NPCThe route control console stares dispassionately at the carnage unfolding on the tracks. The sounds of an approaching train ring in the distance. With a single command, you could divert the train and send it straight into the thick of the battle, ending the lives of both the xenos spawn and your subjects.
YOU[Operate the switch and send the train into the thick of the battle]
NPCWith a click of a button, you sacrifice the brave souls for the sake of victory.
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YOU[Leave the console and rush in to save your people]
NPCThe console silently observes your heroism, its lumens blinking with indifference.
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NPCThe snarling voice of one of the defenders sounds familiar. It is Captain Klein, one of the enforcers who assisted in the Master-at-Arms's investigation on the officers' deck.
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NPCIn the roar of the oncoming train, you hear the rumble of starting engines and the screeching of spinning blades from the distant past. For a moment, you are transported to a different time, where you once again watch sullenly as thousands of soldiers cram into Chimeras and Valkyries to go on a desperate offensive. They will not return, because you have commanded them to die.