Charming Computer on Instagram: "Mir Kasparian, a junior science officer aboard the Union vessel Vela, wasn’t entirely sure what to make of the telemetry readout when it first appeared. The numbers were odd. Exotic, even. Oscillating well beyond the usual range and laced with an abstract complexity that felt almost deliberate. Curious and uneasy in equal measure, he flagged the anomaly to the command deck without delay. But to his growing bewilderment, the acting commander’s response was lukewar