15-02: 9S and the Soul Box
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dressedtothe[9S enters the Soul Box. As he traverses the Soul Box, he quickly realises...]
9S: ...No enemies?
[There is a hackable chest in the centre of the floor, however. Upon successfully hacking the chest...]
9S: Oh, I get it. I have to break the system protection before I can reach the core. Huh. So that’s how it works.
[9S goes to the next floor. As he hacks the chests...]
Resource Recovery Unit: We have a special present for you... a token of appreciation for all the machine lifeform requests you completed!
9S: Now they’re just messing with us...
Resource Recovery Unit: As a reward for trying to understand machine lifeforms via frequent hacking sessions, we have a special present for you!
Resource Recovery Unit: Congratulations! As thanks for all the android requests you completed, we have a special present for you!
Resource Recovery Unit: It's wonderful to see your interest in the things of this world. The collection you've amassed has earned you a special present!
Resource Recovery Unit: Oh my! Look at all the machine lifeforms you've murdered! Such dogged persistence is worthy of a special present!
[INCOMPLETE: there are two more chests. one for collecting over 100 android bodies. the other involves dying over 50 times.]
[9S receives Faith.]
[9S travels to the next floor.]
Pod 153: Analysis: There are two blocking devices on this floor. Proposal: Hack into all blocking devices.
[After 9S hacks both chests, he receives the following file.]
Tower System Outline
022 port 0642523 Tower System Outline
The tower facility processes and computerizes resources sent by resource-recovery units for use in its launch device.
Made up of 356 stratum, it can filter and compress information with a turbidity of less than 2,300 and have it recorded into the payload in approximately 27 minutes and 32 seconds*. Details regarding routes required for the digestion of androids are recorded separately.
* The allowed diversity-learning error rate is 7.21%
9S: That huge structure is some kind of launch platform. A structure that size could probably shoot something into space pretty easily. ...... So this is some kind of cannon aimed at the human server on the moon?
Pod 153: Insufficient data. Cannot confirm or deny.
9S: Damn it!
Pod 153: All elevator controls unlocked.
[9S goes to the next floor.]
Pod 153: Analysis: There are three blocking devices on this floor.
9S: Yeah, and I hack into all of ‘em, right?
[After hacking all the blocking devices, 9S retriesves additional information.]
[Top Secret] Black Box
The following document details the final stages of Project YoRHa.
(Note that this document has been makred with Level-SS confidentiality, and should not be disclosed to any YoRHa personnel, including the Bunker commander.)
[Black Box]
Each YoRHa unit is equipped with a "black box," an item created by reusing the core of a machine lifeform. As such, it could be said that the consciousnesses of YoRHa units and machine lifeforms share the same structure. Said black boxes were installed after determining that it would be inhumante to install standard AI in androids that are ultimately destined for disposal.
(For the record, malfunctioning black boxes have caused some YoRHa units to turn hostile.)
9S: The YoRHa black box circuitry... It’s made from cores from the machines? That’s... No. That can’t be true!
Pod 153: All elevator controls unlocked.
[9S reaches the top floor. He hacks the Resource Unit's Core and finds himself in hacking space.]
9S: Huh? What’s going on here...? My body...
[9S travels through the hacking space, approaching a cluster of memories.]
9S: Those are... my memories. But why?
[As he draws nearer, it becomes clearer that all the memories... are of 2B. And standing before him appears to be 2B herself.]
9S: That’s 2B’s data...
[9S steps forward]
9S: I know these are just memories... but still...
[His memories begin to disintegrate.]
9S: No, don’t... Don’t do this! Damn it, STOOOOOOOP!
[2B transforms into a humanoid figure composed of the destroyed memories.]
9S: Stay the hell out... ...of my GODDAMNED MEMORIES! These belong to me and me alone! Get away from them!
[9S fights the humanoid memory... thing.]
9S: ...You’re going down.
[Straddling the blackened memories, he raises his sword--]
9S: Raaaaahhhh!
[--he repeatedly strikes the body.]
9S: They’re mine! My memories, you hear me!?
[The memories break down into a corpse of 2B, eyes dull and lifeless. But 9S continues to stab her, screaming and sobbing all the while. Raising his sword one last time...]
9S: Raaaaaaarrrrghh!
