Amber Wing remains inside the mapped observation pocket, its engineering access station surrounded by fresh trajectory plots. The debris is not merely tumbling. Several fragments share a slow, coherent drift toward the protected return vector.
Lahani
I am holding manual control, but the pocket is moving beneath us. The return lane remains clear for now, not for long.
Ranuko
The fragments are matching a shallow orbital correction, not random momentum. Their drift points toward the inner body, then bends across our protected vector.
Ranuko keeps the recovered route cases sealed while he overlays the fragment paths with the verified return geometry. No transponder activates, and no external signal enters the ship.
Nikayo
The inner rocky body cannot account for that pattern. Its mass is insufficient, and the ice-bearing body shows no corresponding disturbance.
Lahani
I can maintain this pocket, move outward, or withdraw along the return lane. I need an engineering assessment before the debris crosses our margin.
Trajectory lines tighten across Nahuli’s displays as the coherent stream advances. Amber Wing’s engines remain at manual readiness, while the protected return vector narrows by degrees.
✓ Quest Accepted
Identify the cause of the coherent debris migration