Banquo's Hard Drive

## Summary

August Ingram was a genius. August Ingram is Mayor Ingram's father. August Ingram is dead. August Ingram has a plan.

## Cast

* Doctor August Ingram
* Raven
* Sketchy Galore

## Mission Requirements

Collect all of the required items to unlock this mission!

1. Completed Season 1, Mission 11
2. 55KM Distance Badge

## Rewards

### Potential Rewards

* Torn Cloth
* Floppy Disk NFT - Common, Uncommon, or Rare

## Transcript

### SCENE 1: An Old Ghost

EXT. DAY. CUL-DE-SAC MADE IN VR. LOCATION SOUNDSCAPE: A typical suburban cul-de-sac, birds are singing, in the distance someone is mowing their lawn. None of this is real, but it sounds real.

AUGUST (JOGGING AS HE SPEAKS) I love this time of day, don’t you? When I was a boy, a very long time ago, I used to have get up early to go to school. It was just me and the air and the bus and the world putting the chairs out for the day. The Dustland used to be like that. It’s changing, and if I’m right, changing for the better too. I’m August Ingram, by the way, pleased to meet you. I’m currently dead (chuckles). Yes...I’m dead and you’re currently submerged in an oxygenated solution while a surgical robot older than you are puts you back together. I put you in this metaverse modal to distract you from your surgery... and, to be honest, because I love it and I will take any excuse to spend time here.

SKYBORG REMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!

AUGUST Don’t worry about them, they won’t attack us until we attempt to leave.

SKYBORG REMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!

AUGUST Shall we start now? Head to that big red barn, it’s the exit for the modal. Once we’re through you’ll wake up, good as new.

### SCENE 2: A Big Problem.

INT. DAY. BARN INSIDE VR. BARN LOCATION SOUNDSCAPE: INSIDE A BARN ON THE SAME SUNNY DAY WE JUST LEFT, WE CAN STILL HEAR THE BIRDS OUTSIDE, BUT IT’S MUFFLED THROUGH THE WALLS OF THE BARN.

FX: GROAN AS THE TRAP DOOR IN THE BARN FLOOR OPENS. FX: STAIRS CREAK AS THEY HEAD DOWN THEM

INGRAM Always strange to think of dimensions in a virtual space, but nonetheless, down we go. This modal was always intended to be therapeutic but recently it’s become a shelter. My work wasn’t going well before I died, but once I did? Well then you can get things DONE. Wait. Go fast but go careful, Dustcap. We’re not quite done patching you up and when your body reacts to pain here, it’ll set off the surgery bots back in the world.

FX: STAIRS CREAK, OUTDOOR SFX FADE AS THEY DESCEND. FX: A LARGE SET OF METAL DOORS OPEN

INGRAM Did you know this is built in a pre-Fall missile silo I commandeered? All I needed to do was remove the missile’s payload and rig it to a generator. Then, fire it right into the heart of the storm connected to grounding equipment, and harvest the sky. (chuckles) I called it Project PROSPERO.

FX: A DEEP RUMBLE AS AN EARTHQUAKE SHAKES THE ARE THEY’RE IN.

INGRAM Unfortunately, this year’s storm feels very different. There’s an anomaly at its core, something we can’t see and that’s throwing everything off. The lightning hit early, before I could launch and it damaged my security systems and locked them into siege mode. I didn’t even launch the Prospero missile. Now I can’t. Those drones are feral, they view anyone, and anything, within the crater as something to be protected. In some cases, to death. That was no accident. The security system is drawing more and more power, trying to protect me. It doesn’t realize the power it’s drawing is FROM me. It will kill us to protect us, Dustcap. My daughter always warned me about this sort of thing.

FX: VOICE OF GOD, THE SKYBORG ECHOING IN A VAST SPACE

SKYBORG (WITH RAVEN’S VOICE CUTTING IN) REMAAAAAAAAAI-STATIC-Dustcap! Doc! I can’t hold it fo-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!

