The Andromeda Strain
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Let me take a look at that.
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It's of vital importance
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that you always know where you are
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in relation to the nearest substation.
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To do that, you have to be familiar
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with the entire facility.
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It can be studied on
this electronic diagram

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which rotates to afford an overall view,
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or can be stopped at any section.
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Detailed plans of the
various levels and labs

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are also stored in the system.
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We're on level 1 of a five-story
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cylindrical underground structure
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surrounded by solid rock.
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Each level has three substations,
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indicated by the yellow lights.
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In the event the nuclear
device is triggered,

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you can still cancel self-destruct
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by inserting your red
key in a substation.

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After our last simulation run,
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we decided to add two
more substations per level,

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but they're not finished.
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So don't confuse them
with functioning ones.

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At the bottom of the central core
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is the apparatus for self-destruct.
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Each level is a different color
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based on a navy study
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of the psychological effects
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of color in environments.
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Also, each level is biomedically cleaner
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than the one above it.
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We don't want anything
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to contaminate a possible organism.
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That would make it twice as hard
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to isolate and characterize.
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It'll take us 16 hours to descend
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through the programmed
decontamination procedures

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on the first four levels to level 5
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where the main labs are.
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Where, exactly, are we now?
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There's one way you can
always locate yourself

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or any of us instantly.
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Simply by calling up projections
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from the electronic diagram
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on any video monitor
anywhere in Wildfire.

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Views such as this.
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This shows we're in
conference room 7, level 1.


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