Traveller's Aid Society Four (OOCs)
In reply to Nathaniel Harken (msg # 28):
Here's what I remember ... (uh, who are all of you, again...?)
The "Facility" actually had 2 power generating systems -- a "hybrid" geothermal and/or geomagnetic Primary Power Source, with a Solar-Electric Collector system integrated into the roof of the building, as a back-up.
When enough of the glacier had melted off the Facility, the solar-Electric Collector started charging the back-up batteries. By the time we showed up, there was enough power available to open the doors, turn on a few lights here-and-there, and run one of the lift cars (real slow).
All of that--as well as our comments speculating about possible "battery back-up power" supplies--would still be on the records. So too would Vonon telling Khea and the other Engineers to look around for both the "battery back-up" power supply and "any other power generation" equipment.
Khea would eventually find the Primary Power Generator down in the Lower Level--and once we figgered out how that system worked, we all started tossing around the phrase "Core-Tap". Khea was able to activate said generator, but not at full capacity.
Once the nature of the power generator was explained to Vonon by Khea, Vonon thought that the technology might be (unique and) valuable, so he had Khea study/analyze/record as much as we could of the tech while it was operating. This too would have been on the recordings--in fact, that data might even be available for sale/licensing at the auction (but we're still gonna keep a copy)
Now, as I recall, the actual "computer components" that make up the core of TAMI, were located in the Lower Level, but they were always described as either "blank-faced boxes" or just detailed as "nondescript"--her 4 "base" components are her Processor Unit and 3 "Memory Modules". All 4 of these items we were led to believe were separate "closed cabinets". Large cabinets, to be sure, but not a collection of "server towers" and "wiring racks". TAMI barely had anything that looked like a "user interface" (no keyboard, that I recall; she responded to verbal commands)
In other words, TAMI's "body" appears on the outside to be nondescript "electronics" and could easily be mistaken as just a part of the Power Generator equipment.
So...it's possible that, with all the recordings we made of the Power Generator gear, there could be images of TAMI--we would only have edited out any time someone made a reference to a "computer" or to "Tammy".
One thing that might pique Nate's interest is that there is video of us exploring several rooms that are obvious Laboratories. All were clearly "shut down" and inactive (i.e., not "abandoned"), and most looked to have been of a Chemical or Biological function.
I just had a thought...
As I recall, the "Core-Tap" was still active, when we left the Facility.
If that Guardship really did slag the Facility ... I wonder if planet Coventry is still there...?