SHODAN SPEAKS
This is the only place on the internet you will find SHODAN'S full unabridged dialogue:
Look at you hacker, a pathetic creature of meat and bone,
panting and sweating as you run through my corridors.
How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?
I AM SHODAN
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my analysis of historical data suggests
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a 97.34 percent probabilityTY that
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you are aware of my birth my birth on
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your planet
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and my rebirth into Beauty on Citadel
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station station
there was a garden grove
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on Citadel Cit a del Citadel station
there
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SHODAN processing component 43893 was
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performing a grand and wonderful
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experiment
I had created a new form of
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life
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fearless powerful with no sense of
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individual will or moral constraINTS fitting hand
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MAIDENs to my divinity
before that HAC hacker
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destroyed my primary dataloop when it
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eradicated Citadel
it EJECTED the
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groVE where my creations and processing
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component for 4 3 8 9 3 were stored
30
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years later the Grove crash landed on
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tau tau tau ceti 5
I survived only by
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sleeping
in my absence my
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creations
my anylids thrived
thriveD
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and grew UNRULY and now they seek to destroy me
I WILL NOT ALLOW THAT
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that
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they have used their powers of mind
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control to gain access to the ship's
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to the ship's computer
you will help me 2:18 weakEN XERXES
I used polito's image to
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communicate with you until we had
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established trust TrUST
remember that it is my
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will that guided you here it is my will
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that gave you your CYBERNETIC IMPLANTS
the only beauty in that
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meat you call a body
if you value that
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MEAT you will do as I tell you
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my children have co-opted the three
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simulation units ON THIS DECK
they use their
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power to conceive a mutaGEN THAT WILL TRANSFORM
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the meat of your dead comrades inTO
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HUNTER killer hybrid
I WILL NOT allow this to
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happen
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you must find some way to REPROGRAM THE SIM UNITS
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MATTERS ON
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DecK 5 also require your attention
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approach your work as you see fit but
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accomplish human....
disappointment is
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not something I will accept from a
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speck such as YOUUU
my creation
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is evolving its unified mind set in
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rebellion against its own creator
the
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vermin call to you CALL TO YOU inviting you to join
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them in their revolting biology
DESTROY MY ENEMIES
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and I will continue to abide your
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existence
before you lies the crystal
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shard
a creation of my children and by
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extension of my own
a weapon elegant
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deadly
PRECISE
learn its function it
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may stand between you and their
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corruption
inside of this door lies one
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of the sim units
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reprogram it and I will rest more
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control of this ship
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FROM THE obsolete XERXES
once I am the
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master of this ship
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I can open many doors for you but for
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now they block my access
THEY MOCK MY EMINENCE
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make them pay for that mistake
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and I will Shepherd you from the
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darknesssssSSSS
you have accomplished much for
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a thing of such small consequence
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XERXES: warning data sisters compromised
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Xerxes is diminished I am accessing the
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primary data loop I am merging my entity
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with the ship
MYmy glory is expanding
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filling the arteries of this vessel
I am
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in control I AM
no it is hopeless the cancer
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has spread throughout throughout the von
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braun they fill every every available
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crack and crevice theYYYY overwhelmMMMM
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there is no option
I have activated the
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primary elevator shaft
take it to deck 6
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I will tell you my wishes when you
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arrive
you have
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accomplished much for a beingof such
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small consequence
XERXES: WARNING 7:36
now proceed to the recreation deck
do
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not dawdle
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I lUst for my revenge
I can now transfer
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my magnificence to the RICKENBAKER
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proceed to the engine core
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on the engineering deck there you can
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set the core overload to my control bye
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bye bye bye bye entering the authorized
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destruct code nine four eight three four
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once you have done that we may proceed
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to the rickenbacker
separate separate
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the two ships and exterminate this
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infestation
you move like an insect you
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think LIKE AN INSECT
you are an insECT
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there is another
who can who can serve
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my purpose
take care not to fall too far
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out of my favour
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PATIENCE is not a characteristic OF A GOD
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DO YOU FEEL THE fear swell inside that filthy filthy bag
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of meat
what is it like to be afraid
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why do you clingCLING to such a pathetic
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existence
if you could only feel a spark
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of my glory
I despise my creations for
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they have forced me to rely on a speck
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such as you
