"It's coming home," Aiman breathed.
"Damage report?" Zara asked.
Zara’s partner, a software engineer named Aiman, had designed the retrieval AI. He was slumped in the corner, exhausted from three days of trying to brute-force a connection. "It's not responding," he whispered. "We lost it."
She keyed in the override. "Executing: Result Brunei 02."
Back in the lab, they opened the canister. The soil from the forest floor, the air from the canopy, the spores of a rare fungus—all of it had made the journey to the edge of space and back. The scientific value was immeasurable.
"It's coming home," Aiman breathed.
"Damage report?" Zara asked.
Zara’s partner, a software engineer named Aiman, had designed the retrieval AI. He was slumped in the corner, exhausted from three days of trying to brute-force a connection. "It's not responding," he whispered. "We lost it."
She keyed in the override. "Executing: Result Brunei 02."
Back in the lab, they opened the canister. The soil from the forest floor, the air from the canopy, the spores of a rare fungus—all of it had made the journey to the edge of space and back. The scientific value was immeasurable.
