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Downfall

RECORD: 0016L972$LUN-3.069 IDENTITIES: Georgio Vital, Dr. Amanda Smythe, Rav Rahul LOCATION: K1 Dig Site 3, System Core THREAT DETECT: Level 1, 3, 6, 10—Extinction Event, Confirmed Exotic, Psychosis, Protocol Incompliance THREAT RESPONSE: ##ERROR## DAMAGE ASSESSMENT//SITE 3\BARRICADE HOLDING "Firewall! Firewall, let us in!" DAMAGE ASSESSMENT//SITE 3\BARRICADE HOLDING "Firewall! There's things out here!" "They're killing everyone!" "Open the door, you damned machine!" THREAT ASSESSMENT\ASSESSED//RESULT//QUOTA EXCEEDED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT//SITE 3\BARRICADE HOLDING "Stop!" "Stop! They'll hear us!" "Shh!" "Quiet!" SILENCE//00:02:36 "Firewall, we made a mistake." "Yeah, we're sorry." "Just let—what was that? SILENCE//00:00:47 "Just, let us in." "If you let us in the vault, we might be able to hold out—" THREAT ASSESSMENT\ASSESSED//RESULT//QUOTA EXCEEDED AI-COM/FRWL//NEGATIVE. "Shh!" "Firewall, lower your volume!" AI-COM/FRWL//NEGATIVE. SURVIVAL IMPOSSIBLE. "Shh!" "Impossible? What does it mean, impossible?" AI-COM/FRWL//NO RESCUE. "Shh!" AI-COM/FRWL//NO ESCAPE. "Shh!" "Quiet!" AI-COM/FRWL//NO SUSTENANCE. "Stop! Just stop!" "Shh!" AI-COM/FRWL//PSYCHOLOGICAL DANGERS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: "They're coming." AI-COM/FRWL//KNOWN PSYCHOSIS, RECENT PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, AND EXISTENTIAL COLLAPSE. "They're almost here!" "We gotta go!" "Existential collapse? What does it mean?" "No time! Come on!" AI-COM/FRWL//THE END OF ALL THINGS. SILENCE//00:00:49 [distant screaming]