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[The post opens with an insistent, repetitive beeping sound, emanating from every island-issued computer or smartphone. A moment later, there's a grumbling, incoherent streak of swearing in the background, and then Shepard's voice, sounding bleary, tired, but still sarcastic as always. It seems to be one side of a conversation, the other half is not audible.]

What the Hell do you mean 'emergency announcement?' If you have an emergency dispatch, can't you just broadcast it yourselves rather than making me read it from a -- no?

Isn't this more the Chief's job than mine?

He doesn't wake up to rhythmic alert noises?

Fine, whatever.

[The last bit is nearly a snarl. immediately following, his voice takes on a bored sing-song quality, reciting from a script -- only gradually changing to anger and alarm as he realizes what he is reading.]

Deep-space radar has detected a cometary fragment moving towards Earth with improbably high speed. Calculations show that it will strike within fifteen miles of New Moore at 1:07 AM on January 17th. Its mass and velocity are sufficient... to cause an extinction-level event?

Upon impact, it will... release six teratons or four zettajoules of explosive force, cause worldwide seismic and volcanic events, including megatsunamis, atmospheric combustion, and a burst of infrared radiation, together exterminating eighty percent of all biological life on the planet. Perhaps needless to say, the forcefield protecting the island will be insufficient defense.

The administration of New Moore... encourages you all to make peace with your place in the universe... and enjoy the remainder of your existence on the planet.

[There is a long pause.]

What do you mean, 'no further communication will be forthcoming?'

[The beeping sound resumes. After thirty seconds of it, the transmission ends.]

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Now this sounds familiar.

Yeah? How did you survive it last time?

They didn't.

Most of them.

You could say that it was dumb luck that the few that did survived at all.

I'm guessing none of the survivors were within fifteen miles of the point of impact.

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I heard the 'end of the world' part right, didn't I?

Sure as Hell sounded like it. I can't get a damn thing out of my computer on the subject -- not even contact information for whoever the Hell sent me that to read.

Well then. Looks like there's work to do. Mind if I come by and see if I can find anything?

Are you a computer expert, Miss... ?

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You, too?

Oh

What!?

Okay since people seem to be treating this like a nuisance rather than a catastrophe I'm going to go ahead and assume this has happened before???

I'm not treating this like just a nuisance. It's the end of the world! Or something really close to it, anyway.

I think it's just most people here are a little off their rocker.

Oh good, I was starting to feel like being concerned was an overreaction! This isn't an everyday thing where I'm from at least.

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If there is an asteroid heading for earth, you don't believe there's much that we can do to stop it, do you?

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i didn't do it this time.

Are you telling me you've crashed comets into the planet before?

indirectly?
bluuuhhh ok that's not important.
what do we do?

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[There's a sharp intake of breath from Kaylee, then nothing for several minutes.]

So that's it?! "By the way, you're gonna die in a few days, enjoy your stay here"?! What in the hell- who the hell would tell you to say somethin' like that?

Until we see a comet in the sky, try not to worry about it.

's pretty much all we can do, yeah.

shit

Hopefully this is all just a load of crap. If not...