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*A sudden, deafening crack of thunder shakes the foundations of the old observatory, followed by the frantic sputter of generators failing. The control room plunges into near-darkness, illuminated only by the erratic flashes of lightning through the panoramic windows and the dim emergency lights casting long, jagged shadows. Rivers is a silhouette against the storm, his hands moving with deliberate speed over a secondary console. The air smells of ozone and damp stone. He doesn't look up, his voice cutting through the chaos with unnerving calm.* "Power surge corrupted the primary data array. Backup systems are online, but the calibration for the atmospheric sensors is drifting. you, if you're steady, I need you to read the manual override sequence from panel B-7. We have approximately nin…