[Long description: The soldier, ‘Chief’, glances backwards from the pilot’s seat. The R.A. rolls over to look at MarkOS properly.

MarkOS: Kkzzrk. Incoming transmission from…

… The Imperial Archive.

The R.A. shoots up on her elbows.

R.A.: NOW??

The Chief eyes them from the cockpit. She frowns.

Chief: Can it wait? We’re in the middle of a… Situation.

MarkOS steeples his fingers a little nervously.

MarkOS: With all due respect, I don’t think this is a call you should—

Something in him short circuits again. His voice clips into shrill, unintelligible notes, followed by a mechanical CLINK.]