Erosion

Morning Michelle!
Ugh.
She takes a step out of her preservation chamber, sits down on the floor with her arms over her knees, and rests her head on them.
I'm gonna ... need a moment.
Water?
She lifts her head. Jack hands her a glass. She takes a couple sips before setting it down and resting her head again.
Not sure if that makes it better or worse. Just let me sit here for a moment.
After a while, she lifts her head again.
So what's our mission?
Nothing. Uplink's dead.
What... What happened? What year is it?
Twenty-one-oh-six.
You're kidding me.
Nope. ... As for what happened to the uplink, I can't tell you. I've spent the past idk what amount of time trapped in here.
Jack recounts the recent events as well as some of the things he had read about in the logs.

missing section

Well, that could be why the uplink isn't working... Jack looks up and down and up again while Michelle catches up to him. The path ends abruptly where a landslide had left nothing but a cliff and a huge pile of rubble. At the top of the mountain, teetering on the edge, are two buildings – all that's left of the ground station. The rest of the buildings and the dish lay strewn around in pieces down below.