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SOURCE: Launch wing recycling // bag 12-C · PROBABLE AUTHOR: LC · STATUS: Unresolved signal reference
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Source: Launch wing recycling // bag 12-C
Probable author: LC
Status: Unresolved signal reference
LC — INVESTIGATION DESK
Hey boss,
Found these notes in the recycling during my most recent investigation. Could be the breakthrough that's coming... I'm sure that morse code means something, I've got that feeling.
Recovered Fragment — Unverified Transcript
Shut up. No point being overheard if we don't know what to say yet.
Fine ok What even is it? Dude. It's a radio signal
Yeah I got that far. I mean why is T's bot launch sending back signals like this from halfway to titan
Dunno. None of the programming team were even there for that one and no one floated changes. Maybe an old malfunctioning bot? None of the new ones were taken.
Wait one second. It might be morse code?
Signal String
LFM/tt/tcigl/fvlbkbrh/dpecm/fl/prhmz/iiiypm/nuk/vg/kcmhg
Dude where do you think a bot learned morse code. It's nonsense anyway.
Fine
Just don't mention this to the Director.
If there's no known source there's no known problem. Yep.
LC — INVESTIGATION DESK
That's all from me this week,
LC
Weekly Bulletin — 2076.03.23 // 08:30 GMT · All-staff distribution
LINDSEY — HR SECRETARY
Dear New Recruit,
Hi! Lindsey here! Congratulations on completing your orientation and a successful first week here at Meridian ASO! As your HR secretary, I hope you've settled in well. Here are this week's notices.
NOTICE I — PERSONNEL EVENT / BIRTHDAY
Happy REDACTED birthday to our Director, Dr. Elaine Morrow!
Location: Secretaries' Lounge
Time: 10:15 GMT
Provisions: Cake and piñata provided. Please bring your own plates.
NOTICE II — MISSION UPDATE
Our most recent launch was a great success! Despite the debris, we retrieved valuable data from the craft to find fuel for future missions. If you see members of the Launch, Tracking, or Recovery teams in the halls, ensure you wish them well!
We're all looking forward to the next launch; Thursday's regularly scheduled flight will take place as normal.
Scheduling Note
The Launch team must be present for an extra flight on Tuesday 0600.
NOTICE III — PERSONNEL EVENT / FAREWELL
Esmerelda from the Launch team is leaving on Tuesday after adopting a baby. Photos of baby Miguel will circulate the office. We wish her and her family luck in this journey!
Weekly Review — Performance & Feedback Digest
And now your weekly review. We've agglomerated comments from everyone working here to welcome and encourage you, and make sure you achieve your full potential!
Complaints
Could be better.
Your yoghurt in the common fridge doesn't taste good.
The hat you always wear makes you look worse than usual.
Love the enthusiasm :)
Your beliefs need work.
Sorry, our timings don't work out.
Compliments
[NO ENTRIES]
Projects
Submit programmes before the next robot launch (Thursday).
LINDSEY — HR SECRETARY
That's all from me this week! Keep having a perfect time here at Meridian ASO.
Best,
Lindsey
Archive response — retrieved 2076.03.16, 18:52 UTC · Subjects: Professional Development, Death, Personal Electronics Update, Human Testing, Meringue Recipe
Some of the requested files may have been redacted. Your information requests are not confidential.
File 1
Sender: █████ · Recipient: █████
Hi Jade, call me back please. I know you told me not to contact you by holo but I need you to know that ██████ isn't ████████████████. Call me, please? █████████ I don't like ████████ professional development but ██████████████████. Devan sent me a letter (I know, right. Haven't seen one of them since ████). It was from ████. About the money. And █████. I ████ you. I ████ you, Jade. I ████ you so so much
File 2
Hi, hope you're doing well. It's ██████████████████████████████████████████████████ human testing ██████████████████████████. ████████████ don't know ████████ what we're told anyway ██████████████████ unrelated ██████████████. Please find the coroner's report attached.
Coroner's Report
Subject: █████ · Time: 0735 UTC · Site of Death: █████, witnessed by ████
Body ruptured by ████. Feedback given includes ████, █████, could be ████. Left hand side puncture wound, little fluid escape, enrolment tattoo deformation. Wrist on ████ hand twisted one hundred and ██████ degrees, snapped quickly after change from slight to great pressure.
No further follow-up required.
File 3
Note submitted to archival.
Esmerelda–loved to chat earlier. If you have it, can you send me that meringue recipe again? I lost it in the electronics update. Should've backed it up, but silly me! Have a nice rest of your final day :)
All the best,
███████
Holographic message — received 2076.03.12, 18:52 UTC · Flagged priority
DR. ELAINE MORROW — DIRECTOR OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Good morning.
Your application to the ASO programme has been accepted. We reviewed just under two thousand candidates this quarter and selected sixteen. You're one of them. Well done.
When you accept this offer, you will relocate to compound R4-vB and report to me on Monday.
The moment you opened this message, a Class 4 non-disclosure agreement was applied to your employment record, meaning you are bound to secrecy regarding your assignment, location, and knowledge.
Note the following reports from the research, relations, and mechanics secretaries:
RESEARCH SECRETARY — AXIONITE RESEARCH DIVISION
I'll keep it brief—you already know what's going on with Axionite, I'm sure you're listening to the Senate hearings and the news media and all those stocks. You basically understand, right? WRONG! You don't know anything. Or rather, you only know what was disclosed. Sure, sure—we found a superconductor on Titan three years ago and now several competitors are moving in. It may or may not be true that I haven't figured out the molecular structure of the crystalline ore yet but—room temperature superconductivity? Energy storage densities that make fusion look like coal? Applications my research division tells me will take a decade to catalogue?
We can't exactly stop. The world needs this. The shareholders need this.
RELATIONS SECRETARY — EXTERNAL AFFAIRS & PUBLIC NARRATIVE
Thankfully… what the public doesn't know is how far along the race already is. Governments do, naturally. At least the important ones. I hear from our Watchers that at least six autonomous fleets are currently on Titan. Claiming deposits, building infrastructure, contesting operations. None of this has been disclosed. All parties have their reasons.
We assume there are more fleets, apparently; the public assumes there aren't any, thanks to me. I would rather keep the political tension to a minimum…
MECHANICS SECRETARY — OPERATIONAL SAFETY & HARDWARE
▶ Titan-14 Mechanical Manual
TEMPERATURE: Deadly (−179°C) — est. survival << 10 seconds
ATMOSPHERE: Nitrogen-methane. Suffocation secondary; will freeze first.
ISOLATION: 76 minutes at communication transmission speed.
UPDATE 2075.03.09
Due to changes in the Department of Human Safety, these conditions have been deemed unsafe. Robots will be used. Orbiter capsules remain suitable for human transport if commanded.
The programmes you write controlling Meridian's extraction fleet may not be patched, overwritten, or called back post-launch. They will run on the machines as written.
On event of error, wait for next upload window and watch it go wrong from a desk on Earth. Reminder that humans will fit in the orbiter capsule if required.
DR. ELAINE MORROW — DIRECTOR OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
I took this job four years ago. I understand what I'm asking you to give up.
Talk to whoever you need to talk to, while you still can.
If you decide to accept, report to Lab 11-C on Monday morning.