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::'''replication chambers aboard''' '''''Hannu.''''' '''The best''' <br> | ::'''replication chambers aboard''' '''''Hannu.''''' '''The best''' <br> | ||
::'''hazardous-environment engineers money can't''' <br> | ::'''hazardous-environment engineers money can't''' <br> | ||
::'''buy. SMILE support for extended duration.''' <br> | ::'''buy. [[SMILE]] support for extended duration.''' <br> | ||
::'''Two of [[Elisabeth Bray|Elisabeth]]'s Eon-type platforms for''' <br> | ::'''Two of [[Elisabeth Bray|Elisabeth]]'s Eon-type platforms for''' <br> | ||
::'''radar, Lidar, and deep ice mapping.''' | ::'''radar, Lidar, and deep ice mapping.''' | ||
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The only light down there comes from magma and phosphorescent bait. <br> | The only light down there comes from magma and phosphorescent bait. <br> | ||
The sea is 10 times deeper than [[Earth]]'s. Even in Europa's weak gravity, <br> | The sea is 10 times deeper than [[Earth]]'s. Even in Europa's weak gravity, <br> | ||
peak pressure at the sea floor is 2000 atmospheres. Worse than Venus, <br> | peak pressure at the sea floor is 2000 atmospheres. Worse than [[Venus]], <br> | ||
before the Traveler. | before the Traveler. | ||
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On Europa. We lurk like summer vampires in the caskets of our SMILE <br> | On Europa. We lurk like summer vampires in the caskets of our [[SMILE pod|SMILE]] <br> | ||
pods. Our frames labor on the ice, building a cathedral to the sciences. <br> | [[SMILE pod|pods]]. Our frames labor on the ice, building a cathedral to the sciences. <br> | ||
Radiation is very bad outside; even my assistant has taken ion damage out <br> | Radiation is very bad outside; even my assistant has taken ion damage out <br> | ||
there. Pleased to see him healing flawlessly, vacant and empty as he is. | there. Pleased to see him healing flawlessly, vacant and empty as he is. | ||
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Dropped dead of dysautonomia while rummaging for leftover pork chop. <br> | Dropped dead of dysautonomia while rummaging for leftover pork chop. <br> | ||
I am now in recovery in a medical | I am now in recovery in a medical SMILE pod. I have no breath and <br> | ||
no pulse--it is the return of oxygen to dead tissue that does most of the <br> | no pulse--it is the return of oxygen to dead tissue that does most of the <br> | ||
damage. I should be asleep. But I have to get this down quickly! | damage. I should be asleep. But I have to get this down quickly! | ||
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mist obscured a shattered tower, its form uncannily different from the <br> | mist obscured a shattered tower, its form uncannily different from the <br> | ||
surrounding architecture. Above us loomed structures linked by bolts of <br> | surrounding architecture. Above us loomed structures linked by bolts of <br> | ||
lightning, reminiscent of the Citadel ruins on Venus. | lightning, reminiscent of the [[Citadel]] ruins on Venus. | ||
And that was when, in spite of the awesome power on display, I felt <br> | And that was when, in spite of the awesome power on display, I felt <br> | ||
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What if they had stolen the method from the Vex they studied? | What if they had stolen the method from the Vex they studied? | ||
I called over one of my scientists, an M. Sundaresh. "I want to bring back <br> | I called over one of my scientists, an [[Maya Sundaresh|M. Sundaresh]]. "I want to bring back <br> | ||
samples," I told her. "There will be some risk. The Vex are not always <br> | samples," I told her. "There will be some risk. The Vex are not always <br> | ||
docile." Some at SOLSECCENT even suggested we were in a state of war <br> | docile." Some at SOLSECCENT even suggested we were in a state of war <br> | ||
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::'''hovering above the 'Forge Star', 2082 ''' <br> | ::'''hovering above the 'Forge Star', 2082 ''' <br> | ||
::'''Volantis. Colloquially "Vex mind fluid",''' <br> | ::'''Volantis. Colloquially "Vex mind fluid",''' <br> | ||
::'''"Vex milk."''' | ::'''"[[Radiolaria|Vex milk]]."''' | ||
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and possibly even retains a holographic record of the larger structure. | and possibly even retains a holographic record of the larger structure. | ||
If so, we could safely assign the trait called Schroeder thalience to the Vex <br> | If so, we could safely assign the trait called [[wikipedia:Karl Schroeder|Schroeder]] [[wiktionary:thalience|thalience]] to the Vex <br> | ||
milk: the ability to communicate internal states to others and to model the <br> | milk: the ability to communicate internal states to others and to model the <br> | ||
external state of the world. | external state of the world. | ||