The Hands-On Update

A small one, for the people who keep the Institute running behind the main menu.

Hands on the work

Main menu › the Institute

The staff at the benches used to work in mid-air, a hand's width short of whatever they were working on. Now they hold it: the round in the lab's vice, the sectioned bomb on the next bench, the assembly line's rail, and the test bay's firing lever - the operator's hand stays on it as it's pulled.

Four of the Institute's staff at work: a scientist with both hands on the fuze of the round in the vice, a scientist with a hand on a sectioned bomb, a worker with both hands on the assembly line's rail, and the test bay operator holding the firing lever Left to right: the vice, the sectioned bomb, the line, the firing lever.

A new round for the vice

Main menu › the Institute › R&D lab

When the round in the lab's vice cooks off, the Institute replaces it. The new scientist turns up to an empty bench, steps back, folds their arms and waits. Two clones stagger in with the next round slung between them, nearly drop it on the way up, and get it into the vice - just in time for security to shoo them out. Then, and only then, it's back to work.

Three moments in the lab: the scientist waiting with arms crossed by the empty bench; two clones heaving the new round up toward the vice while a guard arrives; the round's front end slipping as the clones buckle Waiting, the lift, the slip.

Two more moments: the round in the vice and both clones with their hands up as the guard shoos them; then the scientist back at the bench with both hands on the new round Shooed off - and back to work.

Fixed

• Staff: Let go of Larry.

Mind the drop. See you on the range.