He slotted the crystal into the 4K playback array. The screen flickered—not with a menu, but with a live mirror of his own face. His tired eyes, his unshaven jaw, the flickering emergency light behind him.
Then the audio channel crackled to life. START-092.-4K--R
The last thing the maintenance log recorded before total systems failure: End. He slotted the crystal into the 4K playback array