INGRAM At the bottom of the stairs is the exit to your body and my hard drive. We need to get there, and then we can help Raven get me mobile and earth this storm. (BEAT)

FX: CLICK

INGRAM DUSTCAP, FREEZE. That sounded like a pressure switch. It could trigger anything, a mine, an arrow. Just…let me move past you and down a few steps… (BEAT) Let’s take a look…Oh that is very sneaky code indeed. When you move, it will mix the code of your avatar with the code of the location. It will literally glitch the graphics to trap you here. Isn’t that remarkable? Building so much danger out of something so small. As a friend of mine once said, you’re so sly but… So am I. I built this place, Dustcap. And I have always loved, waterslides. Ready?

FX: WATER RUSHING, THE DUSTCAP AND INGRAM SLIDE (BEAT)

INGRAM My daughter loved waterslides! Well done! And we’re almost there!

FX: CRACKS AS THE STAIRS COME APART

INGRAM Look! Three sections are left! If we jump and don’t stop they’ll support our weight! (BEAT) One! (BEAT) Two! (BEAT) Aaaaaand three! One last time and…

FX: THUD AS BOTH LAND.

SKYBORG TERMINAL FORCE AUTHORIZED.

FX: MACHINE GUNS FIRING.

INGRAM DOWN!

FX: ARROWS THUD INTO INGRAM

INGRAM (IN PAIN) It’s…okay…I’m digital…remember,...I can heal, most of this… Get the door open and I’ll see you on the ot

FX: A ROAR. A ROAR FROM SOMETHING HUGE.

INGRAM Well at least I made the security system inventive. Go. I’ll…see you there!

### SCENE 3: A Bigger Problem

INT. DAY. INGRAM’S LAB THE REAL WORLD. IT SHOULD SOUND…WEIRD. THERE’S A LOT OF PLANTS HERE, SOME RUNNING WATER. IT’S BASICALLY LIKE HIS LAB IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAINFOREST, AND THE RAINFOREST IS TAKING OVER.

FX: WET THUD AS THE DUSTCAP HITS THE FLOOR. OFFSET FROM THIS IS THE SOUND OF RAVEN DOING SO TOO.

FX: TRACKS FX: SERVO NOISES AS INGRAM’S MEDICAL BOT CHECKS THEM OVER.

FX: REGULAR, LOW LEVEL RUMBLE IN THE BACKGROUND. IT’S LIGHTNING HITTING THE GROUND ABOVE THEM

FX: INGRAM’S VOICE BOOMS WHEN HE SPEAKS

INGRAM UP YOU BOTH GET!

RAVEN DOC! VOLUME!

INGRAM MY apologies. The holotank hasn’t been calibrated for people for a while and I’m working in several instances at once. Raven, please face the tank, and the cameras, Dustcap, you too. Look at me. Follow the light, left, right, up, down. What year is it?

RAVEN 2272

INGRAM What’s your name?

RAVEN Annali-Raven

INGRAM You’re in good shape, Raven. And thank you. You saved us both, at least for now. Don’t move around too much and

FX: FOOTSTEPS OVER THE WET FLOOR AS RAVEN RUNS OVER TO THE DUSTCAP.

RAVEN Dustcap! Are you okay? I’m so sorry, I couldn’t get the drone to stand down, all I could do was try and throw it’s aim off, let me check you over. Cuts…abrasions…this is new skin.

INGRAM Check your arm, Raven. I noticed you had burn scars there?

RAVEN Yeah I…Doc what did you do?

INGRAM Non-invasive nanotech, heals anything once. I used up my supply with you two.

RAVEN Doc, that stuff is incredibly rare.

INGRAM So are you. Now! We have three problems, in ascending size order: I need out of this system. My power’s fading and the security system is copying itself into every server. Soon I’ll be overwritten. We need to get out of here and past the security. The security drones will come back from patrol very soon. We need to Earth the storm. A big enough electrical discharge will stop the lightning and enable it to form naturally.

RAVEN Do you have something that could do that, Doc?

INGRAM Like I was telling your friend, I have a sword that will rend the heavens. We just need to launch it. This is an old missile silo, Raven, the area is full of them.

RAVEN We’re…nuking the storm?

INGRAM Better. We’re grounding it. We fire the rocket into the storm attached to copper enriched nano-filament. The filament becomes a lightning rod, the storm empties its power into it, we harness the power, that gives you enough time to get me to a new system and it grounds the storm and gives it a chance to form normally.

