A soft chime. Another message:
The DVR screen in the control room now showed a single line of text: Prolab Dvr Default Password
> SYSTEM://PROLAB.DVR.ACCESS > DEFAULT CREDENTIALS DETECTED > REMOTE OVERRIDE ENGAGED BY: UNKNOWN > COOLING TOWER 3 – BACKUP LOOP SET TO 0% > CONFIRM? (Y/N) A soft chime
Arjun ran. He didn’t call IT. He didn’t call his manager. He burst through the Level 3 airlock, shoes squealing on the epoxy floor, and threw the manual bypass valve on Cooling Tower 3’s backup loop himself. The steel wheel was hot. He turned it until his palms blistered. DEFAULT CREDENTIALS DETECTED >