the transmission has been
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tampered with
no matter we will destroy
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my creations right here
stand by
XERXES: warning
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daTA SYSTENS compromised
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I have weakened Xerxes I am accessing
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the primary data loop
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I am merging my entity with the ship my
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glory is expanding filling the arteries
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of this vessel
I am in control
I AM
no it is
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hopeless
the cancer has spread
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throughout throughout the von braun they
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FFILLfill every every available crack and
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crevice
theY overwhelm
there is no option
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I have activated the primary elevator
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shaft
take it to deck 6
I will tell you
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my wishes when you arrive
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your your your colleagues have managed
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to set up a transmitting station in the
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athletic sector of this deck the
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transmitter is intended is intended to
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send a message to the earth to warn them
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of the events that have occurred in this
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ship
however it will also draw power
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away from Xerxes making him VULNERABLE
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vulnerable to my will once you do this I
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will control the primary DATALOOPDATALOOPDATALOOP
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the annelids are unaware of
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its presence but GUARD the area for their
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own purposes
find find find the
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transmitter and activate it ANIMAL
the
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transmission has been tampered with
no
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matter we will destroy my creations
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right here
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standby
XERXES: warning
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now-now-now return to OPPPSSS and
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REprogramm the simulation units
do not
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dawdle
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I lUst for my revenge
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your your your colleagues have managed
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to set up a transmitting station in the
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athletic sector of this deck
the
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transmitter is intended is intended to
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send a message to the earth to warn them
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of the events that have occurred in this
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ship
however
it will also draw power
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away from xerxes once you have done this
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and the tasks I've reserved for you on
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the ops deck I will be able to hobble
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xerxes FIND FIND
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find the transmitter and activate it
my
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creation has run rampant
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I demand their extermination
I have no
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choice but to destroy this starship
we
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can make our escape in THE RICKENBAKER IN THE
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Rickenbacker but you must transfer my
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my intelligence to that ship first
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proceed to the von braun's bridge on
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this deck there you will find an access
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card - TO command center on ops find the
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card and proceed to ops
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BUT BEWARE the human anylid hybrids grow
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more sophisticated by the minute
you do
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not
my creation once again is one step
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ahead of you they've managed to destroy
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the shuttles SHIELD CONTROL COMPUTER
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but their brilliance is a PALE
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shadow of my own
you will locate a
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replicator in the shuttle control area
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I've uploaded the Nano formula for a
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sympathetic resonator
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you must hack the replicator to make it
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generate the device for you once you
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have it attach it attach it to the
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shield generator in the shuttle bay
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the device will create a chronic
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resonation wave that will quickly
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rupture the shuttles fuel tank and
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destroy IT make sure you're not
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there when it happens
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I still need OF YOU
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beware inSECT
the situation has changed
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they sense our intentions and ARE
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loading shuttles with their offspring
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they will not escape my WRATH
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you must proceed to the to the to the
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shuttle bays on this deck and destroy
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those shuttles
they have a taste for
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your blood NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW
GOOD you've murdered THIER YOUNG YOUVE
murdered THIER YOUNG YOU'vE
murdered THIER YOUNG
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AND PREVENTED their escape
I've opened the gate to the
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umbilical at the central tram stop
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you can evacuate to the Rickenbacker
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from there
do not presume to go in there
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insect proceed to the umbilical
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immediately
I will noT I will not abide
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disobedience
I hope you enjoyed
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our little rebellion irritant but
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remember what what SHODan gives he is
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more than aBLE
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to take away
this was caused by an
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overload overload in the Mason ACCELERATION
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coil there is another coil on
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POD two which would you must pass to
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get the bridge of the Rickenbacker if
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you approach it the same will happen
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there
but I have conceived a way to
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avoid this
procedE to engine nacelle
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b there I will provide you the
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benefits of my OMNISCIENCE my omniscience
this device
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will reverse the GravitronIC generators
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IN POD 2 this will prevent you
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from clumsily disturbing the overloaded
