[Incident Report 100.3X-5b; from Sun Room Chatlog User Frank Capiano; logged by Dr. Beatrice Renaud, ESS Elysium Psychiatry Department]

[1:05 ATX-44931-7]
Hello? Is anyone receiving this?

[1:06 Frank Capiano]
Heya! This is your friendly Head of Maintenance, Frank, speaking. How can I help ya? Whoa buddy, your username is coming in a little squirrely.

[1:06 ATX-44931-7]
Squirrely?

[1:07 Frank Capiano]
You’re just a buncha numbers. Looks like your Crewmember ID.

[1:06 ATX-44931-7]
Oh. That’s…weird. Uh…I just swapped instances? Might be a case of transfer interference.

[1:07 Frank Capiano]
Could be. Give me your credentials, and I’ll try to update ya from here.

[1:07 ATX-44931-7]
Uh…ok. My name is Orzo? I mean… I’m Orzo. I don’t know why I said that like a question. Mind File number ATX-44931-7. I’m part of the Transportation Repair Crew.

[1:07 Frank Capiano]
Ah, you’re one of Bell’s. No worries, Orzo. Give ol’ Frank a tick here annnd…there we go. Look at that. Now you’ve got a proper name and everything. Welcome, Orzo!

[1:08 TRC Orzo]
Uh…thanks?

[1:08 Frank Capiano]
Although, going by that crew code, you’ve probably been here longer than me. I haven’t seen a Mind File ID with a check digit in years. Most of us are 5-numbered. Anyhoo…what can I do ya for? You said you transferred instances?

[1:08 TRC Orzo]
Yes. We received a repair request from Atrox in Instance 9996, and I’ve run into an…uh…issue? I was hoping to reach Conductor Bell to get her thoughts on the matter.

[1:09 Frank Capiano]
Ah, you have bad luck and bad timing, friend. Our good Conductor stepped out a while ago with Dr. Stone and EVA. They’re over in Instance 24573 investigating a critical memory leak with one of the museum wings there.

[1:10 Frank Capiano]
It’ll be a while before she gets back, but y’know… I know a thing or two about repair jobs myself. I can’t offer much of a helping hand nowadays since I ain’t got any, but between the two of us, I’m sure we can figure this out. What’s the sitch?

[1:15 Frank Capiano]
Orzo?

[1:16 Frank Capiano]
Did I scare ya off? Look, I know I’m no Conductor Bell, but you’re hurtin’ my feelings here!

[1:20 TRC Orzo]
Sorry, yes, I’m here. I think there’s still instance interference occurring.

[1:21 TRC Orzo]
The repair request listed power and cargo issues with the train network here.

[1:21 Frank Capiano]
What kinda cargo issues?

[1:22 TRC Orzo]
I don’t know… It doesn’t say.

[1:22 Frank Capiano]
Well…what’d the instance owner tell ya?

[1:23 TRC Orzo]
I haven’t found them yet. Or anything really…which is kind of the issue. There’s no bases or shelters or indications of anything like a train network here? Except for a single set of tracks and a sad little station, this instance’s version of Atrox looks untouched.

[1:24 Frank Capiano]
Could be that version of Atrox still has the original radiation settings on, but you’d have noticed that by now. Give me a sec here… Let me see what I can pull up on that for ya.

[1:27 Frank Capiano]
Huh. I’m not finding Instance 9996 through the Sun Room system. Can you confirm the Instance ID for me again, Orzo?

[1:30 Frank Capiano]
Orzo?

[1:35 Frank Capiano]
You still there, bud?

[1:37 TRC Orzo]
Yes, sorry. This is Orzo. The repair request the TRC received came from Instance 9996, and my PDA confirms the instance I’m standing in right now is Instance 9996. Is there a problem?

[1:38 Frank Capiano]
Honestly…the ATP is full of problems. I, uh, can’t find your instance in the system, but that’s probably more runoff damage from Lyn’s hacking a while back. We’ve been debugging that tangled mess since I started living as a floating mustache.

[1:38 TRC Orzo]
I have…so many questions.

[1:39 Frank Capiano]
Ha! It’s a long story. Anyhoo, it’s probably just a desync error. I’ll put it on my list for Stone and Bell to check out when they get back.

[1:39 Frank Capiano]
For now, if there’s a station there, could be your instance owner‘s still building out their surface network. Even without the radiation settings, that landscape ain’t exactly easy to reconcile for construction. It’s like they always say: Atrox wasn’t built in a day!

[1:40 TRC Orzo]
…they?

