The Erika Magnusdóttir arrives at a junction on a routine survey and the system reads empty, until the array catches a return at its own broadcast frequency. Three weeks later a routine pulse-test goes past tolerance. A cabin is recovered four minutes later. The officer isn't in it.
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- The return signal. When did you know something was answering?
- This is a book about procedure failing quietly. Did the quiet work, or did you want it louder?
- Reidar. Talk to me.
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