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[b][u]Moscow, Russia, Kievskaya Communications Center[/u][/b]

At 19:20 hours a man who was cleaning the Kievskaya Communications Center noticed the main terminal in the room light up with a message from afar. A system popup had opened itself on the desktop, displaying stark, program text against a dull and featureless black backdrop.

[b]>Hello?_
>Is anybody there?_[/b]

The connection light on the terminal's wireless router was flickering a dull green.

The janitor was shocked and immediately went to the Station Commander and told him about the strange message. The commander rushed to see what the janitor was talking about and sure enough, there on the screen was a message calling out. The commander sat down in front of the terminal and typed back cautiously.

[b]>We are here._
>Who is this?_[/b]

Several minutes passed with no response. The network bar on the bottom of the screen was showing a weak signal - probably because they were underground. Any message coming in or going out would probably take a while to be parsed. Finally though, the commander received a reply.

[b]>I Am Traction_
>Who are you?_[/b]

The commander though confused continued on in the conversation.

[b]>I am the leader of the Kievskaya Station, Vladimir Alkaev.
>Why have you contacted us?_[/b]

The response, again, took several minutes to arrive.

[b]>Station? We know you are somewhere in or around Moscow. Whatever is left of it._
>We are contacting you because you are the first - only - viable connection point we have discovered._
>You say you are a leader?_[/b]

The commander smirked at this and replied calmly.

[b]>Moscow, yes. In? Around? No. Under._
>I lead one of the stations that form the Koltsevaya Coalition._
>Now it is your turn, who do you represent?_[/b]
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[b]>Underground? Explains terrible connection speed._
>I represent a group far away from yours. Not in Russia. Excuse me if I do not tell you where. We must be cautious._
>You say your station is part of a coalition. We were hoping there would be other remnants of civilization._
>What industrial capabilities do you have?_[/b]
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[b]>Industial capabilities?_
>Why would a group far away be interested in our industrial capabilities?_[/b]
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[b]>We think that our groups can help each other._
>We are far away, but we know a route, mostly intact, between us._
>We are in need of specific, specialized electronic components._
>These would not be anything made commercially in the old world. What we need was made on an individual basis._
>If you have the industrial capabilities to make what we need, we may be able to do something for you in exchange._[/b]
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[b]>We have plenty of scrap electronics and some of our engineers could potentially make what you need._
>But what do we get in exchange?_[/b]
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[b]>This will require some context._
>How do you think I am connecting to you right now?_[/b]
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[b]>I am no engineer, I simply know how to use this terminal._[/b]
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[b]>Your terminal has a wireless network router._
>That router can receive wireless radio signals from other networks._
>But, you are underground, in the middle of hell, with no other functioning networks we could have used to send our own messages._
>In the old world, their civilizations used satellites - up in high orbit - to project and bounce around signals between networks to form the internet._
>Most of those satellites are gone. Their orbits decayed, or else they ran out of fuel, broke down. The internet no longer exists._
>A few satellites still remain though. A few that use solar power for their propulsion systems. _
>Automated subroutines have kept them in a stable orbit even while everyone was busy dying below._
>Right now, we are using one of those satellites to bounce our transmitter signal over to your signal transceiver._
>Even though we have been able to hack and assume control of it, the satellite's software and systems are not sufficiently robust for our purposes._
>We possess the facilities needed to launch satellites as attached payloads of missiles._
>We want to launch a NavCom sattelite into high orbit for our own purposes, but lack several necessary components._
>If you can send us the needed components, we can provide you with realtime, tactical imagery of the Earth's surface. Around Moscow. Or anywhere else._
>Also, it will boost our terrible connection signal._[/b]
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The commander was lost at the first wireless and decided to call in his head communications officer to try and explain what was being said. The engineer quickly summarized that Traction was offering access to an eye in the sky for the parts he would need to set up that eye in the sky. The commander stroked his short stubbly beard and decided to call the other station commanders together for a council meeting. He ordered the engineer to tell Traction that the offer was being processed and it would take some time for a decision to be reached.

[b]>Whatever._
>I will contact this terminal again in intervals of 24 hours._
>Make sure it, and the wireless router, is kept on and working._
***YellowQilin has disconnected from the network.***[/b]