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On the other, other hand... fuck it. Change is coming, sinking its claws into you through dreams and prophetic visions. This is not something you should run from, not something you should fear.
Though it also doesn't mean you should simply throw caution to the wind either.
"I wish to have one thing on record first," you also sweep your gaze around the room before focusing back on the kasath. "Whatever ideas or thoughts I may present next, they are meant to be just that - in no way do I mean them as some sort of incitement or call to action."
If the silence a bit earlier was palpable, the one now is practically deafening as every Monitoring employee either looks away or schools their face into a carefully neutral expression.
"And in the same vein, these ideas and thoughts are only meant to be considered and discussed within the context of the circumstances we are currently in, solely as a means to solving the crisis Barter currently faces. With full understanding that divorced of this vital context, a person of bad faith could easily interpret them as subversive, or even seditious," the kasath's eyebrows travel upwards. "And as such, I refuse to take responsibility for any outcome not directly related to maintaining the integrity and functionality of Barter's power grid that comes about as a result of Command acting on these ideas or thoughts. Are those terms acceptable?"
To his credit, the guy from Command considers your words carefully before finally nodding.
"Acceptable, technician. I will consider whatever thoughts or ideas you communicate to be coming from a professional, purely technical perspective."
"Then my first thought would be to have Atmosphere shut down fifteen percent of air scrubbers across the Starboard section. This would naturally not be a long term solution," you add to forestall any protests. "But it would buy us an extra eight to twelve hours to implement a more permanent solution before O concentration starts dropping below tolerable levels."
"And what are those more permanent solutions you have in mind?"
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