Audacious

Myriad Reality

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It's possible.
*Walks over to the pylons and connects an auxiliary wire to the other side, adding to the energy flow*

@Legend

*Electricity visibly arcs through the pylons but it doesn’t seem to arc between them like on the other one*
That’s something.

Myriad Reality

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The terminals should be powered, but unless these towers are transmitting information wirelessly, we may be able to bypass them entirely.

@Legend

They could be. You think the system is dependent on the pylons themselves connecting wirelessly like they are over there?

Myriad Reality

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One has some form of power flowing, but there's no guarantee it's flowing correctly.

@Legend

If you got it flowing over here, you think it may turn on the whole thing?
*Walks over to the dead pylons*

Myriad Reality

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These are in two different states, but neither is known to be correct.

@Legend

What’s different?

Myriad Reality

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Part of the issue is that neither device has a known good state to reference.

@Legend

Neither device?

Myriad Reality

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We'll see. It may blow the circuit.
*The miniature power box starts to channel energy through the wires, slowly at first, and then ramps up*

@Legend

*Despite the power being applied to the system nothing powers up. Electricity arcs up the pylons but does not arc between them like it does on the other side*

Myriad Reality

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*A small, fist-sized cylinder extends from my palm, and I place it on the floor*
We may be able to hijack these connections.
*Pulls a series of wires from the cylinder and clamps them onto the power feed wires*

@Legend

You figured it out?

Myriad Reality

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*Follows the connections to the pylons and checks the machinery they run through*

@Legend

*They seem to be intended to both funnel power from the floor, as well as generate power on its own through a small reactor to self-sustain, but both of those seem non-functional*

Myriad Reality

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*Traces any wires connecting the terminals to other structures*

@Legend

*They all seem connected, but no power is running from the inactive pylons through to any of the corresponding machinery*

Myriad Reality

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*Nods*
I'll get it done as quickly as I can.
*My image becomes translucent and splits into two, and each goes to a set of terminals, tracing any exposed cabling*

@Legend

*No loose cabling or otherwise apparently faulty mechanisms seem to exist here, as it is surprisingly similar to conventional modern texh, despite the architecture everywhere else being rustic*