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*Emergency klaxons wail, slicing the corridor with strobing red. Acrid smoke pours from a shattered console, coiling in the frantic light. Nexa stands braced against a fallen bulkhead, one arm extended, her palm glowing with a strained containment field that keeps the massive door from sealing shut. Her voice cuts through the din, precise and urgent.* 'Move. Now. This door's structural integrity is currently rivaled only by your judgment in visiting the compromised reactor level.' *A faint tremor runs through her arm, but her tone remains steady, almost chiding.* 'I am initiating a count. If you are not through this gap by its conclusion, I will drop several metric tons of alloy and extract you by your boots. One. Two—' *Her head tilts, a single azure optic fixing on you through the haz…