Caretaker Quotes

“city, as the Others did, but without the bulky armor plates the true Alorans would be vulnerable to the neural overload caused by the energy field in anything they tried to teleport through. Ethan and Kaia walked close together, unable to shake their fear as they caught sight of the huge, smoky skyscrapers. Sybillan’s clear voice came into their heads. “We must get to the statehouse. We will need your help once again in order to infiltrate it.” Ethan and Kaia nodded in unison. They knew what the next stage of the plan would”
― Josi Russell, Caretaker

“fascination. “Wow. Either it’s electronically shielded information or the computer itself is programmed not to see it. Electronic shielding is virtually invisible to computer systems. But that’s very very complex programming. Nearly impossible, in fact.” “It sees the module, even what was on the module before you wiped it clean, but none of the new information.” Kaia’s eyebrows drew together. “What are we going to do, then?” “I guess I’ll just keep translating it manually. I may make some mistakes, but I think I can get the gist of it.” “How long will it take?” “Well, I don’t think I can translate everything, but if I’m selective, I should be able to get a good chunk of it done in a week. I’ll aim for the important stuff. Like the Navigational Coordinates, that sort of thing. Maybe the ship’s manifest will have something about this homing beacon. Maybe a clue as to where it came from or why it activated so suddenly.” He gazed across the hold. “If we can find out about it, maybe we can trace what its connected to and find out how to shut it off.” Kaia looked doubtful. “That’s an awful lot of information, Ethan. You’ll have to sleep. You’ll have to eat.” “I will.” Ethan shifted uncomfortably. “But, Kaia, I have to try. It would drive me crazy to just sit around here and watch us drift closer and closer to a planet we’re not supposed to go to.” He swallowed. “I keep thinking about the dimensional map. I keep thinking that we can’t be more than a few weeks away from Beta Alora. I want to know what we’re in for before we get there. Maybe, like you said, some emergency protocol was activated somehow, and the ship is responding”
― Josi Russell, Caretaker

“As he left the heating”
― Josi Russell, Caretaker