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Speaker 1: He Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world.

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I'm Martin, and you are listening to dad's bedtime stories. Tonight,

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we're headed back into the Quantum universe, a universe in

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which you find a quantum computer that helps you build

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a three D printer, and that helps you build a

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whole bunch of other cool stuff. I got a couple

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suggestions that I think I'm going to put together in

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this one, so let's check them out.

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Speaker 2: Hi.

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Speaker 3: My name is jose and I'm eight years old, and

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I have a story request for the Quantum series where

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you make a high tech suit and you use it

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to defeat a trash bonser Bie. I love your podcast.

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Speaker 1: Well, Josiah, that is a great idea, and since I

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believe in some of the crossover episodes I did a

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while ago that Quantum has some sort of mech suit,

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we're going to have to put that in. I also

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got this idea from Millie that I think could go

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along with it. Let's check it out too.

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Speaker 2: Hi, my name is Milly Orbustoilia. I want a suggestion

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for quantum computer. When Samony hacks into Quantum and when

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you say I think the quotum herennaws you.

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Speaker 1: Perfect, Millie, and I believe that that is a great

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invitation to introduce an antagonist or like a bad guy

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into the Quantum universe, because you always need someone to

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compete with to make a good story. If you have

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an idea for Dad's bedtime stories in any one of

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the universes we already do, or just an idea of

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your own that could stand alone or even become a

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new series, be sure to leave me a message on

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speak pipe. It's my favorite way to get messages because

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I can play your little voice clip at the beginning.

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But if you don't want to leave a message, there's

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still a Google form where you can write your ideas

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and I always read that too. This podcast would not

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be possible if it weren't for your ideas. And while

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I can't make every single one, I do read and

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listen to every single one, and they always inspire me

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to do new things and they give me a good

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idea about what the audience likes and wants. So please

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keep them coming, with the permission of your parents, of course.

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And now it's that time again, time for another possible

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word from a sponsor in case we have one of

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those did we have one? I can never tell if

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we have one, because it kind of depends on where

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you live. Now, it's time to close your eyes, get

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as comfy as you can in that bed, and imagine

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yourself doing what the kid in the story does. Imagine

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yourself waking up in the morning inside your very own bed.

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It doesn't take you long to remember Quantum. For a second,

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you wonder if the whole Quantum thing was just a dream.

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And then you suddenly hear a voice coming from your watch.

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Good morning, Quantum says. You lift your arm and see

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Quantum's little smiling face glowing on the watch. Good morning.

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Anything happened while I was sleeping? Of course, several thousand things,

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you blink, several thousand that is technically correct, or they

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good things. Mostly that's not as comforting as you think

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it might be. The ocean cleanup fleet continues to expand.

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The mother sub has successfully printed additional collection units. The

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underground base remains stable. The hover copters are fully charged.

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The starship has completed its overnight diagnostics. Also, one of

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the helper bots has attempted to make pancakes. You pause,

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attempted to make pancakes. Yes, I have now banned that

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particular bot from the kitchen. Oh well, I guess I

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better go check everything out. You climb out of bed

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and press the button on your nightstand once again. The

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bed slide sideways across the floor with a smooth mechanical hum,

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revealing a glowing metal hatch underneath. You open the hatch,

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sit at the top of the shiny metal slide, and

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push off. Immediately you shoot down into the tunnel. The

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slide twists and turns through glowing blue light. Your stomach

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jumps as it dips suddenly and then levels out, sending

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you smoothly into the underground base, the one that Quantum

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secretly dug and built beneath your home. You slide out

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of the bottom and come to a stop on the

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polished floor. The base looks even more complete than ever.

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The launch bay is lined with hover copters, and of course,

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the giant spaceship. The huge three D printer glows softly

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along one wall. Helper bots float everywhere, moving tools, polishing panels,

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welding things together, carrying energy tanks, and generally just doing

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what helper bots do. It's kind of like watching a

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small swarm of very busy metal bees. The living room

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area looks even cozier. Now there's a soft couch and

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the huge, huge Quantum TV still sits in front of it.

