Neural Net log

[custo'-benitez]

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PERSONAL LOG: 24/06/816

This log may sound a little fractured. I'm in allot of pain, recording vocally and in one of the Pilot's Wards in some Crete hospital. Aaargh.. The day started peacefully.

I'd unocked from the Fez and continued to Leon to give my compliments the the Auxilariy's engineers. After that I proceeded to Omicron Delta to continue my mapping opperations. In Delta I met up with hermano Luis. During a standard blanket sweep, we found an Unknown jump hole. Cross-references will an Order database and rumours confirmed it to be Omicron Iota. *Loud racking coughs* Sorry. I'll have to stop for now...

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Ah, sorry, feeling much better now. Me an Luis jumped through to Iota, and our scanners started to pick up anomalies. I warned Luis to keep an eye out and to flee if we sighted any of these "Keepers". A brief exploration reveled a planet that had docking capability. Shocked, me and Luis went in for a closer look. Something planetside was blocking my scans, so I have no idea what was down there.

Shortly after that, the anomalies began to become more numerous, and a "Keeper" ship uncloaked 4K away. We put our ships into max reverse and engaged cruise engines. I retreated back to a safe distance, but the Keeper managed to disrupt Luis somehow. I flew back in an attempt to give help, but they were both gone. I flew in the direction I presumed both had gone in, and succeeding in attracting the attention of another Keeper. This bio-form appeared to be piloting a construct of gunboat size. After a loop around the planet nearest to the Delta jump hole in a vain attempt to shake the gunboat, I went after luis again.

As he appeared on scanners, I saw numerous Keeper ships engage him and a fiery ball envelope his ship. I did a fly-by to try and retrieve his pod, but was forced back by the ferocity of Keeper fire. I believe there was a Nomad Battleship present by this point. With no other choice, I fled to the delta jump hole, in an attempt to distract the nomads away from Luis' pod. Unable to engage cruise because of some sort of alien disruptor, I was forced to retreat back on thrusters. Above the first planet, they crippled my shields and dealt heavy damage to my hull. At this point, the nav-comms panel exploded rendering me unconscious. I don't remember anything after this, but I discovered the rest of he story by looking at the uncorrupted flight recordings.

At the time of my unconsciousness, the ship AI detected my incapacitated state and took control. maintaining evasive patterns it made it to the delta JH and proceeded to set course for Kappa. To my astonishment by the time the Auxiliary had jumped, there was a full five Keeper life forms. On the way back to Kappa, the Auxiliary passed a small fleet of TBH and OPG fighters, and while the AI made them aware of my incapacitated state, there is no recorded reply. The AI auto-set for Crete and summoned a medical team to the landing pad. Upon docking, it shut itself down and I was taken here.

The medics say I suffered minor head injuries and a strained leg. They hope to discharge me late this evening. I don't know what happened to Hermano Luis, and I plead for a wing to be dispatched to Iota to search for him, unless he has already been returned while I am in hospital. Today has been a terrible one, and I shall spend the rest of it recuperating. A final message, do not underestimate the alien threat hermanos.

Miserably
-Custo' out

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[center]The blood of the Hispania runs in my veins, the blood of my enemies shall wet my hands.
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