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***[POV: Signal Sending Alpha]***
"Structural integrity on the east and south side of the tower due to the changes you okay'd is being monitored. But it seems solid. We're down to one operational generator for the tests, since the others are being… borrowed."
My assistant's voice came through the subdermal transceiver, clear despite the distance. The downlink is much stronger than the uplink, making this system often more useful for handing out information and orders than getting information back.
The cold had killed most long-range communications weeks ago as the cell towers froze, became too heavy with ice, and the steel buckled against the wind. Even if they didn't fall, chunks could drop on cables or other important parts and render the network of them useless.
Key power stations were also affected, leaving data centers and other hubs offline. Stranding most everyone. Which makes this low-band technology that much more valuable.
