"Radio would be easy enough," Alaric says. "We can just install a transceiver unit inside the shielding and run a line out. Have they ever responded back with radio, or any other method? In fact, do you know anything about their natural communication?"

He pulls out his lokwor, which he's programmed to relay messages to and from the engineering computers. He shows it to Remi.

"Right now we're basically stuck sending pictograms over a low-bandwith channel not remotely meant for this purpose."

He sketches out that he is doing something to this compartment, into which the mothlings will come and then the whole ship will fly off.