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Ethan Wolf, Maj.
Technical Engineering, Information Services Division
UTN-691-771isd
Participants: David Torrence, General, UTA Command Division
Ethan Wolf, Major, UTA Information Services Division
Date: 01/30/75
Timestamp: 09:41
Wolf, E, Maj: Good morning, General.
Torrence, D, Gen: What the ███ is good about it, Ethan?
Wolf, E, Maj: I know the feeling, sir.
Torrence, D, Gen: I’ve got a schedule like you wouldn’t believe and I’m running on fifteen minutes’ sleep. So just give it to me straight. Do we take AIDAN offline or don’t we?
Wolf, E, Maj: It’s difficult to say. Colonel Sanchez and I are in disagreement, sir.
Torrence, D, Gen: Don’t give me that “sir” bull███. Nobody’s watching us here, E.
Wolf, E, Maj: I’m not so sure about that, Dave.
Torrence, D, Gen: What’s that supposed to mean?
Wolf, E, Maj: To put it bluntly, many of the younger TechEng staff were expressing concern about several of AIDAN’s mannerisms before the attack. The damage it took at Kerenza only seems to have exacerbated some of its…eccentricities.
Torrence, D, Gen: What kind of eccentricities?
Wolf, E, Maj: Well, it’s started referring to itself as “I” for starters.
Torrence, D, Gen: Ethan, I’ve got a hold full of refugees, civi captains in my ears, massive holes in my essential departments, and a hostile dreadnought on my tail with no sign of rescue from UTA command. I don’t want to hear about your rooks getting the heebie jeebies.
Torrence, D, Gen: Do we take it offline or not?
Wolf, E, Maj: It’s hard to say. Yzerman and Aliyev died during the Kerenza attack, and they both had more experience than me. Sanchez isn’t convinced. Lassinger and Barker, either.
Torrence, D, Gen: Well, I’ve served with you longer than any of them. What’s your call?
Wolf, E, Maj: My honest recommendation? Yes. We take AIDAN offline.
Torrence, D, Gen: ███ me. This on top of everything else?
Torrence, D, Gen: We’re months away from the Heimdall wormhole at current speeds. As it is, I think I’m going to have to forcibly recruit some of those Kerenza criminals in the civilian fleet to shore up the holes in our personnel. I’m just about to send out the officer memo.
Wolf, E, Maj: Christ…
Torrence, D, Gen: Are you absolutely positive?
Torrence, D, Gen: Because if the Lincoln catches us, the shape our crew is in? We’re going to be pushing ███ uphill with a sharp stick without AIDAN.
Wolf, E, Maj: There’s another diagnostic I can run. Direct to the persona hardware. It’ll mean taking some equipment down to 239.
Torrence, D, Gen: We’re breached from Decks 235 to 247, Ethan. You’ll be treading vacuum.
Wolf, E, Maj: Well, that’s why they pay me the big bucks.
Wolf, E, Maj: But, honestly, if I can’t get some positive results from this diagnostic, then ███ what Sanchez and the others say. We need to pull AIDAN’s plug.
Torrence, D, Gen: All right. Run your tests. Get me the results immediately.
Wolf, E, Maj: Yessir.
Torrence, D, Gen: Good hunting, my friend. Torrence out.
INTERNAL TRANSMISSION SENT 01/30/75 11:37
ZHUKOV, L, CPL: I’m telling you, the Sabers have got no backline. If the Knights get it over center, it’s curtains.
JELANI, M, SGT: But they’re never getting it over center, they’ve got no hustle.
ZHUKOV, L, CPL: You got no idea about geeball, fem. Which is why your sweet ██ will be paying me a hundo come playoffs.
WOLF, E, MAJ: Knock it off, you two. Keep your mind on the job. That’s live current running through those stacks there.
ZHUKOV, L, CPL: Sorry, sir.
WOLF, E, MAJ: Besides, Corporal, Sergeant Jelani is correct. The Knights clearly have no speed game.
JELANI, M, SGT: Ha!
WOLF, E, MAJ: Looks like this way is blocked, Control. We’ll need to head up to 240.
ALEXANDER C&C: Roger that, Major. Proceed with caution.
WOLF, E, MAJ: Keep your lines clear of that stanchion.
ZHUKOV, L, CPL: Wow, I didn’t realize the damage was so bad down here…
WOLF, E, MAJ: A fifty-megaton nuclear explosion will do that to you, Corporal. How are our radiation readings, Sarge?
JELANI, M, SGT: Still within operational parameters, sir.
WOLF, E, MAJ: Keep an eye on it. I’d like there to be an Ethan junior one day.
ZHUKOV, L, CPL: I hear that.
JELANI, M, SGT: You’d need to get yourself a girl before you get yourself a bub, Zhuk.
ZHUKOV, L, CPL: Hey, I get plenty—
WOLF, E, MAJ: Put a lid on it, folks. Watch that debris on our nine. Control, we’re coming up to the persona hardware now.
ALEXANDER C&C: Acknowledged, Major. Status?
WOLF, E, MAJ: Looks like one hell of a party.
JELANI, M, SGT: Allah, what a mess…
WOLF, E, MAJ: Okay, let’s get to work. Jelani, see if the radials are still online. Hardwiring between here and C&C was melted, you’ll need to go wireless. Zhuk, you’re with me.
ZHUKOV, L, CPL: Looks like the entire modus array is slag, sir. Primary heat wells are deep six, too.
JELANI, M, SGT: You really think we’ll have to shut AIDAN down, sir? We need it for DGS and nav. And with that BT dread on our ██es…
WOLF, E, MAJ: I’m not sure, Sergeant, that’s what we’re here to find out. Watch your contacts, Zhuk, there’s still live current running through the structure in here.