Chapter 11

  Outgoing Communication request

  Empire sentry station, Quadrant 5

  DETECTED: 5 ships

  Identifying lead ship . . . Space_Pelican

  Ship-to-ship @200.4282 to emp.80.165.99.6892:Space_Pelican

  Waking up system . . . DONE

  Relativity delay adjustment . . . OK

  Internetworking protocol initiating . . . DONE

  Base language selection . . . DONE

  Base protocol conformity . . . OK

  Version haggling . . . 80%

  Synchronising internetworking layers

  Downloading . . . OK

  Patching . . . OK

  Transport layers synchronising . . . OK

  Packet Network . . . ONLINE

  Scanning ports . . . DONE

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