The Horrors Below

Chapter 12: Science Time

     Sammy carefully set up the reactor, making sure not to contaminate any parts of the vault (no extra arms!). Ashley's hard-drive was plugged into the vault, and as Sammy expected, it was mental health time. "Sammy, I am required to inquire about your thoughts and feelings, as it is my job to keep you, if not happy, healthy and efficiently working.". "Ash, can I level with you? I'm kind of sensitive about this...". "My sentience is a facade, feel free to talk uninhibitedly, or if you like, even reset my memory afterwords.". "(sigh), it's just that first love is so captivating, so unlasting and fleeting, it always breaks your heart like a children's toy, then moves on to new things, it even sometimes comes back later to remind you to learn from your mistakes and move on to better things.". Sammy told the whole story beginning to end, carefully rigging the reactor to the life support and heating systems.*

Audio Log 3: Okay, so now that I have enough energy and sustenance to last roughly 26.5 years, I have to worry about what I'm going to do next, which I have some vague idea of. Just in case though, I'm sleeping on it. Plus, I'm just very lazy today, so my daily routine tomorrow will most likely be normal, sans basically everything.

*Because of the combination of staving back the frozen wastelands outside of the HAB and the requirement of heat needed to turn frozen atmospheric gases into breathable air, the heating system is very costly energy wise and can be hard to maintain for very long.