<strong>Red-R-ESS-1</strong><br/><br/>Approximately fifteen meters to the west of Clone Inspection Station 382U9 a room full of decanting machinery whirred, burbled and steamed, busily producing new clones for the service of Friend Computer. This was done under the careful supervision of a pipe wrench, wedged under the "Decant" lever, and multiple windings of black duct tape, fastening the various proportional chemical injectors into fixed configurations. After all, the hard-working folks down at QA would certainly filter out any substandard clones that happened to be produced, and the materials would be immediately recycled, so there really wasn't any harm done. And it was two-for-one ProtoShake night at the commissary!<br/><br/>Red-R-ESS-1, you smartly enter Room B37 after a brisk and invigorating walk through the sector. There is no lock on the door. You immediately draw the notice of four citizens sitting in black chairs around a black table in an otherwise featureless room. All four are dressed in Red clothing, though not the distinctive Troubleshooter uniform. All four of the citizens -- three men and one woman -- look up in alarm at your entrance, with the air of citizens having been caught doing something they're not supposed to do and then being interrupted by a Troubleshooter. In the middle of the table is an empty bottle of NearCola, lying on its side. One of the male citizens reacts quickly to your entrance, shoving something into his mouth and beginning to chew it quickly, as if to dispose of evidence.<br/><br/><br/><br/>