Songmaster Jukebox

Songmaster Jukebox
Type	Object of Power
ID	OOP10-KE
Acquisition Date	05/08/1988
Containment Location	Central Executive
Bound Ability	Teleports anyone within earshot to another location when "A Song for the Others" is played for the entire song's duration.

“	Be careful turning it on though. When it's playing, you get a free trip to the Formation.	”
— Simon Arish during Put a Record On

The Songmaster Jukebox (OOP10-KE) is an Object of Power recovered by the Federal Bureau of Control on May 8, 1988 and now contained in the Executive Sector of the Oldest House. It was introduced in Control, and later made available as an interactable object with the Expeditions DLC. In this mode, the Jukebox is used to access Quarry Site Beta, where a challenge can be undertaken to earn high tier rewards.

Description

Overview

The Songmaster Jukebox is a 1950s-era Songmaster Entertainment LTD jukebox which transports anyone within hearing range of its music to a certain destination after a Jukebox Token is inserted and the device's only record, "A Song for the Others", is played. The record is played slowly, causing the song to last for 25 minutes. When the song finishes, those who were transported are instantly returned to the Jukebox's location, no matter where they were in the destination area. Jukebox Tokens appear randomly in the Jukebox's vicinity, and have even been found all around the Oldest House "like bad pennies."

Although it is an Object of Power, the Jukebox currently remains unbound. All previous attempts to bind it to a parautilitarian have resulted in some unspecified consequence which prevents the Bureau from continuing to try.

Containment Procedure

Currently, the Jukebox is contained in a specialized, soundproof enclosure in the Central Executive area of the Executive Sector. Access to the enclosure is protected by a security checkpoint and surveillance cameras monitored by agents with Clearance Level 3.

The Jukebox was originally located elsewhere in the Oldest House under much lower security, but was recently moved on Head of Security Salvador's orders in response to an incident in which two agents who frivolously accessed the Jukebox without authorization were found dead. Its current location in a high-traffic sector and its beefed up security were deemed necessary measures to prevent low-clearance staff from misusing it again. However, the incident also revealed one more characteristic of the Jukebox: it does not return the corpses of transportees who perish during their relocation.

History

Discovery

The Jukebox originated from Tex's Roadside Diner, a local business in an unspecified U.S. state. A day after it was maintained by a company calling itself "Blessed Repair & Service", which replaced all albums inside the machine with a single record, all diners in the location reported being temporarily relocated to a location they described as a tropical beach, though the exact whereabouts of this location is unknown. A local radio station reported on the event, which led the Bureau to intervene. This would later become the earliest known paranatural case related to the "Blessed" organization, with agents attempting but failing to find information on the Blessed Repair & Service company's existence.

After being moved to the Oldest House, the Jukebox's destination changed to the base of the Formation in Quarry Site Beta, indicating that its target destination is directly influenced by its relative location; Bureau researchers believe that the Formation's unique qualities attracts "transitioning material". Jukebox Tokens also began appearing throughout the Oldest House.

Events of Control

Prior to the Hiss invasion, the Bureau routinely sent Ranger squads on expeditions into Quarry Site Beta via the Jukebox. The most recent such expedition was expedition 17-B, which occurred just as the Hiss invasion struck; the Rangers have since failed to return from their mission. Jesse Faden can optionally investigate the Jukebox, Quarry Site Beta, and the fate of the missing Rangers after finding a Jukebox Token in Central Executive and being introduced to the Jukebox by Simon Arish.

Expeditions

Main article: Expeditions

After completing the side mission Put a Record On, the Expeditions game mode is unlocked and can be initiated from the Jukebox. There are three tiers of Expeditions of increasing levels of difficulty, but corresponding levels of rewards (namely personal and weapon mods:)

Tier	Reward Level	Cost
Tier 1	Rare	1 Jukebox Token
Tier 2	Prime	3 Jukebox Tokens
Tier 3	Absolute	5 Jukebox Tokens

Jukebox Tokens

Jukebox Tokens are used to activate Expeditions at the Jukebox. They can be found inside chests and dropped from enemies throughout the Oldest House after completing the main story mission My Brother's Keeper, as well as obtained from completing Bureau Alerts and Board Countermeasures. They can also be created through the Astral Constructs option at Control Points in exchange for Source:

Option	Cost
Single Token	10,000 Source
Set of Three Tokens	25,000 Source
Set of Five Tokens	40,000 Source

Trivia

• Inside the Jukebox, a vinyl can be seen with the song "Space Doughnut" performed by Domo Corp on its A side. It isn't clear if this is the A side of the same vinyl that plays "A Song for the Others," which is reported to be the only vinyl inside by the accompanying documentation.
• Despite being listed as an Object of Power, Lin Salvador referred to the Jukebox as an Altered Item in the Salvador: Security Order Collectible. This implies the Jukebox may have originally classified as an Altered Item before changed to an Object of Power for reasons unknown.

Gallery

Art by Mayuresh Sawant.

References

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