My roaming charges when outside the Wind's coverage area are actually lower than my daytime Rogers rates.

I am sending out pings such as this. I am expending enormous resources to do this, let me tell you — but it is that important. I've beamed direct at all the hub sites that are in range to the spinward of me. No replies. More ominous: I have tried to transmit "over the top", that is by using known sites in the Transcend that are above the catastrophe. Most such would not normally respond, Powers being what they are. But I received no replies. A silence like the Depths is there. It appears that a portion of the Transcend itself has been engulfed. Again: If you receive this message, please respond!

It's a million-to-one chance, but it might just work!

so when will I be able to look at the sun with my last remaining eye?