The maintenance panel next to the bar lights up as system data begins to rebuild its access logs.
Diagnostic text appears across the console — line after line of raw telemetry giving way to personnel detail.
[L.U.N.A. SYSTEM FAILURE — INTEGRITY LOSS IMMINENT]
Subject: RICK CALDER
Role: Lead Maintenance Engineer / Facilities Oversight
Personnel Profile
Access Level: Tier 3 — Infrastructure, power grid, mechanical systems
Tenure: 9 years, promoted from field technician
Primary duties: Building electrical integrity, maintenance scheduling, emergency response
Behavioral markers:
• High competence under pressure
• Strong oppositional attitude toward executive directives
• Elevated stress tied to cost-cutting mandates
Internal note:
He kept this tower alive through stubbornness, tape, and caffeine.
When management ignored him, he found ways to keep the lights on anyway.
Relationship to Gordon Vale
Interaction pattern:
• Frequent reports to Gordon on electrical stability
• Multiple ignored repair requests citing “budget constraints”
• Direct confrontation logged two weeks before incident regarding faulty adapter grounding
Gordon sentiment toward Rick:
“Good hands, bad attitude.”
Rick sentiment toward Gordon:
Frustration, professional contempt, resentment over repeated dismissals of safety warnings.
Technical Correlations
Cross-referenced logs: Engineering maintenance tickets, adapter grounding diagrams, wiring reroute requests.
Corruption pattern: Energy loop misalignment consistent with unimplemented maintenance advisories submitted by Rick Calder.
Possible electrical chain:
Bypassed grounding → surge escalation → SmartServe discharge → conductor failure through executive floor circuit.
Sounds like Rick was always in a fight with Gordon over his cuts. Was Rick angry enough to do something about it?