RAVEN Yeah I’ve been wondering about that. Why do you think this year’s storm was shaped so oddly?

INGRAM Chaos is never predictable.

FX: ALARMS

SKYBORG (HORRIBLY DISTORTED, THROUGH EVERY SPEAKER) REeeeeeeeeemaaaaaaaaaaaain

RAVEN Doc how mobile are you?

INGRAM Very with your help. There’s a portable drive in the launch chamber. I’m there now.

FX: THE DOOR SLAM SHUT.

RAVEN DUSTCAP, THAT SURGICAL BED! ROLL IT UNDER THE OTHER DOOR, WEDGE IT OPEN!

FX: DOOR CRASHES DOWN ONTO BED. HORRIFYING METAL THUD AND STRAINING

INGRAM Meet me in the launch chamber! Go now! It’s sealing every door!

RAVEN Fight it all the way, Doc. Me and my partner are inbound. Dustcap, let’s go!

### SCENE 4: A New Friend

INT. NIGHT. INSIDE THE LAUNCH CHAMBER OF A HUGE MISSILE. LOCATION SOUNDSCAPE: THE STORM STILL RAGES OUTSIDE.

SYNOPSIS: The PROSPERO is launched and grounds the storm, splitting it. In doing so, it also reveals the core of the storm. A luxury cruise liner, caked in dirt, and floating 1000 feet in the air.

INGRAM It’s dropped every door in the facility but I’m in that system right now, scrambling all the passcodes. You’ve got some time. Not much. But some.

RAVEN LOOK AT THIS PLACE! It’s got to be fifteen stories deep! The acoustics in here are amazing! Is that WATER?! Is this thing flooded?! OH WOW listen to the echo! Doc, we get out of this I’ve got a choir that would barter you SO many straws for rehearsal space. Dustcap do a lap, check to make sure the room’s locked down. Also that is a nuclear missile isn’t it?

INGRAM Used to be, the warhead’s been made safe. It’s actually 100 feet tall, you’re seeing the nose cone. We’re maybe 10 feet below the surface here. Oh did you know there’s water under the missile? Another 100 feet or so? It’s used to dampen the pressure wave when the missile launches.

RAVEN That’s…terrifying. You said you’ve done this for years.

INGRAM I have.

RAVEN How many rockets do you have down here, Doc and where are you? Oh! smiling face on wall lit up by LEDs. Oh, Doc, that’s cute.

INGRAM Why thank you.

RAVEN When we get you back to your daughter, we’ll introduce you to our friend sketchy. You two will get on.

INGRAM …my…daughter?

RAVEN Oh! OH DOC…Oh I’m so sorry…you didn’t know.

INGRAM Jade’s alive?

RAVEN (WE CAN HEAR THE SMILE) She runs the best town in the Dustland, Doc. She’s saved us all, time and again.

INGRAM I…I

RAVEN You’ve got two Dustcaps, four hands, a rocket, a psychotic security system and a weird lumpy dust storm. You ready to save the world and see your daughter again, Doctor Ingram? How long do we have? What can we do?

INGRAM Save the day, Raven. That’s what we can do. This room is air-gapped. The security system has no digital way to get in. Unfortunately that means we have to do everything by hand and that I’m downloaded into the smart tablet on the counter.

RAVEN Grew up in a mining town at the end of the world, Doc.

INGRAM Sorry, sorry. The black slate of glass built into the ruggedized carry case.

RAVEN Got it.

INGRAM Great work. Now there are two keys that need to be turned simultaneously. One here and one in the control room on the other side. Once those are turned, the launch door will open, the missile will fuel and launch and the storm will be grounded.

RAVEN Dustcap you take that one. Doc how long will we have to get out once the doors open?

INGRAM 20 seconds. It’s enough time to get o…Raven why are you stumbling?

RAVEN Dizzy…ohh

INGRAM Its the security system, it’s removing the air! That way we’ll stay forever. I’ll shut them off but you need to open the doors!

RAVEN Dustcap...m…move…

### SCENE 5: 60 Second Lifetime

INT. NIGHT. INSIDE THE MISSILE SILO

RAVEN Dustcap…Turn the key on my…mark…MARK.

FX: HUGE DOORS UNFOLD. AIR RUSHES IN.

