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Quarry-Tagged Research Rocks

Labeled quarry rocks in the research room display recent dates despite the colony’s claims of isolation. Handled by Turlough and Norna during their inspection, the stones bear contrasting geological markings that expose inconsistencies in Frontios’s official records. Their marked surfaces reveal active material sourcing in a supposedly closed facility, raising immediate suspicions of covert operations.
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S21E8 · Frontios Part 2
Turlough and Norna examine marked quarry rocks

Labeled quarry-tagged rocks scattered across the research room’s cluttered shelves become the focal point of Turlough’s investigation, their contradictory dates disrupting Norna’s attempt to maintain the colony’s closed-system narrative. The rocks’ marked surfaces reveal active material sourcing inconsistent with claims of long-term isolation, forcing the colony’s carefully constructed facade into the open.

Before: Quarry rocks labeled and stored among the colony’s limited research materials, superficially aligned with Frontios’s claimed mineral independence, though their recent dates contradict official closure decrees
After: The rocks remain in place, now under scrutiny as living evidence of the colony’s ongoing deception, their true significance impossible to ignore or suppress
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