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	~~:''Not to be confused with the [[Defective Turret]] or the [[Turrets#Prima Donna Turret\|Prima Donna Turret]].''~~
	[[File:Oracle Turret 1.png\|thumb\|right\|300px\|The Oracle Turret stuck in a Vital Apparatus Vent]]		[[File:Oracle Turret 1.png\|thumb\|right\|300px\|The Oracle Turret stuck in a Vital Apparatus Vent]]
	{{Quotation\|'''Oracle Turret'''\|I'm different.\|sound=Turret_turretstuckintube09.wav}}		{{Quotation\|'''Oracle Turret'''\|I'm different.\|sound=Turret_turretstuckintube09.wav}}
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	=== [[Story#Chapter 5\|Chapter 5]] ===		=== [[Story#Chapter 5\|Chapter 5]] ===
	The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point it says "Thank you" and an achievement (No Hard Feelings) is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text\|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages ~~that reference other parts of the game~~.}}		The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point it says "Thank you" and an achievement(No Hard Feelings) is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text\|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages, including "Her name is Caroline" and "Don't make lemonade".}}
	If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed. The player later has the option of sending the turret through a [[Material Emancipation Grill]].		If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed. The player later has the option of sending the turret through a [[Material Emancipation Grill]].

	== Quotes explained ==		== Quotes explained ==

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|"Get ~~mad!"; "Don~~'~~t make lemonade!"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''Get Mad''': [[Cave Johnson]] is angry in [[Portal 2 Chapter 7 Enrichment Sphere 6\|Chapter 7]] about "lemonade" and says that.}}
	~~{{Spoiler\|Direct quotes from~~ [[Cave Johnson]] ~~heard~~ in [[Portal 2 Chapter 7 Enrichment Sphere 6\|Chapter 7]].}}

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|"~~Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man~~. ~~He was cast into the bowels of the earth and pecked by birds~~"~~}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''Don't make lemonade''': Same reference as "Get Mad."}}
	{{Spoiler\|[[GLaDOS]] told [[Wheatley]] that he was designed to be a moron, which led Wheatley to send Chell and GLaDOS into Old Aperture unintentionally. After GLaDOS and Chell landed, GLaDOS was pecked by the [[Bird\|crow]], which flew away.<ref>{{W\|Prometheus#Late Roman antiquity\|Prometheus}} actually gave fire to humans, and was exiled to the top of a mountain and had his own liver ripped out by a bird every day. The general meaning of the quote remains the same, though.</ref>}}

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|~~"It won~~'~~t be enough"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''Prometheus was punished by the gods by giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into the bowels of the earth and pecked by birds''': [[GLaDOS]] told [[Wheatley]] that he was designed to be a moron, which triggered Wheatley to send Chell and GLaDOS into Old Aperture unintentionally. After GLaDOS and Chell went down on the fall, GLaDOS was pecked by a bird and the bird flew away.}}
	~~This quotation is in reference~~ to the ~~Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2~~: ~~Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein~~ [[~~Doug Rattmann~~]] ~~informs~~ [[~~Henry~~]] that a ~~[[Morality Core]] will not be enough~~ to ~~stop [[~~GLaDOS~~]] as one can always ignore their conscience~~.

	It ~~could also mean that the~~ paradox ~~that PotatOS uses~~ won't work on Wheatley.		{{spoiler text\| '''It wont be enough''' : The paradox won't work on Wheatley, or the core transfer will not succeed}}

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|"The answer is beneath us~~"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''The answer is beneath us''': GLaDOS' true identity is hidden among Johnson's intercom messages, playing deep underneath Aperture. Alternatively, this may be referencing the [[Gels\|Mobility Gels]], found beneath Chell when the Oracle Turret is found, which are key to defeating Wheatley. (None of the Corrupted Cores would have been attached without the [[Conversion Gel\|Conversion]] and [[Repulsion Gel]]s, and the [[Fact Sphere]] would never have been usable as the finishing blow to cause the attempted core transfer without the Propulsion Gel.)}}
	~~{{Spoiler\|~~GLaDOS' true identity is hidden among Johnson's intercom messages, playing deep ~~within~~ Aperture. Alternatively, this may be referencing the [[Gels\|Mobility Gels]], found beneath Chell when the Oracle Turret is found, which are key to defeating Wheatley. (None of the Corrupted Cores would have been attached without the [[Conversion Gel\|Conversion]] and [[Repulsion Gel]]s, and the [[Fact Sphere]] would never have been usable as the finishing blow to cause the attempted core transfer without the Propulsion Gel.)}}

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|"Her name is Caroline"; "Remember that~~"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''Her name is Caroline; Remember that''': [[Caroline]], the assistant of Cave Johnson, is the person whose sentience resides in GLaDOS.}}
	~~{{Spoiler\|~~[[Caroline]], the assistant of Cave Johnson, is the person whose sentience resides in GLaDOS.}}

	~~====~~ {{spoiler\|"That's all I can say~~"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''That's all I can say''': The last quote played by the Oracle Turret until picked up again.}}
	~~{{Spoiler\|~~The last quote played by the Oracle Turret until picked up again.}}

	== Related achievements ==		== Related achievements ==

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	==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====
	This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug ~~Ratmann~~]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.		This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Rattmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.

