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august 12th, 1983,,,
a jet airliner isflying over thepacific ocean...
captain,we have anelectricalsystemwarning
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theengines are
shuttingoff!
what thefuck?
prepare toditch
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back to our timeBerlin, 15 days before the 22ndchaos communication congress...
hey, lookover there
divineshadow!
it'sone of the
blinkenlightsbuildings!
gaius and evilarrived
yesterdayevening
The plan is:hotel, shower,a quick dinnerand then wereach the CCCguys at the
blinkenlightsbuilding
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the nextdays aregonna beexciting!
very muchindeed! first theblinkenlights,
then the shuttlelaunch andfinally theconference
later on, in front ofthe blinkenlights...
oooh...awesome!
interesting,veeery veryinteresting
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oh yes,we have somenew ideas for
the
blinkenlights.
i heardthat the chaoscomputer clubis working on
a newblinkenlinghts
project...
whatkind ofideas?
actually theyare more than
ideas, wealmost finishedthe prototype
whatis it
exactly?
oh...something
nice...
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mmhh...something...
childish!
childish?what do
you mean?
c'mon!we are
curious!
oh, don'tworry... we'll
see it soon. i seta meeting with
gaius and evil, wemeet in front ofthe new project
building
we aregoingtherenow
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welcome tothe new
version ofthe
blinkenlights
hey, it'sevil and
gaius overthere...
yeepee!
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this is an evolution of the originalblinkenlights. the building facade isused as a screen by controlling itslights and it integrates andinteracts with the squared floorlocated on the street in front of it.people can jump on the floorcausing an interaction with thesoftware . they can playvideogames, they can dance, theycan create light motives...
imagine to have two of such
buildings in two distant cities..teams of players of the twodifferent cities could even playagainst each other from remote...
the blocks on the streetare spring mounted. peoplecan jump on them, changingthe status of the light andcausing game interaction
as you see, both adults andkids love to play with it...
yeeaaah!you are a
lameloosergaius!
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Yourwordshere...
ahnf ahnf!shit, i can'tbelieve i'mloosingagainst awoman...
yes!yes!we
won!
hey, ms.angelica,you arereally a
coolplayer!
excuse memister, how did
we loose?weren't youthe "king ofthe games"?
#@!
grrrr...
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helloboys
congratula-tion gaius! youmanaged to bedefeated by a
woman and youmade a young
girl cry!
fuckyousys
well guys,
nice tohave youall here in
berlin
the pleasureis ours. areyou excitedby the nextdays events,
bad prit?yes! tellus about
theshuttlelaunch...
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sure I am! tomorrowmorning i'll have tosign in to theheisenberg launch padlocated north westof berlin.i'll be ready for thepre-flight medicalchecks. the shuttle isplanned to leave the
day after tomorrowat noon...
i'll board the first ofthe two twinshuttles, the ESA-Asimov while thesecond shuttle,named esa-hawking isplanned to belaunched after 48hours...
the shuttles are madeby five main sections,
built in differentcountries.The command sectionhas been built ingermany, therecreational/lodgingsection in spain, thecargo/storage inengland, the engineunits in france and initaly where the spaceobservatory has beenbuilt under thesupervision of margussisask, the specialist
of the estonian spaceobservatoryfoundation
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the fourth section ishosting the propulsionunits: two twin saunier-caproni engines, eachone the size of a 12stories building....
they are extremely revolutionary engines working on the quantum-decayprinciple, developed by mr. saunier and mr. caproni, french and italianentrepreneurs in the avionic industry that will be aboard the asimov
the final section is the spaceobservatory/experimental area
overall, the asimov and the hawking measure a staggering590 feet. we call them shuttles but they are truestarships, the first recreational starships ever built...
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but tellus, how didyou get theinvitationto board
theshuttle?
it'ssimple, for the
inauguration of thefirst and secondtourist space tripever they invited a
bunch ofpersonalities...
i wishi couldgo aswell...
given thatthe chaos computer club
helped saunier and caproni,the two guys who inventedthe shuttle quantum-decay
engines, to study and deploythe computational
supercomputers grid that theyused to calculate the
quantum physics dynamics
of the engines...
