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xs01040150_MSG0001 |
Allow me to formally introduce myself:[ST:n ]My name is Kentaro Nagi.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0002 |
You may remember me as captain of the White Whale,[ST:n ]but now I serve as Secretary of Defense here for New LA. [ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0003 |
The provisional government has charged me[ST:n ]with keeping the peace,[ST:page p1=90 ]so all military and police matters fall under my jurisdiction.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0004 |
He's also my superior officer.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0005 |
And he'd be an excellent person to talk to[ST:n ]when you're ready to start looking for work.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0006 |
xs01040150_MSG0006 |
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xs01040150_MSG0006_m |
What about a job right here with BLADE?[ST:n ]He seems capable.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0006_f |
What about a job right here with BLADE?[ST:n ]She seems capable.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0007 |
xs01040150_MSG0007 |
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xs01040150_MSG0007_m |
Let's give it a little more time—at least until he[ST:n ]knows enough to be able to make an informed decision.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0007_f |
Let's give it a little more time—at least until she[ST:n ]knows enough to be able to make an informed decision.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0008 |
xs01040150_MSG0008 |
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xs01040150_MSG0008_m |
He seems to be suffering from some form of memory loss.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0008_f |
She seems to be suffering from some form of memory loss.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0009 |
Memory loss...? From the stasis?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0010 |
xs01040150_MSG0010 |
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xs01040150_MSG0010_m |
He could barely remember his name—and nothing at all[ST:n ]about what happened to Earth or the White Whale.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0010_f |
She could barely remember her name—and nothing at all[ST:n ]about what happened to Earth or the White Whale.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0011 |
I see...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0012 |
Though, come to think of it, the entire lot of us[ST:n ]have only been on this planet for what, two months?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0013 |
It shouldn't take very long to get caught up.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0014 |
My thoughts exactly.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0015 |
Well then...where should we begin?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_JNK0010 |
Inquire |
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xs01040150_SEL0011 |
Ask how we ended up on Mira. |
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xs01040150_JNK0020 |
Clarify |
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xs01040150_SEL0021 |
Ask for more information about BLADE. |
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xs01040150_JNK0030 |
Question |
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xs01040150_SEL0031 |
Ask about registration. |
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xs01040150_MSG0016 |
It started at the end, two years ago.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0017 |
The end of Earth—the casualty of a battle[ST:n ]between two hyper-advanced alien civilizations.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0018 |
Their technology and weapons were...beyond our[ST:n ]comprehension. We were like infants... Naked, powerless.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0019 |
The Earth was reduced to ash—and blown away.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0020 |
I still wonder if I hadn't been there...if maybe[ST:n ]all of this could have somehow been avoided...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0021 |
No one can know that, Elma.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0022 |
What we DO know is, without you, there'd have been[ST:n ]no Project Exodus, and no escape, for any of us.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0023 |
Did it go perfectly? No.[ST:n ]But we are here, and we are alive. We survived.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0024 |
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xs01040150_MSG0025 |
So yes, Project Exodus.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0026 |
Once we learned the Earth might be threatened,[ST:n ]we needed a plan to preserve all her various lifeforms.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0027 |
That plan was the Earthlife Colonization Project.[ST:n ]Otherwise known as Project Exodus.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0028 |
Those of us who escaped on the White Whale[ST:n ]spent over two years wandering in space.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0028_2 |
Two hard years.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0029 |
But we clung to our mission:[ST:n ]find a habitable planet, and settle there.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0030 |
We had no idea how long it would take...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0031 |
Or...that the decision would eventually be made for us.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0032 |
The xenoforms found us again, and...[ST:n ]well, it wasn't a happy reunion.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0033 |
Earth wasn't enough.[ST:n ]They wanted humanity destroyed.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0034 |
For better and for worse, we were close to[ST:n ]planet Mira when we lost control of the White Whale.[ST:page p1=180 ]Inertia and gravity took it from there.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0035 |
The ship had taken way too much damage[ST:n ]to survive entering the atmosphere intact.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0036 |
We had no choice: we channeled all the power[ST:n ]we had left to soft-land the Habitat.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0037 |
Once the dust cleared, we set to work[ST:n ]transforming it into its current state...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0038 |
Searching for survivors, establishing BLADE,[ST:n ]installing the provisional government...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0039 |
Basically making it a sustainable city.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0040 |
BLADE is an acronym.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0041 |
\"Builders of a Legacy After the Destruction of Earth.\"[ST:n ]Quite fitting, I think.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0042 |
It's a relatively new organization.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0043 |
Up there in space, we had plenty of provisions,[ST:page p1=90 ]and a crew trained to handle the limited amount[ST:n ]of situations we might encounter in our travels...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0044 |
But, of course, all that changed after we lost[ST:n ]most of our ship and came crashing down here on Mira.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0045 |
We needed food. Water.[ST:n ]Search and rescue teams. Surveyors. Police...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0046 |
The list goes on and on. It was too much for the provisional[ST:n ]government to manage on its own. So BLADE was born.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0047 |
The idea was to have one central organization[ST:n ]with different disciplines to fill these various roles.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0048 |
Its core was pulled from the Coalition military,[ST:n ]so it's mostly former soldiers.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0049 |
But...fighting isn't our most important duty.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0050 |
Right now, we have a single, top priority[ST:n ]that supersedes all others:[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0051 |
The search for—and recovery of—the Lifehold.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0052 |
Take a look at this.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0053 |
The White Whale was designed to carry an exceedingly[ST:n ]large number of passengers, all of them held in stasis...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0054 |
All housed in a structure called the Lifehold.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0055 |
This is a complete schematic of that facility.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0056 |
Only essential personnel were conscious and active for the[ST:n ]journey from Earth. The flight crew, maintenance engineers...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0057 |
And of course, some military,[ST:n ]so we could defend ourselves if necessary.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0058 |
But the vast majority were in the Lifehold—[ST:n ]ARE in the Lifehold.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0059 |
With any luck, they're all still there, in stasis,[ST:n ]waiting to be rescued.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0060 |
But, there's a problem...[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0061 |
We know now the Lifehold broke apart along with[ST:n ]the rest of the ship when we came down on Mira.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0062 |
What we don't know is exactly where all the pieces landed.[ST:n ]Not very comforting, I know.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0063 |
BLADE's top priority now is locating the missing units.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0066 |
Ah, yes—all citizens of NLA are required[ST:n ]to register their name, age, and occupation.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0067 |
We also ask you report any personal assets, and take[ST:n ]a short survey regarding your current state of health.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0068 |
All purely as a precaution—I'm sure you understand.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0069 |
As the caretakers of humanity's survival,[ST:n ]we all have certain responsibilities.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0070 |
And hey—it's not all bad.[ST:n ]Registering gets you access to all kinds of public services.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0071 |
In any case, I'm sure this is all a lot to digest.[ST:n ]You'll be wanting some time.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0072 |
Ms. Koo—[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0073 |
Even I'M tired of hearing myself speak.[ST:n ]Why don't you take our guest out for some air?[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0074 |
Perhaps a tour of the administrative district.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0076 |
Yes, sir![ST:wait ][ST:n ] |
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xs01040150_MSG0076_02 |
C'mon. We'll keep this briefing brief.[ST:wait ][ST:n ] |