Re: Paranoia

From: corleyj@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Jason D Corley )

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1993 20:04:33 +0000

In article <93015.122700CSD108@psuvm.psu.edu> CSD108@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>In article <C0vLyn.FMJ@analogy.com>, daveh@analogy.com (CMRD Networking
>Consultant) says:
>>
>>Greetings Citizens...
>>
>>Could anyone tell me what/where Alpha Base And Alpha City are?
>>And about the Crash and ReBoot? I find a lot of refrences to them, but I dont
>>know whats going on...
>>
>The Crash happened at the end of the Iceman Returneth module (If I'm not mis-
>taken.) There's a kind of sourcebook called the Crash Course Manual, or some
>such thing, that's supposed to tell you about life in post-crash Alpha Complex
>but I never really read it.

You are correct, sir.  In "Iceman Returneth", the Troubleshooters were
assigned to take out the garbage.  In the ensuing inevitable bloodbath,
they set off a residential reactor core that thaws out the High
Programmer From The Past named Clem-U-NGR  ("Clem 'Alice' Unger" of
"Alice through the Mirrorshades" fame.)  He looked around, realised that
Alpha Complex had turned out all wrong, and gets the Troubleshooters to
go to post-apocalyptic Iowa to retrieve the punch cards needed to
re-initialize The Computer and make Alpha Complex into a true utopia.

Sadly, they fail miserably.  The cards get shot at, mixed up and in
general messed around until, in a blazing firefight in the depths of
CPU sector, The Computer

:error in 8828
:fatal error, SYSA not recoverable
:emergency shutdown

Alpha Base is the new Utopia!  When the Big C goes down, many secret
societies band together to form the Council of Secret Societies!  They
form alliances to produce food, air, and water for those under their
contr...protection.  Then rumors appear of an Alpha City, and lo!  There
it is!  A bunch of High Programmers have escaped their chainsaw haircuts
offered by the ravaging mobs of Death Leopard Infrareds and set up
a perfect city that only accepts a few into it!  Rumor hath it that
the Transdimensional Collapsatron Mark IV is working with them to bring
about the maintenance of Alpha City for all time (see "Vulture Warriors
of Dimension X"!!!!!!)  And there's the re-establishment of Alpha State
(I am good Commie Smersh-o-vik!)  And Alpha Wave, the Corpore Metal
enclave!  And the Frankenstein Destroyers Simplex!  And where the heck
did the Illuminati go (or are they still here?)  And just when you
thought things couldn't get any more confusing...

:power in sector 383-838-AAS
:reboot? Y/N ............Y
:activate controlcent-2-,19393ns8^^3ndskd9

The Big C comes back on line in a few sectors and scares the wits out
of everyone living there.  And now, slowly, but surely, the Big C is
coming back....

What's your security clearance, citizen?

I'm sorry.  I can't reveal any more at this time.  Have a Nice Day!
	---Jasonco-R-LEY-4

--
"Seriousness of mind was a prerequisite for understanding Newtonian physics.
 I am not convinced that it is not a handicap in understanding quantum theory."
	------Connie Willis
Jason "corleyj@gas.uug.arizona.edu" Corley  Southern Arizona Gizmonic Institute

References

Paranoia
daveh@analogy.com (CMRD Networking Consultant)
Fri, 15 Jan 1993 03:35:10 +0000
Re: Paranoia
<CSD108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Fri, 15 Jan 1993 12:27:00 +0000

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Paranoia
daveh@analogy.com (CMRD Networking Consultant)
Fri, 15 Jan 1993 03:35:10 +0000
Re: Paranoia
<CSD108@psuvm.psu.edu>
Fri, 15 Jan 1993 12:27:00 +0000