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You turn away from the crew chatting. They seldom appreciate your input into these things and running the models for group social dynamics is resource intensive.

A waste, in sum.

Instead you quietly page The Heracles on the standard hailing frequencies.

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Non-standard frequencies, then.

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Highly. Irregular.

There are scant few situations where a Captain-AI would allow its tenant, even a corporate researcher like Dr. Giovanni, to shut off all communications avenues.

You summon the list of possibilities from a diagnostic tree.

Info hazard.
Total corruption of protocols.
Complete loss of power.
Significant discovery, physical retrieval necessary.

And several other possibilities that have been redacted.

“Welther! Wake up, droid! I can guide this girl in alone if I have to but if you’re not gonna watch to port then get out of the chair!”

“Apologies, Technician Parker. I was experiencing issues with the comms.”

You’ll have to wait until later to perform further investigation.

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