Request and response

Upon review, the three unique status messages appeared relatively similar. From the details of each, it appeared they were from slightly different points in time during 6T9's recent cleaning duty in the waste processing area. The most recent one seemed to have been captured during your communication with her. That seemed like the most logical one to try first, assuming it could be reached somehow.

To help determine that, you had MPAD-24 create a 3D map of all the nodes that had reported, with color codes to show which ones had reset along with the sensor reports to show which areas were operating correctly vs. areas with malfunctions, and finally showing the position of the three nodes that hadn't reset. The result was very revealing. There were large pockets of nodes that hadn't reported, and along the edge of those, many of the sensor reports were showing malfunctions. Two of the three nodes that hadn't reset, including the one with the most recent status, were adjacent to areas with malfunctions, the third was located much farther away with no other functioning nodes or sensors nearby. Either that, or the pathway was damaged so badly that their reports weren't able to reach the port.

"Let's try to reach this one," you said to MPAD-24. But after several seconds, nothing happened. You realized that you'd primarily focused on giving instructions for how to display output data, but nothing in regards for how to send data into the system or request it. Based on the design manual and the format of the messages, it appeared that the routing of the messages used something akin to an X, Y, Z coordinate system for determining where to send and retrieve data. There were one-way write messages such as these status reports, and two-way read messages which allowed for data to be requested and subsequently retrieved from any node or sensor. You also noticed that one of the basic structures that Specs had provided supported a command output method. After adding some changes for the message format, you were able to create a new base object for a basic read request.

To make sure it worked, you opted to start by making a request to a node that had reset. "Let's try this again. Using this read request object, try to read the last performed action from the node located at location 5A79-AC02-78DF." MPAD-24 proceeded to send the message, and the node immediately replied with a short response indicating that it had reset and was currently idle waiting for instructions.

Next you tried reaching the nodes that hadn't reset, but there was no response. It was possible that the input path to each of them was damaged. If only there was a way to get inside her to see what was wrong.