Decisions!
There was nobody around as Tobias walked back to his office, so he felt fine with muttering. “Asenath, what would it take to get the surveillance system back online?” He knew the answer, but…
Either a two week delay in launching the Lifeboat, or an estimated ten lives lost from the power shortfalls, Commander. Is either acceptable at this time?
…it was the same one. “Damn all Cold Equations.” Resources were tight, although at least they had enough margin these days to keep everybody breathing, fed, and above freezing. And if I magi… somehow got enough power to turn the cameras back on, I’d just put all that extra energy into the Lifeboat project. Terrifying disaster on Earth or not, man’s days on the moon were numbered. The faster they got the Lifeboat to work, the fewer people would die.
But he didn’t have to like it.