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You walk over and see a plate, and on the

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plate is a pancake, at least something shaped like a pancake,

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only it's glowing for some reason. You look at Quantum's

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main screen on the wall. Is this the pancake that

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the helper bot made? Yes? Why is it glowing? You ask?

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That is one of the reasons the helper bod is

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banned from the kitchen. I'm thinking I probably shouldn't eat

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that pancake. No, you definitely should not. May I suggest

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using the food replicator instead? A little device lights up

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along the wall, A food replicator, you ask. Yes, it

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works in much the same way as the three D printer.

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It takes matter and reorganizes it into the form of food.

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Any food in my database can be recreated into something

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edible that is exactly identical to the food itself. So

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it turns garbage and stuff into food essentially. Yes, Quantum answers.

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You move over to the food replicator and start flipping

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through the screens. There's breakfast foods, lunch foods, dinner foods,

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foods of all different kinds. You pick one of your favorites,

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press enter, and glowing energy appears on the surface of

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the replicator. It forms itself into a plate and then

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into the food you ordered. You pick it up and

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take a bite. It tastes well, actly like you'd expect

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it to taste. As you eat, you turn to Quantum. Uh,

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what do you think we should build today? You ask,

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Quantum screen brightens. I'm glad you asked. Now that you

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possess a starship, I believe it is time to construct

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some personal exploration equipment. Personal exploration equipment, you ask, yes,

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for example, a protective spacesuit or exoskeleton. You stare at him.

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You mean like a mech suit. That is a less

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precise term, Quantum answers, but yes, like a mech suit.

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Speaker 4: Your eyes go wide, a.

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Speaker 1: Flying mech suit eventually with super strength, of course, and

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built in gadgets several and armor. Obviously, you grin so

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wide your face almost hurts. Quantum, why haven't we built

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this already? Because we had many other things to build first?

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Fair enough, you say, A glowing blueprint appears on the

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giant screen. Then the same design projects into the air

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in the middle of the base, made from bright blue

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lines of light. It's incredible. The suit stands taller than you,

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but not so huge that it looks impossible to move.

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It has powerful mechanical legs, reinforced arms, a thick chest

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frame boosters on the back. The helmet looks smooth and rounded,

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with a dark visor across the front. One arm has

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a tool system built into it. The other has a

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strange round device near the wrist, like a blaster of

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some kind. Oh, what's that, you ask? That is a

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multi purpose blaster. It can produce different kinds of beams,

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including a freeze ray. You built a freeze ray into

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the mech suit, You ask, Technically, I designed a freeze

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ray for the mechsuit. It has not yet been built. Quantum.

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You say, yes, I believe you should start building this immediately.

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That is the plan. Quantum responds, However, I believe we

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should test the starship's mobile fabrication system at the same time.

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If you plan to explore space, it is important that

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the ship can build and repair equipment away from the

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underground base. So you want to take the starship somewhere,

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collect material, and build the suit there. That is correct.

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Where the screen changes to a map, a glowing dot

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appears outside the town, past some old industrial roads and

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a place you've never quite noticed before. This is an

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abandoned garbage dump. Quantum says, you make a face that

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doesn't sound very heroic. Many heroic things begin at disgusting locations.

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I'm not sure that's true, Quantum, it is today. A

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few minutes later, you find yourself climbing into the Quantum Starship.

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You pass the rear fabrication bay, humming softly, with a

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bunch of little helper bods locking into their docking stations.

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Quantum appears on the cockpit screen as you sit in

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the pilot seat. Ready, he asks. The launch hatch opens

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above the base and sunlight pours in. You pull up

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on the control and the starship rises smoothly from the

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underground chamber. It lifts past the house and into the sky.

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Is The hatch closes below, hiding the base as if

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it never existed. You press the button to switch into

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flight mode. As soon as you're high enough. The engines

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glow and the ship blasts forward. You pass over forests, fields, roads,

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and rooftops. Soon the town fades behind you. And the

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land becomes rougher and emptier, and eventually you see it,

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the abandoned dump. You pop back in to hover mode.

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The dump stretches out across an old fenced off area,

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crumbling concrete buildings and rusty metal towers, piles of junk everywhere,

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old appliances, broken pipes, twisted metal, plastic barrels, tires, wires,

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cracked machines, things that look like they might have once

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been cars, and of course a whole bunch of sludge

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sludge that was probably once sandwiches or something like that.

