Null and Void: Log Eight - Who Left the Door Open?

Transcript of the eight recovered log. Found at Site 237-A, Sector G.

(The camera turns on, with Ruck's face in full view. The screens moves wildly back and forth as Ruck runs through hallways bathed in red light. Alarms can be heard blaring incessantly.)

"Yeah, you hear those alarms? That's a bad thing. A cyanovore has been detected inside the perimeter. My guess is that it's the thing that's been stalking around since I woke up. What I don't get is how it got in. I sealed up everything leading to the outside. I sealed every exit, every vent, every crack. It’d take a full mining crew a Jargunian week to cut through those doors."

"Radruk'gren, the creature in question could have heard the beacon and come in."

(Ruck's face screws up in confusion.)

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"Beacon? What beacon?"

"With all the others abandoning their posts, I assumed they may be lost in the wilds outside. I activated the beacon and left the door unlocked so they could return to their duties."

"You did what?!"

"We are very much behind on quota, Radruk'gren, and I don't think you are capable of fulfilling the duties of the thirty-nine missing crew on your own. I activated the beacon and left the door unlocked so lost crew could return. It was intended as a rescue beacon, not a lure."

"Just get me to the guns you bucket of bolts."

"I don't actually have any bolts in my construction. I am made of mostly of polycarbonate plating and aluminum rivets. None of my parts are magnetic due to--"

"Shut up!"

(Ruck and Bok get to the security room and Bok unlocks one of the lockers. Inside is a full suit of ballistic armor and a Hammer 247 'Slug Thrower'. Ruck pulls the firearm out of the locker and loads a magazine before racking the forend.)

"Now we're fucking talking."

"We have been speaking this entire time, Radruk'gren."

"Shut up and get armed, Bok. Time to hunt something with teeth."

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