SCMR Chpt 1

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==Chapter 1 - Self Configuring Modular Robot==
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Abandoned star system, Former Hegemony space, 3029...
Gareth Keane's prybar flexed against the seam, it didn't quite break the seals on the bunker's paneling. "You got that open yet?" his old man asked.
"Still working on it, Dad." he said, grabbing an eight kilo sledge, and pounding on the Halligan Tool until he felt a bite-and-slip into the seam.
He wrenched against it again.
The panel didn't lever open so much as pull outward, releasing a puff of condensate and pressurized neutral gas.
a gleam of light outlined the panel.
"Hey, this tech-it's still working!" 
His dad scrambled down the broken beam from the upper floor, and, using a similar tool, helped him pry the module outward.
"Paydirt, Boy...paydirt-we're going to get paid!!"
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