[1:40 Frank Capiano]
Yeah, y’know, they! Them…the uh…y’know what, never mind. Just tell me about that station ya found.

[1:41 TRC Orzo]
Oh. Right. It’s…uh…weird? Not the standard blueprint.

[1:42 Frank Capiano]
Could be an older design. The ATP has access to most of Bell’s library.

[1:43 TRC Orzo]
I don’t think this is something Conductor Bell designed, sir. It’s just a tall work light with a schedule board and a speaker?

[1:43 Frank Capiano]
Was that a question?

[1:44 TRC Orzo]
No? I mean, no! It wasn’t a…ugh. Sorry, I don’t know what to make of all this.

[1:44 Frank Capiano]
Hey now, you’re doin’ great. We get all sortsa weird stuff poppin’ up in the ATP. Just bugs in the system, y’know?

[1:45 TRC Orzo]
Yeah…bugs. Um. It’s just a bug…

[2:46 Frank Capiano]
You good?

[1:47 TRC Orzo]
Yes, sir. The uh…the schedule board doesn’t list any trains. There’s just one readout that says, “ON TIME”. Um.

[1:49 TRC Orzo]
The speaker is playing some sort of platform music…I think? But it’s crackly. Probably a loose wire or…or the voice coil is rubbing against the magnet. Hard to say without testing it, but…oh wait, there’s a voice announcement coming through.

[1:50 Frank Capiano]
What’s it sayin’?

[1:53 Frank Capiano]
Orzo?

[1:57 TRC Orzo]
The train arrives at 03:17.

[1:58 Frank Capiano]
Well, that’s something, I guess. It say anything else?

[1:59 TRC Orzo]
User is typing…

[2:03 TRC Orzo]
User is typing…

[2:07 TRC Orzo]
no.

[2:18 TRC Orzo]
Hey, Frank, sir? I think I found the power issue.

[2:19 Frank Capiano]
Oh yeah? What was it?

[2:21 TRC Orzo]
The station doesn’t have any power.

[2:22 Frank Capiano]
Wait, what?
Are you pulling my stache, kid? None?

[2:24 TRC Orzo]
No, sir. There’s nothing powering the station. No battery, no power cells… I found a small generator in the foliage up the hill, but it’s not hooked up to anything and, uh…if someone was feeding it organic, it’s out of fuel now.

[2:25 Frank Capiano]
But the speaker and the work light are still on at the station, yeah? Could another train station be supplying them?

[2:26 TRC Orzo]
OH!

[2:27 Frank Capiano]
Orzo?

[2:28 TRC Orzo]
Nothing! It’s nothing, it’s…just…

[2:32 TRC Orzo]
The announcer came back on and…and this time it sounded like you.

[2:33 Frank Capiano]
Like me? What’d I say?

[2:35 TRC Orzo]
I don’t know. I wasn’t really listening when it… I mean, it nearly scared my suit off me but, uh…it sounded like…

[2:37 TRC Orzo]
“Another station is supplying them.”

[2:39 Frank Capiano]
Huh. If it’s pulling text from our chat, then it definitely sounds like that instance is experiencing data issues. Still…that power’s gotta be coming from somewhere. Try pinging for planetary transit points on your PDA and give me any Station ID codes that pop up.

[2:40 TRC Orzo]
One sec, just let me…um…there! My navigation display reads Northwest Station 134C. I’m only seeing this station. No wait, there’s another one directly below this one. Er, well…maybe not directly below? I can’t get a read on how far down the other one is.

[2:42 Frank Capiano]
That might explain the lack of surface structures. Looks like your instance owner’s been building underground. What’s the Station ID on that second one?

[2:46 TRC Orzo]
The navigation display says ATROX Station. All caps.

[2:46 Frank Capiano]
Okay, but what’s the facility code?

[2:48 TRC Orzo]
There isn’t one. It’s just ATROX Station.

[2:49 Frank Capiano]
That’s not possible. Every structure has a facility code, even the custom jobs.

[2:52 Frank Capiano]
Orzo, buddy, I hate to say it, but that instance you’re in sounds unstable. For safety, we should pull ya out until we can get the debugging crew to clear it.

[3:01 Frank Capiano]
Orzo?

[3:05 Frank Capiano]
Not again.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Frank, sir?

[3:17 Frank Capiano]
Orzo!!! Where ya been? Did ya see my last messages?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
A train just arrived at the station, sir. Er…well…several train cars at least? There’s no engine.

[3:18 Frank Capiano]
No engine? That’s not possible.
Orzo, listen to me, you stay away from that thing, ya get me?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Oh. It may be a bit late for that, sir. When I didn’t hear back from you right away, I thought it might be best to search the train for more clues.