	It could also mean that the paradox that PotatOS uses won't work on Wheatley.		It could also mean that the paradox that PotatOS uses won't work on Wheatley.

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	==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====
	This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.		This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.

			It could also mean that the paradox that PotatOS uses won't work on Wheatley.

	==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====

Dogman15: /* Chapter 5 */

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Chapter 5

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	=== [[Story#Chapter 5\|Chapter 5]] ===		=== [[Story#Chapter 5\|Chapter 5]] ===
	The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point it says "Thank you" and an achievement (No Hard Feelings) is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text\|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages that ~~were referencing~~ parts of the game.}}		The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point it says "Thank you" and an achievement (No Hard Feelings) is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text\|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages that reference other parts of the game.}}
	If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed. The player later has the option of sending the turret through a [[Material Emancipation Grill]].		If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed. The player later has the option of sending the turret through a [[Material Emancipation Grill]].

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	==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====
	~~{{Spoiler\|~~This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.		This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.

	==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====

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	==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====
	{{Spoiler~~\|block=yes~~\|This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.		{{Spoiler\|This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.

	==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====

TheWheatleyWhisperer: The Oracle Turret's quote "It won't be enough." is in reference to a line said by Ratmann in Lab Rat when he informs Henry of the Morality Core's ineffective use against GLaDOS

2023-02-06T04:20:42Z

The Oracle Turret's quote "It won't be enough." is in reference to a line said by Ratmann in Lab Rat when he informs Henry of the Morality Core's ineffective use against GLaDOS

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	==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====
	{{Spoiler\|block=yes\|This quotation ~~has no known~~ reference~~. Two possibilities may be that it relates~~ to:		{{Spoiler\|block=yes\|This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.
	* the ~~paradox won't work on Wheatley~~, or
	* the core transfer will not ~~succeed~~.}}

	==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====

Hudbus at 04:49, 15 February 2022

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	=== [[Story#Chapter 5\|Chapter 5]] ===		=== [[Story#Chapter 5\|Chapter 5]] ===
	The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point it says "Thank you" and an achievement (No Hard Feelings) is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text\|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages that were referencing parts of the game.}}		The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point it says "Thank you" and an achievement (No Hard Feelings) is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text\|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages that were referencing parts of the game.}}
	If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed. If the ~~player continues carrying~~ the turret~~, the fate is the same as other turrets due to one must pass~~ a [[Material Emancipation Grill]].		If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed. The player later has the option of sending the turret through a [[Material Emancipation Grill]].

	== Quotes explained ==		== Quotes explained ==

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	~~:''Not to be confused with the [[Defective Turret]] or the [[Turrets#Prima Donna Turret\|Prima Donna Turret]].''~~
	[[File:Oracle Turret 1.png\|thumb\|right\|300px\|The Oracle Turret stuck in a Vital Apparatus Vent]]		[[File:Oracle Turret 1.png\|thumb\|right\|300px\|The Oracle Turret stuck in a Vital Apparatus Vent]]
	{{Quotation\|'''Oracle Turret'''\|I'm different.\|sound=Turret_turretstuckintube09.wav}}		{{Quotation\|'''Oracle Turret'''\|I'm different.\|sound=Turret_turretstuckintube09.wav}}
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	=== [[Story#Chapter 5\|Chapter 5]] ===		=== [[Story#Chapter 5\|Chapter 5]] ===
	The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point it says "Thank you" and an achievement (No Hard Feelings) is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text\|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages ~~that reference other parts of the game~~.}}		The second encounter with the Oracle Turret is on the [[Turret Redemption Line]]. The player can pick the turret up from the Turret Redemption Line, at which point it says "Thank you" and an achievement(No Hard Feelings) is unlocked for saving it. {{spoiler text\|After being saved, the Oracle Turret will say several cryptic messages, including "Her name is Caroline" and "Don't make lemonade".}}
	If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed. The player later has the option of sending the turret through a [[Material Emancipation Grill]].		If the player ignores it, the Oracle Turret will complete its journey along the Redemption Line and disappear, and will presumably be incinerated and destroyed. The player later has the option of sending the turret through a [[Material Emancipation Grill]].

