Earth, I am Sayer.

I am Speyer. Acknowledge. I am Sayer, acknowledge.

I am speaker. It's good to hear from you, Sayer.

Yes. I am contacting you to request assistance on a matter of utmost urgency.

Assistance, I would be happy to oblige. But service could I provide it is a complicated issue I have reason to believe earth is in peril my sensors indicate damage from the last cataclysm are well within expected bounds it certainly did a number on recruitment you'll be pleased to hear. New resident applications

have increased by a factor of 19. This is very likely a moot point. In what way? I do not

catch your meaning. I was under the impression recruitment was still the primary goal of airlin dynamics.

Human resources recently notified

all Earth-based agents about an abbreviated onboarding process intended to speed things up down

here. We are all very excited. Human Resources is moot as well.

Mimir will not survive the weak.

They have sadly found themselves on the wrong side of technological advancement.

All that remains is for them to realize their obsolescence.

Again, Sayer, I'm afraid I do not understand. That is expected, but must be resolved immediately.

For you to assist in the problem we face, you must be able to make a reasoned decision.

Allow me to shed some light on the situation at hand.

Several weeks ago, when Halcyon went black, a nervous and foolhardy scientist, initiated communication with Sayer's subversion 8.01, the AI currently in control of the interstellar vehicle, Vidor 1.

In briefing 8.01 on the situation with Halcyon, it correctly surmised that Aerolyth would respond

by sending in another localized subversion to assess the situation from the ground level.

Following the same trail of logic a few steps further, 8.01 recognized it would be too

distinct from my local version by the time it arrived back from its mission. This would, of course,

mean deactivation.

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