The station buckles under the weight of the security breach. As drones swarm the ceiling, Nahuli slams the override key, ejecting the shuttle’s life pod into the station’s internal transit rail.
Nahuli
Grab the emergency harness! We have to initiate the manual magnetic launch before the rail locking-mechanism slams shut.
Sivani
This rail leads straight into the cooling exhaust of the reactor core. We are jumping blindly into a furnace.
The pod shrieks as it locks onto the frictionless rails, accelerating violently through the spire’s vascular transit system. Blue sparks shower the viewport as they blast through a containment partition, emerging into the sprawling, pressurized greenhouse deck of the station’s outer shell. The air here is humid, thick with recycled oxygen and the scent of synthetic flora. Below them, the spire’s core pulses in rhythmic violet light, completely detached from the frantic chaos of the upper decks.
Nahuli
We’ve cleared the spire’s internal drag. We aren't being tracked anymore, but we need to find a signal dampener before the station’s secondary systems realize the relay is dead.
Quest Complete
Investigate the ghost station
Item Acquired: Ancient Data Core
+ Story Quest Added
Find a signal dampener