	== Quotes explained ==		== Quotes explained ==

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|"Get ~~mad!"; "Don~~'~~t make lemonade!"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''Get Mad''': [[Cave Johnson]] is angry in [[Portal 2 Chapter 7 Enrichment Sphere 6\|Chapter 7]] about "lemonade" and says that.}}
	~~{{Spoiler\|Direct quotes from~~ [[Cave Johnson]] ~~heard~~ in [[Portal 2 Chapter 7 Enrichment Sphere 6\|Chapter 7]].}}

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|"~~Prometheus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man~~. ~~He was cast into the bowels of the earth and pecked by birds~~"~~}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''Don't make lemonade''': Same reference as "Get Mad."}}
	{{Spoiler\|[[GLaDOS]] told [[Wheatley]] that he was designed to be a moron, which led Wheatley to send Chell and GLaDOS into Old Aperture unintentionally. After GLaDOS and Chell landed, GLaDOS was pecked by the [[Bird\|crow]], which flew away.<ref>{{W\|Prometheus#Late Roman antiquity\|Prometheus}} actually gave fire to humans, and was exiled to the top of a mountain and had his own liver ripped out by a bird every day. The general meaning of the quote remains the same, though.</ref>}}

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|~~"It won~~'~~t be enough"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''Prometheus was punished by the gods by giving the gift of knowledge to man. He was cast into the bowels of the earth and pecked by birds''': [[GLaDOS]] told [[Wheatley]] that he was designed to be a moron, which triggered Wheatley to send Chell and GLaDOS into Old Aperture unintentionally. After GLaDOS and Chell went down on the fall, GLaDOS was pecked by a bird and the bird flew away.}}
	~~This quotation is in reference~~ to the ~~Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2~~: ~~Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein~~ [[~~Doug Rattmann~~]] ~~informs~~ [[~~Henry~~]] that a ~~[[Morality Core]] will not be enough~~ to ~~stop [[~~GLaDOS~~]] as one can always ignore their conscience~~.

	It ~~could also mean that the~~ paradox ~~that PotatOS uses~~ won't work on Wheatley.		{{spoiler text\| '''It wont be enough''' : The paradox won't work on Wheatley, or the core transfer will not succeed}}

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|"The answer is beneath us~~"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''The answer is beneath us''': GLaDOS' true identity is hidden among Johnson's intercom messages, playing deep underneath Aperture. Alternatively, this may be referencing the [[Gels\|Mobility Gels]], found beneath Chell when the Oracle Turret is found, which are key to defeating Wheatley. (None of the Corrupted Cores would have been attached without the [[Conversion Gel\|Conversion]] and [[Repulsion Gel]]s, and the [[Fact Sphere]] would never have been usable as the finishing blow to cause the attempted core transfer without the Propulsion Gel.)}}
	~~{{Spoiler\|~~GLaDOS' true identity is hidden among Johnson's intercom messages, playing deep ~~within~~ Aperture. Alternatively, this may be referencing the [[Gels\|Mobility Gels]], found beneath Chell when the Oracle Turret is found, which are key to defeating Wheatley. (None of the Corrupted Cores would have been attached without the [[Conversion Gel\|Conversion]] and [[Repulsion Gel]]s, and the [[Fact Sphere]] would never have been usable as the finishing blow to cause the attempted core transfer without the Propulsion Gel.)}}

	~~====~~ {{~~Spoiler~~\|"Her name is Caroline"; "Remember that~~"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''Her name is Caroline; Remember that''': [[Caroline]], the assistant of Cave Johnson, is the person whose sentience resides in GLaDOS.}}
	~~{{Spoiler\|~~[[Caroline]], the assistant of Cave Johnson, is the person whose sentience resides in GLaDOS.}}

	~~====~~ {{spoiler\|"That's all I can say~~"}} ====~~		{{spoiler text\| '''That's all I can say''': The last quote played by the Oracle Turret until picked up again.}}
	~~{{Spoiler\|~~The last quote played by the Oracle Turret until picked up again.}}

	== Related achievements ==		== Related achievements ==

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	==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====
	This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.		This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.

			It could also mean that the paradox that PotatOS uses won't work on Wheatley.

	==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====

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	==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====
	~~{{Spoiler\|~~This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.		This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.

	==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====

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	==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"It won't be enough"}} ====
	{{Spoiler~~\|block=yes~~\|This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.		{{Spoiler\|This quotation is in reference to the Portal 2 graphic novel, [[Portal 2: Lab Rat\|Lab Rat]] during Page 14 wherein [[Doug Ratmann]] informs [[Henry]] that a [[Morality Core]] will not be enough to stop [[GLaDOS]] as one can always ignore their conscience.

	==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====		==== {{Spoiler\|"The answer is beneath us"}} ====