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[squadgoals]

Hi all — Shepard here, just a quick couple of questions.

First, I know the mail system can be all over the place, so I wanted to reach out to everyone. Last month, I received this-- [And here, she holds up a hypospray with this label affixed to it. She rotates it slowly, showing off the entire label as she speaks.] --in my mailbox. Not sure what kind of medicine it is, but if you know, or know who it belongs to, please let me know as soon as possible.

Second, I wanted to ask about the Ingress. From what I've read and been told, it opens once every month, at the beginning of that month. Now, I've only been here a month — can anyone with more experience tell me if it's normal or not that it hasn't opened by now?

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[needsnoface]

It does seem...coincidental that what was once an almost routine one could use as a reference of time passing has suddenly stopped being so since we arrived here. Granted I have only a few extra months of being here for comparison, but things like that don't just decide to have an off day so to speak. Unless we can find archival records of arrivals and departures to compare, for all we know it's a predestined time when there is no new arrivals for a certain time or if this is permanent.

[squadgoals]

[She taps her chin, thoughtful.] Wonder what kind of readouts our onboard Ingress would provide. I heard someone mention that this planetary one has readable records available, if you ask its keeper nicely.

[needsnoface]

And there is our dilemma out in the open. Our captains tend to be a bit tight lipped and fisted in regards to knowledge regarding our Ingress. Granted, if someone who has a bit more charisma with any of them wish to try I would cheer them on heartily.

[squadgoals]

I wonder. It's worth an ask, in any case. [She files it away in her mind — after all, the Ingress is really the crux of the issue, no?] Has anyone ever tried asking them?

[needsnoface]

If they have and gained anything useful from it they're not placing it in a public forum. However, that's not to say no one has asked the correct question considering most of us seem to prioritize asking how to get home.

[squadgoals]

That's true. Rather than getting home, I'm starting to wonder who exactly built them. All of them.

[beat;]

This ship, too.

[needsnoface]

The million dollar question, and only about a dollar worth of answers to be had. It's a bit maddening when we're the participants of this little mystery.