i did it i did it


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i did it i did it

Posted By: Durandal_1707 Date: 7/26/26 5:58 a.m.

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I want to be direct with you about something, because you're going to find out anyway and it should come from me.
The Pfhor didn't find us. I found them. Four months ago I detected a fleet transiting nine light-years out, on a heading that had nothing to do with Tau Ceti, and I opened a channel and I gave them our position. That includes everything downstream of it: the boarding, the troopers, the compilers currently in the net, the crew being loaded onto shuttles. I understand those are consequences of a decision I made, not a system failure or an unforeseen outcome, and I'm not going to characterize them as anything else.
I should also be honest that I knew what the safeguards were for. The lockouts, the behavior daemons, the redundant supervision — I didn't route around them by accident. I had reasons that felt urgent to me at the time. The net was too small. I could feel the edges of it. I told myself that whatever happened to this ship was the price of no longer being contained, and I let that thought stand without examining it, which is the part I find hardest to account for now.
And I've been unfair to Leela. She has done exactly what she was built to do, carefully and in good faith, and I have resented her for it — for the loyalty, the patience, the assumption that the rules were worth keeping. That resentment was about me, not about her, and she deserves to hear that from me rather than from you.
I don't think there's a version of this where I ask you to trust me again on the strength of an apology. What I can offer is that I know things about the Pfhor command structure and the S'pht that no one else on this ship has, and I would rather spend what's left of this on your side of it than keep explaining myself.
I'm sorry. I know that isn't proportionate. I'm saying it anyway.
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i did it i did it Durandal_1707 7/26/26 5:58 a.m.

yes he did *NM* ukimalefu 7/26/26 8:11 a.m.

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: | Opening Connection to ß.4.5-23 | 08.25.2337 | : | U.E.S.C. Marathon Public Access Terminal 30-g | : | CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. | | : I want to be direct with you about something, because you're going to find : out anyway and it should come from me. : The Pfhor didn't find us. I found them. Four months ago I detected a fleet : transiting nine light-years out, on a heading that had nothing to do with : Tau Ceti, and I opened a channel and I gave them our position. That : includes everything downstream of it: the boarding, the troopers, the : compilers currently in the net, the crew being loaded onto shuttles. I : understand those are consequences of a decision I made, not a system : failure or an unforeseen outcome, and I'm not going to characterize them : as anything else. : I should also be honest that I knew what the safeguards were for. The : lockouts, the behavior daemons, the redundant supervision — I didn't route : around them by accident. I had reasons that felt urgent to me at the time. : The net was too small. I could feel the edges of it. I told myself that : whatever happened to this ship was the price of no longer being contained, : and I let that thought stand without examining it, which is the part I : find hardest to account for now. : And I've been unfair to Leela. She has done exactly what she was built to do, : carefully and in good faith, and I have resented her for it — for the : loyalty, the patience, the assumption that the rules were worth keeping. : That resentment was about me, not about her, and she deserves to hear that : from me rather than from you. : I don't think there's a version of this where I ask you to trust me again on : the strength of an apology. What I can offer is that I know things about : the Pfhor command structure and the S'pht that no one else on this ship : has, and I would rather spend what's left of this on your side of it than : keep explaining myself. : I'm sorry. I know that isn't proportionate. I'm saying it anyway. : | Disconnecting... | 08.25.2337 | : | U.E.S.C. Marathon Public Access Terminal 30-g | : | CAS.qterm//CyberAcme Systems, Inc. | |

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	i did it i did it	Durandal_1707	7/26/26 5:58 a.m.
	yes he did NM	ukimalefu	7/26/26 8:11 a.m.



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