Captain's Log: 21 August 822 A.S.
J. Scott, Commanding Officer SV-Atreyu, Corvo Class Science Ship
The journey from Coronado to the Kusari region was uneventful. I decided to take the ship to the Hokkaido system to study the radiation belt that is emitted from the system's star. The belt is unusual as it spreads horizontally from the equator of the sun instead of omnidirectional like we have seen from most stars. My chief astronomer believes that this is due to the extremely powerful magnetic fields that that the star emits. We have left a probe in near orbit to gather more data on this phenomenon.
After leaving the Hokkaido radiation belt we received a communication from Willard Research Station asking us to redirect to Gallia and attempt to retrieve an element known as Prometheum. It would seem that this element is quite fascinating and has numerous uses in research as well as some medical applications. One of my contacts directed me to a Council Controlled system where I could retrieve some of the element with little risk of encountering Gallic forces.
While in the Gallia region I took the opportunity to map as many friendly bases and jump holes as I could in the Burgundy, Champagne, Lorraine, and Lyonnaise systems. We were able to gather a few units of Prometheum from Planet Marne in the Champagne system at a reasonable cost. The stop at Marne also allowed my crew to relax a bit since we have been going from jump hole to jump hole the last few days and JH travel isn't quite as smooth as jump gate travel. We were able to also do some maintenance on the ships cruise engines since they have been engaged all most continuously since we arrived in Gallia.
The journey to Willard was a little more interesting than the trip to Marne. It would seem that the Gallic Royal Navy does not want any prometheum leaving their sector of space. From what my scientists have told me this is most likely due to the fact that it is a very important component in the construction of Gallic engines. We were attacked by 10 separate Gallic patrols and were able to easily disable them due to our weapon system upgrades. After disabling the patrols engines and weapons we deployed some supplies to last them until other patrols could respond to their distress calls. The Atreyu sustained no damaged in any of the attacks.
We have now arrived at Willard and dropped off 500 units of the promethium as well as a dozen or so blue diamonds that we retrieved. There is much to explore in Gallic space and I have decided to try and find a path to Gallia through the border worlds instead of going through Kusari. We are stocking the ship now and waiting on additional crew because the journey could very well take several months.
