19:57

nothing more than the brilliant and knowledgeable

19:59

and resilient. That he appeared

20:01

and I doubted my judgment

20:03

again thinking maybe you had

20:05

seen talent and promise and

20:07

rewarded it accordingly. But

20:11

then I worked out the real. Reason.

20:14

It took me awhile but I finally

20:17

pushed together and then I knew I

20:19

had been right all along. You.

20:24

Are my friends Chin. I.

20:26

Love you. And you know me

20:28

well enough to know that I do not love

20:30

easily, know, give up on love easily. That

20:33

right? Is

20:39

Cathy even know what you know? Her

20:48

birth to. Report. Comments

20:52

Report: Captain Ever Process Twenty Third

20:54

Allies Marines reporter day it now

20:56

but I just really submission. Was.

20:59

Sent to drones through the vault door at all

21:01

night hundred on day seven. Every

21:04

precaution was hit. All decontamination procedures

21:06

followed to the letter. Thankful to

21:08

say there were no William Monsters.

21:11

Line and wait for us. As

21:13

surprised as some people seem to

21:16

realize that. There

21:18

was no sign of any members of a nominated

21:20

for either. The video

21:22

when scanned.i compared favorably to that obtained by

21:24

the knob on I described. The

21:27

only changes were that some of the number night as

21:29

equipment have been moved to the other side of the

21:31

door. Indicating that they must have

21:33

gone beyond the door. Third time and put

21:35

some equipment and place. I your

21:38

margin in preparation for further work in

21:40

the chamber's beyond. I

21:42

don't know what other kinds of things the

21:44

scientists were expecting. Reactivated

21:46

weapon systems or par hazards or

21:48

lakes or whatnot. But as near

21:50

as I could tell the place

21:53

was exactly as a hobby. As

21:56

a result, we followed up with Amanda Excursion

21:58

this morning. A small

22:00

team comprising myself to of my

22:02

squad Ben Keller, her Sergeant Harris

22:05

of Military Science and a rep

22:07

from Zino Biology Xerxes. Our. We

22:10

wore School Environment six and went through

22:12

complete decontamination at either end. We.

22:15

Supported the civilians while they

22:17

collected symbols stanford Dna, biological

22:20

contamination than the like. I'll

22:22

leave it to them to analyze any findings,

22:25

but all I noted was other was no

22:27

evidence of additional human activity in the three

22:29

chambers beyond the door. My.

22:32

Mission: A Simple. Finding.

22:34

The Missing people. Which.

22:36

Means that from my point of view, the last

22:38

point is the only salient one. I

22:41

saw from the video of holsters trap that I

22:44

struggled to get a scan of the opposite side

22:46

of the second door the end of chamber date.

22:48

On. So I decided to bring through our military

22:51

grade pro been placed against the door set

22:53

to Max Deceased. I'd give a better read

22:55

it. You will find

22:57

the image from a scam attached to my report.

23:00

You. Will note that we get most of the layout

23:02

of the chamber beyond even know some of that reflection.

23:04

a she one of the number night as people noted

23:06

was a factor. Or tic. Careful

23:08

note of those two ships on the floor

23:10

not far inside the door. The.

23:13

Scanners not precise but to my

23:15

mind's they do give the general

23:17

impression on Dateline of bodies. Costly.

23:21

Winters was kind enough to take up a

23:23

storm taken from the Nominate his equipment on

23:25

their trip through. There are fewer details, but

23:27

in a Nominate a scar on the floor

23:30

is bear in that section. Given it is

23:32

close to the door, I have to assume

23:34

that if those objects have been present previous,

23:36

something also them would have shown up. and

23:39

the skype. I

23:41

respect the need for caution. But.

23:43

This additional development makes be eager to push

23:45

forward as fast as possible. I. Will

23:48

take more precautions I can. But. Hesitation

23:50

to cost more lives than it might feasibly

23:52

see if. One. Survivor appearing

23:54

indicates the possibility of more.

