Conversation 426: JAM / COALITION WARSHIP ARCHER -- SOONA VERSION

CUTSCENE where you attempt to contact Coalition Warship Archer with SOONA. PART OF THE MORALIST DREAM QUEST

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ID Character Dialogue Conditions Links
0 None
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1 None
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2 Soona, the Programmer "And now if you'll just connect that here..."
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3 Soona, the Programmer
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4 Soona, the Programmer IsKimHere()
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5 Soona, the Programmer (IsKimHere()) == false
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6 Kim Kitsuragi "It's done. I believe we're ready." The lieutenant wipes his brow.
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7 You "Got it. Are we ready?"
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8 Soona, the Programmer "We're ready to try, at least. Please, put those on. I've configured the channels so that only your microphone is set to broadcast. We'll both be able to listen, but anyone we reach will only hear *your* voice."
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9 Soona, the Programmer "You will need to transmit your connection request while I attempt to locate the warship's public frequency. You will likely encounter some interference, but it's important to keep transmitting your request until you're acknowledged. Ready?"
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10 None
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11 You "Wait, what if they *never* acknowledge me?"
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12 You "Yes."
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13 You "Not yet."
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14 Soona, the Programmer The programmer seems to consider the question for a moment, then dismisses it with a flick of her wrist...
15 Soona, the Programmer "Then it will be exactly like every other moment of every other day. I ask again: Are you ready?"
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16 Soona, the Programmer "Good. Beginning transmission."
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17 Soona, the Programmer "Too late. I've begun transmitting..."
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18 Horseback Antenna ...
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19 Soona, the Programmer
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20 Soona, the Programmer Variable["auto.is_snowing"]
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21 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["auto.is_snowing"]) == false
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22 Shivers A soft rustling. The snow seems to have gotten between your ears somehow...
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23 Shivers A soft rustling. Between your ears, a winterscape with fast falling snow...
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24 Soona, the Programmer "We're ready to try, at least. Please, put on these headphones, there should be two extra sets. I've configured the channels so that only your microphone is set to broadcast, officer. We'll all be able to listen, but anyone we reach will only hear *your* voice."
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25 Soona, the Programmer
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26 Soona, the Programmer Variable["jam.warship_shivers_snow"]
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27 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["jam.warship_shivers_snow"]) == false
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28 You Where's the sound coming from?
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29 You Ignore it.
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30 Shivers Every lightswitch, every motor carriage, every doorbell, tea kettle, and radio in Martinaise, all mingled with electrical interference caused by scattered thunderstorms over Ozonne.
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31 Soona, the Programmer "Officer? Are you in order? We're waiting for you to start..."
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32 Soona, the Programmer "Go ahead, officer."
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33 None
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34 You "Coalition Warship Archer, this is RCM Officer Firewalker. Please acknowledge." Variable["plaza.kineema_i_am_firewalker"] == true or Variable["XP.confirm_name_harry"] == false
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35 You "Coalition Warship Archer, this is RCM Officer Tequila Sunset. Please acknowledge." Variable["tc.tequila_sunset"] == true
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36 You "Coalition Warship Archer, this is Detective Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau of the RCM. Please acknowledge." Variable["tc.raphael_ambrosius_costeau"] or IsTHCPresent("detective_costeau")
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37 You "Coalition Warship Archer, this is Lieutenant Harrier du Bois of the RCM. Please acknowledge." Variable["tc.name_full_harrier"] == true
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38 You "What should I say?"
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39 Soona, the Programmer "We don't have time for indecision. Just say whatever first comes to mind."
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40 Horseback Antenna ...
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41 Inland Empire You're all alone out there, wandering a blasted heath, calling out to the night, but there is no reply, except for the buzzing of invisible machines...
