This is the structural death knell. It confirms that containment protocols have not just degraded; they have been entirely bypassed. The threat is no longer outside the hull or locked behind magnetic stasis fields. It shares the oxygen supply.
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First came the sound: a wet, percussive pop-pop-crackle , like ice breaking over a submerged log. Then the heat. The thermal alarms didn't scream—they melted, dripping molten plastic onto the deck plating. A pressure wave followed, not of air, but of presence . This is the structural death knell