Fate of the Reasoner

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Martin reports to foreman Juarez their usual maintenance work, and is cleared for his one hour rest. He uses a few minutes of his time to extract the image from the datapad and share it with Ramón and Samuel. Half an hour later, they meet up at the cafeteria as agreed.

Martin
Good to see you guys here. Take a seat. I've noticed something interesting...

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Ramón
What is it, Martin? I took a good look at it in my quarters, but I saw nothing different.

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Samuel
Me neither. The image's too messed up!

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Martin
It isn't about the image itself, amigos. I managed to decode its metadata. All other images in the PDA are from before 828, but this image was taken on 831. One year after the Teide was salvaged...

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Samuel
What?! That's impossible. Did you check its storage drive? Thing might be corrupted, too.

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Martin
No... I don't think so. If the drive was corrupted, we shouldn't have been able to access it in the first place.

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Ramón
This does not make sense... Wait, you think someone else has been there before us?

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Martin
That's a no for that, too. Look around the.... sphere. The hallway looks well preserved. Remember how the ISA burned the ship inside out to clear toxic gases? In 831 that hallway was completely burnt. Here, it looks good as new. See?

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Samuel
Well, ese... it could be a different ship. Have you thought about that?

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Martin
Hmm... Could be a possibility. But there's too many coincidences. Doesn't explains a whole lot on how the image got in this specific datapad, if that's the case. It's just... too out of place, entender?

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Ramón
Dios mio. Alright... Hey, hermanos... I found a terminal back there, remember? It might still work. But we have to check it with the putrid smells and all. We've got to go back. There might me answers there.

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Martin
Shit. I hate that place...

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Samuel
Come on, Martin! We'll need you this time. You got no choice, senõrita!

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Martin
[Inhales deeply] Fine. I'll go. Tomorrow?

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Ramón
Sounds good. Tomorrow. I'll also try doing something about the foreman. [He flashes the credit card]

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The group disperses after finishing their rations. Ramón plans on bribing the foreman, while the other two head towards their quarters.