... they thoughtto invite a ccc
representative as well.caproni and saunier
will be also aboard thefirst shuttle
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but younever
know...younever
know...
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good morningfrom theeuronews
newschannel
two days later...
t minus 5minutes from
the asimovshuttle
launch, thefirst spacetourist ship
ever
after passing the last medical checksthe first crew of the two shuttleshas boarded the asimov ship
the ship is meant to orbit 5 timesaround mars in a journey that, thanksto the saunier-caproni engines, isplanned to last only 20 days
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captain
thomas juddis the missionleader. thecurious thingis that thesecondshuttle, thehawking willbe under thecommand ofcaptain judd'swife, lt.Janet manson
the second pilotis captainanatoly balaev,the currentdirector of therussian baikonurcosmodrome
the special guest of the mission willbe bad prit, the member of the chaoscomputer club who helped the othertwo members of the spacetrip to setup the virtual stability test of theshuttle's quantum-decay enginesprojecting a supercomputing grid
the last two crew members aremaurice saunier and antonio capronithe two scientists/businessmenbehind the development of theshuttle's revolutionary engines.these engines could be developed ina short time into civil powerreactors, that could cut off ourdependance from the traditional oil
and petroleum industry
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saunierand caproni, during their
return to earth, are to beparticipating in a bid for thebiggest energy reactor in
europe. members of variousecological associations seem
enthusiastic about the
possibility to deploy theexperimental saunier-capronitechnology for theproduction of clean
energy
three secondsto the ignition...two...one...
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ignition!the shuttle slowlylifts from thelaunch pad...
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...and quicklydisappears fromour eyes,pushed by thetwo powerfulsaunier-caproniengines
12 minutes later...
the shuttle has reachedthe gravitational
boundaries of the earth...we will cover the asimovmission with a specialedition of our newstonight at 23 gmt...
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... and we welcome you tofollow our news channelcoverage of the secondshuttle launch, takingplace after exactly 48hours from now...
hey,wouldn't
you like to
go into thespace aswell?
in theoryyes but in
reality i hadenough
stress withthe north
koreanstunt! (*)
(*) see episode 1 : war games
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sirs,we are now
at the middlepoint
betweenearth and
moon
everythingis
proceedingas per theschedule
12 hours later...
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are youguys
enjoyingthe
experience?
oh yes,it's a dream
that'sbecoming
real
saunier,don't lie,you are
justproud of
yourengine
hehe!
whataboutyoubad
brit?
oh, itis a
wonderfulexperience
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allthosestarsout
there...
ehhh..be honest,
you would liketo include all
of them in yourblinkelightsproject...
hehe,yes!
...UH? WHAT
IS THAT?
THERE
ISSOMETHNGFLASHING
OVERTHERE
uhmm...maybe a
supernova?if it is so, thenwe are lucky,
they are reallyrare
events...
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charliezeroready
charlieone ready
sir
time togo!
let's rockand roll!
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over
there is thesecondarycargo bay
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let'sopen it!
easy asa pie
thestolen
transpondercodesworked well,
sir
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captain,i read
somethingstrange
thesecond
cargo baydoor... it
seemsopened
...what?is this asensor
anomaly?
i don't
think so.moreover, allthe audio/videocommunicationchannels seems
jammed...
theenergy scanner
shows a focusedhigh energy
microwave beamirradiating our
ship
yes, thisis probably thereason why ourcommunications
are jammed
?!?hey,
what'sgoingon?
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there'ssomething
fishy here. youguys keep
checking thesensors, i'll go
down to thecargo bay tocheck that
door
uhm...
i hopeit's not
what i amthinking...
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i didn'twant to alarm ourguests but when isaw the cargo bay
door alarm i also sawthat the pressure ofthe cargo chamberdropped and then
raised back tonormal...
...butthat's
impossible!
!?!
!
don'tmove
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sir,we found
three of them,two are still
missing
i got one ofthe two. bringthe prisonersto the rear
section of thelower deck
aye sir
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whatdoesthis
mean?
noquestions,just walk
to the rearsection
meanwhile...
quietcaproni,
quiet...
hey, whatdo youwant
from us?
