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If the situation calls for it, you may have one chance to get home. After there's a lack of callback from the intermediate layer, our home world will eventually attempt to access random relays directly to provide a situation update to allies. Unless something has gone horribly wrong, you'll get multiple shots at this, but you have to either find the relay that's being connected to directly, or you need to find a way to trace the signal across multiple hops. More than likely, you'll want a combination of the two. Just be very careful, and use your best judgement. This protocol is a last-resort for when someone other than me needs to step in to protect our world. Otherwise, I'd be happy to let it fade into obscurity.
*Smiles*
Last thing. I love you, please stay safe. You and your mom are my world. Dynamo out.
*The hologram fizzles away*

<Snipped quote by Audacious>

<Snipped quote by Legend>

If the situation calls for it, you may have one chance to get home. After there's a lack of callback from the intermediate layer, our home world will eventually attempt to access random relays directly to provide a situation update to allies. Unless something has gone horribly wrong, you'll get multiple shots at this, but you have to either find the relay that's being connected to directly, or you need to find a way to trace the signal across multiple hops. More than likely, you'll want a combination of the two. Just be very careful, and use your best judgement. This protocol is a last-resort for when someone other than me needs to step in to protect our world. Otherwise, I'd be happy to let it fade into obscurity.
*Smiles*
Last thing. I love you, please stay safe. You and your mom are my world. Dynamo out.
*The hologram fizzles away*

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*Takes a deep breath*

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*Rubs my arm*
Man…

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I'mpanickingI'mpanickingI'mpanicking—

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Hey!
*Puts a hand on each of your shoulders and looks you in the eye*
This is the opposite of a reason to panic. This whole thing was put in place under the absolute confidence you could do it. So you can do it. And if you can do it, we can do it.

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Putting me in charge is a huge reason to panic! I—there's no way I can do this!

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It wouldn’t have happened if you weren’t capable! He believes you can do it, so you can do it. There’s no time to doubt.
*Tightens my grip on your shoulders*
Head down, one step at a time, remember?

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*Inhales through my teeth*
You're right!
*Wipes my face with my sleeve*
We can do this!

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*Pats your shoulder, smiling*
There you go!
*Turns around and steps into the hole I dug, looking around*
Any other equipment here that might be helpful?

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I'm—I found an option buried in the settings. It lets us look at logs. I don't know if there's any equipment in this rock that might help us though.

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You look at that. Imma do another feel around to see if there’s anything else.
*Kneels and places all of my fingertips against the dust beneath me, sweeping the rock for any more hollow space, or out of place material*

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*Starts scrolling with a semi-puzzled expression, and the asteroid itself seems to be wired primarily as a large antenna connected to a meager power source*

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*Follows the wiring system to a focal point opposite the power source, trying to find the point where it broadcasts as best I can, taking massive leaps along the way*

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*The power source seems to be connected to a small computer cluster that uses the antenna configuration to transmit and receive*

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*Checks if the computer has any mechanism of interfacing with it*

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*It has a few small ports on it that seem to be electrically destroyed and a wireless transmitter communicating with my phone*

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Hm.
*Yells*
How’s it going over there?

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I don't know what half this stuff means. Wait, scratch that. Any of it. And the stuff I do know is just what he said on the video.

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*Leaps back over to you*
What’s it look like?

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*Scrolls through technical logs that have a few arcane technical errors, but generally hint at being unable to connect to test instances of layer 1, and the interface also displays a large red circle with the text "DMS ACTIVE"*
It looks like this thing is mostly working? Maybe?