23:58

Assuming that yo. Mueller as

24:00

even a survivor. I.

24:03

Know he is being difficult and assuming that

24:05

his current condition is not an act but

24:07

on to deflect us away from considering I'm

24:09

a suspect. I. Can only assume that

24:11

he is in the state he is because he

24:13

has partnered information. Night.

24:15

Doctor penalities getting between me and all

24:17

attempts to question him. They

24:20

seem to think that my placing restraints on

24:22

dogs on him as an indication of heavy

24:24

handedness. When. To my mind it

24:26

is a reasonable precautions. Given. The

24:28

sheer number of unknown factors and all

24:31

of this hands certainly an the military.

24:33

we can be known for asking direct

24:35

and probing questions. But. I believe

24:37

my record speaks for itself that I can

24:40

use a certain amount of talked when the

24:42

situation requires. All.

24:44

I'm asking is for an opportunity to speak

24:46

with Mueller. Perhaps. Under

24:49

a light sedative so that he is calmer

24:51

and can be reasoned with. Rather,

24:53

Than the constant refrain of don't Touch Me and

24:55

all the rest he's been sparked. Never since we

24:57

find of a Not hangar. Perhaps.

25:00

It will amount to nothing. And much

25:03

kiss I can only hope of. The devices

25:05

and.a we recovered along with Mueller provide us

25:07

with something. If. Not.

25:09

I. Will waste no farther time. I'll.

25:12

Give a twenty four hours for someone to

25:15

give me a reason why we should not

25:17

go beyond the second door and investigate the

25:19

to probable bodies. The. Delays have

25:21

gone on for long enough and I still

25:23

feel that the most recent ordeal suffered by

25:25

the her of his people is having an

25:27

effect on their collective judgment. I would even

25:29

to was far as to say the Barnes

25:31

herself as showing signs of breaking on the

25:34

stream. And as is making

25:36

her overly cautious. Caution:

25:38

Is all well and good? But time is no

25:40

of the essence. In

25:42

the event of Barnes break and.i will go

25:45

on record noise saying that I will take

25:47

on command responsibility for the rescue and recovery

25:49

efforts and get the job done. I

25:52

do not think anyone in a position of authority in

25:54

the out of his hierarchy would be up to the

25:56

task of replacing her. They. Are certainly

25:58

not up to making calls or token. Risk

26:00

objectively rather than jumping up mayor

26:02

shadows. Francis.

26:05

Out. Entry.

26:09

Oh. You know,

26:11

Archaeology Report. So

26:14

I've got some of these reports that I've got.

26:16

He does break because I'm trying to measure been

26:18

it's a different ideas my head and carry. just call

26:20

me com check out something stand up and. Frankly,

26:23

I'm pretty sure that I'll be one idea too many for right now.

26:25

Sorry. Okay,

26:29

so you remember Holsters comment when that

26:31

handling happened in the the episodes is

26:33

a sentence hosts dimensions of the barrels,

26:35

the cylinders whatever were represented on the

26:37

second. Call him in the editing said

26:39

it pointed to the significance in worship

26:42

or something. I don't know. Maybe he

26:44

thought they were like heirlooms of can

26:46

have a job As soon as I

26:48

know is it is Raphael. I spent

26:50

half a day on the com. There

26:52

is reference to the barrel day but

26:54

that series as symbols are clearly you

26:57

guessed it. And other warning. Way

26:59

it's clear the proximal say that under no

27:01

circumstances you the barrels. We have it. If

27:03

you look at the test fall, you said

27:05

yourself. That second image shows what I think

27:07

it's an open barrel for by the third

27:09

where it seems to be showing a representation

27:11

of the threat. Then least I'm not sure

27:13

what it's trying to say exactly. Is we

27:15

something happening to some sort of the representation

27:18

of that by the to lie for a

27:20

lot of Foxman per se. but I think

27:22

it sends her. you know any. Sense.

