She shrugged, ignoring the sarcasm. "Many people who arrive have powerful and dangerous talents - the faster they are given information on what is happening, the better.

"I suppose we could ask if one of the telepathic members of the crew could somehow project the information into people's minds as they awoke. But that could be rather alarming." Waking up knowing things that you had not known when you had been abducted would probably be even more shocking than reading people's reports and seeing recordings of the Ohm.

"Knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied, and the Media Library seems to be the distribution method most compatible with the crew - which is probably why it's here."