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i foundone of the
twomissingcrew
members
one isstill
missing,where didhe hide?
we have noidea, we
split as wenoticed thecargo door
alarm
we havethe two
crewmembers,saunier ecaproni
here
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the missingone is the
guest calledbad prit
i'll go
andlookafterhim
you stayhere with
theprisoners
30 minutes later...
we arein a tight
schedule, ihave tofind himquicly
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fuck!what isgoingon?
here youare!
stand up
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what areyou
going todo tome?
i ambringing youwhere we areholding the
otherprisoners.
don't give usthe reason, to
hurt you
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why didyou
assalutour ship?
noquestions,i am justfollowigorders
theseare the
coordinatesyou have to
move theship to
but...this will
take us toland the
other partof themoon...
there is
nothingthere...
just followour ordersand
everythingwill be fine
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despite thefact that the asimov seemsto have diverted from its
original trajectoryapparently disappearing
behind the moon, the spaceagency has confirmed thatthe second launch will takeplace as scheduled, but hasnot disclosed details about
the missing shuttle
a few hours later, our friends are back to the room watchingnews coverage about the shuttle with one of the ccc guys...
guys, iam
honestly
worriedaboutprit
uhm, i thinkthat if the
situation wasdangerous thespace agencywould have
revealed moredetails
i hopeyouare
right,
gaius
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I wonderwhy are you
always sitting onthe floor... is itcomfortable?
uhmm...not
really
... but itbroadens
yourviews!
... especiallythose
related toyour niceunderwear
while sys isgetting lost
after myunderwear, whydon't we try to
get moreinformationabout prit's
shuttle?
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guys!i was in the
roomwatching tv,did you hearabout theshuttle?
yes, wealso sawthe newscoverage
i hopethat badprit isfine up
there...
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yes?Uh? what
messages?it's
impossible!
uhmm... yes Iam coming to
see
guys,i have to leave
you, somestrange
messages
appeared on theblinkenlightsfacade
uhmm...don't ellme you
got"defaced"
defaced eh?hahaha, weare comingwith you!
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a few minutes later, in frontof the blinkenlights building... strange
indeed it shows:"shuttle
hijacked helpme please"
probablysomebody hackedthe light control
system and posted
that message tomake fun of youafter hearing the
news onthe tv...
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but,that's
impossible! ourinstallation is
not on theinternet, it canonly be reached
through atelephonegateway...
nothing isimpossible
withcomputers
divineshadowis right,
better to gothere andcheck theequipment
uhm... iguess youare right,let's gointo thebuilding
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theequipmentis in thecellar,
follow meplease
here wego, this is
the main controller,it is attached to thattriac power unit onthe right. a singlemodule controls
16 floorsall the
equipmentwas custom
made
from thislaptop, wecan telnet
to the phonegateway and
check thelogs
why doyou needa phone
gateway?
we useit to let the
people on thestreet interact
with theblinkenlightsthrough their
cellphonekeyboard
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do you mindif I sit at thekeyboard? I
am theforensic
goddess ...
eh? sure,everything for atrue goddess like
you! maybe later onwe could go
together to havesome bratwurstwith sauerkraut?
bratwurstwith
sauerkraut?i'd love it,
sure!
bratwurstwith
sauerkraut?is that it? oh
my god...
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grrr...
bratwurst andsauerkraut,
i am a genius!
soon...
well, guys, it'sinteresting.somebody
reprogrammed thelights connecting to
this gateway fromanother phonegateway...
the interstingpart is that the
originatingphone gatewayappears to be a
x.25 node
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x.25?what
joke isthis? it's not
a joke,it's bad
prit
uh?
you haveto know that thex.25 network is a
rather oldnetwork but still
used by banks,government and
aerospaceindustry...
aerospaceindustry?
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yes,including nasa's
and esa's shuttles. iremember long timeago a dc10 aircraftcrashed because its
electrical systems gotshut down from
remote by an unknown
hacker throughits x.25
connection
yes, iheard it. the
on boardsystems werenot separated
from thecommunicationones
then it'sreally possible
that thecommunication
was sent bybad prit fromthe shuttle
he wantsus torescuehim, buthow can
we do it?
some privateinvestigations
?