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42 Soona, the Programmer
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43 Soona, the Programmer Variable["jam.warship_inland_blasted_heath"]
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44 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["jam.warship_inland_blasted_heath"]) == false
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45 Soona, the Programmer
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46 Soona, the Programmer IsKimHere()
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47 Soona, the Programmer (IsKimHere()) == false
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48 Inland Empire I-i-is there anybody th-th-there?
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49 Kim Kitsuragi The lieutenant looks up at you with a nervous glance.
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50 Esprit de Corps He is nervous for your sake, of course, but also his own.
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51 Soona, the Programmer "Try again, officer."
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52 Soona, the Programmer
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53 Soona, the Programmer Variable["jam.warship_esprit_kim_nervous"]
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54 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["jam.warship_esprit_kim_nervous"]) == false
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55 Esprit de Corps Nervous for who, though, you cannot say.
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56 Esprit de Corps Looking at him now, with both hands on his headphones, you see very briefly what the lieutenant must have been like when he first joined the RCM...
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57 Esprit de Corps Then he turns to you. His expression seems to say, 'You'd better not leave this mess for me alone'.
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58 Soona, the Programmer
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59 Soona, the Programmer Variable["reputation.kim"] > 1
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60 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["reputation.kim"] > 1) == false
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61 Soona, the Programmer
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62 Soona, the Programmer Variable["reputation.kim"] > 5
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63 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["reputation.kim"] > 5) == false
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64 Esprit de Corps Then he turns to you. He gives you a half smile along with an almost imperceptible nod of encouragement.
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65 Esprit de Corps Then he turns to you. He shakes his head slightly and looks back at the amplifier.
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66 Horseback Antenna ...
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67 Perception (Hearing) Perhaps you're simply imagining it, but it seems as though you're learning to pull apart the fibres of this auditory felt. You focus on one strand in particular, one that sounds very nearly human...
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68 Soona, the Programmer
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69 Soona, the Programmer Variable["jam.warship_perc_sound_human"]
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70 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["jam.warship_perc_sound_human"]) == false
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71 None
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72 You What does this remind me of? Variable["church.soona_told_her_about_radio_ghost_intercom"] == false
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73 You "Soona, is this more of that entroponetic crosstalk?" Variable["church.soona_told_her_about_radio_ghost_intercom"] == true
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74 You Keep listening.
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75 You "I can't understand a word of this gibberish." Variable["jam.warship_rhetoric_walder_gibberish"]
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76 Soona, the Programmer
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77 Soona, the Programmer Variable["doomed.doorbell_whitecheck_success"]
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78 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["doomed.doorbell_whitecheck_success"]) == false
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79 Inland Empire It's just like that woman in the electronic doorbell... the circuit ghost...
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80 Horseback Antenna The rustling of dry autumn leaves. Waves breaking at a distance. A thousand wings beating at once.
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81 Soona, the Programmer "It's very likely, based on what we've recently learned. Give me a moment while I attempt to narrow the receiving mode..."
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82 You "Soona, I think there are ghosts in this radio." Variable["jam.warship_inland_electronic_doorbell"] and Variable["church.soona_told_her_about_radio_ghost_intercom"] == false
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83 You "What's going on?" Variable["jam.warship_inland_electronic_doorbell"] == false and Variable["church.soona_told_her_about_radio_ghost_intercom"] == false
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84 Horseback Antenna "Liebling, bitte… Er ist unser einziges Kind. Er kann doch auch nächstes Jahr zur Akademie gehen."
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85 Soona, the Programmer "Not ghosts, officer. Crosstalk. You have to keep trying until we get a signal through."
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86 Soona, the Programmer "It isn't gibberish, it's Walder. Now please, keep trying."
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87 Horseback Antenna "Liebling, bitte… Er ist unser einziges Kind. Er kann doch auch nächstes Jahr zur Akademie gehen."
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88 Soona, the Programmer "It's crosstalk. In all likelihood they can't hear you. You have to keep trying until we get a signal through."
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89 Horseback Antenna "Liebling, bitte… Er ist unser einziges Kind. Er kann doch auch nächstes Jahr zur Akademie gehen."
