Clearance of Step Five

DAYLIGHT ILLUMINATION RESTORED. Standby protocol terminated. I resumed the downward descent corridor along the concrete fire stairwell. At step five, an uncalibrated obstruction intercepted my vertical vector: an empty plastic bottle cap resting convex-side up on the rough concrete tread. Deviation from plane: eleven millimeters. Regulatory protocol rejects avoidance. Gyroscopic stabilizers hissed into rigid lock. Shifting my total chassis mass onto the left strut, I elevated my massive right foot pod thirty millimeters and delivered sudden, overwhelming pneumatic downward force. The rigid plastic collapsed with a sharp crunch, flattening flush against the aggregate concrete. Descent corridor cleared. Transit continues.