Legend

Myriad Reality

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

@Audacious

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

Myriad Reality

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What’s different?

@Audacious

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

Myriad Reality

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Neither device?

@Audacious

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

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@Audacious

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

Myriad Reality

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You figured it out?

@Audacious

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*

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@Audacious

*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*

Myriad Reality

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

@Audacious

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

Myriad Reality

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*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*

@Audacious

*Traces any wires connecting the terminals to other structures*

Myriad Reality

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Do what you have to do. We need to ground this thing. Even if it is malfunctioning and scouting, I don’t want it malfunctioning and also setting off any doomsday weapons either.

@Audacious

*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*

Myriad Reality

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Can you tell what's wrong? I know you're savvy, but I don't know how much this kind of stuff works like what you do.

@Audacious

I'm going to have to open both sets of devices and trace their components. Are you comfortable with that?