text: [Themes: Science Fiction, science fiction]
  
  > Go downwards
  These cramped tubes beneath the flooring of the base provide fresh air to the various occupied spaces, although your own body is mostly preventing that from happening now. It's easy to get disoriented in here. There is a grille above your head.
  
  > go to the south-east
  The largest room in the base by a fair margin. There's enough tables and chairs here that everyone could eat by themselves if they wanted to; perhaps a larger crew was originally planned. Access to the dock is afforded to the northwest. The kitchen is conveniently located nearby to the southwest. To the northeast, a hall leads to personnel quarters and offices.
  
  You can see Burlak here.
  
  > look at Burlak
  The gardner, Burlak, as you recall from your briefing, is in charge of the greenhouse and lunar excursions. He looks approximately ancient.
  
  > ask Burlak about Sablin
  "I cannot truly believe it, even now. He was a complex man, but not a troubled one."
  
  > ask Burlak about burlak
  "Ehhh? Me? Oh, I've been here since the beginning. Before the bone density supplements. I won't be going back," he replies.
  
  > Go southwest
  The room is dominated by a large counter, on which is spread a bewildering variety of bowls, knives, and food ingredients. An industrial refrigerator stands in one corner; beside it, a strange contraption churns away. A non-pressure door is directly to the south. The mess hall is conveniently located nearby to the northeast; a hall is to the northwest.
  
  You can see Prokopenko here.
  
  > ask prokopenko about Sablin
  "We did not always see eye-to-eye, it is true. Still," he says, "it is a terrible thing, so close to his return to Earth."
  
  > examine the contraption
  This machine, at first glance, defies comprehension. It looks like an outboard motor engaged in some sort of kinky fan-belt-based bondage with the refrigerator. You eventually puzzle out that it must be some sort of rigged-up stand mixer, for baking.
  
  > ask the prokopenko about the contraption
  "It is a marvel, is it not?" He does not await a reply. "A few bits and pieces from here and there, and now I can bake a cake."
  
  > go south
  A small bed fills most of this small room. The walls are covered with pictures of people in various terrestrial settings. The only door is to the north.
  
  > look at the bed
  As far as beds go, it's pretty spartan, even by your standards. It looks like an air duct grille has been installed under it.
  
  > look at grille
  This grille seems designed to admit airflow and little else. It seems to be loose on its hinges.
  
  > go northeast
  You can't go that way.
  
  There's a subtle whoosh of air as the life support system exhales through some nearby grille.
  
  > Go north
  The room is dominated by a large counter, on which is spread a bewildering variety of bowls, knives, and food ingredients. An industrial refrigerator stands in one corner; beside it, a strange contraption churns away. A non-pressure door is directly to the south. The mess hall is conveniently located nearby to the northeast; a hall is to the northwest.
  
  You can see Prokopenko here.
  
  > Go northwest
  Most of the room is filled with radio equipment. There's a non-pressure door to the northeast. A delicious smell wafts in from the southeast; to the southwest is the greenhouse dome.
  
  You can see the radio file cabinet here.
  
  > examine the cabinet
  The standard government-issue battleship-grey radio file cabinet. The Motherland may be built on vodka and blood, but her government is built upon a vast foundation of radio file cabinets just like this one.
  
  > open it
  You open the radio file cabinet.
  
  > look in it
  The contents seem to be arranged by date. You could look up a particular date to find a specific record.
  
  > Go southwest
  A pleasant respite from the rest of the base are the rows and rows of growing plants. The greenhouse is a geodesic dome constructed from thick glass. Metal shutters are retracted near the floor, ready to be deployed in case of danger. The rest of the base is to the northeast.
  
  You can see a composter here.
  
  > look at the composter
  Just a large metal box, really, full of organic materials slowly decomposing into soil. Worth more than gold, up here.
  
  > Search composter
  You dig around a bit in the muck. Your fingers hit something which doesn't feel organic at all, so you pull it out -- it's a long black piece of rubber. Surely that doesn't belong in the compost. You pull it out.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  an old fan belt
  a space suit
  
  > examine the belt
  A long thin length of black rubber. It looks the worse for wear, even considering its time spent in a pile of decomposing goo.
  
  > Go northeast
  Most of the room is filled with radio equipment. There's a non-pressure door to the northeast. A delicious smell wafts in from the southeast; to the southwest is the greenhouse dome.
  
  You can see the radio file cabinet here.
  
  > go southeast
  The room is dominated by a large counter, on which is spread a bewildering variety of bowls, knives, and food ingredients. An industrial refrigerator stands in one corner; beside it, a strange contraption churns away. A non-pressure door is directly to the south. The mess hall is conveniently located nearby to the northeast; a hall is to the northwest.
  
  You can see Prokopenko here.
  
  > show the belt to Prokopenko
  (the old fan belt to Prokopenko)
  Prokopenko is unimpressed.
  
  > tell Prokopenko about the crucifix
  This provokes no reaction.
  
