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00000230: 75 74 65 72 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 20 6C 6F |uter which is lo|
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00000250: 35 35 30 29 2E 22 00 22 49 74 27 73 20 74 68 65 |550)."."It's the|
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. (.R.X...U...,.R.......................
.."NEXUS IS THE COMPUTER LINSKY WAS GIVE
N BY MTC TO WORK ON OVERLORD. HIS TERMIN
AL WAS PART OF A NETWORK. IT REQUIRED A
PASSCARD AND PASSWORD AND HE WANTED ME T
O GET HOLD OF ALL THE OTHER SCIENTISTS'
PASSWORDS AND PASSCARDS. HE BELIEVED THE
RE WERE 8 SCIENTISTS WORKING ON THE NEXU
S COMPUTER SYSTEM."."I WAS GIVEN A NEXUS
TERMINAL, A PASSCARD AND A PASSWORD BY
MTC TO WORK ON OVERLORD. THIS ALLOWED ME
TO ACCESS THE CENTRAL COMPUTER."."IT'S
A HUGE COMPUTER BUILT INTO A SECRET FACI
LITY."."IT'S THE NAME OF OUR MASTER COMP
UTER WHICH IS LOCATED AT (N.C. 4550)."."
IT'S THE NAME OF THE MASTER CONTROL SYST
EM FOR THE OVERLORD PROJECT. YOU'LL NEED
8 PASSWORDS AND PASSCARDS TO ACCESS THE
DESTRUCT CODE."."THAT'S THE NAME OF OUR
COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT LARRY HAMMOND DESI
GNED FOR US."."I DESIGNED THE NEXUS SYST
EM. THERE IS A MAIN COMPUTER AND EIGHT A
CCESS TERMINALS. BUT I ALSO BUILT A FAIL
SAFE INTO THE SYSTEM. TO STOP THE OVERL
ORD PROJECT, YOU WILL NEED ALL EIGHT PAS
SCARDS AND PASSWORDS. YOU MUST THEN FIND
THE LOCATION OF THE MAIN NEXUS COMPUTER
. INSERT THE PASSCARDS INTO THE MAIN COM
PUTER AND YOU CAN INITIATE THE SELF DEST
RUCT SEQUENCE. THIS WILL DESTROY ALL DAT
A AND THE RELAY SATELLITE AS WELL."."CAL
DAVIS HAD A PASSCARD FOR HIS NEXUS COMP
UTER. HE KEPT IT IN A SMALL BOX NEAR THE
APE CAGE.".
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