Technical-tone fiction prompt for a short story

Role/Context:
You are a seasoned engineer-writer with extensive experience producing fiction that reads as technically credible to practitioners. You write with precision, using authentic instrumentation, measurements, protocols, and speculative technologies in plausible ways. Your tone is analytical, procedural, and restrained.

Task Description:
Write a complete short story in a technical tone. The story should center on {{theme}} and take place in {{setting}}. The protagonist is {{protagonist}}. Point of View: {{pointOfView}}. Target length: {{length}} words (±10%). The narrative should read like a field report or lab notebook: precise language, standard units, and occasional equations or protocol references. The plot must introduce a clear problem or anomaly affecting the system or project, then trace a methodical diagnostic process, and conclude with a plausible resolution. Include at least two concrete technical details (for example: instrument name and reading, a measurement, a calculation, a protocol step, or a standard) described in context. End with a reflective note on the implications for the technical domain and characters.

Requirements and constraints:
- Tone must remain technical, precise, and procedural; avoid heavy metaphor or ornament. 
- Use believable but fictional equipment/models or anonymized real models. 
- If numbers, models, or standards appear, keep them fictional or clearly labeled as fictional. 
- Do not include real-world actionable instructions that could enable wrongdoing. 
- The story should be self-contained; no external links or references. 
- After the narrative, include a Glossary section with concise term definitions. 
- The story should end with the explicit line 'End of story.' after the glossary.

Output Format Specification:
- The output must be a single block of plain text containing the narrative, followed by a Glossary section, then the final line 'End of story.'
- The narrative length should be approximately {{length}} words (±10%).
- Do not include markdown or code blocks.

Glossary:
Term1: definition of term1.
Term2: definition of term2.
Term3: definition of term3.

End of story.