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We received a narrow-band ping from a lone explorer running damaged comms hardware several thousand light years beyond ordinary traffic. The signal was thin, but deliberate.
Science and Flight Operations pieced together enough telemetry to forward a route correction and an updated carrier schedule. We could not offer immediate extraction, but we could give them something useful: a reachable destination and proof that someone heard them.
There are moments that remind a crew why this vessel exists. Tonight was one of them.