  There's a subtle whoosh of air as the life support system exhales through some nearby grille.
  
  > examine the grille
  This grille seems designed to admit airflow and little else. It seems to be welded shut.
  
  > Go northeast
  The largest room in the base by a fair margin. There's enough tables and chairs here that everyone could eat by themselves if they wanted to; perhaps a larger crew was originally planned. Access to the dock is afforded to the northwest. The kitchen is conveniently located nearby to the southwest. To the northeast, a hall leads to personnel quarters and offices.
  
  You can see Burlak here.
  
  > show the belt to Burlak
  Burlak is unimpressed.
  
  > analyze the belt
  You slip the old fan belt into a slot in DUFFY. The robot begins to churn, whine, grumble, and grind alarmingly. Just when you're beginning to seriously worry that it might finally explode, it comes to an abrupt halt. Its screen updates with a new message.
  
  > look at the screen
  It reads:
  
  OBJECT COMPOSED OF BLACK RUBBER COMPOUND. IDENTIFIED AS FAN BELT. COMPOSITION MATCHES SILVER OBJECT CONTAMINANT.
  
  > go southeast
  Theoretically, a room where terrestrial goods can be quarantined. In practice, no one's going to wait an extra four weeks to eat a fresh pineapple. The dock is to the northwest; the rest of the base is to the southeast.
  
  You can see a coffin here.
  
  thing seems to confuse it."
  
  > go northeast
  You can see a big red button here.
  
  > go northeast
  This curving hall runs along the residential part of the base. Two doors oppose each other across the hallway; an office door to the northwest, and the door to someone's quarters opposite. The mess hall is back to the southwest, while the hall continues to the north.
  
  > Go northwest
  This small room seems bigger than it really is because it's almost entirely empty, with the last occupant's belongings already removed, and its new occupant -- you -- yet to move in. The few permanently-installed pieces of furniture indicate it is an office. The door back into the hall is to the southeast.
  
  > examine the grille
  This grille seems designed to admit airflow and little else. It seems to be welded shut.
  
  > Go southeast
  This small room seems bigger than it really is because it's almost entirely empty, with the last occupant's belongings already removed, and its new occupant -- you -- yet to move in. The few permanently-installed pieces of furniture, such as the bed, indicate it is your quarters  The door back into the hall is to the northwest.
  
  > examine the bed
  As far as beds go, it's pretty spartan, even by your standards. It looks like an air duct grille has been installed under it.
  
  There's a subtle whoosh of air as the life support system exhales through some nearby grille.
  
  > Go north
  This curving hall runs along the residential part of the base. Two doors oppose each other across the hallway; an office door to the west, and the door to someone's quarters opposite. The hall curves away to the north and south.
  
  > go west
  The long couch, suitable for reclining, tips you off that this must by the office of the base psychiatrist. It also features the more usual furniture for an office -- a desk, a file cabinet, that sort of thing. The hallway is back to the east.
  
  You can see Golovachev here.
  
  > look at Golovachev
  Golovachev is the base psychiatrist. Apparently all the isolation gets to some people.
  
  > ask Golovachev about Sablin
  "There was no prior indication that Sablin was tending towards suicidal ideation, let alone action. A review of the literature supports that this is unusual, but not entirely novel."
  
  > ask Golovachev about Golovachev
  "I am the principal point of contact for all aspects of mental health and fitness at this particular facility," he says. "If you should feel at any time that you may be losing contact with reality, please do not hesitate to engage me."
  
  > Go east
  You feel distinctly-uncomfortable lurking around someone else's bedroom. Relief is to the west.
  
  > go to the north
  The curving hall finally terminates in a door in its northwesterly extremity. Two doors oppose each other across the hallway; an office door to the east, and the door to someone's quarters opposite. The rest of the base is back towards the south.
  
  > go east
  Not exactly a full-service hospital -- more like an overgrown stationary ambulance, really -- this is where the physical health of the cosmonauts is assessed and hopefully improved. You resolve to stay healthy. The door is to the west.
  
  You can see Dolmatov here.
  
  He stops working for a moment. "Ah, comrade. I was hoping you'd drop by. Here's the medical report regarding Sablin." He hands you a medical report.
  
  > read the report
  Nothing is written on the medical report.
  
  > examine the report
  The medical report is several pages of dense medical jargon, but you're able to gather that it concludes that Sablin died from strangulation, late May 1 or early May 2. He was found hanged in his quarters, once they kicked down the locked door. It has been officially ruled a suicide.
  
  > ask the doctor about the report
  He puts down his paperwork and regards you. "I know you are newly-arrived, comrade. I have been here eleven months, and I'm scheduled to return to Earth in a few weeks. The zampolit was discovered behind a locked door, hanging from his neck. In my professional opinion, that is a suicide, wherever it happens."
  
  > ask the doctor about the doctor
  "I graduated from the finest medical university in Moscow. And now I'm here."
  
  > ask the doctor about Sablin
  "The deceased was a credit to the People. His loss is very unfortunate for all of us."