The Andromeda Strain
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Who picked Leavitt?
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Talk about the Odd Man Hypothesis,
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which we haven't yet.
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She's really an oddball.
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We're lucky to have her.
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She's the best equipped of us
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to double up for Kirke in microbiology.
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When dressed,
the team will proceed

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directly to conference room 7.
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Keep this with you at all times.
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What's it for?
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You're the Odd Man.
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The key man, quite literally.
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This other key,
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and Wildfire itself,
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depend on your key.
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Wildfire's equipped
with a nuclear device

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for self-destruct.
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In an emergency,
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it's activated automatically.
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I've just inserted the
key in the main station

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that arms the mechanism.
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The device is ready for detonation.
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When?
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Never, we hope.
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It only goes off if there's danger
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of infection breaking out from here.
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That silver key can't be removed.
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You're the only one
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who can disarm the mechanism
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by inserting your red key
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in one of the substations
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located throughout the facility.
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There's a five-minute delay
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between the time detonation locks in
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and the bomb explodes.
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That gives
you a chance to think

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and, please God, call it off.
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Look, I'm the new boy here. Why me?
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Because you're single.
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You should have done
your homework, sport.

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Page 255, Robbie's Odd Man Hypothesis.
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"Results of testing confirm
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the Robertson Odd Man Hypothesis:
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That an unmarried male should
carry out command decisions

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involving thermonuclear
destruct contexts. "


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