Nah, this isn’t ominous at all.
There was only one real issue that had to come up in today’s meeting.
Unfortunately, it was a big issue. Mali was the first one to bring it up. “Commander? Is there any news on the Jetshaft mining facility? I know that their communications are still offline.”
Tobias shook his head. “No. And it’s been a full lunar night since their last report, too. They’re not communicating with us at all, even on the emergency bands, and they’re still not drawing power from the communal solar grids.”
Asenath chimed in. “I calculate that the facility’s personal energy storage batteries would have a 95% likelihood of being exhausted, as of two days ago. If there are any survivors, they would be only a fraction of the original crew roster.”
The other two remained silent, until Tobias carefully did not sigh before speaking again. “The computer says they’re out of juice, and probably all dead.”