====== FACILITY Redemption ======
//FACILITY// is an old cargo ship that was retrofitted as a prison for the "counter operation" and disobedient [[:organizations#Emtanon]] employees. Threats of detainment there were once common. //FACILITY// also had a resident "judge" who gave out sentences in "trials" that were certainly fair.

[[:characters#jeff_a|Jeff]] provided us with some passwords to //FACILITY//'s semaphores. On February 10, 2024, we found a semaphore filled with ''0xFF'' bytes; we flipped them to ''0x00'', having no idea what it'd do. Afterwards, we learned this unlocked all prison cells. Some detainees managed to take control of the bridge and barricade themselves there. We established contact with them over [[:Iris]].

At the time, //FACILITY// was in the South Atlantic Ocean and heading for [[:places#Gough Island]]. Hoping to rescue all detainees, we ordered them to set course for the nearest land: [[wp>Saint Helena]]. //[[:organizations#Marine Org|MO2]]// was dispatched to assist at //FACILITY//. They managed to remotely disable //FACILITY//'s engines, letting //MO2// catch up to her. The detainees who took over the bridge voluntarily surrendered – but not before asking us to unlock all cells again at a specific time.

After the unlocking, the detainees returned to the bridge, killing all its occupants with some sort of chemical weapon they found in a storage. Afterwards, they locked up the surviving crew. The detainees then set course for the Pacific Ocean, to get away from all the Emtanon assets in the Atlantic.

With //FACILITY// definitely out of control, [[:characters#dr_j_marvin_blackweather|J]] decided that she must be remotely scuttled. We assisted the detainees with disarming the package of explosives aboard the ship, following instructions we intercepted on a [[:terminals|terminal]] months earlier. J personally executed the commands intended to scuttle the ship; he was fooled to believe they worked, while in fact they did nothing. In message [[:xorfs:19400-19449#19424]], J described the scuttling as //FACILITY// crew's personal demand.

//FACILITY// is still out at sea, and remains under control of the former detainees. They are assisted over [[:iris]] by the friendly crew of //MO5//. //FACILITY//'s former crew remained locked up until early April 2024, when they were stranded at some rocks west of Hawaii, in revenge for a similar act done on some detainees a few months earlier.