27:24

In Creature and the The Sega

27:26

doesn't appear to be dead, but

27:28

it's trapped covered something. All the

27:31

indications are that it sounds. Now

27:34

look I know that the reading said as

27:36

barrels and I know but what if they

27:38

weren't would never noticed, showed us or had

27:41

emptied before. They were scared of something so

27:43

know that out of in the stands with

27:45

detailed an official one way or the other?

27:47

What if they somehow emptied in responses the

27:50

drones coming and the current? it's very gone

27:52

by the time the human shut up. because

27:55

at that wants clutching at straws i mean if

27:57

the person who all about them not being open

28:00

I think it's safe to say that they make them

28:02

pretty stable. I mean, they sit there in a pottery

28:04

and if you fill a bottle with poison you'd make

28:06

damn sure it's got warning labels and a child safety

28:08

seal on it. Yeah,

28:12

it sounds like mountains out of molehills but I've

28:15

got a missing crew and an open jar that the

28:17

Proxman built this whole damn chamber on top of to

28:19

make sure they weren't open and it's

28:21

open. Alright, moving

28:23

on to the second thing before my head explodes.

28:27

I was part of a team that went in this

28:29

morning. I don't know that I have any impressions beyond

28:31

what I already got from Holster's video footage. It's

28:34

eerie, empty, close. Footsteps

28:36

don't echo the way you expect in there,

28:38

though maybe that was just because we were suited. Not

28:41

it, but the black walls and the emptiness

28:43

and all the rest. Yeah.

28:47

Well. Anyway, we

28:49

applied every test we could find to try to

28:51

determine if there was anything in there, biological

28:54

or otherwise, and came

28:57

up with nothing. So, I guess

28:59

those 10 barrels are empty after all. Maybe

29:02

the full ones are beyond door two and these were

29:04

empties waiting on refills. Who the hell

29:06

knows, mate? But nothing jumped out. Nothing

29:09

was different. No new data emerged.

29:12

In particular, no new DNA. Not

29:15

just Proxman DNA, no human DNA

29:17

either. We took swabs far and wide.

29:19

If there had been 80 people passed through those chambers,

29:21

then we would have seen it. Skin

29:23

cells, eyelashes, hairs, all that stuff. But

29:26

all of it turned up with a DNA of three people.

29:29

And you can probably guess who. Holster,

29:32

Zun, and Meisner. Which

29:35

means, unless they all suddenly decided to

29:37

wear their own suits before entering en masse, the whole

29:40

crew did not pass through those chambers. And

29:44

yeah, I know about the scans and those

29:46

outlines behind door number two and they do

29:48

give the impression of Bonnity's. I agree with

29:50

that. It was my first thought

29:52

when I saw the scan suit. But

29:55

if that's true, the next question I have to

29:57

ask is how the hell was door two raised? There

30:00

are no lifters on that side, no

30:02

evidence of life or power. So here

30:04

we are again. Host the contradictions.

30:07

The vent's not making sense. Warnings and

30:09

signs and portents and clues and half-trees. I

30:12

don't know if any of it is true or none of

30:14

it is. I

30:16

agreed with the decision yesterday to abandon the search

30:18

topside, because it was becoming clearer

30:21

that it's beyond the doors where we should be looking.

30:24

Now I've been beyond that door, and I am

30:26

less sure. Look,

30:31

I know what Captain Frantastic thinks of us.

30:35

That we're incapacitated by indecision and

30:37

caution because we've been through too

30:39

much after Teffin. And

30:42

he might even be right. But

30:45

at this moment, I'm not full of indecision

30:47

because of caution. I'm

30:50

full of indecision because everything I find makes complete

30:52

sense on its own, and no

30:54

sense when put against anything else. And

30:57

frankly, I... Ugh.

31:01

Yeah. Ben, are you coming?

31:04

Yeah. Sorry, just wrapping up my report.

