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You immediately magnetize your boots, and slam them into the floor. Your momentum nearly sends you head first into the floor, but you are able to get your hands out in front of you in time. Not that you think that such a knock would break what appears to be a fresh out of the box new-model helmet, but there is no reason to take that kind of risk, is there? By the time that you get yourself steady, the light is gone. Was that another wrecker? That was a damned bright light - but perhaps if it was one of the master wreckers, they might have bought a special light. Or maybe it is the normal light, and your eyes have semi-adjusted to the darkness of the hallways?
As you contemplate turning your radio back on, to see if you can pick up any chatter, the beam of light returns. You stare at it, not even breathing. After a few seconds, it goes away. And after several moments more, it comes back. You count for how long it is on and how long it is off, staring at where it hits the wall opposite of the hallway that it comes from. It doesn't take you long to conclude that it is on and off for regular intervals, and that the beam is always in the same place. So for those reasons - and the fact that you doubt a wrecker would just sit around turning their suit lights on and off - you doubt that this is a wrecker.
Which means .... what the fuck does that mean? That this is something, some equipment, or beacon or drone that was left behind by the crew that hauled the hulk here? That this is something that the original owners left behind, like a ... lure for the worms, or a security system with a battery backup? Either way, with all of the fucking worms around here, to the point that they are coming out of the lights, how the hell is something electrical still in working order?
And perhaps, more pertinently, are you even going to bother finding out? If this is a security system, and it is still powered, then it is possible that it is still armed. And if it is a lure, or a piece of abandoned equipment or something, then it is possible that there are a lot of worms poking around it, right now.
> Please choose ONE of the following:
> You just have to know what is going on. Carefully investigate the unexplained light.
> Stay well away. Chart another, even longer route through the hulk to get to the bulkhead.