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90 Soona, the Programmer "Keep trying, officer. We'll get a signal through eventually."
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91 Horseback Antenna "Liebling, bitte… Er ist unser einziges Kind. Er kann doch auch nächstes Jahr zur Akademie gehen."
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92 Soona, the Programmer "In the meantime, you must keep trying."
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93 Horseback Antenna "Liebling, bitte… Er ist unser einziges Kind. Er kann doch auch nächstes Jahr zur Akademie gehen."
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94 Soona, the Programmer
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95 Soona, the Programmer Variable["jam.warship_inland_electronic_doorbell"]
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96 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["jam.warship_inland_electronic_doorbell"]) == false
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97 Inland Empire It's strangely comforting to think of these voices travelling through the air, until you capture them, firefly-like, with your little metal antenna...
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98 None
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99 Soona, the Programmer
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100 Soona, the Programmer IsKimHere()
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101 Soona, the Programmer (IsKimHere()) == false
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102 Shivers A slight frisson at the point where your neck meets your spine. Something about the lieutenant's words, directed at you, but not *you*.
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103 You "Kim, don't clog my connection."
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104 You "What are you talking about, Kim? It's perfectly nice out." Variable["auto.is_snowing"] == false and Variable["auto.is_raining"] == false
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105 You "It's really coming down, now that you mention it." Variable["auto.is_snowing"] or Variable["auto.is_raining"]
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106 Kim Kitsuragi "Mention what?"
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107 You "It's cold, like you just said."
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108 Kim Kitsuragi "I didn't say anything, detective."
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109 You "I just heard you say, 'It's cold now'."
110 Kim Kitsuragi "...someone has been maintaining it. The wiring has been repaired..."
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111 Horseback Antenna An uncomfortable silence falls over the connection.
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112 Kim Kitsuragi "... It's been a long winter... Long and cold..."
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113 You "Are you going to tell me you didn't say *that*, either?"
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114 You "Maybe it's your twin brother?"
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115 Kim Kitsuragi "I promise you, I didn't, even though it certainly *sounds* like me..." The lieutenant seems to wince at the sound of his own voice.
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116 Kim Kitsuragi "I can assure you, it's not my 'twin brother'. Though it certainly does *sound* like me..." The lieutenant seems to wince at the sound of his own voice.
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117 Soona, the Programmer
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118 Soona, the Programmer Variable["church.soona_told_her_about_radio_ghost_intercom"]
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119 Soona, the Programmer (Variable["church.soona_told_her_about_radio_ghost_intercom"]) == false
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120 You "What is happening?"
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121 Soona, the Programmer "I can't say with certainty, but it *sounds* very much like entroponetic crosstalk. It happens sometimes when sending transmissions across long stretches of pale."
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122 You "Could this be more entroponetic crosstalk?"
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123 Soona, the Programmer "Yes," the programmer cuts in. "A particularly eerie specimen, but still just a harmless piece of the past returning to surface."
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124 Kim Kitsuragi "Right. I just wish I could remember what I was talking about..."
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125 Horseback Antenna "Natürlich halten ihn die Psychologen für vollkommen normal..."
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126 Esprit de Corps Something here is eating at the lieutenant, as much as he would like to move past it.
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127 Kim Kitsuragi "Ah, yes, of course. That must be it..."
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128 Shivers A slight frisson at the point where your neck meets your spine. You can *feel* the lieutenant's presence, even though he's nowhere to be found...
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129 You "Kim? How did you get on my connection?"
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130 Soona, the Programmer "There's no way the lieutenant has his *own* mega-low frequency connection. Very strange..."
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131 Horseback Antenna ...
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132 Kim Kitsuragi "...someone has been maintaining it. The wiring has been repaired..."
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133 Soona, the Programmer "I believe you mean, what *was* he talking about."
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134 You "What is he talking about?"
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135 Soona, the Programmer