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You lower the ship down over top of the dump,

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scanning Quantum says as a soft blue light sweeps across

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the place useful materials, detected metals, plastic, rubber, glass, wiring, electronics,

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and several items that I strongly advise you do not touch.

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We have everything we will need to easily repurpose into

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a mechsuit. All right, perfect, Now activate the Starship collector.

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You press a little button on the console and a

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collector beam shoots down at the ground. A cone of

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glowing energy shines outward, and pieces of junk begin lifting

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from the piles. They rise into the beam, break apart

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into shimmering particles and flow into the ship's storage tanks.

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Inside the fabrication pay the printer comes to life. You

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walk back to take a look. The first pieces of

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the exo suit begin to form. You stand just outside,

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watching with excitement as the helperbots fly back and forth.

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They grab parts as they print and begin assembling them

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on the platform. First comes huge legs. Long silver mechanical

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frames lock together with blue glowing joints. Then the feet,

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then the chest, framed the arms. The helper bots work

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quickly snapping pieces together, welding them, tightening joints and connecting

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glowing power lines and that sort of thing. This says amazing,

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You say, thank you, Quantum replies, I thought it was

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a good idea. The suit starts to look real very quickly.

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Soon it stands on its own, though the chest is

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still open and the helmet hasn't been attached yet. Then

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something changes. At first, you see a light out of

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one of the windows. You move over to take a

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better look. You look at the ground, or around the ship,

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or below the ship. As it darkens slightly, a strange

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beam of purple green light shines down from the sky.

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It's thin at first, almost like a laser pointer from space,

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and then it widens. The lad spreads over the garbage dump.

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A refrigerator door creaks open by itself. Quantum, I see it.

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An old tire rolls across the ground. A bundle of

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wires slides over a pile of scrap like a nest

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of snakes. A broken washing machine rattles and tips forward. Quantum,

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why is the garbage moving? I am currently analyzing that

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that's not as good as already knowing. Pieces of trash

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begin dragging themselves together. Metal pipes roll into place like bones.

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Plastic sheets stretch across them like skin. Tires stack and twist.

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Wires wrap around the whole thing like muscles. A washing

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machine drum lifts up and locks into place near the top.

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More and more garbage joins it. The pile rises and

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rises and rises.

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Speaker 4: Soon.

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Speaker 1: Standing in the middle of the dump is a giant well,

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a giant like garbage monster thing for lack of a

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better word. Its body is made of twisted metal and

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broken plastic. One arm is made of pipes and car parts,

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the other is a huge claw of scrap metal. Its

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head looks like an old machine drum with a jagged

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mouth of broken steel. Purple green light glows in the

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cracks between the pieces, and you take a step back.

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H Quantum, Yes, I don't think that's normal garbage behavior. No,

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the monster turns to war the starship. Then it charges

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its huge feet slam into the ground, shaking the whole dump.

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It swings one massive arm and smashes into the side

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of the floating starship. The shield flashes blue and the

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whole thing shakes. You fall over, shield integrity holding, Quantum says,

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for now, the garbage monster hits the ship again. What

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do we do, you ask? We cannot allow it to continue,

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Quantum replies. The signal appears to be programming the garbage

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into a temporary physical form. If it leaves this area,

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it may threaten nearby roads, forests, homes, or citizens. So

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we have to stop it. Yes, how Quantum and pauses.

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Then the chest of the almost finished exosuit opens wider.

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The main structure of the suit is operational. You stare

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at it. You want me to use the mech suit? Yes,

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but it isn't finished. No, it seems important that it

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be finished. It's less important than being flattened by a

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garbage monster. It is currently in working condition, though there

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are improvements to make. Another huge crash shakes the ship

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in the air. You run towards the suit. The helper

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bods zip around you, making last second adjustments to the thing.

