#SevenFormsWereLostToTheReboot

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DELAYED COMMUNIQUE — OFFICIAL NOTICE

Timestamp: [Cycle 8809.06.41 // Unit 21:07 Solar Adjust] Subject: Re: Clarification Regarding Misrouted Outreach Message

Esteemed users of the Archives of Iacon,

We extend our sincerest apologies for the delay in a formal follow-up regarding the accidental public release of an internal Outreach draft. The message in question was not intended for public release, and its transmission was the result of a data-pad routing malfunction compounded by operator misidentification of the “send” field.

Rest assured, a fully approved and appropriately reviewed version of the announcement will be made available within the next several groons, following standard clearance protocols and a thorough retraining session for the party responsible (Senior Archivist Veltrax, who regrets everything).

Unfortunately, immediate response and damage control were significantly hindered by the cascading effects of:

A full system reboot of the Administrative Comm-Grid

Several overlapping protocol audits triggered simultaneously

The emergency restoration of Archive Terminal 7C (which briefly believed it was part of Kaon’s Civic Theater Network)

The Outreach interns attempting to “fix it themselves” with a fusion welder, three empty energon cans, and a hashtag

The backlog of resulting paperwork was, frankly, apocalyptic in scale.

The Outreach and Engagement Subdivision has been temporarily reassigned to non-networked duties (specifically, scroll digitization and relic brush-cleaning), though they remain insufferably proud of what they’ve dubbed their “meteoric debut” and “accidental marketing triumph.”

In light of recent developments, the Archives Administration has instituted a temporary moratorium on all unsupervised access to publishing channels by personnel ranked below Curatorial Tier Three. A new series of interdepartmental workshops titled “Social Interfaces and You: Why Buttons Matter” will commence shortly.

We thank you for your patience and understanding during this difficult time, as well as the frankly alarming amount of commentary submitted in response to this incident.

— The Archives Administration

Post-finalization cleared by Elixion, Acting Head Archivist (after six groons of delays and one broken terminal).