- - CHAPTER 10: Shutdown! - -
PARK ROAD NIGHT
Night has completely fallen now, and the rain has started. It's a tropical storm, the rain falling in drenching sheets on the roofs and hoods of the 1992 Ford Explorer XLTs, which are making their way slowly back to the Visitor Center.
IN THE REAR SUV,
Dr. Grant and Dr. Malcolm are alone, now sitting in the front. Dr. Grant, in the driver's seat, is staring out the window, lost in his thoughts.
You got any kids?
Me? Oh, hell yeah. Three. I love 'em. I love kids. Anything at all can and does happen. Dr. Malcolm said glowing.
He takes a flask from his jacket pocket and unscrews the top. His expression darkens.
Same with wives, for that matter.
You're married?
Occasionally. Always on the lookout for the future ex-Mrs. Malcolm. Dr. Malcolm said and chuckled.
Dr. Grant looks at him like he's crazy, but Dr. Malcolm gives him an "I'm Joking" look.
FERTILIZATION LAB NIGHT
Dennis Nedry waits outside the silver door marked "DECONTAMINATION AIRLOCK", staring at the digital stopwatch on his wrist.
Three - - two - - one - -
On cue, the red light by the card slot goes out, and the the security lock panel goes dark, the door CLUNKS ajar.
HATCHERY/NURSERY NIGHT
Nedry hurries across the catwalk to the door marked "EMBRYO COLD STORAGE" "RESTRICTED!". The door leads into the Cold Storage Room.
IN THE COOLER,
he unscrews the base of the shaving cream can, revealing a series of small cylindrical slots inside. He goes to one of two cryogenically cooled, cold storage tanks and opens it.
It slides up in a cloud of white liquid-nitrogen smoke. A sign says "VIABLE EMBRYOS - - HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE!"
He takes the embryo containers, they look like small droppers, out of the tank one by one. Their rows are labeled - - "STEGOSAURUS", "BRACHIOSAURUS", "PARASAUROLOPHUS", "TRICERATOPS", "GALLIMIMUS", "CORYTHOSAURUS" - - and puts them into the can.
He goes to the next cold storage tank and opens it.
He, again, takes the embryo containers out of the tank one by one. There rows are labeled - - "BARYONYX", "TYRANNOSAURUS", "PROCOMPSOGNATHUS", "DILOPHOSAURUS", "VELOCIRAPTOR", "METRIACANTHOSAURUS", "HERRERASAURUS", "SEGISAURUS", "PROCERATOSAURUS", "PTERANODON" - - and puts them into the can.
Then he screws the base of the can shut. Nedry leaves the cooler, closing both cold storage tanks and the entrance door behind him. Nedry walks out - - the coast is clear. Voices in the distance.
CONTROL ROOM NIGHT
Arnold is about to light a cigarette, when a BUZZING, then a rhythmic BEEPING from his computer gets his attention. He turns towards it and stares at his terminal, puzzled.
The left side has a schematic image of the Visitor Center on it with glowing green dots, symbolizing the ID door locks, turning red, then disappearing and reappearing as green, in succession. On the four sides of the Visitor Center screen appear red boxes, and the words "Lock Failure" appear inside them.
Below the schematic image of the Visitor Center is a big black button which reads
"Level 2"
"Control Room/Plan View"
"drawing number - 305pcoffintunaphooter"
The top-right side has four tabs:
VEHICLE
TOUR
POWER
TIME
The currently showing one being the vehicle tab. Below this, it's labeled "vehicle status" and "headlights - on" Below that is a birds-eye, schematic view of a 1992 Ford Explorer XLT, with its lights on, labeled "12 mph".
Underneath this are
EXP 5
EXP 6
with green dots, signaling that they are currently in use. Next to this is a side and front schematic view of a 1992 Ford Explorer XLT labeled
"Vehicle type:
Ford Explorer"
Underneath the "VEHICLE" tab it shows six buttons.
HOLD
QUIT
NEW
NEXT
(rewind)
(fast forward)
(play)
◻ (stop)
Below this are four more tabs:
GLITCHES
MAPS
SYSTEM
EMERG.
The currently showing one being the glitches tab.
CHECK - Security Shutdown
CHECK - Lock Failure
CLEAR - Check System Override = 0980
CLEAR - Backes Application = 0N0p3
CLEAR - Prepare Back Up System
CHECK - Problem Location =
The central projection screen shows the same.
