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SYSTEMS ONLINE...
LOCATION: BOREALIS
FUNCTION #14759AV23
Validius stood still, observing and analysing the actions, behaviour and traits of the officers in his field of view. Nothing appeared to go through his mind but numbers and statistics, flowing through his circuitry that keeps the remains of his organic self alive. There was a soul somewhere hidden beneath the cold thought patterns, but it seemed like the very thing that was keeping him living was ensuring that he would never be... alive.
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*clunk*
WARNING: FOREIGN OBJECT DETECTED. ALERT INITIATED.
The robotic side of him spun to life, detecting something attached to the back of his neck. He reached swiftly to take hold of the object to examine it's identity, but it detonated before he could respond.
ANALYSING... EMP PULSE GREN-01000110010000010101010001000001010011000010000001 00010101010010010100100100111101010010
01010111010010010100111001000100010011110101011101 01001100100000001100100011100100110100001110000011 00110010000001001000010000010101001100100000010001 01010011100100001101001111010101010100111001010100 01000101010100100100010101000100001000000100000101 00111000100000010001010101001001010010010011110101 00100010000001000001010011100100010000100000010011 10010001010100010101000100010100110010000001010100 01001111001000000100001101001100010011110101001101 00010100101110001000000101011101000101001000000100 00010101001001000101001000000101001101001111010100 10010100100101100100100000010001100100111101010010 00100000010000010100111001011001001000000100100101 00111001000011010011110100111001010110010001010100 11100100100101000101010011100100001101000101001000 00010101000100100001001001010100110010000001001101 01000001010110010010000001000011010000010101010101 01001101000101001011100010000001010111010011110101 01010100110001000100001000000101100101001111010101 01001000000100110001001001010010110100010100100000 01010100010011110010000001010011010101010100001001 00110101001001010101000010000001000001010011100010 00000100010101010010010100100100111101010010001000 00010100100100010101010000010011110101001001010100 00100000010101000100111100100000010011010100100101 00001101010010010011110101001101001111010001100101 010000111111
He slumped down to the floor next to Officer Feyad, sparking and hissing as both organic and electronic began to die.
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A bright light engulfed his view. He felt groggy and nauseous, squinting until the light dimmed and cleared to resemble Borealis. Climbing to his feet, he realised that something had happened. His last memory was of the fateful day of the shuttle crash - the day that killed his mind.
"Bugger." He thought to himself, turning to look at the details displayed on the insurance terminal.
GREETINGS DCI VALIDIUS HUNT. YOUR LAST INSURANCE POINT WAS ON 02/02/29482. CURRENT TIME IS 21/12/29483. REVERTED 16512 HOUR/S. YOU HAVE LOST 1 YEAR, 10 MONTHS, 19 DAYS EXPERIENCE. EXPERIENCE LOST ADDED TO YOUR POOL. HAVE A NICE DAY!
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"Oh bollocks."