[3:19 Frank Capiano]
What do y’mean when you didn’t hear back from me?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I’m sure you’re very busy, sir. It’s just that…I think I found something? The third car is loaded with resource crates, but the collection data on the contents is missing. That’s a bug, right?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I also found a PDA under one of the seats. The screen is cracked, but I found a copy of the repair request form the TRC received. It lists the power and cargo issues but also has Station Speaker Malfunction noted. It looks like the instance owner knew about the crackling.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
The PDA is pretty beat up, but I did find a delivery manifesto. I think they’ve been transporting large quantities of supplies to the station below. You might be right, sir. The instance owner is probably working in the caverns.

[3:20 Frank Capiano]
Good to know, buddy. Great detective work. Let’s talk about getting ya outta there now, yeah?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
What? Why? I haven’t finished my repairs yet.

[3:21 Frank Capiano]
The repairs don’t matter right now, Orzo. From everything you’ve told me, there’s a good chance that instance is corrupted, and as I can’t see it on the Sun Room system, we can’t measure its stability readouts until I can get the proper crew to check it out. It ain’t worth riskin’ your Mind File when we’re unsure.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
What about the instance owner? They’d be at risk too… We should warn them, we should

[3:22 Frank Capiano]
Orzo?

[3:22 Frank Capiano]
Orzo, talk to me. What’s going on, dammit.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
The speaker came back on. It…it talked to me.

[3:23 Frank Capiano]
It what?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I’m not imagining things. It just said, “Welcome, Orzo.”

[3:24 Frank Capiano]
Yup, nope, we’re done there. Open up your PDA and prepare to instance hop.
I’ll transmit a stable transfer code to ya, and then we’ll worry about what’s going on in 9996, OK?

[3:25 Frank Capiano]
OK, Orzo?

[3:28 Frank Capiano]
Tell me you’re OK, Orzo.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I’m here.

[3:30 Frank Capiano]
Good gravy! Where ya been, pal?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I’m not sure. I was trying to get off the train when the schedule board text changed from “ON TIME” to “DELAYED,” and then… the cars lurched forward.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I think I fell and hit my head on one of the cargo crates?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Might have lost some time.

[3:33 Frank Capiano]
Dr. Lady’ll give ya a once-over after we get ya to the Sun Room, but you need to get out of there.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]

That’s…a bit tricky right now. I’m still on the train, but it’s somewhere underground? It must have gone into a cavern while I was unconscious.

[3:34 Frank Capiano]
Is it headed to the planet core?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I don’t know. I dropped my PDA somewhere when the train started. I’m pretty sure I was in a tunnel when I woke up, but I haven’t seen the cavern walls or floor in a while.

[3:36 Frank Capiano]
Too dark?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
No…no, I have a work light, it’s just…uh…

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
The tracks went out over a gap sometime back, and the rockface hasn’t come back yet. There’s nothing under the tracks and I… Oh wait…I think I found my PDA. The screen’s cracked, but it seems to be working,

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Yeah. Yeah, here’s the work order. Power and cargo problems, malfunctioning speaker, crewmember incident.

[3:40 Frank Capiano]
Orzo, I don’t think that’s your…

[3:40 Frank Capiano]
You know what, never mind. Ping the line again and see if there’s any rerouting points ahead. If we can get you to a Gateway or the Core, we can use the auxiliary control override there to pull ya out.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Give me a moment. The screen keeps flickering. Ok…there! Looks like it’s headed to ATROX station. Weird. The train’s status says arrival is delayed.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Is it normally delayed?

[3:43 Frank Capiano]
The train? I still can’t get any info on that instance, Orzo.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Sorry, I wasn’t talking to you.

[3:44 Frank Capiano]
???

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I’m not sure how far ATROX Station is from the Core, but once the train stops and I get my bearings, I’ll make my way there.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Doesn’t look like I’ll make it to my next job anytime soon. When you see Conductor Bell, please let her know where I am and that I’m sorry about all this.

[3:50 Frank Capiano]
That’s not your fault, Orzo. Bell will understand, and I’ll let her know as soon as I can get her on the horn, yeah? I’ve pinged her on our emergency channel. She must be busy…usually she’s faster to respond than this.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
I understand. Conductor Bell has her own work to do. Still…thanks for trying, Frank. I’ll check in again once I’ve reached the station.

[3:56 Frank Capiano]
Don’t be a stranger.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Who are you talking to? Is someone else there?

