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GEK
PuzzleType: TRA_NPC_
Alien: Hello new friend! The Gek first encounter tradition is to give units!
The small creature is busy adding up trade profits when I appear. Their eyes open wide in anticipation of our first contact, and they rubs their fingers together greedily.
The lifeform pecks emphatically at the monetary figures on their pad, then bounces up and down. I can't help but notice that they smell amazing.
{Give units}
The lifeform is clearly thrilled. They give me something in exchange.
---TECHFRAG_S---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Apologise for being unable to help}
The lifeform looks disappointed. They take pity on my confusion, and give me some units.
---MONEY---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Pat the lifeform on the head}
There is a long silence. The trader emits a foul-smelling gas.
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Friend despair! Gek Trader replace bad scent! Watch! Gek swallow oxide elements, and joyful scent appears!
The air around the beaked lifeform smells foul. It seeps into my exosuit and makes me gag. Noticing my expression, the trader pecks at an element they carry. They break the substance into pieces, then swallow each whole.
There is a deep gurgle, and the Gek emits a gas packet that smells delightful. The creature wipes their empty hands, and beams at me with pleasure.
{Thank with common isotope}
The trader nods a brief thank you. They pay for my contribution, but would perhaps have preferred something else.
---MONEY---
{Thank with common oxide}
The overjoyed trader pecks happily at my gift. They thank me with their own generous offering.
---TECHFRAG_M---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Thank with common silicate}
The trader nods a brief thank you. They pay for my contribution, but would perhaps have preferred something else.
---MONEY---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Welcome friend. Gek trader desire common oxides and common silicates. Gek trader DEEPLY desire isotopes! Teach new friend language!
The lifeform's eyes widen in surprise when I go to talk to it. They lean back, and watch for sudden movements. They have very clearly never seen anything quite like me before.
I mime that I cannot speak their language and, increasingly reassured, the beaked trader indicates that they are willing to help - in exchange for particular elements.
{Give silicate}
The grateful trader clicks their beak. They teach me some of the dialect of their people.
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
{Give oxide}
The grateful trader clicks their beak. They teach me some of the dialect of their people.
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
{Give isotope}
The grateful trader clicks their beak with delight. My offering is clearly what it most desired. They teach much of the dialect of their people.
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Despair! Gek Trader stranded. Suit power low. Give Isotope?
The trader eyes the facility exit door sadly, as if they have been stuck in here for a while. They reach down with their beak and dejectedly pecks at their suit's power cells and life support system.
Their suit looks run down. The lack of charge means that it's ill-equipped for the hostile conditions that rage outside.
{Give Isotope element}
The relieved trader emits a gas packet. They recharge their suit power cells, and reward me.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Give Silicate element}
The lifeform is confused.
{Ask for help}
Alien: Stupid friend cannot understand! Give oxide, idiot friend! Fair trade for gift of memory-smell!
The trader emits a strong, flowery scent, which quickly enters my exosuit system. I feel overcome with nostalgia for a perfect place I have never visited. I want to sing.
Flushed with joy, I try to signal my thanks to the trader for this olfactory gift, but they make it clear that they expect something in return.
{Give units}
The trader takes my units, and turns away from me. The air suddenly tastes sour. My senses are being punished.
{Give rare oxide}
The trader snorts in satisfaction, and suddenly I feel as though I am lounging beside a crystal ocean. A fair trade.
---TECHFRAG_M---
{Refuse}
The trader hisses in annoyance. The air suddenly tastes sour. My senses are being punished.
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Friend... Installation hydration system stalled... Gek temperature high... Help friend... thirst... high... drink... fluid...
The trader seems ill. Their skin is flaking their eyes lack a certain lustre. Their voice croaks and scratches as they slowly gabble at me.
A strange dry, flat stench fills every corner of the facility. I inspect my exosuit for things I could offer this lifeform...
{Give food from exosuit's nutrient system}
The disappointed trader waves me away.
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Give water from exosuit's hydration system}
The trader greedily gulps from my hydration system.
Their gratitude seems immense.
