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The collapse of ground infrastructure cut people off from relatives, other cities and reliable news. Satellites remained above them, but terminals without power or a coordinated network could not provide normal service. Information came from nearby radio contacts and people who had traveled through an area. Nobody could establish an accurate picture of the whole disaster.
A family photograph or an old address became the start of a search without confirming that anyone was still there. Travel reports were valuable but incomplete. Someone who had passed through a town could describe that moment, not what happened after they left.
This uncertainty continues in the city. Airlink provides local communication, while communities farther away remain difficult to reach. People who disagree about global reconnection may still want news of the same missing relatives. The appeal of Orbinet is practical and personal: it could let them ask questions they cannot answer from local records alone.