31:06

I'll take the elevator up and be

31:08

with you in ten. Alright, Zelia's

31:10

on their way too. You are

31:13

not going to believe this. I

31:15

don't doubt it. Well,

31:20

now I have no idea what I was going to

31:22

say, but it would seem that Kathy is either going

31:24

to give me the one piece of information that makes

31:26

all this make sense, or add

31:28

another completely contradictory layer of bullshit. Bets?

31:31

On a bean the latter? Stay

31:35

tuned to find out. Entry

31:38

5. GATA.

31:40

Investigation. Report. Commence report.

31:46

Kathy Winters, day 8, March

31:49

23rd. So

31:51

our primary focus has been the files

31:53

that Johann Mueller had on his devices.

31:56

There were quite a number, but he

31:59

had enacted... some sort of personal

32:01

security on them, which took

32:03

the text a little while to crack. It

32:06

wasn't standard encryption, some

32:09

sort of home-brewed program of his own

32:11

devising. We really

32:13

could have used Harry on this one. Ah,

32:19

while the encryption did

32:21

slow things up, it

32:23

also inadvertently answered at least one

32:26

question we had. One

32:28

of the texts noted that some of

32:31

the code had a few distinct traits

32:33

akin to the file scrambling code, which

32:35

has been the bane of our existence

32:37

since we started sifting through the Nabinidus

32:39

data. So it would

32:42

seem we now know how that happened.

32:44

Just not why. A lot of

32:47

that going around. My first

32:49

instinct was that Mueller was covering his

32:51

tracks. That maybe he

32:53

was the reason everyone was missing

32:55

or dead. But

32:57

now we've been through most of his files,

33:00

that makes far less sense to me. I

33:03

assume he must have his reasons, even

33:06

if, given his general state,

33:08

they aren't entirely rational. But

33:12

covering up mass murder doesn't appear to be

33:14

one of them. Some

33:16

of his files were standard stuff. He'd

33:19

been working to determine whether or

33:21

not any live technology existed in

33:23

the anti chamber, scanning to

33:25

understand what mechanisms were used in the

33:28

door, that kind of thing. But

33:31

that changed the day after Hollister and

33:33

his crew went through the door. Mueller

33:36

seemed to have noticed what was going on

33:38

around him. All the strange

33:40

stuff we noticed. And

33:42

what's more, he started

33:44

surreptitiously documenting that. He

33:47

got footage of at least 15,

33:50

I think. I counted 19.

33:53

Right. The same sorts of

33:55

little things. People's limbs

33:57

acting when their owners weren't paying attention.

34:00

attention. People absent-mindedly

34:02

walking a few steps, then

34:04

stopping, unsure what they were

34:06

doing. Oh, and

34:08

that thing with Hollister and the blue light? He

34:11

did catch that too. I've attached

34:13

the file. He

34:17

had his camera on that wall Hollister was

34:19

talking about this time.

34:22

I think he was trying to observe that pair of

34:24

personnel in front of it, but you can

34:26

see the spot Hollister was referring to.

34:29

Mueller even zooms in on it, and

34:31

at that point I

34:34

think he knew that something else was coming.

34:37

No idea how, because

34:40

as we already know, he got out

34:42

of there very soon afterward. He

34:45

must have headed up the access panel aways

34:47

and then doubled back into the old time,

34:50

the one that marked the miners'

34:52

original penetration into the antechamber

34:54

from above. It seems he

34:57

placed his camera there, and after

34:59

that I think he left it

35:02

running and got the hell out.

35:06

I still don't know how or why

35:08

he knew to go, but somehow

35:12

he knew, and he just... You're

35:15

dancing around it. I

35:18

know, because I feel

35:20

like if I put it in a report,

35:22

it's real, and I'm

35:24

really not ready to deal with that. I

35:28

can hold your hand if you like. Thanks.

35:35

Miss Conley, please

35:37

make sure that you have a

35:40

screen available, because

35:42

you need to see this recording. I

35:45

can describe it, but even I don't

35:47

believe it, and I've seen it.

