One level lower but at least this time we found a ladder so we don't have to be sitting ducks in that lift. This room is dark and a waiting room maybe? a couple of doors both of which are closed without any noise behind them. There seems to be a camera in here too but doesn't seem to be active. Lt. directed us through the larger of the doors because the other one is some kind of clean room and all this talk of specimens and experiments makes us feel like maybe opening that door isn't the wisest move.
This new room is filled with shelves and crates and boxes etc. More importantly there's an activated glow stick lying on the center of the floor. Someone is either in here or not far off - those don't last that long....Doc sees someone in the corner hiding. Flashed on the lights and surrounded the guy. He's definitely Hyperdyne and seems totally disoriented. His name is Ferguson and he seems grateful to see us. 'Bout time someone wants us here. He keeps saying that he wants to go home. Doc is tending to him, turns out he was brought right from the landing area to the atmosphere plant to work on broken machines, but nothing was broken when he arrived. He was brought here immediately and saw some scary shit. People shot and killed and he claimed he's hiding from a dozen guards or so who are holding about 30 HD employees. Personally, I don't think this guy can be relied on for exact numbers and I am willing to guess that those people have already left the planet. Lt. and Doc have decided this is too much work for our squad, so we climbed the ladder back up but had to jump off on the third level to avoid the lift. Someone is moving around and we'd rather not be seen.
We are hiding on the third level when the lift stops on our level. Our luck couldn't be worse. Just when we found someone alive to talk to and work all this out, we can't alert the whole complex. Instead of being sitting ducks, I charged the guy, rifle butted him and Doc finished the job. This AI won't be any trouble for us. Back up the ladder and to the truck.
Allen's bodyguards need to be called to bring the truck around. They claimed there was some activity on the surface so they wanted to get out of sight. This guys are acting strange. Asking questions about weapons. Best to keep the details to ourselves. We are sticking to the mutiny storyline and playing our cards close to the chest.
After meeting back with Allen, it took some convincing but I think he understands we can't do this on our own. He is definitely disappointed but it seems like he knows this is something darker than a mutiny. I don't like that. Seems suspicious. We took Foe Hammer back up to the Marla and got paid (with an additional $5000!).
While Lt. and Krunch talk the logistics through with Allen, Doc and I are going to take care of Ferguson. He says he's really not feeling well. Ill stay out of the way but I don't want to leave Doc alone with this guy. This should be far enough...WHAT IS GOING ON???! OH MY /.. I ... WHAT...this is not good...something came OUT of him!
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