Station Omega
Abandon the terminal momentarily and scavenge the storage room for anything that could serve as a weapon—perhaps a heavy wrench, a plasma cutter, or a makeshift spear. As you rummage through the scattered debris, you hear what sounds like a faint, guttural growl coming from behind the barricade.Use the terminal to triangulate the origin of the transmission, inputting commands to map out the station's communication relays. The results reveal that the signal is emanating from the restricted research wing, but the process triggers a loud, mechanical grinding sound in the walls that reverberates through the station.Leave the terminal and cautiously approach the barricade as the rhythmic tapping grows louder, almost as if beckoning you. The emergency lights flicker, and your breath catches as a shadow briefly moves on the other side of the makeshift fortification.Focus intently on unscrambling the transmission, using the terminal's advanced decryption tools to isolate fragments of the distorted voices. As the message begins to form coherent words, the lights in the room flicker violently, and a faint, rhythmic tapping starts to echo from the corridor outside.