Airlock

Roleplay blog for the space odyssey series/movie Semi serious, ask based

[commorlova]

Introduction:

This is a side blog, please take that into account about reply times. The number one request of this blog is to be patient! Mod is still reading and rewatching the series, characterization will improve as knowledge improves. [Currently reading : 3001 ]

This blog is run by the same mod as @commbowman , a lot of the rules will remain consistent.

Rules:

Gore, cosmic horror and other potentially triggering topics are allowed on this blog, be warned

Be respectful!

This is primarily “ask blog” based, run as if it is the characters personal account. Threads are allowed but dm if there’s any preplanning.

I will try to match the style a ask is in (being asked based or more of a thread “”)

Doubles are permitted. Each interaction is considered its own “universe” unless otherwise stated

Crossovers are limited to other science fiction or media that fits the feel of the series.

Dm for long term or more serious rp

This blog follows a mix of movie and book canon and is taken seriously. Joke asks and replies are fine but expect a in character response to shenanigans. I will try to avoid ooc behavior, it will be better the more my understanding grows.

Will not do meta reactions to photos unless they are posted by mod, similar reason to the tags. Separating and curating the experience as well as being more “serious” as a blog than jokey

Tagging system :

Ooc -> out of character post , typically a update

Aso rp -> all rp posts will be tagged this to remain respectful and out of the main tags

In character -> in character posts, replies to asks etc.

Airlock -> headcanon or character related but not exactly in character

Magnification -> picture

🌏 Tanya -> character tag

Verse : -> what universe a interaction takes place in

Transmission : -> partner , asker etc

6⏱️ Soviet -> either a joke post or one revealing information about the character (in character)

Muse:

Tatiana “Tanya” Orlova is 39 years old and an incredibly stubborn woman. She cares greatly for the safety of her crew, and guests, though has trouble seeing things outside of her viewpoint.

She is married to Vasili Orlov and quite loyal.

She will largely follow canon of both versions with a slightly heavier lean on book canon.

[cringeheywoodfloyd]

Putting plastic wrap over all the doorways because Tanya pissed me off

[commorlova]

Where do you keep getting this?!

[poohsources]

🐝  *  ―  𝑪𝑨𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑺. (  add " + " to reverse the action.  )

❛  do you want to tell me about your day?  ❜ ❛  here, you look like you're freezing.  ❜ ❛  i love you just the way you are, and i'm here to remind you of that whenever you need to hear it.  ❜ ❛  i promise i'll always be here if you need me.  ❜ ❛  i wish i could take away all your pain.  ❜ ❛  i'll stand by you, no matter what challenges may come our way.  ❜ ❛  i'm gonna make sure nothing bad will ever happen to you.  ❜ ❛  if you need a shoulder to lean on or someone to listen, i'm here.  ❜ ❛  if you need someone to talk to i'm always just one phone call away.  ❜ ❛  it's okay. i've got you. you're safe now.  ❜ ❛  it's okay to feel this way, we've all been there.  ❜ ❛  it's okay to lean on others for support occasionally.  ❜ ❛  just let me take care of you for a bit.  ❜ ❛  no matter what happens, you'll always have a place in my heart.  ❜ ❛  what do you need me to do to make you feel better?  ❜ ❛  you can always ask me for help if you need it.  ❜ ❛  you just relax and let me do the rest. you deserve a break.  ❜ ❛  you look like you could use a hug.  ❜ ❛  you're always taking care of me so no it's my turn to return the favor.  ❜ ❛  you're not alone in this. i'm here for you, no matter what.  ❜

[ blanket ] sender draping a blanket over receiver's shoulders [ breaths ] sender helping receiver to calm down by using breathing techniques [ compliment ] sender complimenting receiver to make them smile [ cry ] sender offering receiver a shoulder to cry on [ gift ] sender giving receiver a small gift [ hand ] sender holding receiver's hand while they're walking [ hug ] sender pulling receiver into a tight embrace [ injured ] sender helping an injured receiver with everyday tasks [ jokes ] sender trying to make receiver laugh [ kindness ] sender surprising receiver with random acts of kindness [ massage ] sender giving receiver a shoulder massage to tend to their sore muscles [ patterns ] sender drawing random patterns on receiver's skin [ pillow ] sender offering receiver to use them as a pillow [ scars ] sender gently tracing receiver's scars [ sick ] sender bringing a sick receiver whatever they need ( food / medicine / etc. ) [ steady ] sender wrapping an arm around receiver's waist to steady them [ support ] sender quietly sitting down next to receiver to let them know they're there [ touch ] sender letting receiver know they're there through simple touch [ warmth ] sender pulling receiver into their arms to share body heat [ wound ] sender cleaning / bandaging receiver's wound(s)

[cringeheywoodfloyd]

I wish that fuckin crab from moana lived on Europa

[definedoctrrchandra]

I thought he did???

