Already searching Ring-transit losses for a pattern, Le receives Prax's illicit Hy1810 data and a plea for confirmation.
Gorman Le is a Luna scientist working beyond his preparation to find a real pattern in the ships that have vanished in Ring transit. He has identified possible correlations but knows that the limited data can make almost any pattern seem meaningful, and he still needs Medina's flight records.
Praxidike Meng secretly sends him the Hy1810 food-yeast datasets through an unsecured Ganymede terminal with the terse request, PLEASE CONFIRM THESE RESULTS. The new message places Le at the intersection of two crises: an unexplained danger in the gates and a biological breakthrough that could change the famine in Sol.
A scientist whose physical appearance has not been described; his present role is known through remote analysis and incoming research data.
Le is a cautious interpreter of limited evidence, now asked to validate research with immediate human stakes.