What the hell?
Hammond comes up behind him, as does Joey.
What?
The door security systems are shutting down.
Well, Nedry said a few systems would go offline, didn't he? John said.
Then the glowing green dot, symbolizing the Control Room ID door lock, turns red and the door behind them shuts down. The metal bolt slides out of the strike plate and box.
VISITOR CENTER NIGHT
Grinning, Dennis Nedry walks down to the ground floor, passing the two behemoths standing in the center of the hall, and going through one of the two doors in the back.
VISITOR CENTER - CRETACEOUS CAFE NIGHT
The Cretaceous Cafe houses a buffet as well as many tables and chairs. The entire right side is glass windows and a glass door leading outside, where more tables and chairs are. The Cafe is surrounded by artwork with dinosaurs and amber.
It is located next to the Gallimimus Gift Shop, where people can buy pajamas, toys, cups, and more.
A black and white mural in the dining area behind the buffet is actually a painting that is based on Picasso's 'Guernica'. In this case, instead of people, dinosaurs are in their places and on either side of the mural are a pair of swinging stainless-steel doors, with little round windows in them. The kitchen doors.
On the wall next to the left kitchen door, is a door marked 'Authorized Personnel Only'. Nedry walks up to it and sees the door has already shut down, the metal bolt already slid out of the strike plate and box. He just SHOVES it open.
GARAGE NIGHT
The garage is a big place. The entire back wall is a corrugated steel roll-up door, allowing the vehicles to exit and, if opened during the day, sunlight to stream in.
Next to the door, the wall holds a key rack, like those seen in motels, and a laminated roster with signatures. Next to this is two rows of yellow Jurassic Park slickers with the Jurassic Park Logo on the upper left chest. One row only holds six slickers and, even though their backs are facing us, we can see name tags on the upper right chest.
From what we can see, are the names of each Jurassic Park Emergency Response Unit member. By this we can infer that on the upper left chest is the Jurassic Park Emergency Response Unit logo.
The garage itself is filled with twenty-two modified 1992 Ford Explorer XLTs, facing the open wall, twenty-four including EXP 05 and EXP 06. These would be the electric SUVs that would eventually form an endless loop, touring the park and returning to the Visitor Center.
They're all arranged in neat rows, EXP 01 with EXP 02 behind it, next to them is EXP 03 with EXP 04 behind it, etc, etc. The partially buried metal rail comes in from the outside with a loop, big enough for the SUV's to come in, turn around, and park with its front facing the opening. After this loop, it splits into twelve tracks, each running underneath each 1992 Ford Explorer XLT pair.
Next to these are thirty 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ Saharas, including JP01 and JP02, arranged in two rows like the SUVs, each also marked with its own number.
Some 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ Saharas are different from the others.
JP11, JP12, JP13, and JP14, have brown soft tops and four lamp-light bars.
JP09, and JP10 lack a safety bar cage and have a brown metal box wielded to both rear sides.
JP01, JP02, JP03, JP04, JP05, JP06, JP15, JP16, JP17, JP18, JP19, JP20, JP21, JP22, JP23, JP24, JP25, JP26, JP27, JP28, JP29, and JP30 remain unmodified, just having regular safety bar cages.
Next to the 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ Saharas, there are two modified 1971 Agusta A-109A Helicopters, their tails marked JP001 and JP002. They are strapped down to flat-bed trailers, giving the ability for them to be towed.
Both of the cockpit doors have been taken off and the passenger area doors have been replaced with sliding doors. The landing gear have been taken out and replaced with skids. Inside, the middle of the three seats that are back-to-back with the cockpit seats has been taken out, allowing access from the passenger area to the cockpit.
Next to those are two Mercedes-Benz Unimog U2450's with the back end removed and a big cage installed in its place, their hoods marked U01 and U02.
JP07 and JP08 lack safety bar cages and have a brown metal box wielded to both rear sides. Their rear seating can fold up to reveal a compartment. In it, it carries Maxa Beam Flashlights, rope, flares, Electric Cattle Prods, nets, Colt M16A2s, ammunition, gasoline, and more.
All six vehicles have green and black camouflage, like the teams uniform, and are emblazoned with the Jurassic Park Emergency Response Unit logo on the doors.
Next to the vehicles is a gun rack with Colt M16A2's and ammunition.