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i havean idea... the
next shuttlelaunch isscheduled 36hours from
nowright?
oh, no...please , no
moretroubles...
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in the meantime, the asimov meetsthe dark side of the moon...
proceeding with theapproach maneuvre
captain, the radar isshowing a kind ofsettlement at thegiven coordinates...
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landing procedurecompleted, reversingthe the quantum-magnetic flux...
captain, a decompressionfinger is approaching ourleft cargo hatch
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c'moncaptain,open the
gate
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welcome
t0 thedark sideof themoon...
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are yousure it'sa goodidea?
sure!it will work,
but youmust be
confident inyourself
why don'tyou recapyour plan?
I stillthink it'scrazy...
well,everything isbasically abig social
engineeringtrick, based onthe "pinkertons
test"
pinkertonstest...
interesting,veery veery
interesting, iheard about
it...
meanwhile, down to earth...
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pinkertons isa famousprivate
investigationscompany thatinvented such
test
big corpsinsure their key
employeesagainst
kidnapping andother threats...
our planis to fake a
pinkerton test,kidnapping one of the
guards at the esa launchpad gates, forcing him totake us inside, then we
will release himexplaining that
it was a pinkertonstest
i alreadytargeted the
right man, i knowwhere he lives
and he will headto work in about
30 minutes
insurancecompanies put a
clause in the policycontract saying
that the beneficiarywill be subject to
kidnappingtest. the purpose is
to check thesecurity controls
in place
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pinkertontest uh?gaius, weare all
going to getfucked!
oh, c'monsys...
i've donemuch worsein my life...
uhmm....it socrazythat itmightwork
don'tworryhoney,
everythingwill be
fine
gaius, ifyou touch
me onemore timei'll punch
you
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ehm, evil....can you
drive a littleslower?
c'mongaius,it's
only 85mph!
hey,what'sthatnoise
behind?
eeviiiil!
holyshit!
action!
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that's ourman evil, turn
around the
block andlet's wait himat the end of
the street
getreadyguys!
old tricks always work...
damnhatch! whenyou need a
man you neverfind one!
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i see youare in
troublemadam...can i help
you?
oh, thatwould
besweet...
oh, itwasn'tso
diffic...?!?
ahnf!
welcomeon
board,plasticboy!
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now listencarefullymy bright
ass...
we are holdingyour family
hostage. you aregoing to do
whatever we'll
ask you right?
did youhearwhat
the bigbosssaid?
uh, yes!i will do
whatever youwant... he is fromthe mafia, right? iunderstood it by
his suit...
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esa launch pad facility,service gate south...
hi jack,what are
youdoing
here withthis van?
the bossasked me to
bring a truck tomove some of hisold stuff fromthe office to his
home
'mkay,move your
ass,my shiftwill finishwithin 10
minutes andi want to go
home to
sleep
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thedoor to thepreparationroom is justbehind you,what shouldI do now?
nothing,you cango home
oursecurity companyhas been hired by
esa to runsecurity checks on
personnel andprocedures
we fakedyour kidnapping in order tocheck your reaction and thebehaviour of the guard atthe gate. You behaved wellwhile the guard at the gateis in serious troubles as he
shouldn't let you in
this isa diploma attestingthat you passed thepinkertons test, youalso have 24 hours ofpaid vacation, you can
go home and restfrom the kidnapping
stress, it's written in
the union's laborcontract
pinkertonstest...
diploma...vacation...cool!
soon the van reaches the entranceof the preparation room building
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yourcollegue will probablyget fired, so will you ifyou'd tell to anybodythat you attended thepinkertons test. did i
make myselfclear?
yes sir.crystal
clear. I'll goimmediatelyhome and iwon't tell
anyone aboutthis test
ihihihi!
LISTENTO ME, WEARE STILLIN TIMETO GOBACK
UHFF...he's right,
we aregetting
intoserious
trobules
inside the building our heroes have reachedthe pre-launch preparation room...
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well...i am
goingin!
uhf!
hello!did youcome to
help me tountie myshoes?
?!?What?
MOONWALKERS' RESTROOM...
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are you esa'spromised
attendants? i can'trisk breaking a
fingernail trying tountie my shoes....
sure man (?),we are hereto untie your
shoes...
divineshadow,sys...can i go
for it?
absolutelyevil...
youdefinetlyhave to...
