un: mori

[setpoint]

This morning, I received a message on my communicator from the username m.muller. When I tried to message them back, all I received was an error. I don't recognize her, but maybe someone else will.

[So Mako attaches a video file. There's a woman with frizzy red hair and freckles on screen, looking slightly panicked. "My name is Martina Muller," she says, and her voice is calm and slightly accented. There's a sudden crash behind her, and she cuts herself off with a gasp. "You have to warn the others! There is a traitor on board. Wherever you are, there is a traitor on board, you have to–"

And then the message cuts off.]

It seems like not everyone received it, so it wasn't a network wide broadcast. As far as I can tell, it came from the station, but I don't know where.

I also tried to unlock one of the doors. I've figured out which wires control the locking mechanism, but nothing I did to override or overload them seemed to work. Has anyone else had any luck?

Comments

[setpoint]

Do you think the traitor might still be on the station?

[It's not completely out of the question. Like Raleigh said, there's no telling who among them was actually kidnapped, and who's simply lying.]

[retund]

Yes.
The station itself might be watching, too.

[ Mother had betrayed them aboard the Nostromo. Traitors come in all forms, from the seemingly impartial AI to the lying company man. ]

[setpoint]

The station itself? Do you mean an AI?

[She's hoping that's what that means, anyway, and not another person thinking the station might literally be alive.]

[retund]

I do.
It happened aboard my last ship.

[ The AI’s being in on the conspiracy, she means. ]

[setpoint]

The only AIs I've dealt with weren't advanced enough to do something like that.

[retund]

[ She types lucky you but deletes it. Androids are a mixed bag. ]

AI's and androids are advanced enough to fool humans out here.
You might not even realize that you've spoken to a synthetic person.

[ This place is similar enough to other stations that Ripley understands the tech. She can only assume AI's are at the same level. ]

[setpoint]

[That is... absolutely fascinating, but Mako manages to stay on topic rather than asking a million questions.]

Do you think whatever went wrong here had something to do with an AI?

sorry for the delay!!

[retund]

It's a theory.
A hostile lifeform or contagion on board could also warrant a lockdown like this, as could a fire or chemical incident.

HONESTLY HOW DARE YOU

[setpoint]

I was worried about that. Would there be any sort of warning in the system if it was a contagion?