There was no acknowledgment this time, except for a dimming of the lights above. James could still feel the machinery of manufacturing moving under her body, grinding gears and whirring fabricators. Far below, a system of automated drones continued their work, as they had already done for many years. Somewhere down there, near the most extreme depths of the excavation, would be the original probe, made on an alien world. It had brought her mind, blueprints for all the technology they would need, and the key to eventually completing their mission. 