@ship
30 minutes from departure aperture.
10 minutes from departure aperture. We are five minutes from the commit point.
Affirmative.
@ship Commit.
Acknowledged.
Assuming control.
All hands, we’re jumping in 5.
All hands, stand by for jump.
@zalmux
Assuming control.
We have reached the departure aperture. Transiting.
Resuming control. Dispatching confirmation probe.
Probe dispatched.
Today’s mess: Nutripaste (Formula 12), wild rice approximation, 27 tomatoes, first come first serve.
@ship
Probe dispatched.
We have exited the arrival envelope. Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Commencing tangent burn.
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
@ship
Counter thrust complete. Commencing tangent burn.
Tukkasotka has transited.
Alert: System variance detected.
Pod 3, Decks 5-8 power grid stability of 78% below nominal.
@ship
Tukkasotka has transited.
Scheherazade has transited.
@zalmux, well? Did the artifact transmit the same signal to you that it transmitted to our sensors?
I recognize the request and decline to reply.
What, why?
You lack the linguistic faculties to unlock the requisite familiarization.
Lack linguistic faculties? I am a professor of xenolinguistics!
Yes.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
@ship
Pod 3, Decks 5-8 power grid stability of 78% below nominal.
Pod 3 power grid now nominal.
Yes, and I continue to.
Are they all this difficult?
They have all declined to assist in their own manner, although Zalmux is substantially more obtuse about the matter than the others.
@ship
Scheherazade has transited.
Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Return trajectory established.
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.