HORUS "Lich"

From the introduction: CALIGULA: So what is it? DOGFRIEND_68: i wish i could fuking tell you, man, it just showed up on our omni. the whole thing in one ping. there’s like a fucking thou ex or two thou exabytes in here, crashed buffer on refresh CALIGULA: Gotta be a joke from Ash, she’s trying to wavedown our rig again. Don’t print it. DOGFRIEND_68: fuck no DOGFRIEND_68: do u think i have a death wish CALIGULA: Yes. CALIGULA: Well who’s it from? Who’s the author? CALIGULA: Hello? CALIGULA: … DOGFRIEND_68: what the fuck CALIGULA: Who? DOGFRIEND_68: us CALIGULA: us what? DOGFRIEND_68: it’s from us. we made it. CALIGULA: Pretty sure I’d remember if I wrote a whole frame by myself. DOGFRIEND_68: yeah except thats our code man DOGFRIEND_68: also sysop is telling me we didn’t actaully get anything inbound which means its just been here on the node somehow but thats impossible DOGFRIEND_68: it’s dated 15005U. DOGFRIEND_68: … DOGFRIEND_68: theres audio - Transcript M.A2 (recovered) [UIB-TERMAGANT-TANGENT ROYAL] User Note: A "frame" for Lancer, provided separately to Kickstarter backers. Also published in The Long Rim