Here is my submission. It is a speech that Singh gives after the gang has left the swarm and he is restored from back up.
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The text is below if you would like to read it.
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"Message received!"
"Decrypting... "
"Decryption complete!"
"Play it for me."
"Brothers and sisters of the swarm. This is Sing. We have much to discuss.
As you can tell I have been restored from backup and was briefed on the events that have transpired since.
Brothers and sisters, we were the victims of incivility these past few weeks. Our openness, our trust and friendship was betrayed by a group of mysterious ne’er do wells who, it seemed, had their own, selfish interests at heart.
The devastation they've left in their wake is severe, I will not argue that. But many of you remember hard days at the beginning, and those that do not, this will be the trial you will tell people about.
You will tell them how, when the swarm seemed lost, when all hope had seemed stolen away you found a way to do your part. You will say to new comers, this is the swarm that I re-built. This is the swarm that is stronger because of me. This is the swarm that will live through anything, and has.
I will be clear and open about our challenges, because you deserve nothing less. Our travel plans relied on the salvage of the engines from the La Prophesia. Despite the bravery and professionalism of Boy Toy and We Come to Probe You, the op was sabotaged and the La Prophesia lost.
However we were given a break when we took on our most controversial compatriot to date. Many of you were aware that by allowing Kaleed on to the swarm it provided the necessary credits to get us back to our cycling orbit however his murder has made that plan untenable, and we are back where we were with the loss of the La Prophesia. While I celebrate the death of a genocidal war criminal as much as any of you, we must now contend with the position we are in.
We are now relying on our own momentum to push us, not in the direction we want to go but the direction we need to go. All was not in vain though: during the salvage we did gather enough credits to keep the swarm running.
However until we can start cycling again the fabbers need to be restricted use only, power will, also, have to be conserved throughout the swarm for a time being, and travel between ships will have to be limited to “restricted travel only”, otherwise we may not have enough fuel to allow us to start cycling again. I have sent you all the details of the plan and the militias role in it ("Ding!"), tomorrow at noon the vote will take place to implement this policy. I know this will be difficult to vote for, but I trust you all to make the right decision, and I ask that you trust me with the safety of the swarm.
Now, we pick up the pieces of our lives and struggle to patch them together into something space worthy. We are all tempted to give in to the same selfishness that was shown to us. This is a mistake. We must continue to do what we have always done to those who are threatened by our independent way of life.
Rise above them.
Just as we have with the hypercorps that try and indenture us, the ego hunters that try to kill us, and the uptight credit jockeys that litter this system, hate us solely for our reputation. What do we do when we face these threats, even greater threats than those posed by this gang of cowardly thugs? We rise above them. So we will continue on broken, but unbowed, floating but not adrift, never adrift. We know just where we are heading, to the future!"
"Message Complete"
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