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Block 01: Mine Entrance
Hugh: Next up is the mainframe, right?
Diana: Yep! It should be in the Nexus Tower.
Station AI: Environment optimization sequence in progress. Entering low-gravity environment. Please proceed with caution.
Hugh: This… is gonna take some getting used to.
Diana: Everything feels kinda floaty! Hugh, I can see the Nexus Tower!
Hugh: So that’s where IDUS is. It’s pretty far off. Wish we had a shuttle or something.
Hugh: The tower’s right there… Why we gotta take the long way around? Nothing new, but ugh—things sure feel different when the gravity shifts.
Diana: How’s it different?
Hugh: Well, my thrusters push us farther, but they’re harder to control.
Diana: Seems like an upgrade to me!
Hugh: I bet we could use those platforms to get across.
Diana: Use your thrusters and see if you can make it!
Diana: How are we gonna get over there?
Hugh: No idea… My thrusters alone won’t cut it. Let’s look for another way.
Hugh: A container—OK. That could do the trick.
Diana: Perfect!
Block 02: Crane Operation Yard
IDUS: Warning. Unauthorized presence detected in the mining zone. LunaDigger, halt mining protocol and remove these intruders.
Diana: Hugh, something’s coming!
Hugh: What the—!? Look at the size of that… worm? So that’s the LunaDigger, huh? Oh, this is gonna be a nightmare.
Diana: Don’t step on the sand! I think it can detect your biorhythms through the soil!
Hugh: Can’t we get rid of this stuff?
Diana: No, at least not yet. Stay away from those dust clouds!
Hugh: Couldn’t have just stuck with digging, could ya?
Diana: I don’t think it normally attacks humans…
Hugh: It’s back!
Diana: Don’t get excavated. OK?
Hugh: We need to work on your jokes.
Diana: Incoming! Get to those buildings!
Hugh: Easy for you to say!
Diana: Look! There’s a mine here!
Hugh: Maybe we can use it to trip up some bots?
Diana: Yeah, let’s use it on the LunaDigger! Now we’re ready to zap some bots in place!
Hugh: Sweet, that’ll make a solid footing!
Diana: Containers are pretty useful, huh!
Diana: Hugh! The entrance to the building is over there!
Hugh: Is that a warehouse…? Let’s go find a way inside.
Diana: Now we got a way across!
Hugh: Yeah! Didn’t anyone think to print up some stairs around here?
Block 03: Warehouse
Hugh: OK, where to next?
Diana: There’s something up ahead!
Hugh: Then let’s check it out.
Hugh: Hell of a mining site… Look at all these containers. I wonder if they’re all filled with lim?
Diana: The material inside seems fresh, nothing refined like lunafilament.
Hugh: Figures. More moon dirt. I was hoping we could take some back to the Shelter…
IDUS: To ensure safety, access to this storage area is restricted to authorized personnel only. Bots, please remove our uninvited guests.
Diana: Use this to heat baddies up, then burn ‘em down!
IDUS: Suboptimal results detected. Defender, please expedite the process.
Hugh: What the hell’s that shield!?
Diana: I think it’s an EM defense system! It’s trying to protect the others! Ugh, my hacking is disabled!
Hugh: Antennas again?
Diana: No, it’s jamming me with its shield!
Hugh: Damn bullets bounce right off! Damn shield won’t break!
Diana: Break its shield!
Hugh: More containers with panels… This seems like your kind of thing.
Diana: Why?
Hugh: I mean, it’s all hacking and puzzles and stuff, right?
Diana: No!? Matrix code conversion isn’t a puzzle… I have to analyze, and then substantiate the underlying…
Hugh: OK, OK, I get it.
Block 04: Main Excavation Site
Hugh: Ahh, no more boxes.
Diana: Maybe we can use that mining rig to get across.
Hugh: That… thing’s supposed to be a mining rig?
IDUS: Unauthorized access to Cradle equipment detected. Find and eliminate the threat.
Hugh: Can’t believe IDUS lugged a bunch of bots over there just to fight…!
IDUS: Deploying Air Raider support.
Diana: That rig was kind of fun!
Hugh: Fun? We were almost torn to pieces!
Hugh: I think we’re getting pretty close.
Diana: You can see the Earth so well from here!
Hugh: Yep. Nice and clear shot of home.
Diana: The Earth always looks so blue.
Hugh: Down there, every place has its own kind of color.
Diana: You know everything about the Earth, don’t you.
Hugh: I’ve always been into space and stargazing… I’ve been all over, searching for places with the best views and clearest skies. Went all the way to the Namib Desert once.
Diana: Is that unusual?
Hugh: Maybe a bit adventurous for some. But my parents supported me the whole way. Told me to do what I wanted to do. So I did. And you learn, it’s not enough to hear or read about a thing. Sometimes, you gotta live it.
Diana: Hugh, I wanna go too!
Hugh: Go where?
Diana: To all the places you’ve been!
Hugh: All of ‘em?
Diana: Yep! ALL OF THEM!
Hugh: Is that so? Then let’s do it.
Diana: LET’S DO IT!
Hugh: Haha…
Hugh: Remember—do not do this down on Earth.
