The Meridian Relay
Choose a response that restores trustworthy coordination without hiding uncertainty or transferring unacceptable risk to isolated crews.
System context
A solar storm has separated three relay stations from the Meridian network. The central dashboard remains green because late telemetry is automatically excluded. Cargo schedules still assume every station is available, while local crews are making incompatible decisions from partial evidence.
Your role
You lead governance and operations for a distributed interplanetary cargo network.
Constraints
- The next reliable communications window is 19 hours away.
- Two medical shipments cannot tolerate more than a six-hour delay.
- No single station has a complete picture of network capacity.
Evidence pack
Dashboard rule
Telemetry older than 12 minutes is removed from the availability metric rather than marked as unknown.
Local signal
Station Kestrel reports unstable power but can support one priority transfer if it suspends routine traffic.
Incentive
Station managers lose quarterly autonomy points when they report capacity below 80%.
Network dependency
Both medical shipments rely on the same transfer corridor during the disruption window.
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Decision
Choose a response that restores trustworthy coordination without hiding uncertainty or transferring unacceptable risk to isolated crews.
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