3-220: In the Attic Space of Argyle’s Lodge III


OK, there are a couple of ways he could tackle that; I could ask… but I will say he uses his analogue lockpick skill to turn the master switch off and on again without the key, causing the power management software to boot to its default state.

The screen scrolls through its non-GUI startup log:

> POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – DOMINION INDUSTRIAL BUREAU (ADEN) – v11.6.3.2113
> initialising system
> initialisation successful
> network connection DETECTED
> master power store # 1 DETECTED
> auxiliary power store # 2 DETECTED
> solar cell array # 1 DETECTED
> solar cell array # 2 DETECTED
> solar cell array # 3 DETECTED
> solar cell array # 4 DETECTED
> solar cell array # 5 DETECTED
> remote charge station # 1 DETECTED
> output circuit # 1 DETECTED
> output circuit # 2 DETECTED
> output circuit # 3 DETECTED
> output circuit # 4 DETECTED
> output circuit # 5 DETECTED
> output circuit # 6 DETECTED
> output circuit # 7 DETECTED
> output circuit # 8 DETECTED
> output circuit # 9 DETECTED
> output circuit # 10 DETECTED
> output circuit # 11 DETECTED
> activating stored profile “DEFAULT”
> activation successful
> diagnostics report:
> * master power store # 1 at 74% capacity
> * auxiliary power store # 2 at 100% capacity
> * solar cell array # 1 – 0% charging 
> * solar cell array # 2 – 0% charging
> * solar cell array # 3 – 0% charging
> * solar cell array # 4 – 0% charging
> * solar cell array # 5 – 0% charging
> * remote charge station # 1 – 0% charging
> output circuits engaging SAFE START
> power management startup complete
>


A work light comes on in the attic space.

Oliver can hear some faint shouts from below through the access hatch.

“Hey!  The lights came on!  Oliver did you do that?  Is Argyle back?”



1 Response

  1. Oliver Starr says:

    “No, that was me!”

    Is there anything in here about external defences?

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