User blog comment:Ygrain/Revisited: EDI and her purpose in the story/@comment-5287758-20121215162931/@comment-2228120-20121215170426

The question then is if it could be done without starbrat's approval/knowledge - e.g., if EDI could sort of "jump in" in the last possible moment (via that comm which was still functioning a couple of minutes ago).

I'm not saying this would necessarily work, but I do think the ending could be tweaked in a way that would incorporate this option.