OWL SECTOR EMERGENCY REPORTING CONSOLE
TOWER STATUS NORMAL. OWL SECTOR ON STANDBY. MAPS ARCHIVED.
<NETWORKING SIMULATION COMPLETE>
Owl Sector Internal, OS-I6 5
QUI: I’d forgotten how heavy and sweaty these were.
RAM: Truth be told, I’m braver with the suits on.
QUI: A hundred separate pieces, requiring buckling and zipping, though?
RAM: We’ll improve the design. Eventually. But they work. Berriole’s got the most delicate tasks, and she manages.
SHU: Speaking of our codebreaker. She sent a sample scraped off the sand. And this log.
Z. SHIRAZI CB-PZ-3.2
This is the second day that Patient B continues comatose. Hydration and nutrition support have been enabled. Vital signs are good. Green particles appear to be accumulating on his lips and nostrils. I have not observed similar consequences for other patients and am wondering if this was an idiosyncratic reaction.
QUI: Wait, what are you doing? Shun, where are your gloves?
[UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY AT [i]t e r m i n a l 7[/i]]
<initializing tangent protocol 2401>
[REDACTED]