text: > go downwards
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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 north
  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.
  
  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.
  
  > Go west
  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 west
  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.
  
  There's a subtle whoosh of air as the life support system exhales through some nearby grille.
  
  > go east
  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.
  
  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 west
  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 upward
  You feel distinctly-uncomfortable lurking around someone else's bedroom. Relief is to the east.
  
  > go northwest
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  > wear the suit
  You put on the space suit.
  
  > go north
  Metal planking has been installed between the base and the observatory, possibly to reduce the amount of lunar dust being tracked in. The observatory looms to the north, while the base is back towards the equator.
  
  > Go north
  This building seems to have been designed to be generally kept at vacuum. There's nothing here that you would recognize as a "telescope", but presumably that's what all the dials and switches are for. Covering a goodly portion of one wall is a larger-than-usual file cabinet.
  
  You can see the astronomical file cabinet here.
  
  > look at it
  A larger-than-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 file cabinets somewhat smaller than this one. At a glance, you can see it is full of photographic plates, arranged by date.
  
  > look up may 1 in the cabinet
  You find a photographic plate for May 1. Unlike the other plates, it is not full of stars -- it seems to be just an over-exposed field of white. You take it anyway.
  
  > look up may 2 in the cabinet
  You find a photographic plate, but it just seems to be full of stars.
  
  > look at the plate
  This photographic plate has a simple paper label affixed, reading "MAY 1" in handwritten letters. To your naked eye, it seems to be an over-exposed field of white.
  
  > go to the south
  Metal planking has been installed between the base and the observatory, possibly to reduce the amount of lunar dust being tracked in. The observatory looms to the north, while the base is back towards the equator.
  
  You can see a big red button here.
  
  > analyze the plate
  You slip the plate 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.
  As well, a photograph is ejected by DUFFY and lands nearby.
  
  > read the screen
  It reads:
  
  PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA EXTRACTED. PRINTING...
  
  > examine it
  It appears as though the telescope can, in fact, be swivelled down to observe the base itself, or at least the greenhouse section. Shown is someone squeezed into a cramped space, between the glass dome and some sort of metal wall. He's surrounded by plants.
  
  > Go northwest
  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.
  
  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 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.
  
  > go southeast
  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.
  
  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 photograph to Burlak
  "Oh, I see," he says. "That's no crime. Not much of a crime, in any case. Just the indulgence of an old man. And Sablin, too, of course; he loved a pipe at the end of a long day. I suppose you'll want to investigate. There's a loose panel in the air duct beneath the greenhouse -- that's how we got in and out. Let the record show that I co-operated with you fully."
  
  > Go southwest
  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.
  
  You can see a loose panel here.
  
  > Go upward
  This is a tiny, forgotten space, wedged between the pseudo-curved wall of the geodesic dome and the retracted metal shutters. A few tables have been cobbled together from mismatched pieces of rubbish, on which stand a number of potted plants.
  
  You can see a pipe here.
  
  > look at the pipe
  The sort of thing one smokes tobacco in. This one is lovingly carved from solid wood. There's an inscription carved into its barrel:
  "Good luck, son; we love you -- 17/04/1972."
  
  > take the pipe
  Taken.
  
  > Go south
  The retracted shutters block your way.
  
  > 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.
  
  There's a subtle whoosh of air as the life support system exhales through some nearby grille.
  
  > Go northwest
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  > analyze the pipe
  You slip the pipe 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.
  As well, a sheet of paper is ejected by DUFFY and lands nearby.
  
  > examine the screen
  It reads:
  
  ANALYSIS INDICATES POSSIBLE ENCRYPTION KEY.
  
  MATCHING ENCRYPTED MESSAGE FOUND. DECRYPTING...
  
  > examine paper
  It reads:
  
  MESSAGE TO COMMAND -- MAY 1 0803 -- COMRADES -- RECOMMEND COMRADE PROKOPENKO NOT REPEAT NOT ROTATE OUT INSTEAD STAND ON ADDITIONAL YEAR. WILL INFORM PERSONALLY. APPROVED BY ZAMPOLIT SABLIN. END MESSAGE.
  
  > W  i think
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  I only understood you as far as wanting to (go) w up.
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  a photograph
  a medical report
  a space suit (being worn)
  
  > Go inside
  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 a sheet of paper and DUFFY here.
  
  > get the paper
  Taken.
  
  > Go west
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  > show the paper to Golovachev
  Golovachev is unimpressed.
  
  > show paper to Prokopenko
  Prokopenko is unimpressed.
  
  There's a subtle whoosh of air as the life support system exhales through some nearby grille.
  
  > look at the paper
  It reads:
  
  MESSAGE TO COMMAND -- MAY 1 0803 -- COMRADES -- RECOMMEND COMRADE PROKOPENKO NOT REPEAT NOT ROTATE OUT INSTEAD STAND ON ADDITIONAL YEAR. WILL INFORM PERSONALLY. APPROVED BY ZAMPOLIT SABLIN. END MESSAGE.
  
  There's a subtle whoosh of air as the life support system exhales through some nearby grille.
  
  > 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."
  
  There's a subtle whoosh of air as the life support system exhales through some nearby grille.
  
  > Arrest prokopenko
  You arrest Prokopenko, who is placed on the return shuttle for trial.
  
  Following months of deliberation, the jury finds that Prokopenko did the deed, traitorously angry from being recommended to another year of duty. He is sentenced to life in the gulag.
  
  > analyze the photograph
  You slip the photograph 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.
  As well, a photograph is ejected by DUFFY and lands nearby.
  
  > look at the screen
  It reads:
  
  PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA ANALYZED. PLANT SPECIES IDENTIFIED -- NICOTIANA RUSTICA -- COMMON NAME TOBACCO. COMRADE BURLAK IDENTIFIED.
  
  > get the photograph
  Taken.
  
  > go northeast
  It's full of stars. Pictures of stars, anyway. Amidst the piles of books is a small bed. To the southwest, the door.
  
  You can see Ivanovsky here.
  
  > examine Ivanovsky
  The astronomer, Ivanovsky, as you recall from your briefing, is in charge of the observatory and its telescope, as well as all radio communications. He is shockingly young.
  
  > ask Ivanovsky about Ivanovsky
  He smiles modestly. "Oh, you've probably read everything important about me in my file," he says. "I operate the telescope and the radio, mostly."
  
  > check your inventory
  You are carrying:
  a photograph
  a sheet of paper
  a medical report
  a space suit (being worn)
  
  > Analyze paper
  DUFFY just spits it back out.
  
  > analyze report
  You slip the medical report 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:
  
  ANALYZING REPORT. CONCLUSION IS IMPLAUSIBLE. LUNAR GRAVITY INSUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE SCENARIO DESCRIBED FOR MAY 1.
  
  > check what you're carrying
  You are carrying:
  a photograph
  a sheet of paper
  a space suit (being worn)
  
  > analyze you
  That might prove fatal.
  
  > jump
  You jump on the spot.