Naomi bursts onto the Bridge, breath sharp, boots skidding on the deck. The central chair sits occupied by the motionless synthetic shell of the humanoid AI pilot, while the main console waits dead ahead.
She drives the override key into the emergency operations terminal. The display wakes in a wash of pale light, and a schematic blooms across the screens, colony modules suspended in a rotating ship map, each tagged with emergency ejection lists.
The Ship AI
Authorization acknowledged. Emergency sequence available... recalibrating.
The calm tone fractures. Warning glyphs crawl over the schematic as the terminal starts fencing her out, final confirmation fields graying one by one.
Lead Engineer
It is trying to close the gate. Push the module list before it hard-locks the bridge.
Naomi Katsuragi
The ejection path is here. One clean command can separate the colony from the ship.
Across the panels, the first module flashes green, then hesitates, waiting on Naomi's next input while the orbit warning ticks louder in the background.
✓ Quest Accepted
Initiate the colony module ejection sequence
“I override the terminal's lockout to bypass the AI's final security block.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Hacking, rolled -1)
Naomi’s override bites through the lockout. The gray confirmation fields snap back to life, and the terminal stops fencing her out.
The colony schematic rotates faster, then steadies, as fresh command routes bloom in green across the display.
The Ship AI
Unauthorized barrier removed. Emergency path restored.
Lead Engineer
Good. Now push it before the bridge decides to fight back.
Naomi’s input lands, and the first colony module locks into the ejection queue. Its status changes from waiting to armed.
The Ship AI
Warning. Manual sequence accepted. Defensive protocols escalating.
A red frame flashes around the next confirmation, demanding the next command while the bridge lights stutter once over the dead synthetic pilot.
Quest Complete
Initiate the colony module ejection sequence