- Still in Meat Processing Plant
- We find a map of The Kingdom
Map of the Kingdom
- Underground:
- The Surface
- We find a large circular room
- Fight some turrets and get the Net Cannon (we will never use this)
- At some point we get Meat Factory Administrator’s Key Card (Locked), Nes attunes to it
- Enter the circular room and find a terminal
System Events Terminal
Link to original> ERROR: THE FOLLOWING ERROR(S) HAVE OCCURRED IN LIVESTOCK PEN 4.1.13.22: SKYBOX BREACH HUMANE SLAUGHTER MACHINE MALFUNCTION IMMEDIATE FIX REQUIRED. > WARNING: THE FOLLOWING EVENT(S) HAVE OCCURRED IN SECTOR 4.1.13: LIVESTOCK PEN 11: EARTHQUAKE EVENT LIVESTOCK PEN 21: EARTHQUAKE EVENT LIVESTOCK PEN 23: EARTHQUAKE EVENT LIVESTOCK PEN 37: EARTHQUAKE EVENT LIVESTOCK PEN 38: EARTHQUAKE EVENT SATISFACTION INDEX DECREASING. ACTION RECOMMENDED. > deploy 12 hours anesthetic gas and 1 menderBot team to livestock pen 4.1.13.22 > DEPLOYMENT APPROVED. ESTIMATED ARRIVAL IN 3 HOURS. > use sEnding system recipient: 4.1.13.11 4.1.13.21 4.1.13.23 4.1.13.37 4.1.13.38 message: "a calamitous demon threatening to harm your village has been slain. the danger has subsided. you are saFe under our protection." > MESSAGE SENT. > WARNING/ERROR: PACKAGING SECTOR 4.1 HAS CEASED OPERATIONS. INVESTIGATION RECOMMENDED/REQUIRED. REPLACEMENT UNIT PRODUCTION TIME: 06:10:34 > deploy investigation unit to sectoR 4.1 > DEPLOYMENT PENDING. INSUFFICIENT IDLE UNITS. CALCULATING PRIORITY OF UNIT PRODUCTION. MINIMUM TIME: 16:31:00 > REPLACEMENT UNIT PRODUCTION COMPLETE. DEPLOYING TO SECTOR 4.1. INVESTIGATION UNIT PRODUCTION TIME: 10:08:47 > URGENT WARNING: CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION HUB IS UNDER ATTACK. AUTOMATIC INCIDENT REPORT CREATED. PLEASE REVIEW AND SUBMIT. > request submission delay until the situation dEvElops further > REQUEST DENIED. INSUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION. SUBMISSION DUE IN: 00:09:50 > request submission delay until investigation into related disturbances is complete > REQUEST DENIED. INSUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION. SUBMISSION DUE IN: 00:09:42 > use administrator override request submission delay max > CONFIRMED. SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED. OVERRIDES REMAINING: 0 SUBMISSION DUE IN: 08:09:21
- We find a brain
- its the area’s administrator, Simon H. Sinclair
- He wants to help us in rebelling against Cognitia but can’t really
- We find
in a safeLetter to an Unknown Recipient
Dear unknown recipient(s),
I am writing this letter to you one week before my “retirement”. Gods know how long will have passed by the time you discover it. To start with, please allow me to apologize for the circumstances you must have found yourself in. No matter how enjoyable your time in the village was, to know that everything in your life was an elaborately constructed lie, and to see what atrocities have been committed here to your kin.
I would like to quickly defend those who once worked here. None of us had the courage that you now display, to openly fight against the established system and abandon all the comforts of familiarity. However, even the world’s smartest ruling authority was unable to lower the turnover rate of workers, although the incident rate became greatly reduced by removing any penalty for breaking working contracts here.
As per The Cognitia’s order and my approval, the entirety of this processing plant is now fully automated to prevent mental instability in workers. It will be the second fully automated sector of the kingdom, following The Mines down below. I am the last person to remain, and I suspect that I alone shall remain for hundreds of years more.
Lastly, since these will likely be my final words to anyone in this life, I would like to leave you with a blessing. May you experience all sorts of wonders and learning moments that the world beyond has to offer. May you encounter unexpected friends and find in them the strength to persevere. And may you escape from this stagnant, rotting paradise to truly be free.
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Mine Administrator's Journal
Who needs that fancy shmancy upper class auditorium? I got one right here, with my very own self-made performer! With 24 built-in dances, plus some other arts like swordplay and acting, I’ll save SO much on trips to the surface! I’m a fucking genius! Now if only I could make my job less boring too…
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I’ve figured it out. All the parts are already in place! The entertainment system operates with the help of magically enchanted strings that control the dancer’s movement, the music, everything, based on a set of reactive and adaptive instructions. All I have to do is add a sensor to detect what’s being sent up, then signal some strings to tell a puppet what to report to the Cognitia. If this works as planned, I’ll have all the free time in the world to myself!
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This is day 1 of activating the automatic worker. After 2 months of testing I’m finally confident enough to put it to actual use, and it’s working flawlessly. As I’m writing, the puppet is sitting at my desk and writing out an audit.
To be honest, I was just about ready to give up hope, since a lot of the reports were completely unusable. But after the last round of changes the system’s accuracy drastically improved, and continued growing until its reports were indistinguishable from mine. I suppose nothing can stump me for long, ha!
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Day 4 after activation. The system’s still working, and I haven’t received any errors or queries from the Cognitia. I’m honestly amazed by my own creation.
Something I hadn’t considered is that although I need to sleep and eat, my puppet can sit at that desk all day and night to work. So while I’m doing nothing, the money’s still rolling in. Maybe I can even stay a week or longer up on the surface..?
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It’s been a while since I’ve been down here. While the system has been working in my place, I’ve been on a “business trip” to the surface. I basically have unlimited income, so I could really appreciate the high class lifestyle. Made some big friends up here, even got myself a lady! And I must say, my little puppet down there isn’t half bad, but it really can’t compare to the real deal, the big stage.
Anyways, I’m back down here for hopefully the last time ever. The puppet at the desk seems to have broken down suddenly, so I gotta sub in while I order another one from the Cognitia. While I’m at it, I’ll upgrade the system to automatically order new puppets to replace the old ones. I’ll just take a nap while the strings do their thing, and when I wake up I’m outta there.
(There is a bloody message written on the desk underneath the book.) IT WONT STOP
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- We enter The Mines