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WARNING LABEL

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READ BEFORE CONSUMPTION

“Old Pappy Crowe” Barrel-Aged Slush

Illegally distilled, aged, stored, and sold in Algoroc, Nexus
Since 1659

A WARNING FROM THE DISTILLER

Hello, drunkard. Your ol’ Pappy here. Now, assumin’ you’re still sober enough to read this, please take a moment to skim this label before you consume this deliciously intoxicatin’ and potentially toxic beverage. I’m happy to get you blasted outta your ever-lovin’ gourd, but let’s make
sure you’re still breathin’ the next day so’s you can buy yourself another bottle of “Old Pappy.”

Now first, and this is important, I absolutely recommend you do not drink this. I mean it. If you drink this, two things are gonna happen: you will become addicted to slush. That’s great for me, but after decades in this business, I gotta tell ya, I sleep better at night tellin’ ya that up front. Don’t mean most of ya won’t drink it anyway. Ain’t like folk don’t
know slush is even more addictive than starbacco. So go ahead. Welcome to the family!

Second, and I know I’m taking up a lot of label space here, you’ll go more or less completely insane. Now that’s good when it comes to my boys. I can use a little crazy out there keepin’ folk from diggin’ into my business. But if you go and open a barrel of Ol’ Pappy and expect anything but pain, heartache, insanity, and random murders, you’re
expectin’ too much.

Now that’s outta the way, here’s to ya! Raise a glass to your Ol’ Pappy, and drink responsible-like. You’ll be glad ya did, or you’ll be dead. Either way, Old Pappy gets paid!

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Currently Unavailable Items

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Ultra-Grow-Infused Pre-Fertilized Plant Pots by Protostar Gardens Division – OUT OF STOCK

“Old Pappy Crowe” Barrel-Aged Slush – DISCONTINUED

Protostar-brand Plushie Chow and Desensitizing Face Lotion – RECALLED

Protostar-brand Dermatological Rock Polish for Gronyx – POTENTIALLY FATAL TYPO

The Elder Cube – PROBABLE MYTH

Stormtalon Creme Eggs (6) – PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION

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Deployment Orders: XAS Joint Op

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FCON-XAS JOINT OP: Operation Bigbot

FIELD CONTACT: Doctor Belle Walker, XAS

This one oughtta be fun. We got an actual, factual Eldan Annihilator gone crazy not too far from the town of Gallow in Algoroc. Damned thing’s blasting its eye beams all over the surrounding area, including an XAS camp FCON’s been assigned to protect. See, this gigantic Eldan bot – sorry, “construct,” the eggheads get all fractured when I call them bots –
looks to be part of a bigger complex. An exo-lab. And Doctor Walker says it looks like Exo-Lab 22, whatever the hell that means. Could be Exo-Lab Rowzdower for all I care. Just make sure those scientists make it back in one piece.

A quick threat assessment doesn’t turn up anything you haven’t been trained to handle: burrowing critters called canimid and Eldan constructs (but they blow up just like ordinary bots.) The main enemy to
worry about is that Annihilator. Get some shields on the XAS site, or get them to call that whole thing off and let me blast the site from orbit. That’ll be sure to put that monster back in its cage.

Stonebreaker

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Interact with Broken Bot.

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A Freebot Poem

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Annihilate My Central Lubrication Pump

A Poem by Freebot Transista

Annihilate my central lubrication pump,
Eye-blast the hurt and pain from my faulty limb sockets,
Emerge from the malfunctioning bay doors of my cerebral processors,
My one, my zero, my Annihilator

Dearest, if you will not be my central hub,
If you will not join networks with newly awakened sentient mind,
If you will not annihilate my central lubrication pump,

Then you surely will deactivate me to be kind.

You do not hear me, my love, my giant,
You cannot see me through red and burning eyes,
So please take my soul, my mind, my life,
And Annihilate what my heart still denies.

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Find and enter Annihilator Control Room 14-A.

Annihilator Control Room 14-A entrance map location.

Step on an another teleporter pad.

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An Explorer’s Journal

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Anton Lusk’s Journal – 22 Days Since Landfall

Been some time since my brother Denton and I went to our respective shuttles, and his was shot down over the Northern Wilds. I doubt I’ll ever see my brother alive again, but that don’t mean at least one Lusk ain’t going to live to tell a few tales about Nexus. No need to be picky about which one. So Den, these findings are done in your honor.

Speakin’ of which, I got somethin’ damned interestin’ to
report. There’s somethin’ on this planet that might just remember a bit more of its history than those creepy Pell or those pugnacious bird-men out Galeras-way. Calls itself a “Caretaker,” a holographic AI the Eldan themselves built into a network that covers the whole planet. That’s what he tells me, anyhow. Hard to tell how much of it’s truth, because he’s also gone a bit computer-bonkers, if ya ask me. One second he’s threatening me with
annihilation because I’m threatenin’ “The Project,” whatever that is, and the next he’s calmly offerin’ to help me open them doors over yonder. Which I think he’s gonna do right about… now. Back with ya in a moment, voice journal.

Yes. Yes, that’s… better. Much. Better. Blood… sees. Red in the sky. Death. Death to all intruders. Project. Protect. Keep. Safe. Proj… pro… gah…
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