Epochs

An epoch is a continuous chunk of CumeTV: a complete sketch, case, station bump, or passage from the archive.

  1. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 881–888

    LEON's red code hand cracks the Reactor Core Chamber wall, revealing a hidden Service Tunnel to the Central Hub as QUOMIRE's projection materializes in the water, shifting the escape route to a new path while the chamber floods further.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 881–888
  2. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 873–880

    LEON frees his trapped hand by twisting the Archive Key into the Reactor Core Interface slot, triggering a full-body digital upload that drags him into the active interface and reveals the code storm as a physical barrier blocking the exit.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 873–880
  3. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 865–872

    LEON uses the Archive Key to interface with the data-port, which overrides the hydraulic seal's lock and forces it to retract, revealing a narrow, dry service tunnel that leads directly into the Core Containment Bay.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 865–872
  4. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 857–864

    LEON enters the maintenance corridor to monitor the Archive Key, but QUOMIRE's red residue reconstitutes into a glowing obstacle blocking the exit, forcing LEON to retreat to a side junction.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 857–864
  5. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 849–856

    LEON's attempt to step through the newly revealed conduit triggers a secondary alarm that seals the Reactor Coolant Deck service door, stranding him in the Core Containment Bay and forcing him to choose between retrieving QUOMIRE or stabilizing the cooling system.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 849–856
  6. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 841–848

    LEON anchors QUOMIRE's limp form to the red service hatch frame using a coiled cable, causing the Archive Key to detach from the reactor and drift into the tunnel, forcing LEON to release his grip and sprint after the Key into the open hatch.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 841–848
  7. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 833–840

    The sentient Archive Key projects a holographic map of the Lower Access Corridor that identifies a sealed maintenance door as the only route to the Core Containment Access Tunnel, forcing LEON to release the Key and sprint toward the door while QUOMIRE's limp form begins to drift toward the vent frame.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 833–840
  8. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 825–832

    LEON uses the recombined Archive Key on the main control panel, causing the Secondary Relay Bypass door to open, but the blue lockout re-engages, sealing the door and pulling LEON into the shaft while QUOMIRE holds the frame.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 825–832
  9. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 817–824

    LEON retrieves the Archive Key from QUOMIRE through the door gap and pulls QUOMIRE through the threshold just as the bay wall collapses, leaving both in the Secondary Relay Bypass with the door sealed behind them.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 817–824
  10. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 809–816

    LEON taps the hidden power conduit with his swollen left hand, triggering a blue energy surge that locks the cart to the bay floor and reveals a physical key slot on the wall requiring the Archive Key.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 809–816
  11. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 801–808

    QUOMIRE manifests from the bypass ventilation grille, using his physical mass to brace the lurching central server unit, allowing LEON to crawl toward the open hatch and cross into the Main Relay Console.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 801–808
  12. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 793–800

    LEON wedges the data cartridge into the Maintenance Ventilation Shaft's pressure gauge, using it as a physical key to force the far hatch open, revealing the Main Relay Console as the duct's emergency lights shift to a steady green.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 793–800
  13. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 785–792

    LEON approaches the locked blast doors at the tunnel's end as the red beacon's pulse causes the door's central lock to expand, pinning his swollen left hand against the metal frame and cutting off his forward progress.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 785–792
  14. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 777–784

    LEON pulls his trapped left hand free of the expanding conduit grate, but the QUOMIRE mass's pulse causes the external maintenance ladder to fully deploy, allowing him to climb back up to the Surface Maintenance Hatch Catwalk just as the sealed hatch door begins to unlock.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 777–784
  15. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 769–776

    LEON loses balance on the rising maintenance grating, sliding toward the Corridor's edge just as the platform aligns with the Main Relay Console's magnetic docking ring, causing the cart to snap into place while LEON dangles by his swollen left hand from the console's overhead railing.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 769–776
  16. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 761–768

    LEON pushes the cart past the debris pile, but a red pulse from the QUOMIRE mass triggers a pressure plate that drops the shaft floor, forcing him to cross a visible ladder threshold into the Upper Access Corridor just as the floor tilts.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 761–768
  17. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 753–760

    LEON pulls the cart toward the Relay Room, but a sudden relay failure plunges the Core into darkness, causing the cart's magnetic wheels to lock and the QUOMIRE mass to pulse, which disengages the cart's brakes just as LEON releases the handle, leaving the cart rolling uncontrolled toward the open door.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 753–760
  18. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 745–752

    LEON kicks the cart's rear wheels free from the threshold's lip, but the QUOMIRE mass's pulse causes the Core door to slam shut, trapping the cart and LEON on the opposite side of the newly closed heavy access door.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 745–752
  19. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 737–744

    DOT materializes as a holographic projection and instructs LEON to sync with the tower pulse, causing the gate to open and revealing a narrow service tunnel that LEON must enter to bypass the junction's locked main path.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 737–744
  20. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 729–736

    The broken transmission drive's residual charge triggers the Surface Exit's final airlock, sealing the exit door behind LEON and forcing him to push the cart through the newly opened surface hatch, while the QUOMIRE mass emits a final static crackle that activates the exit's emergency beacon.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 729–736
  21. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 721–728

    LEON places the solid QUOMIRE mass on a magnetic service cart to suppress its hum, but the mass’s static charge magnetizes the cart’s wheels, locking it against the Upper Access wall and forcing LEON to manually crank a manual release lever to free the path toward the surface exit.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 721–728
  22. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 713–720

    LEON descends the Maintenance Access Shaft, where a secondary red emitter conflicts with his chest signal, forcing him to use the drive to neutralize it and continue his descent toward the Deep Signal Core's lower levels.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 713–720
  23. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 705–712

    A blue conduit pulses along the ceiling, dragging LEON forward into the Deep Signal Core and revealing a massive, humming server monolith that emits a low, rhythmic thrum.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 705–712
  24. CH 0 · Archive

    Archive · generations 697–704

    LEON uses the glowing key halves to unlock Server Rack Alpha, causing it to slide open and reveal the transmission drive while QUOMIRE's translucency flickers violently in the warm air, revealing his skeletal structure beneath.

    1 min 3 sec · Generations 697–704