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RED ALERT! RED ALERT!
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ENEMY HAS BREACHED THE PERIMETER!
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ALL COMBAT PERSONEL REPORT TO BATTLE STATIONS!
THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
Ah! There you are, soldier!
Now, I bet you're wondering what's going on here.
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You see, on ships of all kinds, space or sea, a
Red Alert is a call to battle stations.
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Klaxon blare constantly, bright red lights flash while normal lighting dims—
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—and people rush around to their stations.
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Now while it seems like it would be better to turn on all of the work lights and sound the klaxon at once—
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—it is often the case that everyone is working under critical conditions with distractions being—
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—with distractions being—
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...
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Excuse me for a second.
* walks offscreen. A gunshot is heard over the intercom and the klaxons immediately fall silent.*
