Ronan quickly found the area marked by the mission.
As expected, it was in the relatively intact... more precisely, still-operational half of the equipment area.
Amid the humming vibrations of the Segmenter, Ronan shifted his gaze and saw that several outer casings in that equipment section had been opened and connected to peripheral devices. It was clear that this was a salvage modification done by a maintenance technician, allowing equipment that had already suffered partial damage to keep running for a while longer.
Ronan was not particularly proficient at repairing communications equipment. He could assemble it and carry out debugging, nothing more. Faced with this rough yet highly practical modification style, all he could do was study humbly and proceed step by step.
But it was precisely because Ronan had studied so seriously before arriving that he truly understood the problem.
If only the communications analysis Machine Core had been damaged, there would have been no need for this.
The maintenance technician whose ID ended in "7333" had actually added a new function to the communications system.
More precisely, it was because the communications system had gained a function and taken on additional load that the analysis Machine Core had been further damaged.
As for why the function had been added, Ronan and Auntie Kui—especially the latter—had roughly reached a conclusion after sorting through the observation station's temporary network data, particularly the historical information on the public channels:
Observation Station No. 7 was taking on a "node" mission far beyond the limits of its designated functions.
What Ronan currently knew was this: Pupil Ring-28758 Asteroid, where Observation Station No. 7 was located, had been a secondary "node" within the Sky Abyss Empire's controlled territory several dozen hours ago. Its most important role was to receive and relay the rule-based Blessing