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| Posted By: Steve Levinson | Date: 7/21/02 12:27 p.m. |
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10001 Nordic Nerds – well, we know about Chris, so where are the other 10,000? Anyway, Durandal has sent us to explore the Dangi Sector of the super-secret Salinger research station. Something fishy is going on here, and Durandal wants us to find out what it is. When we start the level, we are confronted with a couple of doors that won’t open and a terminal:
How typical. We’ll be able to gain access later, but for now there’s only one way to go – down. When you do, you’ll quickly discover that the Bob’s aren’t on your side here. You’re in the Dangi sector, where you’re an unwanted intruder, and the Dangi security force will do everything they can to take you out. Speaking of which, this will be your first encounter with a new enemy – the maser Bob. Maser Bobs carry Dangi Masers – the most powerful hand-held weapon in the game. If you skipped the Pfhor plank, this will be your first encounter with this weapon that can, literally, paralyze you and kill you in a matter of seconds. You need to be fast with the Maser Bobs or you’re dead meat. The one consolation is that they have no natural shielding of their own so that, like the magnum Bobs, they’re easy to kill. Hit’em quick, hit’em hard with dual magnums and then grab what they drop. Interestingly, Durandal never gives you any direction on this level. The one time that he contacts you, it is to release the security lockouts on those and other doors in the station, giving you full access:
There is another way to get to the upper level without waiting for Durandal’s help, as outlined in my Rubicon Secrets Guide, which can get you to that 2X recharger sooner if you so choose. Beware, however, that when you do get up there, you’ll be under much more aggressive attack, and not just by Bobs but also by Pfhor fighters and troopers. By reading the terminals, we have a chance to piece together even more of the Salinger story:
Arthur Frane – haven’t we heard that name before? Remember that terminal on the Infinity secret level You're Wormfood Dude? Could this be the same guy, the chief petty officer on the UESC Marathon? Could he have returned to Earth with Robert Blake, become a senior scientist working for the Dangi Corporation and taken up such dastardly work? Probably not, but I doubt that the reuse of this name is pure coincidence, either. Continuing on another terminal:
Wait a minute – weren’t they using Pfhor prisoners of war? Is this an inconsistency? Probably not – the Dangi board of directors would certainly be resourceful enough to use both and, remember, not everyone knew the whole picture, so it’s quite possible that the person who wrote this was unaware of the POW subjects. If they were using outerworld prisoners, then this means that Dangi very likely had deep connections within the UESC, which they probably did in any case. At one point fairly early in the level, Lysander talks to us directly:
Finally, we will ultimately make are way into the center of the Dangi sector on the second level, where we will grasp the full extent of the Dangi plan:
Help! Durandal, what have you led us into?!! This is another key, pivotal point in the game. No choices to be made, but we’re about to become prisoners of the Pfhor, thanks to Lysander, and our escape from prison and return to the Salinger will be critical in eliminating the threat to humanity. The Jjaro will therefore contact us again through an unprecedented triple dream sequence, starting with another Things May Happen level, followed by People under the Stairs and Comfortably Numb. | |
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We're running out of human subjects to inject with test vaccines, and the last shipment of "volunteers" from outerworld prisons is nearly two weeks past due. Management is driven enough that I halfways expect them to start forcing lower level workers to be test patients.