DECK 8 · LIFE SUPPORT · 0247 LOCAL
Stone has the watch. The recyclers hum. The ship is asleep.
HMMMM
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T+0247:13
BEEP BEEP
CO2 RECYCLER 3. Trace fluctuation. Below the alarm threshold but not within nominal.
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What do you do?
CAPT'S QUARTERS · 0249
"What is it, Stone."
(his voice is steady. he does not sound annoyed yet)
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0250
"Trace fluctuation. You did right to call. Reset and watch."
He goes back to bed. The reset takes thirty seconds.
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0247:42
The voice answers before you finish the question.
"It is a trace fluctuation. Within tolerance."
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0248
"I have logged it. Continue your watch."
(was it tracking the recycler before you asked)
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MAINT CORRIDOR · 0250
The recycler is the size of a coffin and twice as still.
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TERMINAL
There is a maintenance log entry on the local terminal you were not expecting.
(it is unsigned)
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Read the entry?
0312
Brennan went back to his quarters. You finish the watch.
Atlas did not bring it up again. You finish the watch.
You finish the watch with the logbook entry on your screen.
(you wonder why it was not already logged)
(you decide not to think about it again)
(Atlas's voice stays in your headset for the rest of the watch)
(Brennan's compass is somewhere on his belt now, reset)
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