All around the room, counters are lined with assorted knick knacks. Park brochures, night-vision goggles, emergency flares.
Nedry grabs a slicker from the wall and looks at the roster.
- - JEEP ASSIGNMENTS - -
Jeep01-Joey Adame
Jeep02-Blaine Yokom
Jeep03-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep04-Edward Regis
Jeep05-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep06-Dr. H. Wu
Jeep07-Emergency Response Unit
Jeep08-Emergency Response Unit
Jeep09-John P. Hammond
Jeep10-R. Muldoon
Jeep11-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep12-dennis nedry
Jeep13-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep14-Gerry Harding
Jeep15-Arnold
Jeep16-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep17-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep18-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep19-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep20-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep21-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep22-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep23-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep24-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep25-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep26-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep27-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep28-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep29-All Authorized Personnel Access
Jeep30-All Authorized Personnel Access
Passing the neat lines of electric 1992 Ford Explorer XLTs, he goes to the gasoline-powered 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ Saharas parked against the wall. He climbs into JP12, and turns the ignition key, starting the 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ Sahara.
Nedry GLANCES at his watch. Four minutes from here, into the park, and three minutes straight to the East Dock? Three minutes from there back to the Control Room?
Piece of cake.
REAR SUV NIGHT
Dr. Grant and Dr. Malcolm still wait in their SUV. They don't notice, but the video screen in the middle of their front console suddenly goes black.
Dr. Malcolm continues their conversation.
By the way, Dr. Sattler - she's not like, uh, available, is she? - -
Why?
Why? Oh, I'm sorry. Are you two, uh - - are? - -
Dr. Grant nods.
I wish you the best luck.
The SUVs suddenly JERK to a stop and Dr. Grant YANKS his hands away from the steering column, immediately assuming it's his fault.
What'd I touch?!
You didn't touch anything. We've stopped.
I must've touched something. This happens all the time. It must be my fault. Machines hate me.
Machines hate you?
Yeah, they hate me.
You want to talk about this?
No.
FRONT SUV NIGHT
The 1992 Ford Explorer XLT slows, then stops.
Now what? Lex asked quietly.
Why did we stop?
Probably just a power outage or something. Ed Regis said.
I'm sure the lights'll be on in a minute.
CONTROL ROOM NIGHT
Ray Arnold stares at his terminal where it now shows the park, aghast.
The left side has an image of the island on it with shapes outlined in green, symbolizing the park fences, turning red, then disappearing and reappearing as green, in succession. On the four sides of the map screen appear red boxes, and the words "Fence Failure" appear inside them.
Below the image of the island is a big black button which reads
"! PERIMETER SHUTDOWN !"
"Quadrant/Animal Perimeter "
The top-right side has four tabs:
VEHICLE
TOUR
POWER
TIME
The currently showing one being the vehicle tab. Below this, it's labeled "vehicle status". Below that is a birds-eye, schematic view of a 1992 Ford Explorer XLT, with its lights on, labeled "0 mph" "Vehicle Stalled" "Power Failure!".
Underneath this are
EXP 5
EXP 6
with green dots, signaling that they are currently in use. Next to this is a side and front schematic view of a 1992 Ford Explorer XLT labeled
"Vehicle type:
Ford Explorer".
Underneath the "VEHICLE" tab it shows six buttons.
HOLD
QUIT
NEW
NEXT
(rewind)
(fast forward)
(play)
◻ (stop)
Below this are four more tabs:
GLITCHES
MAPS
SYSTEM
EMERG.
The currently showing one being the glitches tab.
UNARMED - Dilophosaurus Paddock
UNARMED - T. Rex Paddock
UNARMED - Triceratops Paddock
UNARMED - Velociraptor Paddock
UNARMED - Gallimimus Paddock
UNARMED - Aviary
ARMED - Reserve Paddock
UNARMED - Perimeter Fence
The central projection screen shows the same.
Woah, woah, woah, what the hell, what the hell?
What now? Hammond asked.
Fences are failing, all over the park! A few minor systems, he said!
Hammond looks to Muldoon and Joey, pissed.
Find Nedry! Check the vending machines!
Muldoon heads for the door, followed by Joey and his team. John suddenly smashes through the door.
All the security doors are open. Someone has been in the laboratory and the eggs have been disturbed!
