Amber Wing’s passive envelope catches a weak emergency identifier beyond the moon’s strongest magnetic bands. A maintenance capsule drifts inward on a physically plausible trajectory, its life-support telemetry declining.
Riyanu
Amber Wing, this is an independent survey technician from the distant survey vessel. My capsule is sealed, life support is failing, and I request recovery.
The transmission carries no navigation data, only the emergency identifier and a compressed identity packet. Its signal is weak, delayed, and free of obvious command traffic.
Nahuli
Keep the capsule outside our control path. Ranuko, validate the trajectory and life-support figures. Liyanu, prepare a recovery assessment.
Ranuko isolates the packet while Lahani holds Amber Wing on the established orbit. Kiryati keeps the emitters cold and locally armed as the capsule rotates slowly against the star-fixed frame.
Riyanu
My records include the heat pocket’s approach conditions and reserve estimates. I can transmit them, but I need recovery before the scrubbers fail.
The capsule’s telemetry confirms a narrowing life-support margin, while its records may determine whether the marked heat pocket is safe to approach. Amber Wing’s recovery options remain open, awaiting Nikayo’s crew response.
Recover the capsule technician