Having some time off at Freeport 9 has given us time to get better organized with the logistics side.
I had a long chat today with the team at Corinth and they continue to make good progress on research, we have been receiving considerable useful data on them on both the funcitoning of Nomad technology and they continue to explore ways to possibly adapt it into our technology. I am very eager to see their progress in the near future.
April 21, 828 AS
I spent many hours through the day today going over with my command crew and some department heads over some new alert system codes and status levels. These will be used for a quicker change to other status for our ship. My hope it to adapt and integrate them very soon. I will order some trial runs and training sims to use the new code system.
We already do use Alert condition Grey, for the activate of the Matrix beacon and Alert status Black for the prepping of the Jump Drive to be used.
In addition to this, Alert Status Zeta will be used if a suspected Nomad vessel is in the vicinity. We will also work on a newer Alert status being Epsilon. This will be used to as part of our ongoing effort to effect the destruction of possible infected vessels in the area, So far, Epsilon 7 is being worked on to divest covertly that a possible hostile ship is in the area and may be eavesdropping on our communications. Epsilon 10 will be used in the event of a response to a ship under assault by a unknown force and will be moved to engage.
The last one is Epsilon 11. I have spoken at length with both my bridge crew and Colonel Kaplain about this. I decided to not include such a report previously until we are sure that this could be implemented properly and must all be in agreement to conduct the action necessary. In the event of invoking Epsilon 11, the Stormhawk will, to the best of it's ability, move to assault and destroy either a Nomad vessel or a suspected infected vessel in the area. We will proceed to any lengths to ensure it's termination. This does include ignoring requests from other vessels to withdraw or hold position for further analysis. This would primarily be used in extreme circumstances, in which we may not be able to rely on nearby allies to assist or if there is a imminent threat to a populated area. For the time being though, we will not be using this Status until we receive more data our enemy.
April 26, 828 AS
It seems our repairs are complete now, just tying up a few loose ends before we depart and taking on a resupply of goods.
Yesterday I got a message forwarded from Freeport 1 that the Kepler system has been re-opened by the local authorities. This is surprising to say the least. Last I heard about Kepler, the whole system was locked down to protect the area from the Dark Matter storm that was colliding with it.
Back when I was ran patrols for the Navy, I did spend some time in Colorado where I learned a little about Kepler, but never had the chance to go there. Since we have had some downtime to review our scientific goals, combined with the fact of some possible unique discoveries that may be waiting there, I will direct the Stormhawk on a assignment into that area. I wouldn't mind visiting the local Zoner base still operating there during all this time. I look forward to our findings.
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