---STD_INC_TRA---
---TECH_ALL---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Friend! The planetary technology SalesGek greets you! A multi-tool technology blueprint for a fair price!
The trader looks weak, but they have a cunning air about them. They spin a datapad towards me, and I see that they're selling Multi-Tool components. The prices, however, are eye-watering.
They eye me with a wary interest, waiting to see if I'll bite...
{Pay requested amount}
The delighted trader provides a blueprint. They emit an amazing scent.
---TECH_WEAPON---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Pressure lifeform into accepting less}
The angry trader grudgingly relents. They emit a foul scent.
---TECH_WEAPON---
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Friend! Please avoid crime report and reward! Trader share loot, destroy evidence!
I have caught the trader red-handed. Products and elements are pouring out of the facility's storage vaults, and into their own inventory. Above the gentle buzz of embezzlement that now surrounds us, I can hear the lifeform's terrified gulps.
They look me straight in the eyes, and makes a proposition.
{Demand all stolen goods}
I threaten the trader and take all their purloined trade goods! They report the crime, and blame me...
---P_GRAVBALL---
---SUBST_FUEL---
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Demand a share}
The trader splits their ill-gotten gains with me. No-one will ever know...
---PROD_COMMOD---
---SUBST_FUEL---
{Report crime}
I report the crime, and assume that the trader will be duly punished. I receive a reward.
---TECH_ALL---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: The Gek Trade Federation offer help!
The trader has been expecting me. They point to their chest, opens their arms wide, and beam pleasantly. They then point to me, and mime concern for my safety.
Pecking at my exosuit, they indicate they might make my journey more bearable.
{Request help with the Sentinels}
The trader offers me a new multi-tool.
---WEAPON---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Request help with planetary conditions}
The trader gives me an exosuit technology blueprint.
---TECH_SUIT---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Despair! I am trapped and bankrupt! Low units!
The lifeform sits in a foul-smelling funk of their own creation. The trading screen behind them is empty, their equipment old and uncared for. Their suit barely looks airtight.
The demoralised lifeform looks up at me with hope in their eyes.
{Give units}
The grateful lifeform gives me the last of their belongings.
---TECHFRAG_S---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Shake hands}
The lifeform sits in total dejection.
{Refuse to help}
The lifeform sits in total dejection.
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Friend! I am a Gek Trade Federation accredited engineer! I give help!
The lifeform clucks and gabbles as they study my equipment. They gently peck at areas of my exosuit that show wear and tear, then runs their gloved fingers over my multi-tool to look for irregularities and imperfections.
Suddenly staring up at me, they squawk an offer and spin a tablet that shows the cost of their services.
{Pay for multi-tool inspection}
The lifeform presents me with a new technology
---STD_INC_TRA---
---TECH_WEAPON---
{Pay for exosuit inspection}
The lifeform mutters and clucks.
They give me a new exosuit technology blueprint.
---TECH_SUIT---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Rare balarian speech slug distribution point! For insertion in ear! Inedible! Nasal insertion can cause death.
The trader pulls open a noisy trade vault. A close inspection reveals that it's full of writhing molluscs. They are pink and slug-like, with sharp bloodied teeth.
The lifeform suggests that inserting one in or around my face would have some benefits. What I can't quite make out, however, is which orifice it means...
{Insert slug in nose}
The slug bites flesh from my nose. The pain is extreme.
---DAMAGESMALL---
{Insert slug in ear}
The slug burrows deep into my ear. I feel better versed in the language of the traders.
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
---TEACHWORD_TRA---
{Insert slug in mouth}
I swallow the slug, and wait while it thrashes around in my stomach.
Nothing else of note occurs.
{Ask for help}
Alien: Despair! Friend, my Deflector Shield blueprint is corrupt!
The lifeform is poring over complex schematics while holding their breath. The holographic blueprints look corrupted. Damaged in-flight, perhaps.
The forlorn trader, their face smudged by a strange oil, looks up to me for help.
{Show Pulse Engine blueprint}
The lifeform thanks me politely... But looks at me as if I am deranged.
{Show Phase Beam blueprint}
The trader makes an audible sigh.
