The portable instruments are secured and their calibration wafer logged. In Amber Wing’s quarters, Liyanu arrives with a compact medical kit while Ranuko, Nikayo, and Kiryati remain nearby in the operations bay.
Liyanu
Nahuli, let me see that shoulder. A bruise can be ordinary, but ordinary problems become expensive when engineers ignore them.
Liyanu checks the lingering discoloration and range of motion, then applies a cooling patch without restricting the joint. Nahuli sits still, his attention fixed on the sealed survey record.
Nahuli
It is sore, not unstable. The pass worked because the package stayed outside the ship’s control paths. That part should become standard.
Liyanu
Good. Now tell me what the workflow did to readiness and trust. Clean data is useful, but not if everyone starts treating boundaries as optional.
Nahuli
Ranuko kept the package isolated, Nikayo verified the result, and Kiryati never had to wake the emitters. No one surrendered authority to meet a deadline.
Liyanu closes the kit but keeps one hand on it, leaving the practical question open between them. Outside the quarters, the crew waits for Lahani’s assessment before they define safeguards for the next survey.
✓ Quest Accepted
Make the cautious survey workflow a trusted crew practice