oct 24, 1989 - The Howard Probe Experiment

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"... For many years, Pandemonium has been providing to the world a power source even more powerful than standard electricity, known to many as the Gravity Battery. This gravity battery, and many like it can be dropped from various shafts in the Earth's crust. Deep in the mantle of the Earth, called 'the Veil' by various executives, lies something that only recently did Pandemonium wish to achieve, the Gravity Battery's full potential. By digging deeper into the Earth, possibly to the Earth's core, and leaving an opening for the gravity batteries that would leave them unharmed by the magma. It could leave us with an effectively costless energy source for the forseeable future. Thanks to our beloved Head of R&D, Dr. Howard Jameson, we have been able to create the blueprints for a drill that can give us the best chance of accessing the core. 'The Howard Probe, our country's most powerful drill ever constructed! I contest - most powerful drill in the world, but, y'know, that's splitting hairs. This one came at a great cost, after many previous drafts had ultimately failed. But I finally came up with the prototype that minimized human collateral and company damages after upgrading the electrothermalmagnetic radiation protection and dwarfing its electric-ran predecessors by using the more powerful, and clean nuclear fission energy. We've been told to stray away from the Veil that seperates us from destiny, but I'm not one to give up easily, no. Once the veil of the mantle is breached, and our gravity batteries can reach their maximum potential, our future generations can finally breathe easy, away from the stench of this energy crisis, and can thrive with a renewable and long-lasting energy source, courtesy of yours truly, and Pandemonium, Incorporation.' ..."
-Pandemonium, Inc Spokesman, featuring Dr. Howard Jameson

|UNKNOWN TIME, PROBE DEPLOYED|
Dr. Jameson: "Begin tape. Leaving deadspace: Three, two, one. The date is October 24th, 1989. My team and I have been notified that the Howard Probe has been deployed and is ready to begin its descent! This has been a long time coming, only beginning once I discovered a source of power being spurred out from the bedrock after our last trial run. The team is calling it an anomalous polarization, [LAUGHTER] quaint little name. I'm calling it the Keys to Progress! And I cannot wait to see the brilliant awards our kind will reap from this gruelling endeavor."

Dr. Carter: "Dr. Jameson, it's all set. We're all waiting on you now."

Dr. Jameson: "Alright, let's do it!"

|UNKNOWN TIME, PROBE ACTIVATION|
Dr. Jameson: "Are the waterpumps at all into the fission chamber? Carbon rods fully injected?"

Dr. Carter: "Yes sir, everything is online. We are ready to proceed with the probing. We are ready for your call."

Dr. Jameson: "Wonderful. Alright, on my mark, everyone. Begin descent in; Five, four, three, two, one."

[DRILL ACTIVATED: BEGINNING DESCENT NOW]

Dr. Jameson: "Alright! [LAUGHTER] Look out world, cause today I'm making history!"

|UNKNOWN TIME, PROBE DAMAGED|
Dr. Jameson: "What the Hell? What happened?"

[ERROR 333: MECHANISMS DAMAGED; ERROR 333]

Dr. Jameson: "God damnit!"

[TABLE SLAM]

Dr. Jameson: "Send a team down there, now, to fix the electronics damaged by the electromagnetic radiation inside the fission control chamber! [SIGH] We made too much progress to give up now!"

Dr. Carter: "Sir, a team cannot just go down there, not at this stage. They will surely be killed by the radiation. They have families!"

Dr. Jameson: "Collateral damage means nothing, in comparison to saving our species for the greater good! Send a team down there, or I'll haul your ass down there, personally! Do I make myself clear? Do I?!"

|UNKNOWN TIME, REPAIR TEAM DEPLOYED|
[ELEVATOR HUMMING]

John: "Last I checked, we weren't supposed to go down there at this phase of the probing."

Mark: "Dr. Jameson overrided that order and, uh, insisted that we go down there. He said the mechanisms were damaged by the, uh, electromagnetic radiation - from the core. Shouldn't take too long. We'll go down there, repair it, and go."

John: "Copy that."

|UNKNOWN TIME, 40 MINUTES AFTER REPAIR TEAM DEPLOYMENT|
Mark: "Dr. [UNINTELLIGABLE], we are now in the mineshaft of Sector 17, Site-636. We were not provided any vehicles so we had to proceed on foot. Uhm... This place is pretty much a maze, so we're gonna be a little bit until we find the probe."

[THUD]

Mark: "These caves also have a history of being unstable so we are going to watch our step as best as we can."

|UNKNOWN TIME, PROBE DISOVERED|
"Found it, yep. Its kind of wedged in there, too. So we'll have to shimmey around, try and get it out."
-Mark Clint

|UNKNOWN TIME, PROBE REPAIRS|
[PRESSURIZED SPRAYING]

Mark: "Make sure you get the, uhm, the tubes - make sure they can, like, combust."

Craig: "Duly noted! But I know what I'm doing."

Mark: "Uh huh."

[PRESSURIZED SPRAYING CONT]

John: "Heh, you remember hearing about that affair about Jameson's wife?"

|UNKNOWN TIME|
[WELDING]

John: "This thing has claw marks on it!"

Mark: "Say again?"

John: "Uh, this thing, it's got, uh, claw marks on it, like something was tearing it up."

Mark: "That's not possible, there's no sign of life down here."

John: "Well, I'm telling you, it's tore up, man."

[WELDING CONT]

Mark: "Well, is it fixable?"

John: "Uhh... I'm not sure. Whatever got to this tore through the panels and, uhm, basically destroyed the, uhm, the fission control chamber. All I gotta do is rearrange some of the cords and, uh... It should be viable enough to keep going."

[WELDING CONT]

Mark: "Put your back into it, cause we can't leave until this thing is fixed. Getting kind of hot down here."

[CRASHING]

Mark: "The fuck was that?"

|UNKNOWN TIME|
Mark: [PANTING]

Serpent: [GROWLING]

|UNKNOWN TIME|
[QUICK FOOTSTEPS]

Mark: [PANTING] "Dear God! Oh fuck! I want to live! I want to leave! Motherfucker! No, no, no, no! NO! NO, GOD! Gotta be a way out, there's gotta be a fucking way out!" [TERRIFIED SCREAM]

|UNKNOWN TIME|
Mark: [WHIMPERING]

Serpent: [BREATHING] [SNIFFING]

Mark: [SOBBING] "Please, please, please, please, please..."

Serpent: [GROWLING]

Mark: [UNINTELLIGABLE] "OH, PLEASE DON'T KILL ME-!"

[MAULING]

|UNKNOWN TIME, PROBE DESCENT|
Dr. Jameson: "Yes, it worked!"

[CHEERING]

Dr. Jameson: "As you can see, we have finally achieved our long awaited goal! And this is only phase one. Given a few months, Hell, a year, and we'll begin phase two in no time at all!"

[TRANSMISSION RECEIVED: STANDBY]

Dr. Jameson: "Transmission?"

[PLAYING TRANSMISSION: NOW]

Rick: "This is Rick Goodman! I was on the Apollo 18 Mission with Arnold Scott and Tony Colatta! I am trapped in an unknown region, sending this signal in the hopes it can be traced back to my location!"

[DISTANT HOWLING]

[FOOTSTEPS]

Rick: "Shit! I may be in danger! I require assistance and possible medical attention!"

Oracle: [GROWLING]

[SILENCE]

Rick: [SIGH] "I am completely-"

[AUDIO GROWLING]

Dr. Jameson: "What the Hell? Turn it off... Damnit, I said turn it off!

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