Sign the Papers Mr. Langford novel Chapter 451

The Stellaris all-hands meeting was scheduled for nine in the morning.

The conference room couldn't fit everyone, so Phoebe simply pushed the desks in the center of the office apart, pulled down the projector screen, and opened the remote feed on the right side of the display.

Maya sat in the front row, her laptop open, a black coffee resting by her hand. Joey sat next to her, sporting massive dark circles under his eyes, still busy tagging the account matrices.

The service team arrived earliest.

They had made dozens of calls all through yesterday. Some had been yelled at until they cried; others had explained the suspension plans on loop until they completely lost their voices. Sitting here today, every single one of them wore a blank expression of absolute exhaustion.

Phoebe placed a printed packet next to everyone.

The title was not PR Response.

It was: Stellaris Suspension Phase Workflow Adjustments and Child Data Protection Overhaul Plan.

Wren stood at the front, holding no script in her hands.

Out of the outline she had drafted until three in the morning, she had only brought three pages. The things she truly needed to say couldn't be read off a piece of paper.

The office quieted down.

Wren looked at the faces in front of her.

Stellaris wasn't huge.

In the beginning, it had just been her, Phoebe, and Maya. Then came Joey, the service team, the ethics liaisons, the patient advocates, and finally, the families who were willing to place a piece of their children's hardships into their hands.

She used to think that as long as she was careful enough, professional enough, and stood firmly within the boundaries of the rules, she could protect this project.

Now, she realized that wasn't enough.

"Let's start with the conclusion," Wren began. "Stellaris has suspended all new pilots, and existing families have entered a non-extractive support phase. As of yesterday, four families requested a pause, two requested data sealing, and one withdrew entirely. That number is likely to grow."