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Cut off the core power supply of PRTS.;Manually activate the backup system and fight for control over the ship.

Cutting off the core power supply means going into the Abyss directly. It's risky.

I'll protect the Doctor.

Besides, we're not alone. The elite operators stand with us.

I'm not abandoning the Doctor or Rhodes Island.

My ZOOT system is unable to fully wrestle control from PRTS.

Kal'tsit and I have done simulations about this sort of situation.

By force-booting it with the ship's power, it may be able to temporarily establish control over certain non-core areas...

But all outcomes end with destruction of its core components due to overload.

You've already made a decision, haven't you?

Hah, I can get to work right now.

If I can make one, I can make another.

Let's prepare both options.

We will activate the backup command system at the same time as we attempt to penetrate the Abyss.

Now, you're finally coming online.

I've waited for this moment for too long. Let me take a good look at you—

Closure awaits with anxious anticipation. She had longed for the day when it would truly come online, just as much as she had feared it.

For it would mean that Rhodes Island was once again in desperate straits—

ZOOT command system online. Updating permission log...

Original administrator privileges detected. Confirm key...

Key command 'Machine Oil Aesthete'. Verification complete.

Welcome back, Closure.

Awakening all backup nodes.

Loading...

Warning: Awakening failed. Unable to bypass PRTS restrictions.

...Activate overload.

Backup power detected. Source—Rhodes Island mobility layer. 71% remaining.

Warning: Overload mode will greatly reduce equipment lifespan.

Estimated power remaining in minutes: Sixty-one.

Overload mode activated.

Awakening all backup nodes...

Warning: PRTS incursion!

Warning: ZOOT core program is being overwritten—

Warning: Insufficient power to continue operating the ZOOT system—

Wait! Hang in there, 'Zeroth Order Oil Tank'!

Dammit. It's all or nothing!

Warning: Severe core component damage.

Warning: Insufficient backup power. Time remaining: Twenty-one minutes.

Communications are online.

We're being attacked by PRTS, Doctor. ZOOT will coordinate defenses with Kal'tsit.

The rest is up to you!

All personnel, comm check.

In position.

Acknowleged.

Waiting for you on the front lines.

Moving to rendezvous point.

Be right there.

I'm here, Doctor.

It's been a long time since we've had a good brawl together!

The <i>Bad Guy</i> has returned. Moving to rendezvous.

Give me a minute.

I'm here.

Assembling.

Waiting for you.

Objectives updated.

Priority objective—support Kal'tsit.

Core objective—enter Abyss and cut off PRTS's core power supply.

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Welcome back, Administrator.