As the ozone from the lasers cleared and the blood stopped dripping from the various blades, the adventurers took stock of the room they were in.
Seraphina ran back to the ship to ensure that Alex and the others were still OK, while Max and Zaphod checked out the control room computers. Buzz watched the door to make sure they did not get ambushed by any other security.
Max and Zaphod gained full access to the controls of the station and managed to shut down the security guns. Further, they were able to get a listing of facilities and a map, but were still unable to discover the whereabouts of Justin Dupree, as it did not seem as though there was a prisoner listing in the main control area.
Armed with more information, the adventurers decided to head to power control to stop the robots that were still protecting the mining area. Once in power control, they encountered another technician, who did not immediately attempt to fight with them, but when Buzz tried to knock him out, he fought back. The three adventurers easily kicked the man unconscious, and then Max made short work of deactivating the Robot CAC server.
With all of the threats removed, the three moved to the high security cell block where they ran into one last unfortunate RAM soldier, who was distracted enough that Zaphod and Buzz were able to kill him before he had a chance to do anything.
At the high security cell block computer, the group was able to quickly find Justin’s cell. They argued for a few moments about trying to save a number of the other dying prisoners, but eventually decided it was better to grab Justin and move on.
Back aboard the Maelstrom Rider, they got Justin much needed medical care, but it was palliative at best; the Auto doc gave him a prognosis of three or less days to live in his advanced state of radiation poisoning.
Before he could die, Justin informed the crew that he worked under cover at the base on Venus. Justin was not 100% sure of the coordinates for the base, but explained how RAM had been developing a Retinal Lock that they installed on the facility housing their doomsday weapon.
RAM, not wanting to be defeated by their own security ever, was also developing a Retinal Lock Pick in tandem. Both the lock design and the lock pick design can be found at the base. Besides destroying the base to further hamper the RAM Doomsday project, obtaining the retinal Lock pick was paramount.
Justin explained a bit about the Venusian Lowlands and how telemetry refused to work in “The Soup”. The adventurers researched Venus while they set a heading for Venus.
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