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Kaleb and Twilight bring them closer to death, while Kadef misses and Tuek's spell doesn't do as much as hoped. Suddenly their drone, which looks like child-sized version of Joro, comes out from hiding place. Drone fires a ray of light at Kaleb. As a last resort First Joro activates their energy shield and steps away from Checker and Faria.
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Twilight and Kaleb eliminate the First Joro.
Searching the computer in the room and his datapad, you confirm the nature and scope of a plot to repurpose the nonhuman clones’ biomass. They also find evidence that First Joro succeeded in “remaking” several individuals already, meaning that some of the Joros they met probably were originally other types of clones.
As you emerge from the clone production complex, you find a large crowd of concerned Joros assembled alongside the non-Joros who fled the sports bar during the CommanJoros attack. You can choose whether to reveal the existence of First Joro and their machinations to the vault’s inhabitants.
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"Ah, hm..." Chip remembers that they were warned about telling the residents too much, and quickly checks his notes on his computer.
"Whatever odd situation you walk into, you need to play along until you can gather more information or ascertain any threats. All I know is that the vault dwellers usually don’t know they’re in a simulation, so tread lightly and be ready for anything.”
So they weren't told not to, just to be careful about it. Besides, this population seems pretty aware of the fact that they're clones already--and telling them about the First Joro's crimes doesn't really require any particular mention of the nature of the experiment.
He nods at Faria, encouraging her to share everything.
"It's not a problem any more, in any case. He attacked us and we had to fight back, so--it's over now."
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At first the clones are mortified, sparking an existential crisis in a handful of Joro clones as they question whether they’re really Joros at all or were originally non-Joros repurposed into Joros. Nevertheless they agree that the clone production complex is a site too powerful for any one Joro to possess. This statement prompts a massive flicker of the lights from the holographic environment, and a robotic voice echoes throughout the vault: “Community vault test 341 completed. Sterilization and reset protocols commencing in 24 hours.”
The vault’s residents all worriedly look to you for guidance, affording an opportunity to return to Venture-Captain Kunoris Vex for further instruction. Kunoris expresses a strange mixture of bemusement and confusion upon hearing about your expedition and promises to help evacuate all the clones before the vault performs its reset. "My congratulations for you on discovering this vault! Clearly there’s something wrong with the guiding intelligence if it’s performing tests of this nature."
