2215.09.30 Toady One System- StrongholdThe first of the replacement Trailblazer-Class ships has launched. The ISS Maxwell, named in honor of the scientist leading the Vagabond, will hopefully have better luck than its namesake. I’ve reluctantly put
Kagaku Nelsong in charge of the vessel due to political pressure from Liang Nelsong. My predecessor is quite frustrating, and it doesn’t help that Kagaku actually
has the credentials to do the job.
The colony in the former Onxeis System is now the Alawi Colony, with the system renamed Zienab in our friends memory- the Lu-Nin there will remember his legacy for all time.
2216.05.03 Zienab System- AlawiThanks to the more effective patrols Tankkits been leading, we’ve been able to expand into systems we couldn’t patrol before. The Sovereign Stronghold is experiencing massive economic boom thanks to his surprisingly effective efforts, and he is understandably smug about it.
If I hear one more word about his bigger budget…
2216.07.21 Zienab System- Urist Solar Research FacilityI’ve just spent the day being led on a tour of what a lab should
really look like. URIST’s latest addition, a research station in close orbit of the Class-B Star, is cutting edge- it really shows what highly profitable business can do. It makes my scientists froth in envy…
I wonder if they’d hire me after my term ends? I’m no amazing scientist, but my managing skill would be of some use I hope… managing a lab would be relaxing compared to this. It’s… difficult to explain why we’ve lost more Lu-Nin to investigating anomalies than we’ve lost in combat.
Most don’t understand the fact that Space is
dangerous, and is made safe by surveying planets and clearing them of dangers! The amount of Lu-Nin lost to fools looking for riches outside of our borders is horrific.
2216.11.25 Laatis System- Laatis IIaNelsong has encountered his first anomaly! The ISS Maxwell has picked up what appears to some sort of weird pheromones on Laatis IIa. It’s time to see how Kagaku fairs on the field.
2217.02.06 Laatis System- Laatis IIaWhile investigating the Pheromone Anomaly, one of the scientists tore their suit. What resulted was terrifyingly familiar… and quickly becoming far to common.
The scientist quickly fell victim to symptoms familiar to anyone who’s read the final reports from the Vagabond at D-9-981 or ‘The Distortion Event’ on Stronghold- the scientist began ranting about voices, went into a terrified state and disarmed one of the guards. He than ran into the caverns, shooting wildly behind him.
Nelsong immediately assumed he’d stumbled into something too dangerous to stick around and abandoned the scientist in order to protect the rest of his crew, and requested an orbital bombardment from Tankkit.
The entire area is now a glass crater larger than most cities.
Nelsong callously assured the scientists death wouldn’t reduce his crew’s performance- he didn’t even bother to learn their name or even gender! In his words, ‘as long as my crew as a whole is safe, I don’t care about them.’. If I could relocate him I would, but being the brother of the last Overseer his disappearance would attract too much attention. I should be furious, but his actions probably saved the lives of his entire crew.
2217.06.29 Toady One System- StrongholdOur Probe has discovered an unknown facilty in orbit of the Fonuharis III Gas Giant, with energy signature and activity around it. This can mean only one thing:
We’ve encountered an unknown spacefaring race… and given what we’ve seen from other past alien races, they’re probably hostile
The Sovereign Stronghold is in a state of panic- the Guardian Council is hidden in a secure facility, the fleet is gathering at a secret location, and I’m… locked in my home, guarded by Tankkits most loyal Lu-nin.
Basically: I was sent to my room.
I. Am.
FURIOUS.If Tankkit thinks that I’m fine with this, he has another think coming. I know Lu-Nin are rioting in the streets, but this is ridiculous! My home isn’t equipped for the decision-making I make, it isn’t secure. When I’m through with him, he won’t be able to hear my name without flinching. His men will tell their grandchildren tales of my fury!
Admiral Tshanduko ‘Tankkit’ Naidoo will learn that ‘for your protection’ isn’t enough of an explanation- in fact, it sounds like what an military coup would claim. Which doesn’t help my nerves.
((There are what appears to be designs for various torture implements and studies on where Lu-Nin are most sensitive to pain. There are notes in the margins on what organs can be removed without anesthetic and still survive the ‘surgery’.))
2217.07.03 Toady One System- StrongholdThe Admiral reported improved fleet cohesion as a result as of ‘actually having a threat’, and swears we’ll achieve peace by any means necessary. Good for him.
2217.10.02 Toady One System- Stronghold We are
severely outnumbered. This is utterly terrifying- they have
fifty-eight ships to our
eight. Our only hope should they want war is distance, and a lot of it.
As if that wasn’t scale-shedding terrifying enough, we’ve detected a flotilla of Theta Menace in orbit of Erinis.
Smack in the middle of our territory.
And just to top everything off, I’m still imprisoned in my home “for my protection”-if they had let me get off planet earlier, maybe may home wouldn’t be, you know,
under siege. Apparently, the masses, in a complete and utter panic, decided to take it out on me.
2212.01.01 Toady One System- StrongholdStill under siege. The Admiral can’t provide orbital support until the Council decides what to do about the Unknown Contact. I havn’t seen any of his men send any reports to him, I’m starting to think Naidoo assigned them to me without getting it cleared by the Council… and the nearest launch pad was hit by the mobs first.
Did the someone in the Council try to take me out? Did Tankkit know, or did he have other reasons to put his men here?
The Spaceport above Stronghold has had its shipyards ‘retooled’ and its defences upgraded in preparation for the worse case scenario. An additional section is being built specifically for ‘Corvette Assembly Yards’ in hopes of mass-producing Venture-class Corvettes, but until the yards are complete we are unable to expand the fleet.
This took awhile, but hopefully you peeps enjoy!
What are peoples thoughts on our current situation?
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