SKETCHY Thank the Dust, you folks are okay! You are okay, right?

RAVEN Getting there! Dustcap, get to the surface! Sketchy, look West in 20 seconds

FX: RAVEN climbing ladder.

RAVEN Okay, on the surface, Dustcap, go…

INGRAM 12…11…

SKYBORG REMAAAAAAAAIN

RAVEN HOW IS THAT THING STILL ALIVE?! Dustcap keep pushing!

INGRAM 7…6…5..4…3

RAVEN Dustcap you’re at the surface! Keep going!

FX: ELECTRICAL SHORT

INGRAM The security system shorted out the launch. It wants me to stay…

RAVEN Can we fix it?!

INGRAM Someone needs to route the alternate system in. It’s at the bottom of the launch pool. The second it’s reconnected, the rocket will launch and anyone not under the surface of the water will be killed instantly.

RAVEN Sounds like a Tuesday. I’ll be right back

FX: THUD AS RAVEN SITS DOWN HARD.

RAVEN Huh. Stitches have opened. A lot. That’s not great. Dustcap! DIVE!

FX: SPLASH AS THE DUSTCAP DIVES INTO THE WATER BELOW THE ROCKET.

FX: ROCKET ENGINES AND TURBINE SPIN UP AS THE CLOUD GROUNDING EQUIPMENT DEPLOYS. IT SOUNDS LIKE A HUGE FISHING REEL UNSPOOLING.

FX: ROCKET ENGINES HEARD UNDERWATER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. THEY FADE AS THE ROCKET GAINS ALTITUDE.

FX: THE DUSTCAP SURFACES AND GETS OUT OF THE WATER.

FX: THE ROCKET IS AUDIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS IN THE BACKGROUND.

KETCHY WAY TO GO, DUSTCAP! Okay so that thing is trailing thousands of feet of wire and is going to use that to ground the storm. What’s at the other end of the wire?

INGRAM A power converter but it needs to be re-connected.

SKETCHY So we literally have to plug the converter back in? Really, Doc?

AUGUST It’s Pre-Fall tech! Pushing the blueprints to the Dustcap’s headset.

SKETCHY Okay looks like you’ve got thirty seconds to reboot the system and NOT be on the ground when the lightning strikes! GO!

FX: Slowly rising electrical hum

FX: Doors bust open as the drone STILL NOT DEAD barges in.

SKETCHY 15 seconds

SKYBORG REEEEEEMMAAAAAAAIN

RAVEN Dustcap you’re going to fry that thing once and for all. Tell it I SAY HI.

SKETCHY My God it’s a literal power cable. You literally plug it in. 5 seconds!...GOT it, now jump! And close your e...

FX: EMP BACKWASH

FX: THE MOTHER OF ALL LIGHTING STRIKES

FX: SEVERAL SECONDS OF LIGHTNING STRIKE AFTERMATH WITH DEBRIS SETTLING.

SKETCHY Dustcap! You did it! Power banks are full, we just need to plug the Doc in and...

RAVEN Sketchy, go to my camera please

SKETCHY Is there a problem?

RAVEN Yeah. Dustcap get up here. You could call it a problem.

SKETCHY Raven what’s going on? You hurt?

RAVEN Oh yeah, pretty badly but just from the stupid robot.

SKETCHY And the Doc?

RAVEN Charge ports for the device he’s in have been fried. I think he’s in trouble.

SKETCHY How do you know?

RAVEN There’s lights on the case but they’re fading. That’s…not great…You don’t have my camera feed yet do you.

SKETCHY I was waiting for the Dustcap to get to you. And there they are…right…your eyes are now my eyes in a non creep- RAVEN WHAT IS THAT?!

RAVEN I grew up in Griffin Mill, you know that right? Pretty nearby?

SKETCHY YEAH I AM AWARE WHAT OF IT?

RAVEN You know what I never saw, my whole time there? SKETCHY THE CRUISE LINER FLOATING IN MID-AIR!

RAVEN The Cruise liner floating in MID-AIR. That was the core of the storm. No wonder it was so unstable.

SKETCHY How is it floating?! Do you think it has something that can help the Doc?

RAVEN Great questions. Let’s go ask.