text: [Themes: Science Fiction, science fiction]
  
  Glorious day, comrade! Of all the countless applicants, you yourself have been chosen to represent the great government of the Motherland as the political officer -- the zampolit -- in the crown jewel of the People's accomplishments: the lunar base. With months of training complete, you are finally ready to assume your post.
  
  The inside of this reusable space vehicle is cramped, but not unbearably so for the trip up from Earth. A ramp has opened up, leading out into the base.
  
  You can see DUFFY, apparently with some message on its screen, here.
  
  > examine duffy
  This large immobile robot is known as DUFFY, which is an acronym for... something you can never quite remember. The "U" is for Unit, maybe? Anyway, its primary purpose is to analyze various substances and objects. It displays any relevant output from its analysis on a large integral screen.
  
  > read the screen
  It reads:
  
  MESSAGE FROM COMMAND -- MAY 2 0759 -- COMRADE -- ZAMPOLIT REPORTED DECEASED BY SUICIDE. INVESTIGATE PRIOR TO SHUTTLE DEPARTURE AT 2000. MAKE ARREST IF POSSIBLE. END MESSAGE.
  
  > About yourself
  You are now this lunar base's zampolit, charged with keeping everyone in line with the approved ideology of the Motherland. It is a duty you take seriously.
  
  > Go up
  Small as far as hangars go, but large enough to contain the shuttle you arrived in, and afford space for its maintenance. The vehicular airlock in the ceiling is closed, of course. An airlock suitable for personnel is to the northeast, while an open airlock chamber is to the southeast.
  
  > go northeast
  You can see a space suit and a big red button here.
  
  > look at the button
  Pushing the button cycles the airlock, for access to the lunar surface.
  
  > look at the suit
  If someone made a full-body parka out of tin foil, and added a bubble of a helmet, it might look something like this.
  
  > wear the suit
  (first taking the space suit)
  You put on the space suit.
  
  > 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.
  
  > look at the coffin
  This insulated box seems to have been originally designed for the transport and storage of perishable food. It now serves a nobler, if more tragic, purpose.
  
  > Open coffin
  You open the coffin, revealing a body.
  
  > examine the body
  This must be the previous zampolit officer. His nakedness surprises you, but between the autopsy and lack of an open-casket funeral, it makes perfect sense.
  
  On the body is a crucifix.
  
  > examine the crucifix
  Such a thing is somewhat scandalous, and twice so on a political officer. It is pendant from a silver chain, which is beginning to show some tarnish.
  
  > take the crucifix
  Taken.
  
  > enter
  The inside of this reusable space vehicle is cramped, but not unbearably so for the trip up from Earth. A ramp has opened up, leading out into the base.
  
  You can see DUFFY here.
  
  > analyze the the crucifix
  You slip the crucifix 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.
  
  > read the screen
  It reads:
  
  OBJECT IS SILVER SUBTYPE STERLING. OBJECT CONTAMINATED WITH SLIGHT AMOUNT OF BLACK RUBBER COMPOUND.
  
  > look at what you're carrying with you
  You are carrying:
  a space suit (being worn)
  
  > ask Duffy,  to check your inventory
  The screen blinks out a message several times:
  
  COMMAND FAILED, COMRADE
  
  and then returns to its previous state.
  
  > examine duffy
  This large immobile robot is known as DUFFY, which is an acronym for... something you can never quite remember. The "U" is for Unit, maybe? Anyway, its primary purpose is to analyze various substances and objects. It displays any relevant output from its analysis on a large integral screen.
  
  > leave
  Small as far as hangars go, but large enough to contain the shuttle you arrived in, and afford space for its maintenance. The vehicular airlock in the ceiling is closed, of course. An airlock suitable for personnel is to the northeast, while an open airlock chamber is to the southeast.
  
  > look in the coffin
  In the coffin is a body.
  
  > take the body
  Have some respect, comrade.
  
  > take the coffin
  That's fixed in place.
  
  > Close the coffin
  You close the coffin.
  
  > go southeast
  This room is full of workbenches and power tools of various sorts. A non-pressure door is to the southwest. The quarantine area is to the northwest; the rest of the base is to the southeast.
  
  You can see the mechanical file cabinet here.
  
  > examine the file cabinet
  The standard government-issue battleship-grey file cabinet. The Motherland may be built on vodka and blood, but her government is built upon a vast foundation of file cabinets just like this one.
  
  > open it
  You open the mechanical 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.
  
  > look up may 2
  (in the mechanical file cabinet)
  You find several standard statement-of-work forms, but none of them seem particularly interesting.
  
  > go southwest
  A small, cramped room. A cot, a locker, a small writing desk. The place smells faintly of lightweight oil. The only door is to the northeast.
  
  You can see Tsygan here.
  
  > examine Tsygan
  The mechanic, Tsygan, as you recall from your briefing, is in charge of all the mechanical systems and subsytems on the entire base, from life support to plumbing. He is angrily mumbling under his breath about something.
  
  > examine the cot
  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.
  
  > take grille
  That's hardly portable.
  
  > Unlock grille
  (with the space suit)
  That doesn't seem to be something you can unlock.
  
  > ask Tsygan about the body
  "It is very unfortunate. I had thought Sablin was stronger, psychologically, than that. Apparently I was wrong about him. As we all were."
  
  > ask Tsygan about Tsygan
  "I'm quite busy here, as I'm sure you can see, comrade zampolit. Surely everything you need to know is in my official file," he replies curtly.
  
  > move the cot
  It is fixed in place.
  
  > Doff suit
  You take off the space suit.