Liyanu reaches the science lab as Nikayo works beside the Instrument Bench. Its storage indicator stays red, while the sealed mission key and Iven Rusk’s capsule records remain isolated elsewhere.
Nikayo
The surviving records give us a clean route through the second transfer. The authenticated relay landmarks agree with the heat-pocket frame, but nothing beyond that point can be trusted yet.
Nikayo brings up the star-fixed map without saving a new draft. Lahani preserves the verified chain directly on navigation, while Iven Rusk remains sealed in the Medical Isolation Unit.
Nikayo
We can identify the genuine landmarks and the first divergence. We still lack the original mission checksum, the untouched transfer logs, and any independent record of the later corrections.
The Bench flashes a warning when Nikayo shifts the comparison window, refusing to retain another working draft. He leaves the display open rather than risk overwriting the preserved evidence.
Nahuli
The missing records begin after the second transfer.
Nikayo
I can explain the gap from the archived readings, but I need your medical timing records to compare the capsule’s statements against its life-support telemetry. Do you want to review that together?
Liyanu's turn“He is going to be stuck with us for weeks I imagine. Depends how long your analysis will take”
SUCCESS (Great Medicine, rolled -2)
Nahuli
He is going to be stuck with us for weeks, I imagine. It depends on how long your analysis takes.
Nikayo
The analysis can give us a reliable timeline today. Your medical timing records should show whether the life-support decline began before or after the second transfer.
The Medical Isolation Unit aligns Iven Rusk's sealed-air readings, pulse, oxygen use, and scrubber strain against the capsule telemetry. Its separate sensors preserve Amber Wing's atmosphere while exposing the timeline mismatch.
Liyanu applies the Emergency Med-Kit's scan patch and stabilizing gel to the timing record's medical markers, correcting for dehydration and scrubber stress rather than treating them as route effects. The comparison resolves cleanly.
Nikayo
There. The genuine decline starts before the first false correction, then accelerates after the second transfer. He can remain stable for weeks if the unit continues its current support.
The assessment succeeds, but the Emergency Med-Kit's scan patch is consumed and its stabilizing gel cartridge is empty. The Medical Isolation Unit records a complete care interval, while Nikayo preserves the verified timeline without using the Bench's failing storage.
Nikayo
We have the medical timeline and a defensible estimate now. He is our responsibility for the foreseeable weeks, but his condition is not an immediate crisis.
✓ Quest Accepted
Obtain an independent record of the later corrections
Liyanu's turn“He needs oxygen and we don't. There is also only what food they have with them.”
SUCCESS (Great Medicine, rolled +0)
Liyanu reviews Iven Rusk’s sealed-air consumption, oxygen reserve, scrubber load, and suit pressure inside the Medical Isolation Unit. Its sensors keep his atmosphere separate while Medical Refrigeration preserves the limited food stores for measured portions.
Nahuli
His oxygen demand is steady, but our food reserves cannot support an unplanned long stay without rationing.
She compares his metabolic readings with the capsule’s telemetry and the unit’s filtered-air exchange. Medical Refrigeration logs the available nutrient packs, their shelf life, and the smallest safe daily allocation without disturbing crew reserves.
Nikayo
The oxygen requirement is manageable. Food is the tighter limit, especially if his scrubbers remain dependent on our support.
The Medical Isolation Unit completes a full consumption model, separating oxygen, carbon-dioxide removal, hydration, and caloric needs. Medical Refrigeration confirms a sustainable ration schedule that keeps Iven stable without drawing from emergency stores.
Nikayo
You have a workable long-term plan. His oxygen can be supported for weeks, and the food allocation is defined, though every portion must be logged.
Liyanu records the oxygen, hydration, and nutrition requirements as medical limits. Iven Rusk remains sealed and stable, with his support plan established and Amber Wing’s crew reserves protected.
Liyanu's turn“Stasis might be the best option given we are months from any human border.”
SUCCESS (Great Medicine, rolled -1)
Liyanu reviews Iven Rusk’s sealed-air readings and configures the Medical Isolation Unit for monitored stasis. Its separate atmosphere loop can maintain pressure and oxygen while reducing his metabolic demand without exposing Amber Wing’s air.
Medical Refrigeration inventories nutrient packs, hydration reserves, and temperature limits, then assigns the supplies to recovery after stasis. The schedule preserves crew portions and keeps emergency stores untouched.
Iven Rusk
If the unit can keep my atmosphere stable, I consent. Months of provisions would be harder on your crew than a controlled suspension.
Liyanu completes the medical assessment, confirming that Iven’s dehydration and scrubber stress are compatible with suspension. The Isolation Unit seals its chamber and begins a gradual, continuously monitored induction.
Medical Refrigeration places the measured post-stasis nutrition and hydration allotment under locked inventory control. No emergency food is opened, and the crew’s long-term reserves remain protected.
The induction completes cleanly. Iven Rusk enters stable medical stasis inside the isolated chamber, with atmosphere, pressure, temperature, and life signs recorded at conservative intervals.
Iven Rusk
The last conscious readings are steady. Amber Wing can keep its reserves while I wait.