un: aximili | voice [forward dated to 12/24 evening]
[For those uninitiated, suddenly experiencing thought-speak is probably pretty strange. It's sort-of-but-not-quite like telepathy, almost, and it's apparently coming out of your communicator. Weird!
The "voice," such as it is, sounds young, male, and somewhat wary.]
<Hello.
Does anyone here know what "protocol S-1704" is?>
The "voice," such as it is, sounds young, male, and somewhat wary.]
<Hello.
Does anyone here know what "protocol S-1704" is?>

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[This is not the TIME for scientific excitement Victor]
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Yes, I want that too, but think of it! What you knew before said it wasn't possible. Yet it is! So what other improbable solutions might we find? Ones that might, say, get us back to our respective proper places?