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[IronBeer]

>>Say "What if I'm out to take down the power grid myself?"
>>Evaluate combat situation in case the scientist goes hostile.

[raekuul]

The scientist looks at you for a moment. "I thought something was odd about you. No forehead mark." He brushes aside his hair, and you can see the mark of Leo on his forehead. "This mark means I work for the King of Hell himself. The Bruiser Brothers give me pretty much free reign here because of it - not that they know that Big Ess sent me to stop their half-cocked invasion plan. If anybody's going to conquer the Earth, it's going to be him."

The scientist has a really, really big gun.

[Pricklyman]

ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY "REALLY, REALLY BIG GUN" FROM CURRENT POSITION

[thelaptop]

STALL FOR TIME BY SAYING "Mine's on my butt... for reasons I don't really want to talk about."
GET READY TO DUCK FOR COVER IF HE FIRES

[IronBeer]

Obviously this guy's not on our side, but we may avoid needing to deal with his "really, really big gun". And we may be able to get him to help us clean up Phobos... enemy of my enemy and all that.

Of course, we'll need to take him out later, but perhaps we can delay crossing that bridge for a while.

[raekuul]

You cannot identify the really, really big gun.

The helltouched scientist laughs. "Haha, haven't heard that one since I signed up. Tell me, were you planning on joining the legions of hell, or were you just causing mayhem and property damage because you were bored?"

[Matt_S]

(I'm just going to sit back and see how you guys get out of this one.  It should be entertaining.)

[thelaptop]

SAY "You don't have to be sarcastic -- I just had my hands full with this to open the door.  Legions of hell, obviously."
STILL GETTING READY TO DUCK WHEN SCIENTIST SHOOTS

[raekuul]

The scientist chuckles. "Listen, if there aren't any more of the Bruisers' lackeys running around, what do you say we... disable... this place? Short of you pulling out some heavy inertia-based ordinance, we'd have to trigger a meltdown ourselves. I've looked into it, and unless you've got some rope, that's a two-man job."

[Matt_S]

(Looks like we aren't going to shoot ourselves in the foot at this point.)

SAY "Meltdown? Sounds fun."

[raekuul]

He chuckles and puts his gun in his pocket. "No, my... not 'friend', you are more of a temporary ally at best, though with any luck the Big Ess will decide you're too much fun to kill. Fun would be making this place mushroom up after only a few keystrokes at the central computer - which while possible, would be infinitely more likely to kill us instantly." He pulls a map from off of the wall. "If we're going to do this, one of us needs to be in the computer control room to override the security, the automatic systems, and the communication system while the other one handles the hardware."

[ih8regin]

THINK "This is sure fun. I want to make it out of here alive, if possible."
SAY "Well, I can handle the hardware. I think."
THINK "Getting out of there with all-clear should be easier than from right here"

[raekuul]

The scientist thinks for a moment. "Well then, I'll head over to the control computer and start things there. Tighten this valve up all the way, and once it tries to untighten itself tighten it back up and hold it there until it stops trying to untighten itself. That'll force it to calibrate to a lower water level, which I'll be able to then set as the running value from there."

[ih8regin]

THINK ABOUT HOW THE SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY WORKING
SAY "Hmm. This will blow it up still, but give enough tim e to get outta here. Okay."
APPROACH VALVE, EXAMINE VALVE

[raekuul]

The scientist just sighs and leaves.

You find the valve. It's controlled by a large wheel. There is a number off to the side that reads 32000.