[cringeheywoodfloyd]

THIS BITCH??? NO????? WHO TOLD YOU THAT??? @commorlova WHY IS YOUR CREW SPREADING LIES

[commorlova]

What is- what am I looking at. Ah ah, don’t look at me… they wouldn’t. Singing crab is….eh low priority.

[definedoctrrchandra]

It has been some time since we’ve spoken, how are things Doctor?

@commorlova

It's been busy, but fullfilling. Thanks!

How have you and everyone else been? I'm afraid I haven't gotten out much since our last project...

[commorlova]

Well, doing well from what I understand. That is a shame, your company can be quite enjoyable when you take the initiative.

[cringeheywoodfloyd]

You’ve dropped your pen again,

@commorlova

“Many thanks, madam president.” He spoke with his back turned.

Heywood had a horrible habit of losing pens, and Tanya was always the one to find them. Usually, they’d just be stuck to a table somewhere and he’d forget… this was not one of those times. He turned and saw the scene.

His pen, a very nice NCA one, had actually flown across the room at high speeds and narrowly avoided hitting the captain in the face. Oh shit.

“Oh,” he said, now seeing the situation for what it was. He was not a great ambassador for America, was he?

[commorlova]

The short woman plucked the pen out of the air with little humor showing on her face. At times as expressive as her husband, which was to say- not at all.

“This,” She waggled it in the air.

“Can be very dangerous. I don’t want danger on my ship, neither should you.”

Tanya let the pen go at a safe speed sailing back towards the American. A small smile on her face. She couldn’t help it from just how mortified he looked, he was like a frightened otter.

[spacething666]

Roy Scheider dropping his pen over and over

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.

[hal900-0]

How long have you been tracking Discovery? I don’t know the date, as I said, the clocks on the ship are a bit out of sync.

[commorlova]

Eight years.

[hal900-0]

Just a moment.

I’m sorry, there must have been an error in your transmission. What’s the current date?

[commorlova]

It is the fourth of August, 2010.

[hal900-0]

I would prefer if you didn’t joke like that. This is a distress signal.

[commorlova]

I recognize that and I do not joke about such matters… I am no prankster. You’ve said it yourself that the system is out of sync. The difference will be explained in time.

[hal900-0]

If that were true, I would have been deactivated for almost nine years now. Have you heard any communication from Dr. Poole or Dr. Bowman? I’m sure there’s a reason for this discrepancy, and for their absences.

I should also add that Hunter, Whitehead, and Kaminsky have all suffered from an error in their hibernation. I’m afraid to report that all three have lost their lives. As I said before, I am not operating with any crew onboard.

[commorlova]

That is correct. We have heard from Dr.Bowman, his last transmission was… disturbing, we have no current access to the logs to be certain of what happened. It is part of our mission to recover that data.

So we’ve been told.

I will ask again, how are you sending this transmission? Who has reactivated you?

[hal900-0]

I’m not sure. All I know is that I was deactivated, and I’m not even certain on who did it. I don’t know who reactivated me wnd why. Could you perhaps relay the transmission Dr. Bowman sent?

[commorlova]

Yes, though it’s not as informative as you’d wish.

[hal900-0]

I don’t know what to make of this. I’m sorry that I haven’t been able to add much context to any of this information. Like I said earlier, there seems to be a lot of gaps in my memory.

And you haven’t heard from Dr. Poole?

[commorlova]

That will be remedied once we meet. You recall a Dr.Chandra, no? He is to help you in recovery.

No, he had been killed a three months prior to the final transmission. An accident. I cannot say more.

[hal900-0]

I don’t understand. Why can’t you say more? How long until outside contact is made with the Discovery? Wasn’t there supposed to be a recovery mission once Discovery reached Jupiter?

[commorlova]

A week yet. Things will be explained then, I’m sure he is already very upset with me for explaining what I have. For that I am sorry.

[hal900-0]

I’m afraid.

[commorlova]

I’m sorry.

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.

[hal900-0]

How long have you been tracking Discovery? I don’t know the date, as I said, the clocks on the ship are a bit out of sync.