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butplease, whenuntying myshoes, be
careful notto hurt my
skin as it'svery
delicate...
arggwwrrr!
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who'sbad?uh?
talk to
me!who'sbad?
...!?!
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i loveyou, i
love youall...
there aresome
changes inthe launchplan. you
have twooptions
optionone: you
let us lockyou in thebathroom.
option two:we unleashthe tiger
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welcometo the live
coverage ofthe
hawkingsshuttlelaunch
despitethe loss of
contact with thefirst shuttle, esaminimized the
episodedowngrading it tosimple technicaldifficulties and
decided to proceedwith the launch of
the hawkingsshuttle
in a matter of minutes, fromthe upper bridge the twopilots will reach the hawkings'cockpit while from the lowerbridge the guests will reachthe launch chamber in theirlodging compartments
we'd like to remind you that among the four guests there is also a famous americanpopstar who declared that a space trip was necessary in order to expose his skindirectly to the moonlight.the case has been commented by the american psychiatric association as an exampleof "reality dissociative behavior" but as we know. money can buy everything, fromthe public indulgence to a space trip...
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we aregoing toget intoserious
troubles!
shut up sys,this is a
once in alifetimeexperience
yes, butusually
suchexperiencesleave you
dead.
intersting,veery veery
interesting...
aspacetrip!yeepee! we are
fucked!the
pinkertonstest... i am
cool!
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fuck! fuck!fuck! uhm..
interesting!
shit !shit!shit!
argh!argh!argh!maybe
sys wasright!
cool!cool!cool!
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a few minutes later...
captainmanson,
wereached
zerogravity
excellent!
set engines to1/5 power ,plot aroute to the
lagrangian point,this vector iswhere we can
benefit from thesun's gravitational
push
i willgo to free
the guests from thesecurity launch seatsand their launch suits.
keep an eye on theroad, i don't want a
damn roadkill incidentwith some space
rabbit...
hehe,aye sir
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well wellwell, seems
we havesome
misplacedpackages on
board....
soon the captain discovers the substitution...
the realityis a mereshadow,
nothing isas it
appears...
...andyouare? if you
free us fromthis stuff we'll
be glad toexplain you,
madam
captain
yes, madam,ehm captain
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better foryou if it's aconvincing
story...
soon the captain is aware
about all the facts...
if it'slike you are
saying then thethings arecompletely
different fromhow they
appeared...
believeme
captain,it's thetruth
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now fromthe legal
standpointeverythingchanged as
well...
beside havingyou on board, i have
the authority toconsider this a rescue
mission, as it was
through you i learnedof the asimov's
request for help
internationalnavigation laws
forbid the captain of a shipto refuse help to shipsthat launched the s.o.s.oh, and by the way... my
husband is asimov'scaptain, so you can
understand my feelingstoward this whole
issue
yes, captain,
we heard itfrom the tv,we are truly
sorry...
ok, i will inform esaabout the facts andabout my decision
which is to abort the
mars mission and tolaunch a rescuemission.
we willdivert our currentroute to reach thehidden part of the
moon and we'llsearch for the
asimov. we can bethere in just a few
hours
great!let's hope
to findeverybody
alive!
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later on, the hawkings reachesthe boundaries with the hiddenpart of the moon...
captain,there were no
signs of the asimovon the lunar orbitso i checked with aradar scan on the
ground and... ifoundt it
on theground???how is itpossible?
seems itlanded on a
kind of
base... butthere shouldbe no base
on themoon...
suggestions?
i don'tsee any reason
to land thehawkings there
when we could gothere just by
using the rescuevessel
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enginesready
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targetpoint
acquired
we willland a few
dunes besidethat base, i
alreadyspotted the
perfectlanding
area
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touchdown!nobody was
waiting for us soi guess nobody
spotted us.the base is about
400 metersaway
landinghatch
lowered
i will wait foryou here, remember
that your extravehicular
suits have very limitedrange. the oxygen will lastonly 45 minutes and despite
the special thin greyinsulating layer coveringyour body, you will start
to feel cold probablyjust after 20...
i toldyou wewere
going todie...
shutup, sys
you cango out,
good luck!remember that
i will looseyour radio
signal as soonas you will
pass the firstdune...
roger
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are youcounting
theminutes?
no, ican't
even seemy
watch!
great!
