--Initializing H.U.B... Congratulations you have died for the first time. Merging mind and body... Merging complete.---
I sit up in my bed, having just woken up from dying. I see a panel come up.
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<td>Congratulations on completing your first mission! You did it in an unusual way, but the power station is no longer operational. 100 pp have been awarded to you.</td>
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As I am reading this, my chest starts to burn and I remember that I have to breath again. I wonder what I can do with the pp? last time I checked the store it was empty.
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<td style="text-align: center">Available Modifications</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Available Stat Boosts</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Available Sub-Routines</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Available Weapons</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Energy Sustenance 25pp</td>
<td style="text-align: center">N/A</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Hive Format 45pp</td>
<td style="text-align: center">N/A</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Transmitter 10pp</td>
<td style="text-align: center">N/A</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Precise Building 25pp</td>
<td style="text-align: center">N/A</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Chromatic Skin 40pp</td>
<td style="text-align: center">N/A</td>
<td style="text-align: center">Break-Down 15pp</td>
<td style="text-align: center">N/A</td>
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Energy sustenance is the only mod available that interests me, but all three sub-routines look interesting. I select them to get more details.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation.
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<td style="text-align: center">Hive Format</td>
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Allows you to make Node which controls the nanites according to your will. The number of nodes buildable is dependent on your intelligence.
Purchase? Y/N
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<td style="text-align: center">Precise Building</td>
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Make the nanites easier to control and force into shapes.
Purchase? Y/N
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<td style="text-align: center">Break-Down</td>
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<td style="text-align: center">Makes it so that you can break stuff up into its base components, and make them into bars.</td>
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Hmm... it looks like I can buy all three. But I also want Energy Sustenance. Hm, what to choose... I''ll get Hive format, Precise Building, and Energy Sustenance. I click yes and immediately fall unconscious.
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I wake up and notice, much to my annoyance, that I fell forward onto the floor. Stupid gravity, following its rules. I get up off the floor and head out of my house. I wonder if the others finished their mission yet?