Wanted: Volunteers for scientific survey of Sacrosanct tech resource locations and salvage.
must be willing/able to traverse long distances unaided by teleporters
weapons training recommended
technical and/or medical training a bonus
credits/free food available
Interested parties please reply ASAP.
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[Or if you're one of the psychotic murdering kind of station resident- a distressingly high number.]
Elaborate?
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[And at this point, Kim is faced with the realization that, despite her cross-universal knowledge of Halo, she had never even considered the idea that some of the people in that armor might be female.
It had simply...never occurred to her.
The pause while she assimilates this knowledge is brief, but pronounced.]
Okay. What is your armor rated for radiation shielding?
[Location ping!]
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Armor is rated for [Something sufficiently badassed but not quite MJOLNIR]
Coordinates received, ETA twenty minutes.
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...wait, does that warehouse have an airlock grafted into where the door should be?
Guess this is the place!]
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Well, this was probably not the best idea.
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Witness the scientist: five foot four and all bones about it. She looks away from Carolina, down the empty corridor, then back. Expecting someone else?]
...Agent Carolina?
[A reasonable question- she got enough answers for that ad, after all.]
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[She greets the scientist back with a slow nod.] Affirmative.
I don't believe I got your name.
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[That much is easy to admit. But Carolina, as an idea, is extremely intimidating. Kimiko's never done well with 'intimidating.' Or anything that smacks of 'better than you,' really.]
Do you usually go on salvage runs for anyone that asks?
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Only when I'm stuck in a space station without anything else to do.
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[So, she's staring, so what? You're the one who answered the ad! After a moment of thought, she manages to shake off the desire to facepalm and presents Carolina with a universal thumb drive.]
Map and list. If you go through the junkyard, keep an eye out for 'rare earth' magnets.
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[She takes the tumb drive and stows it in an armor compartment.] Got it. Is there an explanation of these Rare Earth magnets in there?
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If you don't know what a rare earth magnet is, then there's no hope for you.
[Seriously, people, these are the basics!]
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