Advisory
Ravenna: Mmm, finally some real food!
Saja: Glad you like it. This is the Pandora station's finest food establishment.
Virulyde: I wonder if Malachi got the owner to re-hire him?
Saja: He'd have to quit soon if he did... oh!
Saja: Sorry, I have to take this call. It's from HQ.
Karla: Good evening, Commander. I've been directed to notify you that the alert status for the Pandora orbital station has been raised again.
Saja: I see. What's the situation?
Karla: We've detected the signature space-time distortions that are commonly associated with Zetsfir's incursions.
Saja: Are they in close proximity to the station?
Karla: Yes. We anticipate an attack, so be prepared to move into strategic defense positions.
Karla: I understand you have a new recruit. Is it really that girl from the ruins?
Saja: Yes. Is this connection properly secured?
Karla: Of course it's secured. It's against protocol otherwise.
Saja: Sorry, just making sure.
Karla: Be safe up there, Commander. We will continue to monitor your area and will provide updates should we detect any further movement.
Saja: Thanks, Karla. By the way, please call me Saja.
Karla: Got that, Saja. Good luck!
Saja: Virulyde, that was HQ. There are signs that Zetsfir is about to make a move.
Virulyde: As we suspected. We are ready.
Ravenna: Were you just in some kind of phone call? I don't see any kind of device...
Saja: Oh, I forgot... you probably don't have a comm implant, do you?
Saja: Everyone serving in the military has a neural connection to the universal network.
Ravenna: Oh, that makes sense. Some people had brain implants back home, too. Dad didn't like them, though.
Saja: We all received them back when we were kids at Fumacine Academy. It just makes it easier to communicate in a hurry.
Ravenna: By the way, Saja, I noticed that none of this food contains any meat. Is this a vegan restaurant by any chance?
Saja: "Meat"...? "Vegan"...? It might be the translator device but I'm not familiar with these words.
Ravenna: Meat, you know, animals like chickens, cows, fish, and that. Good source of protein.
Ravenna: Nobody eats meat here?
Saja: If you're asking if we eat animals, no! I've never heard of such a thing!
Ravenna: Well, that's interesting. So humans must have forgotten about eating meat or evolved into herbivores.
Saja: People ate animals where you came from? That's... kind of strange.
Virulyde: Ravenna, if people ate things other than plants, wouldn't they get very, very ill?
Ravenna: No, although there were a lot of people who didn't eat meat for ethical reasons, meat was a staple of our diet.
Virulyde: It would be safe to assume that ancient humans were biologically different, then.
Saja: It's not so much an ethical issue for us, Ravenna. It's just that we've never heard of the concept before.
Saja: To eat something other than a plant is a very foreign and bizarre concept to us.
Ravenna: I'm sorry to gross you out. Honestly, I had no idea.
Virulyde: No harm, Ravenna!
Ravenna: I have to say, though, for being completely plant-based, this food tastes really good.
Ravenna: Then again, other than the medical facility nutrient IV, I haven't had anything to eat since I got here, so anything would...
Saja: The alarm! Virulyde, Ravenna, we need to meet up with Malachi and prepare for the onslaught.
Ravenna: Right. I owe you my life, so just let me know what to do.