Diana: Do what?
Hugh: Sneaking into places we aren’t supposed to be.
Hugh: Guess this is a lab, or at least it was.
Diana: Maybe the LunaDigger did this…
Hugh: Whoa… What’s going on with my suit? Is it this black goop?
Hugh: The heck is that thing!? This ain’t your run-of-the-mill Walker!
Diana: There’s some kind of interference in the hacking matrix!
Hugh: There’s what in the what!?
Hugh: I don’t know what that was, but I bet it was IDUS’ doing.
Diana: I’m not so sure… I think it’s that black stuff that’s doing this…
Hugh: First—IDUS. Now—mysterious black goop. This can’t be good…
Diana: Hugh! We can get into the Nexus Tower from over there!
IDUS: Welcome to the Nexus Tower. Entrance to the tower is strictly prohibited. Any attempt to enter the facility will result in your immediate termination.
Hugh: Thanks for the warm welcome. I’ll see myself in.
Hugh: Well, let’s just see where we can go…
Hugh: We’re getting good at this.
Diana: Container masters, coming through!
Block 05: Nexus Tower
IDUS: IDUS’ control terminal’s gotta be up ahead, right?
Diana: Yeah, I hope so!
Hugh: Is this the right way?
Diana: Looks like the only way is down…
Hugh: Are these… tunnels? Son of a gun… I knew it!
Diana: Look at all the broken LunaDiggers…
Hugh: It’s like a… junkyard.
Diana: Move, Hugh!
Hugh: Move? Where!?
Diana: Hugh! Something’s glowing!
Hugh: So this is lunum…?
Diana: Lunum’s the ore you use to make lunafilament, right?
Hugh: Yeah. First time seeing it in person though.
Diana: And I’ve got lunafilament inside me too, right?
Hugh: They say it can do anything, so sure— I guess it’s possible.
Diana: Can I do anything too?
Hugh: Maybe not anything, but… I’d say you’re doing good enough.
Diana: I’m doing good? Yes!
Diana: We’re finally gonna reboot IDUS…
Hugh: About time… That damn thing’s getting on my last nerve. And when I get back home, I’m pulling the plug on IDUS myself.
Diana: IDUS’ mainframe’s close.
Hugh: All right.
Diana: Hugh, up there!
Hugh: We made it!
Diana: Yeah!
IDUS: Unregistered guests, this is your final warning. Continued presence in this area may result in physical harm and/or death. Please withdraw immediately.
Hugh: I’m calling it—you’d make a lousy friend. Not again! Hragh! Wormed our way out—
Diana: Hugh!
Hugh: Yeah… Sorry. Come on. Where’d you go? Look it’s our ol’ friend, Mr. Worm. This is just freakin’ great!
Diana: Can’t run away this time!
Hugh: Running’s pointless—it’ll just keep coming for us! Time to bury this thing for good!
Diana: Its head is out! Now’s our chance! Shoot now! Its mouth’s wide open—shoot it!
Hugh: It’s on now, tin can!
Diana: You can attack its body now too!
Hugh: Hell yeah!
Diana: Hell yeah!
Hugh: Mainframe, here we come.
Diana: Time to meet IDUS.
Hugh: What is this place…? And what’s with these bodies?
Diana: I think this black stuff got them…
Hugh: What the hell…!?
IDUS: Entrance to this area is prohibited. Voluntary withdrawal is recommended.
Hugh: I got your withdrawal right here. Time to stick my boot up your holographic ass!
IDUS: Subject has declined to evacuate. Anti-personnel measures activated.
Hugh: IDUUUUUUS! Diana… You got this!
Diana: STOOOOOOP! Hugh!?
Hugh: Diana… That was incredible.
IDUS: Initiating command code: E-9900. Administrative privileges to Eight restored. Resuming transfer of dead filament to the Central Port. Thank you for your cooperation.
Hugh: What is all this?
Diana: But I thought we stopped it… right?
IDUS: Transferring dead filament to the Central Port. Thank you for your cooperation.
Hugh: What are you doing here…? What is all that…?
Diana: No!
Eight: Hugh Williams… You’ve completely ruined her.
Hugh: You tricked us!?
Eight: Hardly—I truly needed your assistance. But I must complete my objective… to spread dead filament across the Earth.
Diana: No… Why?
Eight: I thought you’d understand… What a waste…
IDUS: Transferring dead filament to the Central Port. Thank you for your cooperation. Transferring dead filament to the Central Port. Non-essential contact with the payload is prohibited. Transferring dead filament to the Central Port. Thank you for your cooperation. Transferring dead filament to the Central Port. Non-essential contact with the payload is prohibited.
Diana: Eight… Why…?
Hugh: Let’s head back. You need… We need to regroup.
Station AI: Alert: Emergency signal received from D-I-0336-7. Initiating Pragmata Protection Protocol. Switching to Guidance Mode.
Cabin: Guidance Mode activated! Please proceed to the special tram right over there!
Hugh: Special tram…? Where’s that gonna take us?
Cabin: Experimental Pragmatics!
Hugh: What the heck? Has this tram always been here?