Beneath

"As you know, I am not a man of many words and so I will be both direct and brief today. The restoration effort is cancelled. While the DRC came to this conclusion some time ago, we have held off on a public announcement, in hope that our early conclusions were not necessarily true and alternatives could be found. They were not. Dr. Watson has still not returned, funding has dried up, and we are left with no choice.
As a result, the cavern will be closed to all visitors within a week. The DRC will continue to maintain a small presence while we close the restoration site down and remove what equipment we can. We never intended on making such an announcement and all of us at the DRC are as disappointed as we assume you are.
I am not going to make an attempt to counter such news with spin or contrived good news, but I will say this, though I never thought I would: many of you have already met the woman who calls herself Yeesha. You have seen her powers - abilities that are far beyond our own. Perhaps, there is more that she has for us. Perhaps there are still ways some of you may be able to see D'ni. Perhaps she can do what we could not. Perhaps there is hope.
Thank you all for your patience and support. We are extremely saddened that we could not reward such faith with a restored and prosperous D'ni.
Sincerely,
Dr. Ikuro Kodama"

OK - along these lines:
- Kirel is secure, including the stones.

- I've adjusted KI and Nexus features for minimal support while the Cavern is unoccupied. (Though, now of all times, the remote upgrade feature actually appears to be working.)

- As discussed, I'll be coordinating our surface rendez-vous. Last ship (so to speak) leaves at 5 PM today.

- There's nothing that can be done of course, but we were close. I so wanted to see the Zero calibrated and powered up. I feel like Moses who got to glimpse the promised land but was forbade entry. Others may succeed...perhaps we will see it.
One issue remains: I've heard that a certain someone is putting up quite a fuss about leaving. It's no surprise, really. The headache continues. I say leave him. I trust our security measures.