[commorlova]

Eight years.

[hal900-0]

Just a moment.

I’m sorry, there must have been an error in your transmission. What’s the current date?

[commorlova]

It is the fourth of August, 2010.

[hal900-0]

I would prefer if you didn’t joke like that. This is a distress signal.

[commorlova]

I recognize that and I do not joke about such matters… I am no prankster. You’ve said it yourself that the system is out of sync. The difference will be explained in time.

[hal900-0]

If that were true, I would have been deactivated for almost nine years now. Have you heard any communication from Dr. Poole or Dr. Bowman? I’m sure there’s a reason for this discrepancy, and for their absences.

I should also add that Hunter, Whitehead, and Kaminsky have all suffered from an error in their hibernation. I’m afraid to report that all three have lost their lives. As I said before, I am not operating with any crew onboard.

[commorlova]

That is correct. We have heard from Dr.Bowman, his last transmission was… disturbing, we have no current access to the logs to be certain of what happened. It is part of our mission to recover that data.

So we’ve been told.

I will ask again, how are you sending this transmission? Who has reactivated you?

[hal900-0]

I’m not sure. All I know is that I was deactivated, and I’m not even certain on who did it. I don’t know who reactivated me wnd why. Could you perhaps relay the transmission Dr. Bowman sent?

[commorlova]

Yes, though it’s not as informative as you’d wish.

[hal900-0]

I don’t know what to make of this. I’m sorry that I haven’t been able to add much context to any of this information. Like I said earlier, there seems to be a lot of gaps in my memory.

And you haven’t heard from Dr. Poole?

[commorlova]

That will be remedied once we meet. You recall a Dr.Chandra, no? He is to help you in recovery.

No, he had been killed a three months prior to the final transmission. An accident. I cannot say more.

[hal900-0]

I don’t understand. Why can’t you say more? How long until outside contact is made with the Discovery? Wasn’t there supposed to be a recovery mission once Discovery reached Jupiter?

[commorlova]

A week yet. Things will be explained then, I’m sure he is already very upset with me for explaining what I have. For that I am sorry.

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.

[hal900-0]

How long have you been tracking Discovery? I don’t know the date, as I said, the clocks on the ship are a bit out of sync.

[commorlova]

Eight years.

[hal900-0]

Just a moment.

I’m sorry, there must have been an error in your transmission. What’s the current date?

[commorlova]

It is the fourth of August, 2010.

[hal900-0]

I would prefer if you didn’t joke like that. This is a distress signal.

[commorlova]

I recognize that and I do not joke about such matters… I am no prankster. You’ve said it yourself that the system is out of sync. The difference will be explained in time.

[hal900-0]

If that were true, I would have been deactivated for almost nine years now. Have you heard any communication from Dr. Poole or Dr. Bowman? I’m sure there’s a reason for this discrepancy, and for their absences.

I should also add that Hunter, Whitehead, and Kaminsky have all suffered from an error in their hibernation. I’m afraid to report that all three have lost their lives. As I said before, I am not operating with any crew onboard.

[commorlova]

That is correct. We have heard from Dr.Bowman, his last transmission was… disturbing, we have no current access to the logs to be certain of what happened. It is part of our mission to recover that data.

So we’ve been told.

I will ask again, how are you sending this transmission? Who has reactivated you?

[hal900-0]

I’m not sure. All I know is that I was deactivated, and I’m not even certain on who did it. I don’t know who reactivated me wnd why. Could you perhaps relay the transmission Dr. Bowman sent?

[commorlova]

Yes, though it’s not as informative as you’d wish.

[hal900-0]

I don’t know what to make of this. I’m sorry that I haven’t been able to add much context to any of this information. Like I said earlier, there seems to be a lot of gaps in my memory.

And you haven’t heard from Dr. Poole?

[commorlova]

That will be remedied once we meet. You recall a Dr.Chandra, no? He is to help you in recovery.

No, he had been killed a three months prior to the final transmission. An accident. I cannot say more.

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.

[hal900-0]

How long have you been tracking Discovery? I don’t know the date, as I said, the clocks on the ship are a bit out of sync.

[commorlova]

Eight years.

[hal900-0]

Just a moment.

I’m sorry, there must have been an error in your transmission. What’s the current date?

[commorlova]

It is the fourth of August, 2010.

[hal900-0]

I would prefer if you didn’t joke like that. This is a distress signal.

