Try the lab.

## Storyline A: Keep Exploring.

*If you came here from Keep exploring. and you haven't explored the galley yet.*

### Dialogue

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Well, it's time to play Good News/Bad News.

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Good news: All my handwritten notes on the maze-running and food-seeking habits of Sprague Dawley rats in various gravities?

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They're TOTALLY INTACT!

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So you can stop worrying that this whole trip was for nothing. We got the goods.

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Bad news: Their cage looks like it's been through a cage match. Half-crushed, warped from the heat.

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And the rats are nowhere to be found.

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I'd love to believe that they escaped into the ducts and that they're going to start repopulating this barren moon.

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I'm gonna leave my notes here. Who knows? In a million generations, these could be the planet's sacred historical texts.

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And hey, in addition to the rations, I've now got a fallback stock of rat food pellets and a half-full ball-spout water bottle.

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Look at that. I called it "half-full."

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Feelin' more optimistic already.

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So... I guess I can count my blessing and snack on rat food for a while...

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...or that can be a distant "Plan B." and I can go hunting for people food.

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### Options

* People food! Try the galley.
* Stick with rat food.

### Previous Options

* Try the galley.
* Keep exploring.

## Storyline B: Forget it for now.

*If you came here from Forget it for now. and you placed Captain Aya into the stasis pod.*

### Dialogue

```
Well, it's time to play Good News/Bad News.

```

```
Good news: All my handwritten notes on the maze-running and food-seeking habits of Sprague Dawley rats in various gravities?

```

```
They're TOTALLY INTACT!

```

```
So you can stop worrying that this whole trip was for nothing. We got the goods.

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```
Bad news: Their cage looks like it's been through a cage match. Half-crushed, warped from the heat.

```

```
And the rats are nowhere to be found.

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```
I'd love to believe that they escaped into the ducts and that they're going to start repopulating this barren moon.

```

```
I'm gonna leave my notes here. Who knows? In a million generations, these could be the planet's sacred historical texts.

```

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And hey, in addition to the rations, I've now got a fallback stock of rat food pellets and a half-full ball-spout water bottle.

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Look at that. I called it "half-full."

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Feelin' more optimistic already.

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Anyway, like I said, it's getting late. I'd better try to work out sleeping plans.

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All right. Let's think through things here, try and figure out what my next move is.

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The stasis pod is humming along nicely, keeping the Captain alive an well. Or at least alive.

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Still, as long as the ginny is powering the pod, there's no way for me to fire up either the distress beacon or the gun turret.

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I'm not so worried about the turret -- I seriously doubt there's anything else living on this rock besides me...

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...but without the beacon, how will anyone know I'm here and alive? How will I ever get rescued?

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After everything... I can't unplug the Captain for my own sake.

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Can I?

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### Options

* Keep powering the pod.
* Power the beacon.

### Previous Options

* Keep trying the door.
* Forget it for now.