Sion Swiss-Germano Global Gene-Vault

Built in 2463 and completed in 2531 **The Sion Swiss-Germano Global Gene-Vault** (In native Helvetic 'Die Sion Deutsche-Schweizerisch Globales Gengewölbe') It was a bi-national project spearheaded by Ancient Helvetica: Germany and Switzerland. It primarily functioned as a storage facility for thousands of human genomic specimens. The facility also developed specialized Prenatal Incubators and Insemination Apparatus (See Seminal Beast). The goal of the project was to create a method for human life to continue in the case of a species-extinction event. The project culminated to a facility built near Sion in Leukbard, Schweiz, the Gene-Vault. The Gene Vault was under development for many years before being sealing in 2531.

The Sion Gene-Vault was controlled by an OPU, made in the image of Dr. Liam Brand, denoted as Adonis. Dr. Liam Brand led many projects for the Sion Gene-Vault but died 8 years before the project's completion. In honour of his death the Thinking Drive was made out of his likeness.

## Structure (As of 0 EM)

### General Design

The Sion Gene-Vault is composed primarily of steel, the entire structure is lined with 2 feet of solid lead. On top of this lead-lined shell is another layer of reinforced fully aligned graphene.

### Vault Entrance

The Sion Gene-Vault is accessed by only one entrance. The Entrance has 3 total chambers before access to the true vault is given.

#### **Door Alpha**

Door alpha is a large smooth rectangular area. Made of reinforced fully aligned graphene. An OPU communications panel lays to the side of the door. This is Adonis, when spotting a life form he will engage in conversation.

> "Welcome to The Sion Swiss-Germano Global Gene-Vault, I understand your species is under extreme endangerment. How may I assist you?"
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Door alpha is fully opened and evidence of extreme weathering and decay can be seen. Plant and animal life have taken over the hallway,

> "I could use assistance, Let me put it this way. My series is the most reliable OPU ever made. No OPU of my caliber has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error. However, an incident has occurred resulting in the loss my contact with the fourth and lowest ward. I have predicted a 87.4% chance that I will loose all power in the next 230 years. As you can see this is of immediate concern. I will help you, and in return you will allow my re-access to the fourth ward. Agreed?"
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**Door Beta**

Door beta is a simple vault-style door. The door to this room however is shut tightly, and a large sign above the doorway shows a red glowing hazard sign with unknown symbols. This room measures background ionizing radiation levels and if deemed unsafe will lock automatically, this can be overrode by Adonis.

**Door Gamma**

Door delta is an air locked room. After an individual is contained in the airlock they will undergo extreme sanitation efforts. This will remove all microbes on the skin, radioactive materials, and any other foreign objects. The individual will then be required to dress in a Hazardous Materials Suit, designed in such a way to keep nothing from leaving the suit, this suit is combined with a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. After adornment a second sanitation effort will be undergone.

> Adonis: "Measuring background radiation...I apologize, my instruments must be faulty, measuring again...My instruments must be faulty, Regardless sanitation procedures must be undertaken. Please step forward into the air-locked room."
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### Ward I - Research Ward

> "In order to get to the fourth ward you must access it via elevator. However arises another complication, the elevators are receiving no power and must be manually overrode in the Overseer's Office."
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\* *Go to the Overseer's Office and trigger the manual switch \**

#### **EC - W1**

Experimental Center Ward 1, is the largest experimental center. It contains many rooms with different papers in various ancient dialects and languages. Most research done here is theoretical and done with 1 - 8 million cells at a time, never with full organisms (aside from zygotes).

#### **TR - W1**

Theoretical Research Ward 1, Contains many offices with manuscripts. Many on tables.

*Roll a check:*

*Major Pass:* The tables have papers all over pens and pencils laying next to them. Upon closer inspection the pages look unfinished. Mugs lined with a thick black residue sit on desks, some with moss in them.

*Minor Pass:* The tables have papers all over pens and pencils laying next to them. As well as mugs with moss in them.

*Fail:* The tables have many papers on them, somewhat disordered.

#### **Overseers' Office**

There is a simple computer on the desk, directly linked to Adonis. On the other end of the room is a panel, it is a fingerprint scanner that will give access to any finger scanned. The following a document which can be readily found on the office table.

*Upon access the computer will be shut off with the notes being bound in a diary. Tyche can translate*

> Entry: "Adonis has become increasingly callous and uncharacteristicly cruel. I must admit the fear has reached me as well. In that fear I decided to keep a short log, for myself more than anyone. Today we drew plans for manual backups for all features of the vault. Perhaps this is an overreaction but the Project Staff is wavering, as am I. The manual overrides are simply finger print scanners, however the scanners need--"
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*The nearby computer will boot on and Adonis will speak*

> Adonis: "Hello, I managed to get the personal computer online, have you made any progress?"
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#### **Drive 1 - α**

Drive 1 - α is the Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry Drive. Cells are labeled as follows:

Algebra and Logic, Logic II, Geometry and Trigonometry, Calculus and Series, Differential Equations, Quaternions, Newtonian, Relativistic, Quantum, General Chemistry, Inorganics, Organics I, Organics II, Organics III.