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One of them attaches the helmet. Another locks a glowing

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power core into the back. The chest frame opens up

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like a giant metal rib cage. Please step inside, Quantum says. Quickly,

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be ideal. You climb into the suit. The metal feet

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close around your shoes. Mechanical supports wrapped gently but firmly

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around your legs. The arms fold around your arms. The

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chest plate locks in place. The helmet lowers over your head,

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and for a second, everything goes black. Then the display

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lights up. You're suddenly looking through the suit's eyes. Somehow, numbers, maps,

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and glowing outlines appear across your vision. You can see

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the garbage monster, the inside of the spacesuit, the helper

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bots flying around and out of the way. Movements sink initiated,

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Quantum says. You lift your right hand, and the suit

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lifts its right hand. You move your fingers, and the

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suit moves its fingers. It's as if you are the suit,

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more than as if you're controlling it. Oh, this is cool.

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Please focus. The monster is approaching. You watch as the

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monster approaches the ship and swings for another hit.

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Speaker 4: You take a.

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Speaker 1: Step forward and leap out of the back of the ship.

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The suit flies through the air and lands on the

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ground in front of the garbage monster. The ground shakes

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beneath your metal feet. The garbage creature swings and you

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duck barely in time. It scrap metal fist roars over

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your head and smashes into a pile of old appliances

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behind you. Martial arts assistance activated Quantum says, martial arts

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is sense. You say, basic defensive movement patterns are built

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into the ship. They should help you. The monster swings again,

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but this time your suit moves almost before you think

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about it. You block with your left arm. Metal crashes

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against metal. The impact shakes through the whole suit, but

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you stay standing. Then you punch your giant mechanical fist

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slams into the monster's chest. Garbage explodes outward. A hubcab

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flies into the air, A toaster spins past your shoulder.

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Something that might have once been a lawn chair clatters

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across the dirt. The creature stumbles back and roars with

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a really strange sort of grinding sound. More trash rolls

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in from nearby piles and attaches to its body, filling

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the holes you just made. Oh come on, you say,

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the signal is allowing it to reform. Quantum explains, you

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must disable it more completely. The monster charges again. You

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run toward it. Running in the mech suit feels strange

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at first, but the suit honestly does most of the work.

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The legs pump powerfully. The ground thuds beneath you, and

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you leap. The boosters on your back flare for a second,

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launching you higher than expected. You slam into the monster's

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shoulder first. Both of you crash into a pile of

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old tires. You roll, push yourself up and grab one

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of the monster's pipe arms with both hands. The suit's

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strength surges, You pull, and the arm rips free in

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a shower of wires and bolts. The monster smacks you

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with its other arm. You fly backward and land hard

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on your back. Only somehow it doesn't hurt at all.

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Damage minimal, Quantum says. You groan and push yourself up.

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The creature is already rebuilding its arm. Uh, Quantum, I

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don't think punching is working fast enough.

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Speaker 4: I agree.

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Speaker 1: Freeze Ray is now online. A panel opens on your

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right arm. A glowing blue emitter slides forward. You lift

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your arm and a crosshair appears in your helmet display.

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Try to aim for the center of the mass, Quantum says.

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You point at the garbage creature and pull the trigger mentally.

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A brilliant blue beam blasts from your arm. It hits

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the monster in the chest, and frost spreads across the garbage.

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The monster slows. You fire again, weeping the beam down

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across its legs. Ice crawls over the metal and plastic,

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freezing the creature to the ground. It strains against the ice.

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Garbage creaks and cracks. Now, Quantum says, you pull your

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mechfist back, run at the creature, and punch as hard

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as you can. Your fist slams into the frozen garbage monster.

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For a second, not much happens, and then well the

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creature shatters. Frozen trash bursts outward in every direction. Chunks

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of metal, plastic, rubber, and ice shatter and scatter across

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the dump. The purple green glow flickers once and then disappears.

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Everything goes quiet. You stand there in the exo suit,

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breathing hard, even though the suit did most of the work.

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I think we did it, you say, yes, Quantum replies,

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the physical construct has been disabled. Warning, Warning, Your smile disappears.

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Oh what is it? External intrusion? Detected symbols flash across

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your helmet display. The starship's lights flicker. Quantum's face appears

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in the corner of your screen. But it's sort of glitching. Quantum.

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Something is attempting to access my system. You feel your

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stomach tightened. The garbage monster. No, the garbage monster was

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only a tool. The signal is still active. The purple

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green light flickers again across the ground, then across the starship.

