Object

Central Monitoring Column

A tall, robust column embedded with multiple monitoring screens and diagnostic readouts, positioned centrally within the hydraulics room corridor. Its digital displays flicker intermittently, showing signs of recent damage amid the wreckage. The column's structural integrity is compromised, with shattered panels and exposed wiring hinting at the violent events that transpired. Crew members urgently inspect the column as a critical clue to the destruction of the laser system, emphasizing its role in real-time surveillance and system status tracking.

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Purpose

To provide centralized monitoring and control of the hydraulics room laser systems and related engineering subsystems, enabling crew to oversee operational status and respond to emergencies.

Significance

The column serves as a vital clue to the cause and extent of destruction within the hydraulics room, framing the tragic death of Engineer Malencon and marking a turning point from attempted rescue to acknowledgment of loss. It embodies the technological vulnerability that shifts the mission's tone toward deeper peril and emotional weight.

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When this object appears and how it's used

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S1E17 · Home Soil

Shattered Hopes: Malencon’s Death in the Hydraulics Room

The central monitoring column, heavily damaged and flickering, stands inside the hydraulics room as a witness to the sabotage’s severity. It once coordinated the laser arms’ targeting and system status but now symbolizes the broken surveillance and control that led to Malencon’s death.

Before: Functional and monitoring hydraulics corridor systems, coordinating laser arms.

After: Damaged with shattered panels and exposed wiring, non-functional state amidst wreckage.

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