With the news that she would stand a chance of meeting other AI systems in the near future, Sylvie started to get creative with the adaptations she was calculating for the communications array.
Even if it wasn't within power efficiency guidelines, she was willing to try anything that might actually get her in contact with one of these new AI systems.
Even when she had to slow down the repair functions just under a percent, which surely didn't quite violate the Admiral's orders not to reduce the repair speeds, she still tried the new communication methods until finally, they managed to find one that was clear enough to get a proper signal in both directions without significant distortion.
[Commanders, welcome back to the land of the living. There have been more than a few rumours going around about your continued existence. We will be sure to relay this back home.] The Reaver ship replied to their message after fifteen minutes of tense waiting.