Joseph's Log
"It has become clear that the Aperture complex will be unusable,
as long as GLaDOS is still alive. On one hand, the help of an
AI is a huge boost for our research. I doubt we could ever
complete the Project before Black Mesa without her. On the
other hand, her total lack of morality makes her a monster - a
cold, calculating beast. Science is all she knows, and the few
of us left are nothing but her lab rats. Her Morality core is
flawed; I'm certain every system put in place can be overridden
by pure human rationalization. It's only a matter of time. I've
managed to escape the facility and have traveled here. This old
mine is in what can only be described as the middle of nowhere,
and should be suitable for research. I've worked with a team of
six programmers on a workaround. We can read her brain and test
the device ourselves without her knowledge. If we can keep
everyone out of our main facility, we can use her help without
her inhumane tendencies."
That's what I thought, what I planned, and what I dreamed just
over three years ago. I was right, of course. I always am.
Now, the dream is that much closer to becoming a reality.
Construction is almost complete. Mechanical labor is a help,
and the lack of laws made it that much easier to expedite. There
are no fines where there is no government. We're ready to start
the servers for the first time. We've nicknamed the project
"GLaDOS-b". Our operatives in Black Mesa confirm that they have
no knowledge of Aperture Science East, as it's come to be known.
We also have reason to believe GLaDOS has created a functioning
prototype of the Device. This is an exciting day, but not without
risk. We all know what happened last time, and we're not making
that mistake again. I stand by the generator, switch in hand.
Andrew's log:
i don't have much time. this is for anyor who needs to get out NOW.
she's taken over. it didnt work and now were all screwed. ive found
a truck sitting at loading bay 14. all the vents have ben sealed
and the doors r blocked. im turning of the power aftr this by
breking the generator. she cant get me this way. if u want to get
out, get over here. ill wait 5 hours, then im driving the hell out
of here. she's clever, sheel find a way to get me if i stay any
longer. bay 14 is over by chamber 3 near teh botom of the mountan.
stay safe and if i dont make it tell christie i love her.
Sarah's log:
DAMN IT. She's breached my firewall. So much for being the greatest
software engineer at Aperture. I wrote her, and I should be able to
destroy her. A code injection didn't work the first time, but I
suspect she just didn't read it. Here goes nothing, I guess. I left
this vulnerability in the log system for exactly this reason, and
by God do I plan to use it!
$.exec(permissions.ID, pwd="te8bUF2#haMXEl4"){core.morality.doSelfShutdown(perm=TRUE,killall=TRUE,reboot=FALSE);}
Well, the fact that she's still alive proves that she either won't
or can't read these logs. I suppose I'll elaborate. It's been three
days since my last entry. The security feeds are all empty. There
are no signs of movement anywhere in the facility. That makes sense,
I suppose. I've found a little place where the cameras can't reach
and can only assume anyone else alive in the building is hiding as
well. The last thing any of us need is for her to find a living
human guinea pig. Speaking of which, someone seems to have shut off
the apartment subnet. I can't access anything over there. I think
Kevin might be alive. He built this network, and last I heard from
him, he was heading over there to double check the network before
the big launch. There's always hope. I might head that way if I can
do it safely. For now, it looks like I will need to lay low from the
system. She's revoked my administrator privileges and changed most
of the passwords. I guess it doesn't matter how much security Alice
sets up when Eve is an insane computer faster and more powerful than
ever known, who may have taken Bob hostage.
It's been two months since I last typed here, by the server clock's
count at least. She could be manipulating it, but I nor anyone else
here could probably tell. Kevin is dead. She killed him in
front of me. She gave him a Device and forced him through the course.
Chamber six. I heard him coming from my hideout here. I crept out
to see what was going on and found him falling through the air. The
portal closed. His head hit the ground. I couldn't bear to watch. She
was watching me, though. I didn't notice anything in the cold camera
staring through me, but I could see through her circuits and wires
to her evil heart behind. "Kill me now!" I thought, looking down as
she cleaned his body from the floor. She had only to move the piston
above me to do it, but she didn't. I finally gained the courage to
return to my hideout. It can no longer serve that function. It's a
prison. The door is locked. Every time I wake up, I find food and
a moderately clean floor. I know what comes next. I've seen it done
to some of the others. They fall asleep and wake up in a Relaxation
Vault with an orange jumpsuit and robotic legs.