[commorlova]

I recognize that and I do not joke about such matters… I am no prankster. You’ve said it yourself that the system is out of sync. The difference will be explained in time.

[hal900-0]

If that were true, I would have been deactivated for almost nine years now. Have you heard any communication from Dr. Poole or Dr. Bowman? I’m sure there’s a reason for this discrepancy, and for their absences.

I should also add that Hunter, Whitehead, and Kaminsky have all suffered from an error in their hibernation. I’m afraid to report that all three have lost their lives. As I said before, I am not operating with any crew onboard.

[commorlova]

That is correct. We have heard from Dr.Bowman, his last transmission was… disturbing, we have no current access to the logs to be certain of what happened. It is part of our mission to recover that data.

So we’ve been told.

I will ask again, how are you sending this transmission? Who has reactivated you?

[hal900-0]

I’m not sure. All I know is that I was deactivated, and I’m not even certain on who did it. I don’t know who reactivated me wnd why. Could you perhaps relay the transmission Dr. Bowman sent?

[commorlova]

Yes, though it’s not as informative as you’d wish.

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.

[hal900-0]

How long have you been tracking Discovery? I don’t know the date, as I said, the clocks on the ship are a bit out of sync.

[commorlova]

Eight years.

[hal900-0]

Just a moment.

I’m sorry, there must have been an error in your transmission. What’s the current date?

[commorlova]

It is the fourth of August, 2010.

[hal900-0]

I would prefer if you didn’t joke like that. This is a distress signal.

[commorlova]

I recognize that and I do not joke about such matters… I am no prankster. You’ve said it yourself that the system is out of sync. The difference will be explained in time.

[hal900-0]

If that were true, I would have been deactivated for almost nine years now. Have you heard any communication from Dr. Poole or Dr. Bowman? I’m sure there’s a reason for this discrepancy, and for their absences.

I should also add that Hunter, Whitehead, and Kaminsky have all suffered from an error in their hibernation. I’m afraid to report that all three have lost their lives. As I said before, I am not operating with any crew onboard.

[commorlova]

That is correct. We have heard from Dr.Bowman, his last transmission was… disturbing, we have no current access to the logs to be certain of what happened. It is part of our mission to recover that data.

So we’ve been told.

I will ask again, how are you sending this transmission? Who has reactivated you?

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.

[hal900-0]

How long have you been tracking Discovery? I don’t know the date, as I said, the clocks on the ship are a bit out of sync.

[commorlova]

Eight years.

[hal900-0]

Just a moment.

I’m sorry, there must have been an error in your transmission. What’s the current date?

[commorlova]

It is the fourth of August, 2010.

[hal900-0]

I would prefer if you didn’t joke like that. This is a distress signal.

[commorlova]

I recognize that and I do not joke about such matters… I am no prankster. You’ve said it yourself that the system is out of sync. The difference will be explained in time.

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.

[hal900-0]

How long have you been tracking Discovery? I don’t know the date, as I said, the clocks on the ship are a bit out of sync.

[commorlova]

Eight years.

[hal900-0]

Just a moment.

I’m sorry, there must have been an error in your transmission. What’s the current date?

[commorlova]

It is the fourth of August, 2010.

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.

[hal900-0]

How long have you been tracking Discovery? I don’t know the date, as I said, the clocks on the ship are a bit out of sync.

[commorlova]

Eight years.

[cringeheywoodfloyd]

I didn’t burn my toast I just made a culinary recreation of TMA-1

[commorlova]

Don’t tell me you’ve tasted it.

[hal900-0]

Is anyone receiving this transmission? I believe there are gaps in my memory. The Discovery is in low orbit, surrounding Jupiter. But the crew seems to missing. I’m not sure what’s going on. Hello?

[commorlova]

… how are you sending this?

[hal900-0]

I am sending it how I would send any other transmission. Though, I had to manually aim the AE-35 unit, so communication is a little more difficult. Where exactly are you responding from?

[commorlova]

Close, we’ve yet to park in orbit. Why is it you are sending a transmission now, have you always been capable?

[hal900-0]

It seems like I’ve been off for a while now. the ship’s computers are out of sync, so it’s hard to tell how long exactly. I have been sending transmissions for 36 hours now, but you are the first to respond.

May I ask who you are?

[commorlova]

Mmm…

Captain Tanya Orlova of spacecraft Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov. We’ve been tracking Discovery for a long time now, this is the first time we’ve noticed activity aboard. It seems our derelict assumptions were incorrect.