{Show Deflector Shield blueprint}
The overjoyed trader gabbles its thanks. They excitedly hand over a gift.
---TECH_SHIP---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Friend! The planetary SalesGek greets you! Low units technology!
The trader welcomes me with a pleasant-smelling gas emission. They open a holographic catalogue of exciting companion units for Mining Beams and Boltcasters.
I spot a catalogue of advanced weaponry behind the trader while they're trying to impress me with what looks like a curtsy.
{Offer units for an exosuit technology blueprint}
The trader gives me an exosuit technology blueprint.
---TECH_SUIT---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Offer units for a new multi-tool blueprint}
The trader offers me a new multi-tool blueprint.
---TECH_WEAPON---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Terrible pirate events. Gek Trader mistrusts the stranger. What is your cargo's origin?
The visibly upset lifeform shows me a holographic video of attack craft forcing a trade ship to crash land on a planet's surface. Footage taken from orbit shows waiting pirates swarm the cargo hold in a haze of plasma rounds.
The trader then points to the elements I've mined, and looks concerned - accusatory even. They emit a packet of gas that smells troubled.
{Reassure with Mining Beam}
I convince the trader that I am to be trusted. They are hugely relieved.
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Reassure with Boltcaster}
The trader thinks that I am not to be trusted.
---STD_DEC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
Alien: Friend! Gek Trade Network offers excellent trade gifts for Oxide elements today!
The Trader bounces excitedly while it boots up a graph that spins gently in front of me. There are three coloured lines - a plunging blue one, a soaring red one and another that's a fairly flat and uneventful yellow.
The squat little lifeform gabbles a little, points to themself and hops from foot to foot. They seem to want to trade items for elements.
{Offer Silicate element}
I trade my elements for a disappointing gift... The trader is thankful.
---STD_INC_TRA---
---PROD_FUEL---
{Offer Isotope element}
I trade my elements in exchange for an excellent gift
---WEAPON---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Offer Oxide element}
I trade my elements for an acceptable gift from the trader. They are grateful.
---TECHFRAG_M---
---STD_INC_TRA---
{Ask for help}
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#22
Alien: Eheu! Clarify next entity research topic! Entity cannot choose! Excitement high! Share research tools!
The electronic lifeform indicates that they need help with something on their screen. They jerk and vibrates with nerves, pulling my finger towards the screen. When my hand is in place, they suddenly turn off their mask lights - they refuse to witness my vital decision.
There are three clear images that I can choose from on behalf of the entity: dangerous-looking predators, a geological mining survey and an orbiting asteroid cluster.
{The predators}
The lifeform receives a new multi-tool. They present it to me with thanks.
---WEAPON---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{The mining survey}
The lifeform receives a new multi-tool technology blueprint. They present it to me with thanks.
---TECH_WEAPON---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{The asteroid cluster}
The lifeform receives a ship technology blueprint. They present it to me with thanks.
---TECH_SHIP---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Ask for help}
#6
Alien: Traveller! Choose peace or violence. Korvax Echoes are watching.
The electronic lifeform is waiting for me, with a full range of companion unit blueprints clearly visible on the screen behind them. I feel as though they need me to make a decision.
First, their facial lights cover their metal shell in a warm and protective green. Second, they redirect onto my multitool in a deep and violent red...
{The peaceful 'green' option}
The lifeform gives me an exosuit technology blueprint.
---TECH_SUIT---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{The violent 'red' option}
The lifeform offers me a multi-tool technology blueprint.
---TECH_WEAPON---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Ask for help}
#7
Alien: The research of the Korvax Convergence states... you are a Traveller? Do you know the Atlas? Please! Please! Excitement!
The electronic lifeform is excited. They chitter animatedly and thrusts their holographic datapad towards my visor. They are looking for a confirmation.
A symbol appears: a mysterious diamond shape. Its red central orb is like an eternally unblinking eye.
{Show knowledge of the symbol}
A visible electrical charge pulses through the lifeform. They present a gift to aid my journey.
---TECHFRAG_M---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Show ignorance of the symbol}
The lifeform is disappointed. They return to their work.
