SLA Industries: Binary Soul

[Dog Pants]

I'll assume everyone else has made their way over to Downtown and is following, unless anyone wants to spend the entire BPN in the cafe?

[The Shutting Downs]

Hal and Deej have transport, I think Grimmie and Dirk fit in Hals car, Eraser had to get the bus

[Roman Totale]

Hal and Deej have transport, I think Grimmie and Dirk fit in Hals car, Eraser had to get the bus

I'd like to see an alternative history where Rosa Parks was a Stormer.

[The Shutting Downs]

[deject]

I forgot to mention, that's some ace artwork of the factory entrance. Did you draw that Pants?

I'll switch on the UV and check the joint out.

[Dog Pants]

Not quite, I found a source image of semi-disused Russian missile test facility and potatoshopped it. I'm not talented enough to actually draw.

The loading bay is pretty much empty aside from the sodden debris and detritus you have to pick your way through. Across the other side of the room is another, similar pedestrian door and three meter-square holes in the wall in a row beside it.

[deject]

So we're supposed to be looking for data flow? It looks like we'll probably be in here for a bit. Should we split up and look around?

[Joose]

Hal will indeed have followed in the car, giving a lift to whoever wants one. I'm not going to stay sat in my car this time, although I will be making sure the big fellas are going ahead

Actually, could Dirk spare one of his remote cameras? We could hide it in the car to keep an eye out for miscreants messing with either the car or deej's bike.

Anyone got infrared for their peelers? Data flow implies computers, and computers make heat. Might stand out in a place as brown bread as this, even through a wall or two.

[Roman Totale]

Dirk will hand over a mini-cam and flip his infra-red monocle down. Eye spy...

[Dog Pants]

Nothing shows up as being warm in IR.

[The Shutting Downs]

Nothing shows up as being warm in IR.

Paranoia kicking in for things that are room temperature but moving....

[The Shutting Downs]

I fink we all need ta stick close on dis wun Deejec, lotsa bad stuff lives in 'empty' Downtown bloks.

Anewun got sum light?

Unslinging the Mangler, as soon as someone with a torch *cough*Dirk*cough* throws some light on the subject.

[Roman Totale]

Time for the Ebb Disco Ball!

Free floating orb that illuminates a 30m area (with Illumination Gem). Also, is anything appearing on my motion scanner or audio enhancements that I completely forgot I had?

[Dog Pants]

Nope, nothing. The light reflects off the filthy, dripping water but nothing else is moving. You can't hear anything but the drip-drip of the water and the muffled noises of the city outside.

[Roman Totale]

Onwards, deej!

[deject]

Let's start with the meter-square holes, since there isn't anything obvious here.

Detect (5): 2, 4 + 5 = 11

[The Shutting Downs]

So Marching order?

Deej,
Eraser,
Hal,
Dirk,
Grimmie?

[Dog Pants]

As it happens they all look to lead into the same room. Rusting ranks of rollers lead down from the holes to the level below, covered in the rotting remains of a rubber belt. Beyond, the rollers continue into the murk. Each line is flanked on both sides by decaying stacks of shelves covered in the unidentifiable remains of whatever was held on there, and above hang limp mechanical limbs which once performed whatever monotonous task went on here. You also notice, upon approaching the holes, a slight background of electronic noise in your headset.

[deject]

Sounds like we're on the right track.

I'll try and walk the room to see if the noise gets louder or more intense in any particular. First, I'll start by picking appropriate x and y axises, then using any info from that to try to isolate where the noise is strongest.

[Dog Pants]

Walk around the loading bay? It's only really audible near the holes, and even then it's very quiet. You can use your climbing gear to get higher and it seems to fade out again as you climb.