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MOLE-2

Alsothe frozen one; mole2.exe (Episode 3's simulated machine)

MOLE-1's twin, frozen mid-push with frost on its drums between Noor's window and the berm: the robot that didn't wake up. In Episode 3 only a row in the simulated machine's process list, mole2.exe (Not responding), never on screen.

MOLE-2 is the base's grave marker. When Teo's first stamp wakes its twin, it stays dark. When he explains, as a fun fact, that robots die from the night ("You put them to sleep. And they just don't wake up."), the film looks out at MOLE-2, frosted, beside the one thing on the Moon built for no reason. Every flyby passes it. It never moves.

Who8 lines

On screenFrosted and dead between her window and the berm; it does not wake at the first stamp. {E2 03:31} edit

RunningFroze mid-push at night hour 9, about nine days before the stream; its beacon stays dark. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §6.2, §6.3, §10} edit

On screenTwin of MOLE-1. {E2 03:31} edit

On screenTeo, over it: "You put them to sleep. And they just don't wake up." {E2 13:04-13:12} edit

SteelEpisode 2's girl is surrounded by robots that don't work correctly. {Aaron E2 brief 2026-10-12} edit

RunningThe first of the base to die from the night; the rovers go silent after it (hours 14 and 31). {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit

IdeaFor our own reference: it froze facing her window, the way a dog dies facing the door. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit

IdeaFor our own reference: Noor's crayon "four robots" on the hidden page includes one with frost drawn on it, in blue. {lore crew 2026-10-22; HIDDEN-01} edit

Life on the Y axis3 lines

Runningabout Y+60 Night hour 9: it freezes mid-push. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit

On screenabout Y+60 Still frozen through the night of the stream, and in the flyby after Rev B. {E2 03:31; 13:08; 28:35-29:15} edit

RunningY+55..63 On Episode 3's simulated machine its process is "Not responding", started 11 days before. {E3 SIM_STRINGS §5; E3-EGG-18} edit

By episode9 lines

Earthlight

On screenAt the reveal it stays dark while MOLE-1 wakes beside it. {E2 03:31} edit
On screenTeo: "The ones that land in one piece... die from the night." {E2 12:53-12:58} edit
On screenOver it: "You put them to sleep. And they just don't wake up." Beside it the lone printed gate. {E2 13:04-13:12} edit
On screenThe beacon panel on her wall after it: ROVER 1 - NO SIGNAL - 212 h / ROVER 2 - LAST PING 195 h. {E2 13:13-13:17} edit
On screenIn the model flown twice, the matched cut through the real base passes it frozen. {E2 17:10-18:00} edit
On screenIn the flyby after Rev B: the half berm, the greenhouse ribs, frozen MOLE-2, the lone gate. {E2 28:35-29:15} edit
On screenRev B's note 1: ALL PLANT IDLE UNTIL SUNRISE. FLEET TO COLD SLEEP (ACCEPT LOSSES). {E2 28:10} edit

Context Window

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Running611 mole2.exe Not responding is in the simulated machine's process list; the row is not on screen. {E3 SIM_WORLD §9.2; EGG_REGISTRY E3-EGG-18} edit
Running(Revision 2) The rebuilt machine drops mole2; pawn_engine and vent_hab3 stay. {E3 rev2 scenario build_rev2.py} edit

Look3 lines

On screenThe same drum digger as MOLE-1, frost on its drums, beacon dark. {E2 13:08} edit

RunningStopped mid-push, between her window and the berm, a few metres from the tea-house gate. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §6.2} edit

RunningBuilt from robot_1_digger with frost added; the frost shimmers in 2D on the still. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §6.3; MASTER_TREATMENT S18} edit

Ties5 lines

On screen Twin of MOLE-1. {E2 03:31} edit

On screen Stands beside The tea-house gate. {E2 13:08} edit

On screen Part of Tranquility Homestead's fleet. {E2} edit

Running The night that killed it is the night Noor Haddad is living through. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10; 13:08} edit

Egg Its sim row is one of the Homestead's processes on The machine, with PAWN's and Homestead Ops's. {E3 SIM_STRINGS §5} edit

Open3 lines

OpenWhether anyone ever thawed it, or fetched it home. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit

IdeaIt is the "loss" Rev B accepts in advance: FLEET TO COLD SLEEP (ACCEPT LOSSES). {lore crew 2026-10-22; E2 28:10} edit

IdeaA later episode can show it as the museum piece: a frosted digger behind glass, labelled by someone who never knew why it faces a window. {lore crew 2026-10-22; E2 QUOTABLES Q-E2-14} edit

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