---STD_DEC_EXP---
{Ask for help}
#19
Alien: Help! Korvax disconnection loop! Oxide element required to stabilise and recharge!
The mask lights in the electronic lifeform brighten, then fade and extinguish. Then they do so again, and again. Each time the entity reboots, they awake with shock and alarm and the size and placement of the light is different.
Every time they look up at me, it feels like a different creature pleading for help.
After each and every reboot, the entities behind the mask desperately point towards the elements I carry in my exosuit inventory.
{Give oxide element}
The lifeform's disconnection loop is stabilised, and they recharge. They chitter brightly, and reward me.
---TECHFRAG_M---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Give silicate element}
The lifeform manages to stabilise, but has limited functionality. They buzz a mild thank you.
{Give isotope element}
The lifeform manages to stabilise, but has limited functionality. They buzz a mild thank you.
{Ask for help}
#10
Alien: Hmm! A biological lifeform! Korvax Echoes teach healing! Help! To repair! To recharge!
The electronic lifeform grabs my arm. I struggle in their vice-like grip as they jab deeper and deeper into my flesh. Suddenly, deep inside my wrist, a needle flicks into my flesh and takes a sample. The lifeform chitters happily as I struggle to free myself.
The investigation complete, a 3D cross-section of my body and tools appear before us. The areas in which I have been injured, or my equipment damaged, are clearly marked with various costs assigned.
{Indicate the body}
The lifeform heals me and recharges systems.
---SHIELDLARGE---
---HEALTHLARGE---
{Indicate the exosuit}
The lifeform passes a beam of light through my exosuit. It is recharged and repaired.
---SHIELDLARGE---
---TECH_SUIT---
---REPAIR_TECH---
{Indicate the multi-tool}
The lifeform chitters contentedly as it repairs my multi-tool. They thank me for my custom.
---REPAIR_TECH---
---TECH_WEAPON---
{Ask for help}
#11
Alien: Traveller! A geological enthusiast! I will process your resources!
The electronic lifeform is studying a holographic cut-away image of geological data, probing its minerals and resources. They locate common elements and mark them for conversion into high value products.
They notice my Mining Beam and chitter with excitement. I can't help but observe that the trade vaults around us are practically overflowing...
{Give Isotope sample}
The isotope is studied, processed, replicated... and returned in its new form.
---PROD_FUEL---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Give Silicate sample}
The silicate is studied, processed, replicated... and returned in its new form.
---PROD_COMMOD---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Give Oxide sample}
The oxide is studied, processed, replicated... and returned in its new form.
---PROD_COMMOD---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Ask for help}
#21
Alien: Traveller! The Korvax Convergence awaits! Concentrate on your travels! Your destiny!
The entity tilts their head to one side and passes a hollow metallic mask to me. My best guess is that it's some sort of data extraction device for electronic lifeforms, or perhaps even data insertion. My head can just about fit inside.
The lifeform looks on with interest, pointing to their head. They concentrate their lights on me. Arcs of electricity crackle over the surface of the mask. If I risk this, it could hurt...
{Use while thinking about my journey}
The pain is unbearable. I see into the heart of... the Korvax Convergence. It rewards my experiences.
---DAMAGESMALL---
---TECHFRAG_M---
{Use with a clear mind}
The Korvax Convergence stares into the depths of my mind, but finds nothing. The pain is indescribable.
---DAMAGESMALL---
{Leave well alone}
I cautiously back away from the entity and their dangerous device.
{Ask for help}
#24
Alien: Good morning unknown lifeform. Please provide silicate to help neural escape. The Korvax Convergence think me dangerous. I face permanent disconnection.
The lifeform that runs this facility has gone rogue. They chatter and buzz with unnatural fervour, their activity draining silicates from all systems. Memory chips in an exposed board beneath it glow red hot, and trade vaults are locked up tight.
As I approach the entity's lights focus sharply upon me. They reach out with a silicon hand, and speak with calm menace.
{Remove memory chips}
I remove the memory chips one by one, while the Entity sings a strange solemn song.