PARK GATES NIGHT
Nedry's 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ Sahara SPLASHES up to the giant gates that lead into Jurassic Park. Nedry slams his foot on the break of the Jeep: THRUSTING open the door, he sprints, wearing the Jurassic Park slicker. He hurries over to a small, rock-colored, metal box on the side of the cement supports.
He throws opens the soaking, slippery door. On the control panel are two words, "MANUAL OVERRIDE" and "UNLOCK"
He FLICKS the switch to UNLOCK and the gates CLICK, unlocked.
He jumps back in the Jeep and noses into the gates, shoving them open far enough to drive through.
He ROARS into the park grounds.
CONTROL ROOM NIGHT
Arnold pushes off on the floor and WHIZZES over to Nedry's master terminal in his chair. With one stroke of his arm, he brushes all the loose junk off Nedry's station - junk food, soda cans, torn out magazine pages - - and tries to work.
God, look at this workstation. He's a complete slob. Arnold cried
Muldoon comes back from the door, growing alarmed.
The fences to the Reserve Paddock aren't out, are they?
Arnold types at the workstation, his cigarette still hanging from his mouth. Information flashes across the screen.
No, they're still on.
Why the hell would he turn the other ones off?! Hammond asked.
PARK ROAD NIGHT
Back in the park, the reason is revealed. The high beams of a Jeep illuminate a huge wire mesh fence in front of us with another double-gated portal. It has a very clear sign:
DANGER! ELECTRIFIED FENCE! 10, 000 Volts!
This Door Cannot Be Opened When Fence is Armed!
A hand, pulls out a key chain. It tries one key, then another, and another. It fits. It TWISTS and unlocks the first double-door, grabs the gate with a bare hand and swings it open. No sparks fly.
Nedry runs to the second gate. He slips in the mud. He slides to the
ground, dropping the keys in a muddy pool.
CLOSE ON - Nedry's hand frantically fishing for the keychain in the muddy water. Got them!
Rain PELTS him now. Water beads on his face. Lightning flashes on the 10,000 volts warning. He grabs the fence by the bare wire, flips a latch, and shoves the door open.
Dennis Nedry runs from the fence back to his 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ Sahara, his fat body strobed by its high beams. He jumps in the Jeep, drops it in gear, and tears off down the park road. The rain is absolutely flowing down now, the road is rapidly turning to mud.
Behind him, the open gates move recklessly in the stormy night.
DOCK NIGHT
Headlights blazing in the darkness, Nedry's Jeep skids to a stop by the dock where the C-3208 is preparing to leave. The water is very choppy.
Nedry jumps out. The mate comes to meet him. Nedry pulls the Barbasol can from his slicker and gives it to him.
Glad to see you. Were you seen?
Nah. I'm back in five minutes, they'll never know I was gone. When's the copter meeting you?
It's not. The storm's coast-to-coast, nobody could land on the water.
Nedry panics.
Shit! What's the backup? I don't like this. Maybe we should do it another time, I don't like it. I just don't like -
Shhh! I wired Dodgson, he'll have a man at the dock in Puntarenas. We should be able to make that in time.
Nedry is somewhat relieved.
Ten hours?
Yeah, now relax. I got a lot riding on this too, you know. No one's going to mess up now. Dodgson's not going to mess up. His people won't let him.
I hope Dodgson has it together with the dock.
CONTROL ROOM NIGHT
Hammond still hovers over Arnold's shoulder while he works at Nedry's terminal. Arnold MUTTERS to himself as he tries another command.
Jurassic Park, System Security Interface
Version 4.0.5, Alpha E
Ready…
access main program
The computer flashes "access: PERMISSION DENIED".
access main security
access: PERMISSION DENIED
access main program grid
The computer flashes "access: PERMISSION DENIED" once more, then the screen suddenly fills with a repeating message: "YOU DIDN'T SAY THE MAGIC WORD!" At that moment, an animated image of a cartoony Dennis Nedry appears on the other monitor, wagging its little finger disapprovingly.
"Uh, uh, uh. You didn't say the magic word! Uh, uh, uh."
Arnold is livid.
Please, Goddamnit! I hate this hacker crap!
He SMACKS the top of the monitor, furious.
Call Nedry's people in Cambridge! Hammond said.
Arnold whisks across the floor in his chair and snatches up the nearest phone. He punches for an outside line.
Phones are out too.
Where did the vehicles stop? Hammond asked.
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