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Cam-Thoth-A replied “I understand. I will domy best.” Severing the connection hewent through
the air lock connecting the monorail to the dome. There were signs of a single man having
moved through the dust onto the monorail. The next monorail approached and Cam-Thoth-A
got on as the first android to ride the monorail in three hundred years.
A mechanical voice marked off the destinations. “This car arrives at the Camelot dome in five
minutes. The doors open for the Camelot dome for two minutes. This car arrives at the Roaring
‘20s dome in five minutes. The doors open for the Roaring ‘20s dome for two minutes. This car
arrives at the Lunar Spaceport in fifteen minutes.”
Cam-Thoth-A stared out the windows to see a perfectly formed spaceport with liquid hydrogen
storage bays, four shuttles, and the large spaceport itself. Seeing this, the android established a
connection to A-1 and reported in.
“Our cameras recorded most of this facility destroyed 300 years ago. None of our computing
systems can calculate how all of this is now repaired,” A-1 communicated. “Looking through
your eyes, many of our engineering androids notice crystal technology in facets of the spaceport
that weren’t there before. It also appears as if all of the engine systems on the four shuttles
have crystals in their matrix. There is a 7% chance alien technology worked in the repair of the
spaceport. Look, one of the shuttles is lit up in take off mode. It must be stopped.”
“The doors open for the Lunar Spaceport for 30 minutes.” came a voice from the monorail car.
As the doors open you have a difficult choice.
A –
Run for the shuttle and try to get inside to capture Stephan-Sept. Turn to Section A if this
is your choice.
B –
Run for the flight control center of the spaceport and activate an emergency shutdown for
all shuttles. Turn to Section B if this is your choice.