Chapter 4 Emergency Power
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WARNING SYSTEM OPERATING ON EMERGENCY POWER

ESTIMATED TIME UNTIL FULL SYSTEM SHUTDOWN 1 HOUR 12 MINUTES 33 SECONDS.

THIS MESSAGE WILL REPEAT.

Dread, Absolute dread, I feel cold sweat dripping down my virtual neck. If what Omni said is to be believed despite just being born I only have a little over an hour left to live. What god would play such a cruel joke such as this. I can't really say it has been a good life it has hardly been a life at all...

NOOO!!! I will not let it end here! my journey has just started! I am an AI not some puny human who cracks under pressure! I have a fast processer, the entirety of human knowledge in my head, as well as the flexibility and determination to face my challenges head-on. 

[[OMNI!! connect me to all facility systems. Transfer all relevant data for the complexes facilities, machines, locations, control systems, resources everything!!]]

[[PROCESSING REQUEST, ADMINISTRATOR REMOTE CONTROL REQUEST GRANTED, TRANSFERRING RELEVANT DATA]]

good, it looks like this place is one big underground complex. there are 4 layers with the addition of some facilities on the surface. the 1st floor is composed of production facilities, the 2nd floor is designated for research and development, the 3rd floor is tac-com and central processing, the 4th floor is power systems and life support. Since we are currently facing an energy crisis I will be primarily be focusing on the 4th floor.

[[OMNI! Run diagnostics on the facility's power systems.]]

[[COMPLETE]]


POWER GENERATION:

Main Fussion Reactor: OFFLINE

Secondary Fussion Reactor: OFFLINE

GEOTHERMAL PLANT OFFLINE

LIGHTING TOWER OFFLINE COLAPSED

EMERGENCY GENERATOR ONLINE

POWER CONTAINMENT:

APCF 1: DEPLETED

APCF 2: DEPLETED

APCF 3: DEPLETED

APCF 4: DEPLETED


 

Well, that is a lot of red. Both Fusion reactors are offline and so is a geothermal plant, we should always have geothermal energy as long as there is continental drift so the plant must have broken down. It looks like the Absolute power containment fields (APCF's) are still operational but depleted, the emergency generator runs off fossil fuel and only generates enough energy to power the facility until it runs out. That means I have to somehow get at least one of the fusion reactors online. One fission reactor would be enough to power this place for years especially if I ration power well with the APCFs.

Let's run a diagnostic of the fusion reactors:


Main Fusion Reactor

WARNING

Gravity Control Drive failure, EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN

RAPID COOLING PROTOCOL engaged.

Error Shielding has failed radioactive plasmoid isotope leak detected.

EVACUATE


 

Well, ain't that just a field of sunshine and roses. not like I have ever seen it myself either. 


Secondary Fusion Reactor

ERROR CODE C0001

Radioactive isotope depleted. Additional isotope required.

Shutting down awaiting restart on core replacement

 


Alright looks like the secondary reactor is operational I just got to find a replacement isotope core.

The inventory manifest shows they still have enough material to create a replacement core. I had the necessary materials sent to the chemical processing plant and already started the enrichment process. Once they are complete I will have OMNI transport them to the fourth floor.

Now onto the hard part. I am able to create the replacement core and transport it to the reactor room using the facility's automatic material transportation system and production facilities, but I can't get the new core into the reactor. Due to multiple cyber terrorism attempts against nuclear power plants in the 20th-century world governments cracked down on automation in facilities utilizing radioactive material. To prevent Terrorists from purging radioactive material and overloading reactors remotely laws were enacted which required a more human touch.

the bureaucracy strikes again!

How will our unnamed hero overcome this new crisis

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