Transmission #0009
Installation of the station’s replacement lighting grid has begun.
:: EOS10
:: TO VFADM SPARKS IMMEDIATE 0008
R E D SECTION 01 OF 01 COSMIC 0771
Admiral,
As part of the ongoing station-wide replacement of damaged, legacy illumination with the new exoskeleton-integrated circadian lighting grid, the promenade array underwent its first full-power operational test this cycle. The system is designed to provide multispectral circadian support across mixed-species traffic zones while presenting as nominal ambient lighting to all observers.
Following the first daylight test, overall luminance briefly decreased by a small but statistically detectable margin across multiple promenade illumination zones, and flickered at a rate beyond the perception of all species currently on board.
Diagnostics suggest the dimming resulted from microtemporal discontinuities along EOS10’s outer superstructure, an environmental condition the lighting grid designers did not model, presumably to preserve morale and because it is simply weird. The array compensated by illuminating the promenade 0.2 milliseconds out of phase with itself. Engineering attributed the effect to a program timing error and indicated it could be corrected with a minor patch. I found this explanation statistically comforting despite all known Bayesian priors, which I am opting to ignore.
No safety thresholds were exceeded. I therefore logged the incident as a routine maintenance notice and scheduled corrective action during the next available service window.
Crew response was negligible. One informal remark described the promenade as “a little… off,” which I categorized as non-actionable. Morale indicators remain within nominal variance.
At present, I assess the matter as closed pending the patch. Lighting grid upgrades are still proceeding at pace.
End of relevant anomaly report.
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:: RETROACTIVE MORALE AUGMENTATION
:: SUBJECT Annie Chang
I hope this photo will provoke happy memories. I find it fascinating.
End retroactive morale augmentation.
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That is it for now, Admiral.
How are your new rotation resolutions going? I hope that you chose to make self-care a priority.
Most new rotation resolutions fail, but I hope that did not stop you from trying as trying is half-the-battle. An argument could be made that trying is not succeeding and therefore is the same failing no matter which percentage of the battle it comprises, so perhaps it would actually be in your interest to have not tried at all. But then, doing what is in your interest is self-care. Congratulations.
COSMIC
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Station Efficiency Ratio :: 97.4%
Anomaly Probability Index :: 0.9
Crew Wellness Index :: 97.2
> Physical Health:: 99.3%
> Emotional Health:: 95.1%
> Hydration Compliance:: 91.3%
/RED//STATION LOG 8463-A ///EOS10
COSMIC 1.0.23
END TRANSMISSION