“Dammit,” hissed Doug. “I just can’t find a way to fix this. Everything I try is being overridden by the level of emergency.”
“Doesn’t it have some sort of safety mechanism when people are on board?” asked Bianca.
“Yes. That’s just what I’ve been trying to activate. The damn thing is calibrated assuming there are at most two people in here and that they’re wearing the usual protective suits. That means they could take temperatures which will… they can take temperatures which we can’t. And…”
He trailed off.
“And?” asked Kaira.
“Call me cynical, but the people sent out on vehicles… they’re not exactly high up the food chain. With this sort of an emergency going on, I have a feeling the system might prioritise staying to fix things above keeping them safe.”
“So what can we do?”
