"I'd appreciate it," says Ashari. "In the meantime, we should get a message to the local authorities up, once our grids go online again.

I'm afraid I'll have to leave this to those of you with more military training than me."

Despite the statement, Ashari hangs around, keeping close track of the proceedings.

[Sorry I haven't been very active, either. My summer semester is coming to a close and there's a lot of last minute stuff for it that's been piling up :')) ]