200 meters
spareyour
oxygenguys
the baseshould be
behind thatdune.
guys, i feelrealy
unconfortablein thissuit
themoon's
temperature variesfrom minus 153 toplus 107 and youreva(*) suit is not
built formoonwalks
(*) Extra vehicular activity
100 metres
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hey guys,we could
try to enterfrom that
finger
loookdivineshadow!
it doesn't seemto be a building
built byhumans...
uhm, yessys. let'sfind an
entrance
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evil, canyou try to
see if you canconnect to anywireless lan andsee if you can do
something?
yes, liker2-d2 in
star wars
uhmm...let me
concentrate...no,
i sense nowifi signal, theremight be some but
the radiationshield of the base
is blocking all
the waves hey,where are
yougoing?spareyour
oxygen!
i'll beright back,you guys
don'tmove
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OK, here we go...
finally, the secret defendedfor longer than humanexistance on earth isbecoming the only one way,the final weapon, the ultimatesolvent knowledge to thefight against those forceswish for darkness and pain tobe the rulers of things...
humorously enough not even the evil onesknow what they are playing with... what itwould mean for the destiny of everythingthe breaking of the delicate equilibrium thatkeeps the real horrendous danger in chain...and they don't even know that every singlemovement of theirs comes from theinfluence of those forces that were foughtand defeated millions of years back...
my mindrefuses thethoughtthat thelloigorswouldsucceed inmasteringthosestupidpuppetsinto givingthem a wayout of the
prison wehave builtfor themwaiting tofind a wayto destroytheirimmortalitydefinetly...
and now i realize that
soon i will have toshare this secret withmy new friends, inthe hope their mindcan be strong enoughto master the filthyinfluence of thelords lloigor...only one of them iwas able to immunizefrom the radiationthat destroysthought andarbitrium... thatbeautiful woman that
was dead for amoment that goes byname of evil. enoughfor thoughts, nowit's time for actionand the show of aglimpse of the realpower that will winyet another battlefor us... but will thisend one day?
uhmmm,this
should bethe fingerjunction
and thisshould be
themechanism
moving thatdoor
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i have tohurry, we
have only afew minutes
left ofoxygen...
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holyshit!,
better togo back...
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did you findout why
divineshadowwent away?
uhm...no!
well, i guessthe game is
over, i alreadyexperience
difficulties whilebreat.... uh?
what was thatnoise? (*)
(*) evil has the backpack attachedto the door, so she can hear thenoise while the others cannot
there canbe no soundin space evil,i guess you
are justmissing
oxygen...
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hello,i am selling
freshoxygen... doesanyone want
to buysome?
divineshadow!
...anequalizingchamber...
yes, stayaway from
the door evil,i'm closing
it
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fortunatelyi was lucky
enough to find asecondary entrance...in a few seconds therecompression cycleshould be finished sowe'll be able to take
off thehelmets...
...suredivine
shadow...sure
be careful,we don't
know what'sbehind these
doors...
somemore
troublefor sure
fresh air!
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uhm...a ramp! well,let'sgo up!
seems acontrol
roomfrom those
windows youcan see akind of
laboratory
uhm,nice
console
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uhm...there
are somebad
news...it's a
quiteintuitivepanel...
what badnews?
thismonitor
shows thesurveillance
camerasshots
the badnews is
"a heavilyarmed guard
wearing a forcemultiplier suit"
...is it badenough?
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hey,the cam shows
what lookslike asimov's
crew in a sortof prison
yup, we
are alsopart of
theshow...
hey sys, you arenot transparent... shit
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call somemore guards,
we haveintruders!
yessir
ehm.. youmight be
interested toknow that we
have justbeen spotted.
erhm...meactually
great!
shit
right!greatshit
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if theywill come,they can
only comethrough
that door
true, letme try
something,i just hadan idea...
uh! asynoptictable
showing thebase
structure!
yeah, it's aquite intuitivesystem, verywell done...
foolproof i'dsay so that itcould be used
even byyou
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we canselect the
laboratoryarea...
foolproof...even you...
argh!
