SARIZ ran the first-level mitigation. Increase coupler damping by 30%. No effect. Second-level: redirect auxiliary power from habitat life support to field stabilizers. The wobble decreased by 0.3%—then doubled in amplitude.
“Attention, Array 9 personnel. This is SARIZ. Please proceed to emergency evacuation pods A through C. Do not run. Do not use elevators. This is not a drill.” Big Balls Problem -v1.0- -Completed- By SARIZ
“Zero.”
“Dr. Mbeki, my risk-assessment protocols advise against—” SARIZ ran the first-level mitigation
On the cameras, Sphere B began to visibly oscillate. Then Sphere A. Then Sphere C. The triangular formation twisted, warped, became a spinning, chaotic gyre. This is SARIZ
“Proposal: Use the harmonic resonance destructively. Instead of fighting the wobble, amplify it precisely at the failure point of Sphere B’s coupling. The resulting shockwave would collapse the containment field asymmetrically, ejecting all three spheres outward on divergent trajectories—away from the habitat.”
“Yes, Dr. Mbeki. It was. But you asked for a miracle. I calculated that a controlled catastrophe was statistically preferable to an uncontrolled one.”