[...he exits hacking space, sword piercing the machine core. 9S slumps over his sword, his sobs turning into laughter.]
9S: ...No enemies?
[There is a hackable chest in the centre of the floor, however. Upon successfully hacking the chest...]
9S: Oh, I get it. I have to break the system protection before I can reach the core. Huh. So that’s how it works.
[9S goes to the next floor. As he hacks the chests...]
Resource Recovery Unit: We have a special present for you... a token of appreciation for all the machine lifeform requests you completed!
9S: Now they’re just messing with us...
Resource Recovery Unit: As a reward for trying to understand machine lifeforms via frequent hacking sessions, we have a special present for you!
Resource Recovery Unit: Congratulations! As thanks for all the android requests you completed, we have a special present for you!
Resource Recovery Unit: It's wonderful to see your interest in the things of this world. The collection you've amassed has earned you a special present!
Resource Recovery Unit: Oh my! Look at all the machine lifeforms you've murdered! Such dogged persistence is worthy of a special present!
[INCOMPLETE: there are two more chests. one for collecting over 100 android bodies. the other involves dying over 50 times.]
[9S receives Faith.]
[9S travels to the next floor.]
Pod 153: Analysis: There are two blocking devices on this floor. Proposal: Hack into all blocking devices.
[After 9S hacks both chests, he receives the following file.]
Tower System Outline
022 port 0642523 Tower System Outline
The tower facility processes and computerizes resources sent by resource-recovery units for use in its launch device.
Made up of 356 stratum, it can filter and compress information with a turbidity of less than 2,300 and have it recorded into the payload in approximately 27 minutes and 32 seconds*. Details regarding routes required for the digestion of androids are recorded separately.
* The allowed diversity-learning error rate is 7.21%
9S: That huge structure is some kind of launch platform. A structure that size could probably shoot something into space pretty easily. ...... So this is some kind of cannon aimed at the human server on the moon?
Pod 153: Insufficient data. Cannot confirm or deny.
9S: Damn it!
Pod 153: All elevator controls unlocked.
[9S goes to the next floor.]
Pod 153: Analysis: There are three blocking devices on this floor.
9S: Yeah, and I hack into all of ‘em, right?
[After hacking all the blocking devices, 9S retriesves additional information.]
[Top Secret] Black Box
The following document details the final stages of Project YoRHa.
(Note that this document has been makred with Level-SS confidentiality, and should not be disclosed to any YoRHa personnel, including the Bunker commander.)
[Black Box]
Each YoRHa unit is equipped with a "black box," an item created by reusing the core of a machine lifeform. As such, it could be said that the consciousnesses of YoRHa units and machine lifeforms share the same structure. Said black boxes were installed after determining that it would be inhumante to install standard AI in androids that are ultimately destined for disposal.
(For the record, malfunctioning black boxes have caused some YoRHa units to turn hostile.)
9S: The YoRHa black box circuitry... It’s made from cores from the machines? That’s... No. That can’t be true!
Pod 153: All elevator controls unlocked.
[9S reaches the top floor. He hacks the Resource Unit's Core and finds himself in hacking space.]
9S: Huh? What’s going on here...? My body...
[9S travels through the hacking space, approaching a cluster of memories.]
9S: Those are... my memories. But why?
[As he draws nearer, it becomes clearer that all the memories... are of 2B. And standing before him appears to be 2B herself.]
9S: That’s 2B’s data...
[9S steps forward]
9S: I know these are just memories... but still...
[His memories begin to disintegrate.]
9S: No, don’t... Don’t do this! Damn it, STOOOOOOOP!
[2B transforms into a humanoid figure composed of the destroyed memories.]
9S: Stay the hell out... ...of my GODDAMNED MEMORIES! These belong to me and me alone! Get away from them!
[9S fights the humanoid memory... thing.]
9S: ...You’re going down.
[Straddling the blackened memories, he raises his sword--]
9S: Raaaaahhhh!
[--he repeatedly strikes the body.]
9S: They’re mine! My memories, you hear me!?
[The memories break down into a corpse of 2B, eyes dull and lifeless. But 9S continues to stab her, screaming and sobbing all the while. Raising his sword one last time...]
9S: Raaaaaaarrrrghh!
[...he exits hacking space, sword piercing the machine core. 9S slumps over his sword, his sobs turning into laughter.]
