Remnants

SHIP LOG>>

SPORE 251- BLIND GOLDFISH

YEAR 2397 AUG 15 01:23

MISSION CLOCK |11|3|267| [D/M/Y]

RUNNING SYSTEMSCAN>>

-0%

--2%

---30%

----67%

-----80%

------96%

-------100%

SYSTEMS AT: 89.306666666666666666666666666666666666667%

SUMMARY:

-REACTOR: [99.76%] !!WARNING MAINTAINANCE REQUIRED!!

-CRYO STASIS: [96%]

-LIFE SUPPORT: [99%]

-SHIELDING: [89%]

-HULL [98%] {MAINTAINANCE SUGGESTED}

-COMMS [23%] !!WARNING MAINTAINANCE REQUIRED!!

-NAV [100%]

-SOLAR ARRAYS [100%]

-WARP [100%]

ACTIVATING LIFE SUPPORT

-4%

--14%

---21%

----50%

-----80%

------99%

ACTIVATING "SKELETON THAW"

-0%

--23%

---39%

----61%

-----88%

------100%

AI IDLE>>

Captains log, August 15 08:12 2397

Waking from deep freeze never fails to make me ache all over. Jean, Harry and I were thawed and cared to by the medic-bots seven hours ago. We have arrived at auxiliary target B. I hope to god that this one’s habitable... Harry has set about getting our reactor shipshape again while Jean and I try to hail earth using the Silky Dagger as a signal booster. Our main comms are still down, the fire tore it to pieces and twenty years cryo hasn't changed that.

Captain Louise Parker signing out.

Head Mechanic Log, August 15 08:13 2397

Hate cryo, shit gets into your bones! Gotta fix up the reactor, very minor vent fault but given another year or two it's likely it would have blown have blown half the Goldfish into the nothing, not to mention the other half. Should be done in a few days.

Captains log, August 17 12:03 2397

Thank all that's holy! Our second auxiliary planet is green! Going to have to scan its atmosphere yet, but it looks promising.

addition: Strange readings from the star and moon of the planet, and it seem to originate from our prospective planet, odd.

Captain Louise Parker, out.

Captains log August 25 07:55 2397

Gas analysis can back breathable! Mostly nitrogen and oxygen, a little High O2 wise but perfect for colonisation!

addition: scanners indicate settlements, we are going to send out a rover and have a look, then we thaw the rest of the crew.

Personal Log August 25 17:03 2397

Damn thaw stings like hell! Excited for landing, finally. 150 years of being ship bound will do that to you I suppose. I just realised I'm 182 years old... Makes me feel like a dirty old man when I borrow those porn files from George. Gonna get me some kip, we pull into an orbit tomorrow.

-Green

Captains Log August 28 18:22 2397

Getting images from rover 6, Jean hooked it up so the signal goes through the Silky Dagger before being sent to us, the comms situation is getting tedious. Images were distorted from more than just the relay between ships; we speculate it has to do with the strange readings we have been getting from the planet. Inserting video...

Video>>

Smoke rose slowly from the large crater, nearby grasses had been burnt from the heat the rover generated from entry, a large tree was rent in two by the objects careening path downward. Rover 6 began to exit its entry pod before slowly bringing its thrusters to a burn; it was propelled several meters into the air where it hovered steadily. Its exterior was the bright pink of plasrantinium, the alloy would be near indestructible in any environment. The landscape where the Rover came down was largely hilly fields with many rows of trees blanketing them for a great distance. Most of the nearby trees were either toppled or burning. The rover began to move higher until it could see a small settlement in the distance, marked by smoke. It rocketed a further hundred metres into the air and wrapped light about itself rendering it effectively invisible from the ground. Tilting its rear two foot wide thrusters it began to hover toward the alien settlement. The country changed little as the meter long vessel hovered forward; small creatures ran frantically amongst the bare orchards below. The camera zoomed in vastly; three quadrupeds, varying vastly in size, were running through the rows of trees toward the smoking crater. The rover soon lost interest in the ground dwelling quadrupeds in exchange for a peculiar rainbow streak heading with insane speed toward the crater. Arriving at the scarred earth the object slowed to a halt. It was another of the quadrupeds, this one bore wings however and was hovering above the "landing" site. The rover, after observing the creatures’ interactions for a further three minutes twelve seconds, decided on investigating the nearby settlement. The invisible craft once again angled its thrusters and moved swiftly through the skies. It arrived after twelve minutes flight Although smoke rose from the township it was clearly not that of an industrialized civilisation, simple chimney smoke was all. The rover took a further half hour of footage before slowly turning away from the conglomeration of multicoloured aliens and toward another settlement in the distance.

Footage Ends>>

They're horses! Multicoloured ponies! Crewman Green laughed so hard he was sent to the infirmary, I'm ordering security to investigate his quarters for illicit substances. Because we have exhausted our other two options in regard to colonies this planet will just have to make way for humanity, scans have begun for a suitable landing site. The line to Earth is dead; our communicators are FTL and should’ve easily reached them by now. I fear for Earth, it seems the Federations fear was indeed realised and the Traxon Empire invaded. No luck reaching any other spore ships either, we will leave the silky Dagger in orbit to act as a satellite for our ground operations.

Captain Louise Parker, out.

Captains log August 31 07:00 2897

Planet has been scanned and scouted thoroughly from up in the ship and via Rover 6. The "Ponies" seem to be the dominant species on the planet, but several others have also been observed. It can also be noted that the pony population can be categorized into three subspecies: Dominant Quadruped Species 1 A (DQS-1a) the first observed species, it makes up roughly 50% of the population, they possess no significant features. DQS-1b, second observed subspecies, this version has a set of wings and possess strange spatial manipulative capabilities in regard to the meteorology of this planet. they make up 25% of the population. Strangest yet is DQS-1c, this subspecies possess remote spatial manipulation, NATURALLY! It's not even limited at moving things; these creatures seem the most dangerous. Our plan is to engage in negotiation once we have landed. Speaking of which, our LZ is nearby our rovers initial landing spot, bare fields devoid of settlement actually hide huge levels of aluminium and other useful metals. Nearby a hillside will offer a good place to set up our solar panels and the fact the land is flat means building will be easy. We have disconnected our warp drive, it will stay in orbit for now, re-entry commences in thirty minutes. Crewman Green has been confined to cell-1 in aft of the ship after marijuana was found in his pillow case. The drug is now under lock and key in security.

Captain Louise Parker, out.