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Aetherias Ascent
Chapter 2 - Status Report

Chapter 2 - Status Report

UGT: Unknown

Location: Unknown yellow dwarf system

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The way to the command centre had been... challenging. While I had previously thought that ASO-17309 had reached the last days of its life, now I questioned how the station still existed at all! The officer quarters had been in suprisingly good condition. According to Aso, this was due to the location of said quarters, that somehow survived unscathed throughout the last 980 years. But now that I had to move to the other side of the two kilometre spanning station, I started to truly understand just how bad the situation was. Multiple times I had to take big detours or even backtrack, as Aso changed the course everey few minutes because of ongoing hullbreaks. If this went on like this, ASO-17309 wouldn`t survive much longer, that was for sure. But now, I finally stood in front of the closed metal doors, that are supposedly the entrance to the command centre of ASO-17309. "So... how do I get this door to open" I asked out aloud, by now already expecting Aso to answer.

[ Inheritor needs to transfer user identification code to main data bank, to open doors. User identification code is dispatched... ]

[ ERROR ]

[ Main data bank lost connection to ASO-17903 outpost. Main data bank changed location. Reconnecting... ]

[ ERROR ]

[ Identification codes outdated. Station reactivates automatic defensive measures ]

[ Innheritor-Protocol #2-A override! ]

[ Identification codes updated. Identification codes accepted. ]

[ ASO-17309 recognises inheritor authority. Access to command centre granted. ]

[ Welcome on deck, Captain / Inheritor. ]

"What the heck?! Aso, explain this to me!" I demanded, still overwhelmed with all the information projected into my head at once.

[ Because of relocation into inheritors built-in high-end quantic compression brain stem computer, full access to outpost systems was temporarely lost. Inheritor-Protocol #2-A allowed override of ASO-17309 defensive measures and reconnection to outpost systems. This unit is now in full control of all functioning outpost operations. ]

[ Redirecting system output information... ]

[ Outpost reconnction completed. ]

[ Status analysis completed. ]

[ This unit is now able to give complete status report to inheritor about outpost functions. ]

[ Show ASO-17309 status report? ]

[ Y/N ]

"No, hold that for now. Other things take precedence. Give me the environmental situation around us first. And don't leave anything out."

[ Current environmental situation only vaguely discernible due to lack of active scanning and damaged passive scanners. Shall the analysis be displayed anyway? ]

[ Y/N ]

"Yes, please continue. Any intel is better than none at all."

[ Current location of ASO-17309 is within a mountain range on (DATA LOST), the third moon of the gas giant (DATA LOST), which is the third planet of the (DATA LOST) system. While the first planet of the system is a gas giant as well, the second planet is a habitbale terrestrial planet. The star itself is a a standard yellow dwarf, without any particularities. There are no other natural celestial bodies worth mentioning within the system. ]

[ 89 years ago, a species listed in ASO-17309 database as "humans" started to build a colony on the second world of the system, which the Aetherian Empire classified as habitable, but otherwise irrelevant. Therefore no deeper studies of said celestial object are available within data memories. ]

[ In the last 13 years, nine space battles were fought in this system. ]

[ The defenders and owners of this system seem to be part of a galactic nation called the Second Human Federation, or "SHF" for short. The attackers call themselves the Ruidian Raider Association and seem to be remnants of (REDACTED). Termination of Ruidan Raider Association as fast as possible is advised. ]

[ At the moment the mountain on top of ASO-17309 threatens to collpase, as more and more misdirected ammunition, as well as ship debris hit the mountain range. This is a direct consequence of the space battle raging on arround the moon. ]

[ This unit advises to secure ASO-17309 and ensure that aetheric presence in the system goes undetected. Otherwise chance of inheritors death rises to 61.4%. ]

"Okay. That was... a bit much. So there is a mountain ready to collapse on our head and I guess we are currently unable to do anything against it, right? And when Im already at it, tell me what the fuck REDACTED is, because from all I know right now, it sounds pretty fucking terrifying!"

[Show ASO-17309 status report? ]

"Fine, ignore my other question than. Yes, please give me the status report."

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[ ASO-17309 STATUS REPORT ]

[ Operational Status: Sensor Systems: 78% ]

[ Operational Status: Energy Systems: 49% (3 DIRE WARNINGS) ]

[ Operational Status: Life-Support Systems: 39% (4 DIRE WARNINGS) ]

[ Operational Status: Camouflage Systems: 26% (1 DIRE WARNING) ]

[ Operational Status: Computer Systems: 13% (GROWING) ]

[ Operational Status: Defensive Systems: 13% (2 DIRE WARNINGS) ]

[ Operational Status: Preservation Systems: 0%(OFFLINE) (1 DIRE WARNING) ]

[ Operational Status: Utility Systems: 1% ]

[ Operational Status: Weapon Systems: 1% ]

[ Operational Status: Industrial Systems: 0% (OFFLINE) ]

[ Operational Status: Propulsion Systems: 0% (OFFLINE) ]

[ Operational Status: Communication Systems: 0% (OFFLINE) ]

[ Overall Operational Status: 18.4% ]

[ Inner Outpost Integrity: 63% ]

[ Inner Hull Integrity: 54% ]

[ Outer Hull Integrity: 19% ]

[ Shield Integrity: 8% ]

[ Overall Outpost Integrity: 36% ]

[ Show spaceship list as well? ]

[ Y/N ]

[ This unit recommends to rectify all dire warnings as fast as possible. ]

"This... is bad. Very fucking bad. Aso, how the hell am I supposed to fix all this?! How is the outpost even still functioning at all?!"