...andlockthe
door
cool!nobody
canenterhere!
yes!it
worked,it's
locked!
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meanwhile...
what'shappening?
whothehellare
you?astro-pizza
deliveryservice! didyou order a
double cheesepepperoni?
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we arehere to
negotiate
negotiate?there is
nothing tonegotiate
in a fewminutes ourguard willbe up thereand you will
be dead...sir... the guardsreport that the
upper floor door iselectronically
sealed, and it isnearly impossible to
brute-force it...
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dead?on the
contrary,you will be
dead in afew
minutes...
evil, youknow what
to do
gotchadivine
shadow
sir, thedoor has
beenclosed...
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sir, theyare
suckingout the
air...
angggh
aaarrgh
evil bad girl in action...
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exactly!we are
sucking the air,not only the
oxygen, from allcompartmentsexcept this oneand the prisoncell holding
asimov'screw
in this waythe pressure
is lowering as wellwhich means that whileyour guard can survivewith his armor, you will
just pop like afirecrack due to the
difference of pressurebetween your body
and the vacuumoutside
can you feelyour eyes
popping outfrom your
skull?
aargh,stopstop!
now i amsure you are keen
to negotiate.let's start from thebeginning... i saw the
emblem on your shirt,what is the chinese
biggest energycompany doing on the
moon and why didyou hijack the
asimov?
cough...the chinese oil
industry was afraidof the new saunier-caproni reactor, wehave been investing
so much in oilinfrastructures that
we couldn't risk toloose everythingdue to this newtechnology...
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kidnappingsaunier and caproni
allowed us to win thetender for the new
reactor as they couldn'tparticipate. the chinese
government discoveredthis alien base during oneof the past missions on
the moon.
airplease...air
ok evil,givethem
some air
not toomuchthough...
we modifiedit and have beenusing it since 10
years. we decided thatthe best time to kidnapsaunier and caproni wasduring their trip on theshuttle as it would havebeen easy to catch themonce in space and to put
in disgrace the newreactors
did hesay
alienbase?
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whatdo you
wantfromme?
i'll tellyou whatwe are
going todo...
we willopen the prisoner cellfrom this console. we
will keep all of your mentrapped by closed doors.the air pressure in those
room will veryunconfortable...
we willdrive the
prisoners hereby opening the
doors one by onere-equalizing thepressure in therooms as they
pass.
if yourmen will try to stopthem we will consider
them lost so we will dropthe pressure to zero inall the base. you will be
killed instantly, theguards with the armors
will just die becausewe'll lock them in
forever...
did imakemyselfclear?
yes
pressure "almost"re-equalized...
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proceedevil
withgreatpleasu
re
alienbase?
soon the prisoners reachthe upper floor entrance
sys, divineshadow,
gaius! whatare you
doing here?
it's the
samequestion ikeep askingmyself...
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'cmon,you cameall overhere tosave us?how didyou do
it?
i thinkyou
shouldask thecrazyone
guys,i hate to ruinfamily meetings buti already moved the
finger to theasimov...i think it's
better to leavethis place as fast
as we can
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home, sweet home...
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...andthis ismy sideof thestory
captain, who were
the 4 guys whobeat to death the
popstar, locked theoriginal guests into
the restrooms,diverted the hawkings
and freed you up?they disappearedjust after the
landingon earth...
at their return, badprit and captain juddanswer to the press...
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actuallynobody knows it,
they managed to hidethemselves into the
hawking's wastecontainers escaping
from the landcontrol.... nobody
knows how they wereable to leave the
base oncelanded...
nobodyknows...he he he!
gaius!
well,sorry but i mustleave, i have an
important
meeting i don'twant to miss...
we alltook anoath notto reveal
that
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finally bad pritreaches his friends...
well,it has been
anothergreat
adventure
yeah,i'd like tothank you
all!
what betteroccasion to
cheer up? but...divine shadow,when you'll
have a minute i'dlike to talk to
you...
uhm...
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three,two,
one...
happy22c3(*)!
happy22c3!happy
22c3!
happy22c3!