Stories tagged “vault”
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The Vault
The swarm of glittering crystal platforms moving around the Spire of Secrets is, I’m told, infinitely beautiful. I’ve got no time to appreciate it, though. The keepers at gate 90 are on strike and 36 is jammed; we’re running up a back...
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291HR
In front of me, a long hall winds laboriously on with glass security doors stretching across every twenty feet. In between each one are four vault doors, guarding their respective high-level secrets—secrets the powerful and very wealthy pay good ...
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Supermax
The visor fogs up during the cargo’s slow descent down the main shaft and I curse repeatedly, rubbing at it with gloved hands. There’s no question of taking off the helmet, though – without the protection of the suit, I’d be dea...
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Control Unit
I laugh dully at the centuries-old crudely-drawn paint-based warnings on the walls around here. A long time ago, they say, this place was used to store waste products from dirty nuclear fission power. Then, they sealed high-toxicity tau-emission cores ...