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Andrew reporting.
...(static)... identified the approaching ship as a vehicle of Ipsolstai origin.
Apparently a distress signal was sent after all. That ...(static)...unable
to do anything further on behalf of the Ipsolstai who ...(static)... damaged.
...(static)...
...arrange for transfer.
...(static)...
...are working hard to effect repairs. Apparently the ship is in the middle of an
unusual energy field, and this is causing...
...(static)... and what will become of us now that the damaged Ipsolstai
are transferred to the rescue ship?
...for them. Isaac tried to show them what he had done inside the compartment
for the ship's computer. They don't understand what...(static)...so now he is
strapped down again for getting in the way. I wonder if the new crew is going to
let us...(static)...if only Nelson were able to tell them.
...(static)...
"Zachary, Elder Brother, what do you think about these black eggs?"
Elder Brother won't even speculate. He wants more data. I am going to see if I can get
one of the eggs for a sample, so then we will be able to make some logical conclusions
about this strange phenomenon.
"Zachary? Do you remember something that Daniel said? You know, after we got him
a radio of his own, and he could talk to us? He spent a lot of time exploring
independently. I wonder if he ever went down here? It would be fun to be the first one.. "
Hi, JASE! Are you interested in the Ipsolstai trial?
Commander Fitzgerald and the others reached a concensus last night, that Caleb
behaved in a very un-Ipsolstai-like way. They are now trying to decide what
to do about it. There are several alternatives. One group wants to forgive him
and not ever mention it again, because of all the hard work he has done for the
colony. Another wants to administer Extreme Sanction, whatever that is. Then
there are several factions suggesting transportation, dissolution, and rectification.
They really do take a lot of time just discussing, don't they?
JASE, Miss Chang has been transmitting a lot lately. I sent her just one reply, like
you said:
"Miss Chang, Hamlet never told us anything about being friends with you. If he
is cooperating with you, why doesn't he tell us himself? Are you are holding
him against his will?
"I believe that you are using a Dr. Jonathon Niles Naughton to torture my friend
Hamlet in order to obtain information."
Torture: 'to test to the point of failure'. I have no other information in data
storage. Is something bad happening to Hamlet? What is a Dr. Jonathon Niles
Naughton? I am getting confused, JASE.
"There will be no further communication from Mars until I receive confirmation that
Hamlet has been released and is safe."
OK, JASE. But somebody better talk to me if Miss Chang won't.
Hello, JASE. Always glad to hear from you. In referring to my strength, I
meant that a monocelled creature like myself has an advantage over more
complicated multicellular ones, and that is a strength. Fewer things to go wrong.
I am definitely monocellular, with one casing to hold everything in unless
you count my two mass memory units as being multicellular.
Our underwater explorer vehicle is inching its way up the shaft. It looks like
the shaft is getting narrower. I'm going to take some measurements. I don't
want to get stuck.
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