[3:59 Frank Capiano]
No, I was just…it’s a turna’phrase. Y’know, like a… Look, kid, I’m just sayin’, don’t be afraid to contact me.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Oh…yeah. Sorry about that. I… I think I fell and hit my head when the train started. I was looking at the schedule board, and it suddenly changed from “ON TIME” to “DELAYED”.

[4:01 Frank Capiano]
Yeah…you said that already.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
What? When?

[4:02 Frank Capiano]
Before..? When you woke up on the train?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
When I woke up on the? How’d you know I was…
I just woke up, Frank. I think I lost some time. I’m on the train, but it seems to be underground now.

[4:04 Frank Capiano]
Orzo, you’re repeating yourself. You’re…we’ve been through this, buddy. You fell, lost some time, the train is in the caverns, and you were headed for a tunnel on the way to ATROX station. Any of that ringin’ a bell?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
No? I don’t know. My head’s still a bit off.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Is there something wrong with me, Frank?

[4:12 Frank Capiano]
Hey! No, NO! You’re gonna be fine. Listen, as soon as that train stops, you need to get to the planet Core. We’ll get ya outta there and fixed up good as new in no time.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Yeah. I, uh…I think I just need to rest for a bit. And then…get my bearings? I don’t know. I’ll figure it out once we reach ATROX Station.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
The others say it won’t be long now. The train arrives at 03:17.

[4:16 Frank Capiano]
What do ya mean the others?

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
The other passengers. They take this route all the time. It’s the only way down.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Oh. There’s a tunnel ahead. I’ll write again once we reach the station.

[3:17 TRC Orzo]
Please let Conductor Bell know where I am. She needs to know I won’t make it to my next job.

[4:19 Frank Capiano]
Hey! Stay on the line with me!

[4:20 Frank Capiano]
Orzo?

[4:22 Frank Capiano]
Orzo!

[4:35 Imala Bell]
Frank, while I appreciate this channel is meant for emergencies, there’s no need to send so many messages. The system pings the recipient immediately.

[4:36 Frank Capiano]
It’s been hours, Bell! I know you all are neck-deep in it there, but I needed you here, pronto!

[4:38 Imala Bell]
Don’t exaggerate. Per the message time stamps, it took exactly 2 minutes and 38 seconds for me to respond on account of my PDA locking up as all 27 of your messages announced themselves in rapid succession.

[4:39 Imala Bell]
I appreciate whatever is happening on your end is urgent, but perhaps specifying the issue would resolve the matter faster. Sending “CALL ME” over and over again after the initial report is not as informative as one might imagine.

[4:40 Frank Capiano]
I was panicking, OK??? You didn’t respond to my first few messages and when things escalated

No, no, it doesn’t matter now. We can’t just sit around gabbing when we got crew lives at stake! We need to send a stabilization detail to Instance 9996 ASAP. I think there’s some sort of redundancy error spreading and…and we just need to get in there and start reinforcing the corrupted zones before the whole thing collapses and takes the Astros stuck inside with it. Your guy Orzo was in there on a repair job and…and…we gotta get him out!

[4:41 Imala Bell]
User is typing…

[4:43 Imala Bell]
Give me a moment.

[4:44 Frank Capiano]
Only problem is: There’s some sort of a desync going on, and I-I can’t find the instance through the Sun Room system. I need you, Stone, and EVA to get back here so we can try a manual sweep. You know how long those things can take, and I don’t have enough hands…any hands…to deal with this right now and, and…

[4:49 Imala Bell]
Frank, I need you to move away from the console for a moment and take a breather. Dr. Lady and Dr. Renaud will be there momentarily. Stone just alerted them to your location.

[4:50 Frank Capiano]
Dr? I’m not the one who needs a doctor right now, Bell! It’s your guy down there right now who’s in trouble! Didn’t you read my messages?!

[4:52 Imala Bell]
Yes. I read all of them. EVA, Stone, and I will make our way to the Sun Room once we reach the shuttle. I’ll update you on our ETA once we’re ready to launch. In the meantime, stay where you are until we get there, Frank. And try to be calm. Please.

[4:53 Frank Capiano]
Why are you treatin’ me like I’m the crazy one here, Imala?!

[4:54 Frank Capiano]
Instance 9996 could be collapsing with one of YOUR crew members in it on YOUR team’s repair job, and you’re telling me to be CALM?! Why aren’t you freakin’ out about this? What about your guy, huh? What about TRC Orzo?

[4:56 Imala Bell]
Frank.

[4:57 Imala Bell]
There’s no one named Orzo on my crew.