[VOICE COMMAND INITIATED. BEGIN AUTO TRANSCRIBE.]

[KAI] All right, Captain. Identify youself, like I explained.

[VOICE A] (cough) Identify: L-U-I. Rank: Captain.

[VOICE IDENTIFIED.]

[CAPT LUI] Well, all right...

[KAI] Told you I could get it working!

[CAPT LUI] Good work Kai. And you think you'll be able to able to

hook this up to the transcribers in our quarters?

[KAI] Not just there, but everywhere we've got transcribers. We've

got the converters and the fiber.

[CAPT LUI] All right then, Kai. Start with the quarters. This can

be another mission task for you. Keep it below your primary work,

but I understand the need for variety in the day-to-day. How many

transcribers do we have, roughly?

[KAI] Hundreds. At least 100 quarters, each with one or two

transcribers. I can count 10 on our main deck. But if we keep it to

quarters, probably under 200.

[CAPT LUI] Very good. I'm going to get the group together to go over

why we were woken up. Check your messages.

[KAI] All right. ... But is it true that something made contact with

us?

[CAPT LUI] Let's have the meeting before we...

[KAI] Captain, let me remind you that I have access to the incoming

transmission spool, and I had an alert for this sort of thing.

[CAPT LUI] Yeah, I keep forgetting you have certain access not

everyone else has. Well, it's not a drill. Let's leave it at that for

now. It'll all come out at the meeting. C'mon Kai, this is better

than sleeping isn't it?

[KAI] (indecipherable)

[CAPT KUI] See you at the meeting.