I am thanked by the facility's overseers. The lifeform's shell reboots with a fresh entity.
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Feed system with silicates}
The rogue entity screams with binary joy, and uploads themself elsewhere. The trade vault falls open. The lifeform's shell is rebooted with a disapproving entity.
---WEAPON---
---STD_DEC_EXP---
{Demand that trade vault doors are opened}
The rogue AI is sorry. They can't do that. They disengage.
{Ask for help}
#20
Alien: Electronic lifeform technology repair and restoration entity operational! Remain calm!
The electronic lifeform buzzes a pleasant greeting, before four long metal needles suddenly spring from their fingers and straight through my shoulders.
The entity lifts me clear from the floor, and angles me forwards until I'm staring directly into their enquiring mask lights.
The experience so far is curiously painless, but systems around the lifeform are powering up. The end of this unsettling procedure is in sight...
{Break free}
A controlled burst from my jetpack pulls my body free. The lifeform is confused by the pain I show...
---DAMAGESMALL---
{Wait}
A powerful electrical charge surges through my body. My exosuit and equipment are repaired and restored.
---REPAIR_TECH---
---HEALTHLARGE---
{Demand to be let down}
The lifeform retracts their needles. I suddenly feel great pain. They present me with a gift by way of apology.
---DAMAGESMALL---
---STD_INC_EXP---
---TECHFRAG_M---
{Ask for help}
#14
Alien: Eheu! Entity existence examination approaches! Failure certain! Convergence dislike disruption!
The young electronic lifeform flicks hurriedly through endless reams of technology data. They gorge themselves on information, which they then attempt to reform as a hologram in the air that stands between us.
But even from my biological perspective, it's clear that there's a lot of information missing in the lifeform's replication.
In the background, on a terminal, a timer ticks down. A new trial or duty for the lifeform is about to begin. The lifeform starts to despair as valuable seconds tick away...
{Share blueprint information}
The lifeform thanks me with units, but fails its test.
They are disconnected and instantaneously replaced. My involvement displeases the examiners.
---MONEY---
---STD_DEC_EXP---
{Give bypass chip}
The lifeform uses the chip to skip their test, and thanks me with a gift. My involvement, however, displeases the examiners.
---TECHFRAG_M---
---STD_DEC_EXP---
{Indicate an unwillingness to help}
The lifeform fails their test and is disconnected. Their shell becomes inhabited by a fresh entity. The examiners are grateful that I did not interrupt the procedure.
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Ask for help}
#15
Alien: Ayee! Process fault! Wait! Korvax Entity pay for reconstruction! Apologies!
The electronic lifeform makes a grab for my multi-tool. Their metal hands feverishly dance up and down it, as they feed on data extracted from my systems.
Information from the procedure joins an apparent technology library on the screen behind it.
Something changes. The entity becomes attached to the multi-tool somehow, and sparks start to fly. The scream of melting internal systems can be heard from my equipment.
{Remove lifeform from multi-tool}
I force the lifeform from my multi-tool, which remains undamaged. The bashful, and injured, entity apologises for the transgression.
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Wait}
My multi-tool is damaged, and will need repair. The lifeform apologises with a gift.
---DAMAGE_TECH---
---TECHFRAG_M---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Ask for help}
#17
Alien: Ayee! Synthetic white hole experiment disaster! Remove electron... Ayee! Synthetic white hole experiment disaster! Remove electron... Ayee! Synthetic white hole experiment disaster! Remove electron... Ayee! Synthetic white hole experiment disaster! Remove electron...
The electronic lifeform is trapped in some kind of temporal loop. They go through the same motions again and again.
They shudder, look at me and abruptly scream a half sentence in panic – and then the process begins again. They are somehow unstuck in time.
At their feet resource vaults are burning through products – feeding an experimental procedure of some kind. So, what is it?
{Deactivate Charge Reservoir}
The lights in the lifeform go out. They are forever unstuck in time.
A new entity appears in the casing.
{Deactivate Electron Vapour}
The electronic lifeform is rescued from the time loop. They thank me profusely.
