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45 lines
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Message Incoming...
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Source Melchizedek.0294
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β Hyi, 4th Planet
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Ascension 00h 25m 45.07037s
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Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
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Distance 24.37ly
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Equinox J2000.0 SOL
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Year 3782, QEC adjusted
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[System encryption enabled.]
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[Autotranslator enabled...]
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[Shuttle 02 relaying audio to Melchizedek.0294 base station]
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Prezzi Adeyemi, Seriph Rhetorical Ecclesia
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:::
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EarthCOM, do you read us? Ecclesia, are you there? We've been nine
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months ER [translation note: Earth Relative] out of cryo without
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word. Our transmissions are relayed, we know RS001 is active. We
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see ship and outpost traffic in the bounce-back. Encryption seems
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to be working. Please respond. I've written direct comms four
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hundred twelve times. Five ecclesiastic reports in plain text.
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Shit shit shit shit shit. Something is definitely wrong.
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My mission parameters covered a lot of situations, but EarthCOM
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going dark on us wasn't among them. Ruth.0295 should have launched
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shortly after us, but again there is no sign on the QEC or direct
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comms. Grav sheer cannot account.
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Things are not good, guys. I'm holding things by a thread here.
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There's no backup plan. If Ruth didn't follow us there's no plan
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in the first place.
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The crew has gone well beyond restless. Our ship is gone for
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heaven's sake, and likely not returning. I've two shuttles and
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a mess of equipment to sort. Seeding or no seeding that's not
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going to get the job done for settlement. It's not even enough to
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keep us alive long-term, frankly.
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Planning. Logic. These are what I do, what we were trained to do.
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Well, logic says we're screwed. Shit.
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.
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[End of encrypted envelope.]
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