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System Alarms: 2 CRITICAL, 3 warnings
Diagnostics.stat: Power levels CRITICAL!
HealthReport.hp: Health CRITICAL!
Repair.hp: No power source detected! Repairs inefficient.
Items.dat: No items in inventory!
Current Quest: What goes up Remaining time: 3.9 hrs
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TIME:
0742, 08 / 03 / 2357
REMAINING POWER:
701763 J
CURRENT CONSUMPTION:
55 W
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Cable.os> Upgrade.evo options
Diagnostics.stat
HealthReport.hp
Repair.hp
Environment.dat
Items.dat
Upgrade.evo
EnergyAbsorb.pit
EnergyConversion.dll
Help.hlp
Plants.db
Creatures.db
Mechanisms.db
Alchemy.chem
QuantumCommunications.comm
Interface.vri
Cable.os> Upgrade.evo Environment.dat options
Environment.dat
Microphone --->
SeismicDetection.geo
LaserMicrophone.ldr
DirectedMicrophone.cup
Optics --->
VisibleSpectrum.cam
IRSpectrum.cam
UVSpectrum.cam
EMSpectrum.cam
Temperature --->
RemoteThermalDetection.rmt
Texture (Requirements not met)
Micro-chemical (Requirements not met)
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"Well, that was informative," Cable mumbled. There was some inconsistency, but the Environment.dat sensors seemed to line up closely with a human''s five senses. At least, there were correlations to sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste. No human he was aware of outside fantasy was able to see in the UV spectrum. Still, they were relatively similar, and easily within the capabilites of the human race to develop machines for.
"Let''s try upgrading Optics to include EMSpectrum.cam, then see what we can see."
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Cable.os> Upgrade.evo Environment.dat Optics EMSpectrum.cam
Upgrading Environment.dat Optics EMSpectrum.cam
Analysing...
Requirements:
0.5 Watt active consumption
Are you sure you wish to upgrade Environment.dat Optics EMSpectrum.cam ?
Y / N
Y
Upgrading Environment.dat Optics EMSpectum.cam
Re-calibrating Optics...
Confirming lens operation...
Confriming sensor receptivity...
Confirming spectrum received...
Confirming spectrum report intelligence...
Warning: High level Anomaly found in proximity to dungeon core! (3 meters below)
Recommend: Cautious Investigation
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A light show of brilliant colours lit up thespace Cable and Nova shared inside their dark little world. It wouldn''t be accurate to say any colours humans are familiar with to describe the spectacle, as they were outside the visible wavelengths of light. Still, they were perceived by Cable and Nova as colours, and lots of them too. Similar to how there are no words to describe things never conceived before, no words could properly describe the wonderful, marvellous sight they beheld together.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.
Bewildered, Novagaped at all the triangular screens and their paneled views of the outside world. Her jaw fell, exposing her admiration of the true beauty around them. "Wow... so pretty!" was all she could say as she squealed in delight.
Cable, however, was more interested in the area on display 3 meters below their levitation place. A blurry, bright line ran through the middle of the point indicated by the system. A few other blurry bright lines showed up to the side and a bit of movement caught his eyes - the lines were vibrating, similar to a plucked guitar string.
"Nova, I think I found why we''re floating," Cable quietly observed. "See thoseblurry lines that are brighter than the rest? I think they''re high voltage power lines. See how they''re vibrating? That''s power, if ever I saw a vibrating magnetic field."
"Okay, so there are power lines below us. How do we get them to be our power source, and why does that mean we float?" Nova queried. "Wait wait wait, you''re not going to tap into them directly are you? That would be suicide! We may have a heavy power supply, but it''s not meant to handle thousands of Volts and Amps!"
"No, I was going for a much milder solution, we''re going to tap into them remotely. We build a core-mounted transformer, and that should be enough as long as we don''t move too far away from the source. As for why we float, I think that''s because we''re made from a diamagnetic material - that is, we''re repulsed by magnetic fields, no matter their polarity. With your permission?"
"Are you sure it''s safe? We''re not going to blow up?"
"Absolutely. We''re 3 meters away from the lines, there''s bound to be heavy insulation around them along with a fair amount of shielding, and there will be absolutely no physical contact. All we need is a few coils of wire to pick up the free power."
"Then, be careful... we''re in this together."
"Absolutely.Upgrade.evo options."
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Cable.os>Upgrade.evo options
Diagnostics.stat
HealthReport.hp
Repair.hp
Environment.dat
Items.dat
Upgrade.evo
EnergyAbsorb.pit
EnergyConversion.dll
Help.hlp
Plants.db
Creatures.db
Mechanisms.db
Alchemy.chem
QuantumCommunications.comm
Interface.vri
Upgrade.evo EnergyAbsorb.pit options
EnergyAbsorb.pit
Ambient_Energy_Absorption--->
MagneticField.fer
Light.pho
PeltierDevice.tmp
Direct_Energy_Absorption--->
Electricity.bat
Hydraulic.pmp
Wind.fan
Cable.os> Upgrade.evo EnergyAbsorb.pit Ambient_Energy_Absorption MagneticField.fer
Upgrading EnergyAbsorb.pit Ambient_Energy_Absorption MagneticField.fer
Analysing...
Requirements:
Crystal re-structure: transformer, rectifier, voltage regulator
Warning: Root priviliges required!
Are you sure you wish to upgrade? Y / N
Y
Please enter Root password: No Root password found!
New Root password: ********
Confirm Root password: ********
Please enter Root password: ********
Upgrading EnergyAbsorb.pit Ambient_Energy_Absorption MagneticField.fer
Re-structuring power sector...
Processing capacity for bolt-on modifications...
Previous bolt-ons not found...
Modifying existing infrastructure...
Power towers complete!
Confirming modification structural integrity...
Structural dampeners ... OK
Structural inputs ... ... ... OK
Structural outputs ... ... ... OK
Structural emergency isolation ... OK
Confirming transformer...
Secondary coil impedance: 0.001 Ohms
Secondary coil insulation resistance: >500 M Ohms
Confirming rectifier...
Pulsing DC out ... OK
Confirming voltage regulator...
Supply paramaters ... OK
Output voltage: 5.1 V
Output Amperage: 15 A
Output Ripple: +/- 2.5 mV
Warning: Some system architectures may be incompatible! Please check before adding further modifications!
Cable.os> cls
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System Alarms: 1 CRITICAL, 3 warnings
HealthReport.hp:Health CRITICAL!
Diagnostics.stat:Power levels LOW, charging!
Items.dat:No items in inventory!
Quest completed: What goes up
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TIME:
0853, 08 / 03 / 2357
REMAINING POWER:
467463J
CURRENT CONSUMPTION:
55.5 W
CURRENT NETT CHARGING:
21 W
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