Board Thread:Fun and Games Forum/@comment-25728469-20150523185110/@comment-25728469-20150720033529

(Alright, I'm back. Don't give up on me just yet!)

Curran, Cev, Terra, and Osagia ran into the room they had targeted earlier. But what they found was unexpected: a pair of Hydras, dead in rubble ont he floor, as well as multiple Cabal bodies. A central pedastal stood in the room, and looked like there had once been something connected to it by wires and hoses, which now hung limp from the ceiling.

Whatever had been here was gone. "Damn!" Terra said. "Now what?" Cev went to examine the Hydras. Curran examined a terminal. Osagia looted the Cabal bodies.

Curran then spoke up. "I found some old Clovis Bray logs. They refer to whatever was in here as a "robotic data core of unknown design". Dimensions match the design specs of a Vex Hydra, but not a version I'm familliar with. Possibly an "older model"."

Terra cocked her head to one side. "Older model? Then what happened here?"

"I have a theory." Cev said. "There are only two Hydras here, and the Cabal bodies here could've easily outnumbered them. That means the Cabal won this fight."

"But why only two Hydras? I would think there would be more."

"Then our best bet will be to ask the Cabal."

"I would not advise that." His Ghost said. "The Cabal commander, Vor'umic, has been mentioned several times in communiques up above. He's well defended. However, switching to Fallen communiques, I have learned the Fallen leader, Besis, is relatively easy to acquire."

"What do you mean relatively easy?" Osagia inquired. The device spun to face her. "You'd just have to either damage or board a Fallen Skiff." Everyone went silent. "Are you serious?" Cev burst out suddenly. "It'd be easier fist-fighting an Ahamkara!"

"Except those are extinct." Osagia's Ghost said. Curran stepped forward. "Enough! This is a research facility. Clovis Bray developed so many secrets? Let's find some. Maybe we can find an EMP pulse of some kind."

"And take out all the Fallen and Cabal's infrastructure?"

"And our own, if we're not careful." Curran's Ghost advised. Terra nodded. "Well, I think this is a good idea! We just need to find something like that."

"Ghost. Access the terminal again. I don't care what protocols you have to crack, find anything we can use as a makeshift EMP." Curran demanded. The device swiveled its facets and floated to the terminal to do as it was told. After a few minutes, its central eye flashed green. "Done! This facility is powered by a Mark 16 Cold Fusion Reactor."

"Mark 16's? Those things are ancient! Even by Golden Age standards!" Cev remarked. Curran's Ghost turned to him. "Yes, but this one is a Clovis Bray exclusive! It's protected by several layers of Relic Iron, designed to contain the force of a fifty-megaton nuclear blast... but it's not strong enough to deflect or contain a large enough EMP, which can be obtained by overloading the core!" Curran smiled. "Well, that's it. We set off the reactor, make it topside, and wait for the fireworks."