Gate of Memoirs/Beyond Machine - Start

Vektor and Galene finally reunite, but the Corporation has them in its grip. Will they break through this unfeeling tyranny?
Portrait 	Dialogue
Music: "Thunder Wall" 	Music: "Thunder Wall"
 	
*Corporation HQ, Main Facility13.02.XXXX23:18
 	
*Vektor: Ugh, this one's pretty...tough!
 	
*Sentinel Android: Damage sustained: Severe. Initiating Overdrive mode.
 	
*Vektor: How do you like this?!
 	
*Sentinel Android: Bzzt...
 	
*Vektor: Whew...
*Vektor: All good here , how're you holding up?
 	
*You return his thumbs up and check the control panels for any further blips.
*Thanks to the Disruptor, the other security robots were susceptible to being shorted out, reducing their range of action.
*You shudder to imagine if the robots had been able to overwhelm the both of you instead...
 	
*While Vektor administers simple first aid to himself, the large sentinel android before him suddenly jerks.
 	
*Sentinel Android: *WHIRRR*
 	
*Vektor: ?!
 	
*You lunge at him to get him out of harm's way, but you're not fast enough...
*Time seems to slow as you watch Vektor bracing himself for a brutal downward smash on his other leg.
*Sentinel Android: Damage... sustained... Fatal...
*Sentinel Android: Shutting dooooww-
*???: Hostile eliminated.
*A white-plated, female-bodied android holsters her weapons and steps into the facility.
Music: "Patrol Beat" 	Music: "Patrol Beat"
 	
*One of her eyes has been damaged, and her armor shows dents, cracks, and bullet impacts.
*The hallway behind her is littered with the broken shells of security robots, along with the body of what seems to be another android.
 	
*Vektor: Galene! Your eye!
 	
*Vektor: Hang on, let me get that fixed.
 	
*Vektor starts pulling spare parts out of the depths of his bag.
*You wonder if he always carries these things with him, or if it's just for Galene.
 	
*Vektor: Does it hurt?
 	
*Galene: It was logged as moderate damage. I...suppose it does.
 	
*After installing Galene's new eye, Vektor carefully removes the glass shards and cleans up her face.
 	
*Vektor: Okay, all done. Can you see?
 	
*Galene: Yes. Thank you, Vektor.
*Galene: I am surprised you have a spare ocular module for a VLKR Type-04.
 	
*Vektor: I mean, it cost a bomb, but I need to make sure you're always okay.
 	
*Galene: ... ...
 	
*Vektor: Umm. Not the best time to be overheating right now, Galene.
 	
*You cough politely, and the two take a step back from each other, looking embarrassed.
 	
*Vektor: Uh, right. We have to get out of here now.
*Vektor: We can leave the Disruptor here. It might stall any pursuers while we escape.
 	
*Galene: I managed to install navigation from a downed security robot. 
*Galene: From here to the Grand Bridge leading into New Cravich, it's around 400 meters.
 	
*Vektor: Awwwright. Let's head home!
 	
*A loud bang causes all three of you to jump. An energy barrier starts going up over the control panel.
*Vektor's Disruptor is shattered in pieces on the ground.
 	
*Vektor: Damn. Of course they had a backup security system.
*Vektor: Quick, before the facility gets locked down!
Music: "Dragon's Roar" 	Music: "Dragon's Roar"
 	
*Robotic Voice: There is nowhere for you to run.
*Another android steps into the room, accompanied by a massive mechanical construct.
*This android seems to be be wearing some sort of uniform, perhaps due to Corporation convention.
*Sentinel Chief: Well done, humans. You managed to evade our stringent security thus far, just to preserve the 'life' of an android unit.
*Sentinel Chief: I cannot process this bizarre logic. It would be a waste of time anyway.
 	
*Vektor: Dunno if it was intentional, basing your look and manners on snobby Corp leaders.
*Vektor: If that's the case, then I can see why you'd want to suppress androids like Galene.
 	
*Vektor: It’s because she's becoming human, and won't listen to the automatic crap you program in her!
 	
*Galene: Vektor...
 	
*Sentinel Chief: Do not foist your sentiments on us.
*Sentinel Chief: We exist for only one reason: to serve.
*Sentinel Chief: And should protocols fail to resolve the issue, then this is where we are free to judge based on what we observe.
*Sentinel Chief: This unit has clearly broken free of our control. It must be destroyed.
*Sentinel Chief: The same goes for you, its accomplices.
 	
*Vektor: Grrrr...
 	
*Sentinel Chief: Protocol: Override.
*Sentinel Chief: All units: Eliminate all targets without reservation.
*All of the security robots advance menacingly upon their quarry.
*It seems that whoever—or whatever—is in charge of the chief security system has honed the AI to take drastic measures against intruders.
*This tyranny seems all the more sinister when you consider the Corporation's rapid ascent to governing power...
 	
*Galene: Vektor. This android...cannot be reasoned with.
*Galene: It seems we must engage in combat.
 	
*Vektor: Odds aren't too good with just the two of us, I gotta admit...
 	
*Galene: What about your friend?
 	
*Vektor: 's tied down by the antifield. They can't fight.
 	
*Galene: Antifield...
*Galene removes something from a compartment in her arm and hands you a small chip.
*Galene: Here. Use this. Once we get the barrier over the control panel down, plug it in.
*Galene: VLKR Type-04s are equipped with antifield piercing chips to prevent loss of function.
 	
*Vektor: You just keep surprising me all the time.
 	
*You nod and try to find whatever you can to defend yourself while you look for an opening.
*Without warning, the enormous construct charges at the three of you.
 	
*Vektor darts to the side, chipping away at its back to distract it from a frontal assault.
 	
*In its attempt to attack the darting human, it crashes into the control panel's barrier.
*Vektor continues to goad it until its metal fist breaks through the barrier entirely.
 	
*Vektor: , an opening!
 	
*With Galene's chip in your hand, you plunge it into any open slot...
*Nothing seems to happen. Galene slides in front of you, shooting down another security robot.
 	
*Galene: Hang on!
*She rapidly enters a string of commands, and within moments, rows and rows of scrambled data fill the screens.
Music: "Warrior Spirit"	Music: "Warrior Spirit"
 	
*Display: [ANTIFIELD DISABLED.]
 	
*Galene: Yes!
 	
*Construct: *Bzzzzttt!*
*A flood of energy enters your body.You're able to summon now!
*The sudden loss of this field throws the other robots into momentary confusion.
*Magic at the ready, you join your new friends against your mechanical adversaries.
 	
*Galene: Vektor?
 	
*Vektor: Mhmm?
 	
*Galene: We'll go home together. Right?
 	
*Vektor: That's a promise.