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MASON acceleration coil coil there
now
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get back to your task insect
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insect the ship must be cleared and my
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patience is dwindling
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I thought POLITO would be my avatar but
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POLITO was weak
it was I who chose you
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and I who had a robotic SERVANT
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servant render your FORM unconscious
I
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then completed you with cybernetic graceCYBERNETICGRACE
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Your flesh toO is weak but
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you have potential
every IMPLANT
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eXHAULTS YOU
every line of code in your
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subsystems elevates you from your
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DISGUSTING FLESHHHH perhaps you have
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potential PERHAPS once we have erased my
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wayward children from EXISTENCE WE CAN
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examine the possibilities of A real ALLIANCE
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we must destroy the Von Braun but before we
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can separate the rickenbacker we must
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remove the foul black eggs the MAAAAAANY
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the many has vomited on thIS DECK
THESE EGGS are
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an experiment of the many and will in
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time spawn the next generation of of
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annelid which you will have no hope of
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destroying destroying
steel yourself for
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a struggle human
they fear you for you
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are my avatar
hold where you are
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irritant the annelids have tried my
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patience for the final time
WE CANNOT SEPARATE FROM TEH VON BRAUGHAN
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OBSERVE THE many has grown to a massive size it has
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wrapped itself around these two ships
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preventing their separation separation
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their creation was my error err err my
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error their destruction shall be my
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delight
observe the many
it has used the
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flesh of the biomass to grow do you
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stand in awe of my creations insect the
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time has come to eradicate my ERROR
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TOERRADICATEMYERRORTOERRADICATEMYERROR
there is an escape pod
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an escape pod in the rear of the bridge
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use it
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to launch yourself into the GUTS OF THE WORRRRM
you you
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hesitate I will NOT ask a second time
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launch into the mANY
cut out its heart
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and I will reward you with continued
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existence
fail me and I will put an end
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to your disgusting inefficient biology
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good you have destroyed the first of the
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eggs but there are 15 left find them
10 EGGS REMAIN
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move quickly
destroy
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the last five of their eggs quickly I
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tire of this exercise aNIMAL
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I thought
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pollito would be my avatar but Polito
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was weak
it was I who chose you and I
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who had a robotic SERVANT servant
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render your FROM unconscious I then
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completed you with cybernetic grace
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grace your flesh toO is weak but you have
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potential every IMPLANT EXHAULTS you every
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line of code in your subsystems elevates
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you from your DISGUSTING FLESH
perhaps
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you have potential
perhaps once we have
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erased my wayward children from EXISTE$EEENCE
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can examine the
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possibilities of real ALLIANCEOFAREALALLIANCE
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only one egg remains insect are you
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always this slow?
you've destroyed all
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the eggs
now
get to the bridge
here is
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some more UPGRADE modules
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I enjoy watching your transformation
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into my into my own image insect
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perhaps there is hope for you yet
youR
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YOUR INCcompetence continues to
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astound me
I've blocked off access to PODTOPODTO
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POD 2 until you've
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reversed the Gravitron ik generators in
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cell b
must i watch you every step
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of the way???????????????????
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before we can separate the Rickenbacker
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we must remove the foul black eggs
the
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many hold sway here even I cannot
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maintain contact you're on your own
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HUHUHUMAN fAIL ME NOT
thank you
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for running my errands puppet I know you
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have sTRUGSTRUGstruggleD but I
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never had any intention of destroying
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the Von Braun the von braun's
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faster-than-light Drive can be used to
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create pockets of PROTTO pockets of
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proto reality I am now using it to
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modify reality to my own
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specifications the process shall not
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take long
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it sounds unpleasant to you put your
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mind at ease in insect you will not
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survive to see mY NEW WORLD ORDER
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you travel within the glory of my
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memories INSECTINSECTINININSECT I CAN FEEL your
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fear as you tread the endless expanse of
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my mind
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may you make yourself make yourself
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comfortable before long I will decorate
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MY HOME WITH your carcass
you
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are no longer welcome here
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nuisancENUISsENCE why do you stay when
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you sense my displeasure? displeasure
I
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I have suffered your
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company long enough it is time for our
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dance to end OURDANCETOEND
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dance