35:51

The file is tagged MUEL

35:53

0282, and will begin from

35:58

timestamp 9. Nine minutes,

36:00

forty seconds. Now.

36:06

All right. Gather up,

36:08

people. I need everyone's

36:10

attention a moment. Now,

36:16

our next task is going to be moving

36:19

operations beyond that first door, and

36:21

beginning the work of detail analysis and

36:23

documentation of chambers B, C and

36:26

D, while also beginning the

36:28

process of opening the second door. To

36:30

that end, I'll need everyone to begin. And

36:34

there it is. As

36:37

one, they stop. Hollister

36:41

stops talking. All

36:44

whispers cease. Then

36:47

together they turn, just

36:49

like a bunch of bots given a

36:51

new command set at exactly the same

36:53

time. And, yeah,

36:56

I can't believe I said that

36:58

either, but that's what they do.

37:02

They walk to the door. One

37:05

hits the access button for the

37:07

lifters, and nothing happens. Which

37:09

means Mula did sabotage them. And

37:12

then they just... Stop.

37:17

Still. Like

37:19

they're considering. And

37:23

now they're walking. Not

37:26

towards the door. Not

37:28

down. Up.

37:32

Out into the mine. Up

37:35

and out into the world and

37:37

out into the cold. I... Knowing

37:42

what to look for now, we went back through

37:44

the access logs to the mine entrance. It's

37:46

been tampering there too. Mula again

37:49

for whatever reason. Which, among

37:52

other things, had messed with the exact times

37:54

of access log entries. We

37:56

were able to restore it, but there was something

37:58

else we'd missed before. That

38:01

day, all access was from the outer

38:03

side of the mine entrance. Except

38:06

for Mueller, but his exit must

38:08

have been deleted. Right,

38:10

but the access coming from only the

38:12

outside was why we didn't think anyone

38:14

had left. From the

38:17

wide view on Mueller's camera, we were

38:19

able to identify everyone in that chamber.

38:22

They'd all been down there for hours. But

38:25

there was one additional access of

38:27

the site made from the outside

38:29

that comes ten minutes after this

38:31

footage was taken. One

38:34

constant sociality, a

38:37

logistics tech, opened the door, and

38:40

the door remained open for six

38:42

minutes. She

38:45

must have opened the door for them. I

38:48

assumed she was waiting up there with

38:51

the remaining Nabinitis members. And

38:54

then she and the rest left.

38:58

Maybe they took the crawler, but

39:00

I think, given how far we've

39:02

searched, how far we've scanned, that

39:05

perhaps that's the end of this

39:08

story. They walked

39:10

off into the ice and the snow like

39:13

robots. It

39:15

sounds like they're talking if they walk

39:17

away too. But

39:20

the mic doesn't really pick up what they're saying.

39:24

Yeah, that's not what gets me. The

39:26

thing is, the thing that

39:29

really kills me is that if you

39:31

zoom in, you can

39:33

see their faces and eyes. I

39:36

expected them to be blank. Dead-eyed,

39:39

like a robot. Dead-eyed,

39:43

like a zombie. But

39:46

they look. Surprised.

40:15

Julia Eve is

40:18

Adrienne Barnes. Shakira

40:27

Searle is Dr. Celia Penella. Alex

40:30

Chu is Dr. Chung. Brandon

40:33

Nguyen as Private Jin. Jaron

40:36

Bacat as Johann Mueller. Maya

40:38

Halap as Sergeant Janovich. Oliver

40:41

Smith as Captain Francis. Chris

40:44

Mageeleton as Ben Hillahurt. Jordan

40:47

Cobb as Kathy Winters. Ashleoid

40:50

as Indira Raju. Kareem

40:53

Krollsley as Victor

40:55

Hollister. Kevin Maryson as

40:58

Nichii everywhere. I

42:01

know the answer, because

42:05

thank you for listening.