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<Emily First Contact>

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Emily closes the cage and puts the whatever they feed the mice back into the cupboard. She double-checks that the cage is really closed, then she steps out into the hallway, and starts walking. The entire habitat is eerily quiet. Apart from her own footsteps, she hears just the hum of the electrical systems and the quiet whirr of the air circulation.

3 – 5 – 2 – 1 – Enter. The keypad beeps with every button press. A computer voice announces Access authorized and the door slides up. She steps through into the main control center. The module contains one large room with rows of integrated computer equipment desks arranged in a Mondsichel shape with the Wölbung to the left. Most of the seats are facing that way, allowing a view of the biotope through a huge panorama window taking up the entire wall. The biotope is an even larger module with a ceiling of glass and support beams, completely filled with plant life, trees, small critters, and a big pond. The walls across from her and to the right hold large status panels with some seven-segment displays for information and lots of big status indicator symbols.

Emily walks down the shallow stairs towards the panorama window. In front of the window are tables and chairs that were moved there recently as the room had become more of a general hangout spot for the remaining people. Now, it's just Lena and her.

Lena sits at one of the tables, cutting a piece of bread into slices. In front of her is a bowl with fruit and a honey jar.

missing dialog about food and starting to eat

They get interrupted by all of the equipment in the room suddenly coming alive. All of the computer desks that weren't perviously active turn on. Some of the status indicators on the back wall start blinking. A large, green triangle with the letters LINK next to it flickers and then lights up. Emily looks at it in confusion.
What's going on?
That's them.
Earth people?
Yes, Lena replies while quickly finishing her meal, They have some abilities to remotely control things – including turning on the main radio transmitter.
She gets up and asks Emily to follow her to one of the consoles with a terminal. She sits down in front of it, logs on and enters a few commands.

corrupted chat, the connection has deteriorated in comparison to before