Captain's Log: 19 October 822 A.S.
J. Scott, Commanding Officer SV-Atreyu, Corvo Class Science Ship
The Atreyu has spent the last three days in sector B5 of the New York system attempting to locate the anomaly that disrupted our shields during the battle near the rogue station. As of now we have not found any evidence of an anomaly in that location. My chief scientist believes that it may have been a new type of weapon that was being tested on board the rogue station. I do not believe the weapon poses much of a threat at the moment because it affected all ships in the area and not just the attacking vessels. We will continue to monitor developments and comm chatter to see if there are any other reports of such a device, but for the time being I am suspending our research into it.
I have received a message from an old friend on Cambridge asking if I could take some Medstasis bands to a researcher in the Provence system. From what I have been told the Provence system is quite extraordinary and would be an excellent system for the crew to enjoy some shore leave. After taking on 400 stasis bands into the cargo bay I set course for the Provence system via Dublin, Edinburg, Orkney, and Langeudoc.
Our journey started out quite uneventful and the cruise engines were making good time as we crossed system after system. While in Edinburg long range sensors detected a Royal Navy Cruiser that appeared to be following standard patrol pattern. Not knowing if the ship was going to present itself as hostile or not I ordered the helm to make sure we stayed well out of it's patrol path. Luckily the cruiser didn't seem interested in us and the rest of the trip through Edinburg was fairly boring.
Orkney on the other hand proved to be a completely different situation. Not long after we entered the Orkney system we encountered a large patrol of Royal Navy gunboats. Knowing that there was no way around them I hailed the lead ship and stated our intentions and awaited a reply while maintaining cruise speed. After what seemed like ages we finally received a reply from the Royal Navy. Unfortunately, the reply we received was volley after volley of cruise disrupter missiles. I immediately ordered countermeasures to be deployed and began evasive maneuvers. The first few missile volleys were stopped by the countermeasures but one disrupter made it through immediately dropping us from cruise speed. I ordered the helm to engage full thrust and continue to evade the incoming fire while our engineering crews worked to restore the cruise engines. Within a few minutes we were able to reinitialize the cruise engines and set a course for the Languedoc jump hole. Once we began powering up the cruise engines I again ordered that countermeasures be deployed with one small change. Instead of waiting for a missile lock system I decided to deploy countermeasures as rapidly as possible until we were out of cruise disrupter range. Luckily, this gave us just the head start we needed to escape through the Languedoc jump hole.
Once we arrived in Languedoc I assessed the damage to the Atreyu; shields were holding however we had used the entire supply of shield batteries, hull integrity was at 87% with our nanobot capacity reduced to 1/2, and our countermeasure supply was down to 23. Accessing the long range sensors I identified a station orbiting a planet near our location and set a course for it. Once we were in communication range of the station it was identified as Lodeve Space Port and operated by the GMS. They agreed to allow my ship to dock just long enough to replenish our supplies, but would not allow any of the crew to disembark other than myself. Since this seemed to be our only option I agreed to their restrictions.
After resupplying we set course for the Provence jump hole. While at cruise speed we detected several Royal navy patrols which were luckily too far away to cause us any problems. Once we made the the jump to Provence it was clear to me that the stories I had heard about the system vastly underrated it. The Mer Mediterainee nebula was simply stunning and I am looking forward to studying it while we are in Provence.
The ship is now docked at the Monte Carlo Freeport while we wait to transport our Medstasis bands to our contact in the system. While we wait many of the crew have taken shuttles to the various resorts, liners, and casino's that are located in the system. While the ship is quiet and there is nothing that requires my immediate attention I believe I will relax in my quarters for a while. After the last year these few days in Provence may be my first official "vacation" even if I don't leave the ship.