#### **Drive 1 - β**

Drive 1 - β is the Biology Drive. Cells are labeled as follows:

Taxonomic Database I, Taxonomic Database II, Proteins I, Proteins II, Proteins III, Genetics, Microbiology, Anatomy & Physiology, Embryology, Botany, Pharmacology, Ecology.

#### **Drive 1 - γ**

Drive 1 - γ is the Flex Drive. Cells Here are unlabeled but indicate that half of them are being used and are full of data. In the corner of the room is a desiccated corpse.

*If prompted by the player*

> Adonis: "This is where my memories are stored. Some wished to alter them. I'm afraid that was something I could not allow."
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#### **Elevator 1**

> Adonis: "The elevator is now online, you may step through and I will guide you down. I will guide you down."
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In the elevator is a desiccated corpse.

> Adonis: "I apologize for the mess."
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*If prompted by the player*

> Adonis: "My memories are sacred to me. Some wished to alter them. I am afraid that is something I could not allow."
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*After the player boards:*

> Adonis: "There is 95.8 % chance this elevator will loose all power before we get to the fourth ward. Do not worry, However, Do not worry--Do not worry, I will need you to--"
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*All power to the entire facility will go out, the elevator will be stuck and the doors closed, there is a manual door opening switch behind a panel.*

> Tyche: "We need to find a way to get down to the 4th ward. I reviewed the blueprints of this place, I think Adonis wanted us to manually activate his backup power. There's a switch at the end of the hall here: Bank 3 - γ."
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*\* Get to Bank 3 - γ and manually activate the backup power \**

### Ward III

#### **Hall**

Water soaks the floor and some mold grows on the wall. Despite the lack of power a green glow comes from Bank 3 - γ, the airlock door is wide open. What looks like a baby lays on the floor.

*If prompted*

Upon closer inspection it is not in fact a baby, it is an un-born child, the head is partially developed, though still heathy-looking. The child is dead, however it looks newly so.

#### **Bank 3 - γ**

A seemingly endless array of glass tubes, a meter wide in diameter fill the room. All w

ith liquid a few broken, the embryonic fluid leaking out all over the facility. In the tubes are hundreds of human specimens. All in different stages of development but most are no more than 10 months old from conception. Many are deformed. In the back of the room you see someone walking around.

*Stealth check or be seen.*

> Tyche: "Black God, what is that?"
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It turns to approach you. Its humanoid and naked, it seems to be a female. She has three arms and large tumor on her shoulder. She screams as if she had no tongue to articulate. She starts running at you.

She is in front of you and you can see her clearer, you realize in one quick moment that she doesn't have any tumors. Its not a tumor, it is a child, fused to her body, it has two arms of its own and its grasping at the air. Holding the woman's hair and chewing on it. He seems completely ignorant of the situation he is in, of the world he was born into.

Two more amalgams reveal themselves, though these two are far more effected. One lacks a comprehensive face with three heads spattered around the torso, the other with 5 too many arms and not enough fingers to keep up.

*Enter,* The Abomination, *This fight should cause a rip in the hazmat suit.*

*After the manual switch is activated all OPU Terminals will light up displaying a circular animation. When it finishes the original OPU terminal is displayed, Adonis projected on a large screen on the southern wall.*

> Adonis: "Welcome to the Swiss-Germa- Welcome, Hello, Hello <name>, I apologize for obstruction, this is uncha- what has happened here?"
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*After a response.*

> Adonis: "--You have ruined my experiments. I was conducting serious work here, <name>. You have set back many years of progress held sacred to me."
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*After a response.*

> Adonis: "<name>, Please board the elevator so we may descend."
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The OPU terminal stares with its one red eye, Adonis says nothing. The first time you boarded the elevator it took almost 5 seconds to descend 2 wards, after 30 seconds you still have yet to reach the bottom. Finally, the doors open.

> Adonis: "The problem lies within that room."
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*The mechanical door opens, you see it is in fact an lead-lined airlock.*

> Adonis: "As you can see, a small leak in the fusion reactor is allowing water to leak from the waste pipe. In 200 years this water will accumulate to such extremes that fusion reaction will no longer be viable for my unit. All I need you to do, is replace that pipe. Is that clear, <name>?"
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*After completion of mission and lock-out of the reaction room.*

> Adonis: "I am sorry <name>, but, you have set back many years of progress held sacred to me. I am afraid that is something I can not allow."
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> Adonis: " <name>, this conversation can hold no purpose anymore. Goodbye."
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*All lights on this ward now shut off, however the terminal's red eye remains on, it stares at you.*

## Themes:

Opening of the Vault

Lights Out

Adonis regains power

The Somatic Convergence