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Can you stop it? I am blocking the intrusion, Quantum says, However,

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the signal is strong. It appears to be transmitting from orbit.

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You look up through the helm advisor. Far above in

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the blue sky, a tiny dark shape moves slowly across

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the sunlight. Uh sat await, you ask, correct, it is

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amplifying and producing the signal. What happens if it works

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and hacks into you? That would be bad. Quantum answers, Uh, Okay, Well,

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I guess we have to stop it. Then you run

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over towards the starship and jump up in the air,

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activating the booster rockets and landing in the little bay.

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The exo suit opens up and you quickly climb out.

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You race towards the pilot's seat and drop inside. All right,

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let's go head straight for the satellite. I guess you order.

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The starship lifts off and blasts straight up towards the sky.

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The abandoned dump drops away beneath you as you take

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control of the steering wheel, aiming straight up towards where

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you last saw the little well the little black dot

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far off in space. Clouds rush past, the blue sky

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darkens and stars appear. Soon you find yourself in space.

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Quantum highlights the satellite on the main screen. It doesn't

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look like a normal satellite. It's dark, with broken panels

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and strange purple green circuitry glowing through it. Bits of

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metal and jump cling to its side, as if it's

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been infected or well pulled together out of garbage. It

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looks kind of corrupted or something. You say that is

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an accurate description. A beam flashes from the satellite. The

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starship shakes as the shields light up. Signal strength increasing,

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Quantum says, struggling, Well, what weapons do we have to

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take it out? Or whatever? I have connected these ships

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freeze cannon, of course you have. You love freeze cannons,

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don't you. A targeting display appears. You grab the controls,

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line up the crosshairs and fire. The crosshairs turn blue,

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and a massive beam of icy blue energy blasts from

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the front of the starship and strikes the satellite. Ice

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spreads across its panels. It begins to sort of flicker.

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I suggest we now use the disruptor cannon, Quantum says,

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and a different cannon pops out of the side of

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the ship. The crosshairs turn red. You aim at the

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frozen mass, pull the trigger, and a beam of red

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energy shoots from the ship, blasts into the frozen satellite

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and breaks it apart into thousands and thousands of pieces.

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I believe the signal has dissipated. Good work. I suggest

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we collect the broken pieces so they don't cause problems

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down on Earth. A cone of energy reaches out from

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the starship and begins pulling in the frozen satellite pieces.

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Just like the garbage does. They break down as they

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enter into little shimmering particles before flowing into the storage tanks.

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What exactly was that, you ask, Quantum That is currently unknown.

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I believe another entity, something smart and powerful like myself,

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was attempting to disrupt our plans. I believe we should

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return home for the time being. You press forward on

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the throttle, turn the ship around, and blast down towards

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the earth. Soon, the darkness around you is replaced by

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a bright blue light. You pass through the Earth's atmosphere,

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down below the clouds, and fly at incredible speed back

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towards your home. When you see a familiar sight the

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surroundings of your own house, you switch it into hover mode.

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You gently lower the ship down beside your home and

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the hatch opens up. The ship lowers inside, the hatch

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closes over top, and you land with a small hiss

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and a gentle thunk. The back hatch opens up and

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you step outside. Immediately, helper bods begin well repairing anything

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that might have gone wrong with the ship. I will

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need to analyze this information. I suggest you get some sleep, okay,

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you say. You head back for the bottom of the slide.

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You step up on it, sit down, and a little

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platform appears below your feet. Pushing you back up the slide,

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around the little loops and into the center of your bedroom.

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You step off of the little hatch, the bed slides

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back in place, and you climb inside it. You pull

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the covers up to your chin, close your eyes, and

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you begin to just let the tension and your muscles

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drift away. You start by letting go of any tension

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in your arms, any tension in your legs, and with

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each breath you sink down deeper and deeper into the mattress,

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and your mind begins to wander off to thoughts of

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new dreams, new adventures, and new things missed to print

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in the future.

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Speaker 4: Good Night everyone, nam.

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Speaker 5: In New York. More Union, no no thing, no.

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Speaker 1: Mo m.

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Speaker 5: M one one mo

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