[The feed opens on Tyke in the SEC offices. Her expression's set steady, only some thin sharpness at the edges betraying any strain. Mostly she just seems busy and pissed off.]

This is Tyke, head of Security. Most of you will be aware of the situation. We've got seventeen people reported missing in the ship, approximately seven that have followed in the last two days. I'm not gonna stop any of you trying to go after them, but you go prepared, and you don't go alone.

We're putting together supply packs. Come down to the SEC office, floor 001, pick one up. We can arm you if you don't have any weapons, and put you in teams if you're on your own. [A beat.] Got four hours before I take SEC out.

[A deadline for anyone joining them or coming to get packs. She almost looks like she's done there, but seems to reconsider.]

Don't listen to anything you hear out there. Watch each other's backs. Want as many of us coming back from this shit as possible.

[Including the missing.]

[she's hoping that she sounds more "down to business" rather than "i'm just sitting with a bunch of stuff and i need to work out some of these emotions". though to be fair, she is really just sitting around with a bunch of stuff trying to work out some of her emotions.]

My name is Cortana, which I'm sure some of you know, but it doesn't hurt to make yourself known. I'm also Cortana that doesn't really have anything to do, so I'm proposing something. Bring me anything you find around the ship: scraps, wires, batteries, records, radios - anything.

If you do this, I'll owe you. Sometimes, you just need to practice your motor skills, right?

[she just sighs a little bit before running her hands through her hair.]

Contact me directly, or just drop things right at my door.

Thank you.

Two questions:
What are the expectations here?
What positions are available for those who can work?

[ an exit is what tobias really wants but a perfunctory search could have told him escape is impossible — and he scoured every relevant link, every post about the ship's life he could find.

he'll settle for knowing where the needs of the ship lie. ]