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Ellie, a researcher, has hit a wall. Literally, we mean. Completely stressed out, she’s left her work station and is running around the colony, punching random blocks with her fists, slamming her head against them in frustration, and pausing periodically to try to compose herself (and failing) before continuing her rampage.

As she dashes around in a blind rage she even delivers a few vicious blows to the colony’s manual power generator (it’s like a huge hamster wheel) before another, more level-headed colonist hurriedly steps in to make repairs.

Eventually Ellie runs over to the massage table, where we’re happy to see that rather than punching it to pieces, she climbs aboard for a stress-relieving mechanical backrub. The Ellie problem has been resolved, but a new issue crops

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