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MEANWHILE!

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Somewhere in Furnace

[Warden] ah, they have fallen for the trap. Time to kill them all.

[Furnace AIC] I have explicit orders from the Emperor to allow them on the way.

[Warden] Then you are dismissed.

[Warden] Sadly, this planet must go. It is the only way.

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The Warden first disconnects the Furnace AIC from controlling anything. It can only now speak.

[Furnace AIC] This is outrageous, it's unfair!

[Warden] nobody asked.

Then the Warden activates the Maze. In the Systems Shutdown room, walls of Deflector Shields (think of them as glowing transparent walls) power on. Scranton Reality Anchors drop down from the ceiling, denying teleportation and magic. The gun turrets power on, and several valves above the entry teleporter start releasing nerve gas in massive quantities.

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Objectives to destroy/hack:


 * Maze control box (smash it and hack it)


 * Access to Creators (bunch of weird puzzles, including multi dimensional Rubik cubes)


 * Shields over the Machine (rewire it. Cutting all the wires does not work.)


 * Orbit Stabilization (disconnect it from the rest of Furnace, so the Warden cannot remotely activate it)


 * Reactor Overload (just str8 up smash it so Warden can't use it)

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Meanwhile again, at the Firing Platform

The team can now hear things happening on the other side.

(cue stuff)

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On the other side, the two figures moved aside. From the ground rose a third, fourth and fifth figures. The fourth and fifth was restrained by magnetic cuffs, which was disengaged by one of the original two figures. The third figure turned to the wall of control panels, his cloak billowing in the thin atmosphere high above Furnace.

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[404] Is the systems ready?

[Emperor's Royal Guard] Furnace Superweapon is charged to your specifications, my lord. Single reactor charge, standard beam.

[404] At last, the prophecy comes true. The Sith legend predicted that one way the Jedi Order will be destroyed by its own failures. And here I am to execute it.

[404] As I have spoken millenia ago, one of us must die. Today, you will die.

silence from the two bound Jedi Masters

''404 waves at a screen, generating a holograph of a blue-green world. On its surface are the occasional city surrounded by nature. It carried no defenses or military targets.''

[404] And this is my target. Your vision of a Terra Nova, after the old one was extinguished by the reality break. Everything you have stood for, and everyone you cared for. This will be their end. They will look up to the skies and see the wrath of the Empire. A billion voices will cry out, before being silenced.

[Relor] No, god no-

''404 draws an unknown handheld weapon, aimed without looking, and fired. Relor is first decapitated by a .50cal hollow point round, then exploded by the resulting shockwave. The wave of blood and gore splattered over the rails into the Superweapon tube. ALl that is left is the occasional bit of bone, and a pool of red.''

[404] I intend on causing maximum pain. First, I will destroy your only love. Then, I will destroy your last refuge. And last, I will destroy you. All that will be left of you is a shell.

[Syrena] breaks into tears

[404] You may fire when you are ready. Execute Order 66.

[Emperor's Royal Guard] Yes, my lord.

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A blast of energy, about 500 meters thick, streaked out of the center of the tube and flew past the orbiting ships into interstellar space.

On the hologram, the streak of red appeared from a distance. It tore into the surface of the blue-green planet, vaporizing its surface and then ripping it into a hail of molten asteroids.

[404] I sense a great disturbance in the Force. As if billions of rebel scum has cried out in fear before being exterminated by the might of the Empire.

[404] Furnace AIC, set next target to Mon Cala.

[Furnace AIC] I am unable to interface with the Furnace command systems. The Warden has cut me out.

[Warden] That was intended. Unfortunately, my lord, I cannot allow you to go any further. My interests lie with the Machine. You must leave or die.

[404] You have failed me for the last time.

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