DreamLyrics™ Play-by-Post Forums Fun & Games ETD: Escape the Dream Episode II: Last Stand of the USS Rubicon

You go right. After a bit more moving forward, you hit another T junction.

Left

You turn left and proceed down the tunnel, eventually arriving at Conduit 7B. It is intact and cold, so perhaps whatever error message appeared is no longer relevant. You see a ventilation panel nearby and exit the crawl space.

You find yourself in an elevator lobby on Deck 4. The elevator door is open, but the car is dark, its control panel dead. Behind a broken wall plate, a nest of four identical black wires hangs exposed. A portable circuit tester lies on the floor. A standard Starship Safety Poster on the wall shows a color-coded diagram:

Deck 5
Relay Configuration: Red (+), Black (-), Yellow (Data), Blue (Ground).

The ports on a nearby circuit card show +, -, D, and G.

Pick up the circuit tester. Use it on the first black wire, hoping to establish if it is negative or positive. If no result, try the next. The plan is to identify - and +, then trial & error the last two.

You realize the circuit tester doesn't display positive or negative. But it does display a color for each of the four wires in order:

As you touch the probe to each wire, the tester beeps and displays a color: Wire A: Red, Wire B: Black, Wire C: Yellow, Wire D: Blue.

Insert A into +, B into -, C into D and D into G. Hopefully the order doesn't matter.

Fortunately, there were no conflicting instructions from Ensign Vilks or any other anonymous crewmember, and the diagram seems conveniently, and simply, accurate.

As you make the final connection, the elevator car lights up with a hum. The panel beeps. Deck 5 - Security Sector is now selectable.

Thanks Weez. Enter and Select Deck 5

You select Deck 5, which brings you to a corridor connected to the Security Office.

The Security Office is in disarray. In the center, a Keycard Fabricator hums, its screen flashing:

AWAITING LEVEL-3 PRODUCTION INPUT.

REQUIREMENTS:
1. BLANK
2. CONDUCTIVE INK
3. ALPHANUMERIC COMMAND CODE

A sealed, armored box labeled 'OFFICIAL INK - DNA KEYED' blinks with a red lock light. A child's crayon drawing of a dog named 'ROVER' is pinned to a board, with a crew ID number (1021) scribbled in the corner. A Security Directive on a monitor states: 'All command codes must incorporate authorized personnel's numeric identifier.' There is a broken bio-scanner on the desk, with its prismatic lens having fallen next to it.