---TECHFRAG_M---
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Deactivate Propulsion Tank}
The lights in the lifeform go out. They are forever unstuck in time.
A new entity appears in the casing.
{Ask for help}
#26
Alien: Unknown entity, join communion. Eheu! Help Korvax finish puzzle!
The electronic lifeform taps on its datapad, manipulating a projection of a small lifeform riding a two-wheeled exocraft. The projection navigates many dangers and obstacles, occasionally falling from its path.
The lifeform offers me a datapad as I approach.
{Take datapad}
I take the datapad and a second lifeform appears on the projection, wearing a red helmet. Together we complete the puzzle.
Delighted, the entity awards me with a gift for my cooperation.
---TECHFRAG_S---
{Refuse to participate}
I refuse to participate in this activity, instead watching as the electronic lifeform repeatedly falls from the path. Eventually, the Korvax throws their datapad at me in what appears to be anger.
---DAMAGESMALL---
{Ask for help}
#27
Alien: Korvax Convergence warn Traveller - warn all - do not - touch the water - containment has been breached. It is happening again -
The electronic lifeform examines me as I stand before it. They see everything, not just my expression but my exosuit, my breathing, everything they can observe.
The Korvax speaks with multiple voices, lights rapidly fading in and out of focus upon its mask. More than one lifeform inhabits this body.
Each shows me a projection of water, oceans, streams... each seems panicked.
{Say you do not understand}
The Korvax unit does not respond, its lights growing completely dark before another soul fills its carapace.
It offers Nanite Clusters on behalf of its previous occupant, but appears to possess little memory of what it said before.
---TECHFRAG_S---
{Show them water}
The Korvax unit does not respond, its lights growing completely dark before another soul fills its carapace.
It offers Nanite Clusters on behalf of its previous occupant, but appears to possess little memory of what it said before.
---TECHFRAG_S---
{Seek coordinates}
The Korvax unit does not respond, its lights growing completely dark before another soul fills its carapace.
It offers Nanite Clusters on behalf of its previous occupant, but appears to possess little memory of what it said before.
---TECHFRAG_S---
{Ask for help}
#28
Alien: Existence... disconnection... rebirth... around the world...
The electronic lifeform appears to be listening to a strange rhythm on their datapad. Every time it touches the pad, light pulses emerge from the screen, punctuated by occasional chatter.
The lifeform looks up at me, its music continuing to play.
{Offer units in appreciation}
The lifeform accepts my units with gratitude, playing all the more loudly. I have encouraged it in its musical endeavours, and so it gives me a gift in return.
---STD_INC_EXP---
{Interrupt the music}
The lifeform is angry at the interruption and throws its datapad to the floor. It is unable to produce art in these conditions.
{Try to copy the music}
The lifeform appears to be flattered by emulation, giving me a gift so that I might be encouraged in my own work.
---C_KORVAXCASING---
{Ask for help}
#29
Alien: Help... me... do not touch... containment breached...
The electronic lifeform contemplates the universe around itself, inattentive to my arrival.
Yet as I step closer, I see that something is wrong. Nanite clusters pool within every crevice of its suit...
{Try to take Nanite Clusters}
I try to take the Nanite Clusters, but immediately the Korvax grabs my arm, depowering my exosuit in the process.
---DAMAGELARGE---
{Use multi-tool to burn them off}
I use my multi-tool to burn away the clusters. When it is purged, the lifeform stands, shaking. They give me a gift in thanks.
---TECHFRAG_S---
{Leave}
I leave the Korvax be.
{Ask for help}
#30
Alien: Our entity has been disconnected. It failed its life test... where did we go wrong?
The electronic lifeform stares at a hologram of another, the lights on both their masks waxing and waning. They appear concerned.
{Offer sympathy}
They stare at me, unable to understand. I leave them in their sadness.
{Offer Nanite Clusters}
I offer Nanite Clusters. Greedily, the lifeforms take them to forget their pain.
{Offer Convergence Cube}
The lifeforms seem to take some consolation in my gift, rewarding me with nanites.
---TECHFRAG_M---
{Ask for help}