The first 200 lines.
I got one of them.
He's on foot.
Heading east toward...
Shut up!
Eric!
The power's out.
Eric!
You have completed the testing phase of your application.
Hey, Jared, take a look at this.
Well, that's never happened before.
Twenty-five years ago, we were faced with the unimaginable.
We were left with nothing.
But from the darkness came a spark...
and from that spark grew the future.
I'm Paul Bateson, CEO and co-founder of Vopo Technologies.
As we approach this upcoming anniversary,
let us take time to reflect on how far we have come
since those darkest of times.
Here at Vopo Technologies,
we are honoring the strength and resilience of Sector Six
by bringing power, comfort and security to our citizens.
Our journey has been one of sacrifice and perseverance.
But with some old tools and some new ideas,
Vopo Technologies is rebuilding our future today.
Twenty-five years ago, we were faced...
Simon, did you lose anything in the Reset?
I was pretty young.
I mostly... I mostly just remember the gadgets.
Well, I was there.
It proved one thing: Technology maintains stability.
It's the only thing that can.
What Vopo does, Simon, is keep things constant.
There are individuals who would like to undermine that stability,
and that's where you come in.
It's called "quality control."
We'll be organizing a candlelight vigil for the anniversary of the Reset.
There's a sign-up sheet for volunteers and...
we could always use more candles.
Now, let's not forget those citizens who passed this week.
So what we're gonna do is we're gonna take a moment of silence...
for those loved ones.
Lisa Hudson, Frank Dobbins...
Eric Ross, Janetta Hunter...
Marty Jakes...
Move all of them metals from here to there...
- And cooking? - for 18, 12 hours.
I'm sitting in that cab.
And you just have a hard time...
Mrs. Ross?
Simon.
I'm sorry about Eric.
He was a real talented kid.
Radiation in the Outer Zone areas remain at harmful levels.
Outer Zone citizens are urged to remain indoors
and limit outdoor exposure to only one hour a day.
The current temperature in the Western Bloc of C6
is 14 degrees Celsius.
Pop?
Pop, wake up.
Pop, wake up.
What time is it?
You got work in half an hour.
Let me fix you some breakfast.
Tomorrow.
Bye.
Hey, how much can I get for all this tetris?
Hey!
Ed!
Yeah.
He wants to sell his tetris.
I'll give you 20 bit...
if it works.
Yeah, whatever, man.
You were at Eric's service.
What's your name?
I'm Simon.
Pretty rare stuff.
A lot, for that stuff.
Where'd you find it?
Why? So your boss can cut me out?
Good.
You know...
if you ever need any help around here, real help,
this is kind of my thing.
Yeah, sorry.
What did you say your name was?
Do you remember when I took you camping?
We're lucky.
All those kids that were born after the Reset,
they will never see stars.
request for pickup in Quad Two.
Copy that.
Nightly status report:
City Six citizens are reminded to please refrain
from burning any and all waste or refuse.
Scheduled waste pickups will resume again shortly.
Representatives...
Just one second, I'm in the bathroom.
All right!
We had some incidents the past few nights in the complex and surrounding area.
Have you seen or heard anything?
No, I just play games on my computer all night.
I'm a night person myself.
I asked because some of the neighbors reported seeing someone.
It was past curfew, and this person was trying to break in
to this apartment.
Like I said, I just play computer games all night.
If you want, you can talk to the city and they can check the log on my raker.
Okay, thanks.
Keep an eye out for anything, okay?
Hey, did you hear anybody out here the last couple nights?
This came for you, but you were gone.
She just has a fever.
I'll see if I can find her something.
Does anybody else know about this?
Hey. Simon, right?
Remember me?
I'm Max.
This came with a drive...
and I can't get into it, and I was thinking
that maybe you could.
Maybe.
How's the tetris business doing?
I'm leaving it.
Really? Where you going?
Vopo.
Wow. Working for the bad guys, huh?
Sorry, it's not The Ritz-Carlton.
What's that?
It's like a... fancy place for rich people.
A little sandwiches.
Got a problem with success?
No, just people.
I'd like to stay in a place like that.
You'd a fit in back then.
I wouldn't know.
Well, you know, you look just like the people from the old magazines.
Yeah? How did they look?
Like they drank milk.
I've had milk.
You haven't. Real milk costs a thousand bit.
Well, I guess that's a good reason to be successful.
You get to try things other people don't.
You built all this?
Yeah.
And it's all tetris?
All of it.
No fucking way.
How did you do that?
I don't know what to tell you, man.
It's Eric.
To connect your call, please enter your citizen ID number.
Are you going to see Abby?
Where is this?
It's the desert, just past the Outer Zone.
Do you know there are people who have been out there?
No.
You hear stories of people going out there, and they don't come back.
That kind of thing.
I didn't think he had it in him.
Why do you think your name is on that drive?
Maybe he didn't think you could break it.
You're looking in the wrong place.
There, look at that.
Again.
Again.
All right, get out.
What?
Get the fuck out of my apartment!
You have entered the City Six citizen database.
For information, please enter the citizen's identification number.
Cynthia Gryerson, Outer Zone.
So we're going to try to finish this project by this Tuesday,
and I'm gonna need someone to go into the archival file system
and take a look at the kernel module.
Because after it's been running for a little while, it stops firing DCNs.
This concludes the nightly status report.
The outside threat level remains low.
You like it or not, I'm part of this.
And I'm useful.
We'll leave in the morning.
The air quality index is dangerously high in Quadrant One.
Residents are advised to carry particle respirators at all times.
The current temperature in City Six is 14 degrees Celsius.
A new and improved City Six water treatment plant
will finish construction shortly
bringing clean and potable water to all citizens.
The City Six suicide index has decreased 15 percent this quarter.
City officials attribute this to newly implemented treatments from PRSD.
Please inquire within a City Six medical clinic
to obtain a mood stabilizer to treat PR...
Warning: City Six alert.
Outside threat level h as been elevated to critical.
Good night.
If you get tired, just let me know.
I can take over whenever.
I think I'll be all right.
You see that, right?
What?
That black dot.
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