Sombreroman The Subcore that did not go with the rest of the Collective hails the Sphere.
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"We've listened in on high command - sorry for that, I know it may infringe on some of your protocols - but we also have a solution for handling a possible situation that requires the breaking of protocol... without breaking it."
"This Battleship Subcore will attempt to communicate with these things - they are coming at an exponential rate and may start having a noticeable effect on the sphere given enough time, so we think we need to come to a compromise before that happens. Since these beings are... Primal in origin, we have a plan. We just need your permission."
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