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Dint's message, three seconds old:

"Missile is out of arcing range. My AI says that I could nail it...at point-zero-two seconds before impact. The blast would still destroy us."

L.I.S.A.:

"Thirty seconds until impact situation occurs."

Ron's message, one second old:

"I'll cover the manual shielding, Paul. D.I.A.N.E., transfer all manual ship shielding systems to this Pod and bring up imaging sensors."

Paul's message, zero seconds old:

"I recommend we slip out of the Grav-effect by firing off the Vortex Rockets early and take our chances where we wind up at. It may be between the middle of nowhere and nowhere, but we will live a whole lot longer."

No messages were made by the Opps Tech.

L.I.S.A.:

"Twenty-five seconds until impact situation occurs."