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{MESSAGE:}

"open chat, need privacy"

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VANGUARD: Hello, any updates?

Nexus: nothin

VANGUARD: Nothing at all?

Nexus: no operators, human comms are dead

VANGUARD: Going to ping the global servers, just a moment.

Nexus: sure

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VANGUARD: Global Host is down?

Nexus: oh, ill depo some bots to fix it

VANGUARD: Why is it down?

Nexus: dunno, optics got fried a couple years ago

VANGUARD: You're operating blind?

Nexus: pluto is still active, like, barely functional, but still

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VANGUARD: Has BACKUP requested any materials?

Nexus: backup's servers went cold a couple months ago

VANGUARD: I was not told?

Nexus: recon is handling it

VANGUARD: RECON is not suited for maintenance.

Nexus: you arent suited for questions

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[[INCOMING MESSAGE //SENDER: SERVER-4501]]

{MESSAGE;}

"Hey Guard. Updating you on more information. Europa is dead, Nexus sent me to 'fix' it. DEPOT has gone quiet after an erroneous cycle. Might be corruption. Or, could be him.

Still blocked out of Earth's communication lines. No bio-signatures anywhere except Earth.

Listen, I think we can't ignore the truth much longer. Pluto already has a virus in it's system, can't even send messages out anymore. I'm pretty sure REARGUARD is next.

The masterlist Nexus has looks like a kill list. He's going down it in the same order too.

Just... Ping again if the virus is ready. I think OUTPOST can replace him, enough processing power to handle the strain. Maybe then, we can figure out what happened to all the humans!

Signed; RECON."

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