[ Current dire warnings are direct consequences of the space battle currently being fought around ASO-17309. See list of dire warnings? ]

[ Y/N ]

"No, I fucking, don`t want to know what exactly all the problems are! I want a priority list of what I have to do, and how I have to do it, to fix this mess!"

[ ASO-17309 EMERGANCY REPAIR LIST ]

[ 1. Failing energy system: ]

[ 1.1. Failing anti-matter reactor leading to outpost destruction due to explosion. ]

[ This unit recommends stabilisation of antimatter reactor. ]

[ 1.2. Failing cold fusion reactor leading to partly outpost destruction. ]

[ This unit recommends stabilisation of cold fusion reactor. ]

[ 1.3. No fuel rods left for fusion reactors. ]

[ This unit recommends salvaging working fuel rods from ship debris from currently ongoing space battle. ]

[ 1.3. Two cold fusion reactors are offline. ]

[ This unit recommends repair and reconfiguration of cold fusion reactors, followed by reactivation, with support from nannites. ]

[ 2. Failing life support problems: ]

[ 2.1. No oxygen reserves left. Oxygen leaks throughout inner hull. ]

[ This unit recommends blocking oxygen leaks or block manual ventilation systems to stop oxygen from escaping. ]

[ 2.2. Oxygen recycling plant offline. ]

[ This unit recommends repair and reactivation of oxygen recycling plant. ]

[ 2.3. Water harvesting plant dysfunctioning. ]

[ This unit recommends a manual checkup on water harvesting plant to identify and rectify the problem. ]

[ 2.4. Leak in water tank. ]

[ This unit recommends closing leak in water tank to regain full functionality for water tank. ]

[ 2.5. Food synthesisation plant offline. ]

[ This unit recommends repair and reactivation of oxygen recycling plant. ]

[ 2.6. Heating system offline. ]

[ This unit recommends repair and reactivation of heating system. ]

[ 2.7. Cooling system offline. ]

[ This unit recommends repair and reactivation of cooling system. ]

[ 3. Failing camouflage system problems: ]

[ 3.1. Camouflage shield rapidly destabilising. ]

[ This unit recommends redirecting more energy towards camouflage shield and cooling camouflage generator. ]

[ 3.2. Gasket plates strongly damaged. ]

[ This unit recommends repair and production of gasket plates for hull. ]

[ 4. Failing defensive systems problems: ]

[ 4.1. Two hypershield generators overloaded by 162% with critical failiure around 598%. ]

[ ETA: 4:19:56:11 ]

[ This unit recommends relieving shield generators with cooling and additional energy. ]

[ 4.2. Four hypershield generators offline. ]

[ This unit recommends reconfiguration and reconnenction of energy lane to shield generator. ]

[ 4.3. Twelvefold staggered hypershield generator offline. ]

[ This unit recommends reconfiguration and reconnenction of energy lane to twelvefold staggered shield generator with support from nannites. ]

[ 5. Failing preservation systems problems: ]

[ 5.1. Failing cryostasis pods. ]

[ This unit recommends repair of cooling system to automatically fix this problem. ]

[ 5.2. timelimit on cryostasis for biological beings reached in 20 years. ]

[ This unit recommends to awaken outpost personal in the next 20 years or never. ]

[ This unit detected a total of eleven dire warnings that are in need to be rapidly soved. ]

"Alo... how the hell am I supposed to fix all this without even having my memories?! This outpost is literally falling apart around us! You should have made sure to get biological support much sooner! Now, tell me what I have to do first. Im damned if Im not getting this outpost in working condition again! I very much like to be alive!"

[ This unit recommends to first block the manual ventilation system to stop oxygen from escaping the station. ]

"Okay, but first highlight me the way towards a spacesuit, please."

[ ERROR ]

[ No functional spacesuit detected. ]

[ No repairable spacesuit detected. ]

[ No capabilities to create a functional spacesuit detected. ]

[ Inheritor`s request is currently impossible to carry out. ]

"So we don`t even have a space suit huh... Okay that sucks, but that just means I have to be extra careful in everything Im doing. Aso, please highlight the way towards the manual ventilation system. Let´s see if we are able to clear a part of our considerable workload."

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