[This isn't the first time Quatre's texted Duo, but the previous conversations had been mostly humorous. Near-daily accounts of the ridiculous circumstances imPorts get up to when stuck in close quarters, reports of what various persons of interest were up to, snapshots from the ship's computer of various perspectives this far out in the solar system. All of them texts once they leave the Earth Sphere, which Quatre cheerfully attributes to the signal delay and the tight quarters; maybe if he had remembered sending videos from Venus, he would have known to lean more on the latter for his excuse.
He goes radio silent on the 18th, which shouldn't be a surprise; that's right on schedule for when they expected to rendezvous with Phobos. The first word Duo gets from Quatre is this.]
Nuclear arsenal confirmed. Unable to disarm from orbit. Jacob etc currently requesting permission from gov to retaliate against base. Assume permission granted.
[It's hurried, sent out as quickly as possible without drawing too much attention to it. He forwards along the plans, schematics, and network diagnostics he and Jonathan were able to extract from the base; a few minutes later, sent far too early for Quatre to have received any response from Duo, he follows up with]
Don't think they've spotted us yet. Some large robots (md?) They're conducting experiments on site. Can't access records but
backdated to the 18th
He goes radio silent on the 18th, which shouldn't be a surprise; that's right on schedule for when they expected to rendezvous with Phobos. The first word Duo gets from Quatre is this.]
Nuclear arsenal confirmed. Unable to disarm from orbit. Jacob etc currently requesting permission from gov to retaliate against base. Assume permission granted.
[It's hurried, sent out as quickly as possible without drawing too much attention to it. He forwards along the plans, schematics, and network diagnostics he and Jonathan were able to extract from the base; a few minutes later, sent far too early for Quatre to have received any response from Duo, he follows up with]
Don't think they've spotted us yet. Some large robots (md?) They're conducting experiments on site. Can't access records but
[a shorter delay, maybe twenty seconds]
They're hurting someone