Incoming Transmission Liberty Navy, 1st Fleet Ensign Randy Williams
10-OCT-833
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Launching my fighter from West Point, I quickly RDV'd with Admiral Baker in orbit of Planet Manhattan. A Junker ship then stumbled on us, and after ordering it to stop for a thorough scan, our suspicions were confirmed when we found artefacts hidden on board her ship. Ask the pilot to surrender the contraband, suspect first tried to flee, then opened fire on us until we disabled her ship. Artefacts were handed over, and a fine of 10,000 credits was issued. Artefacts were then dropped as evidence to our assets on Manhattan.
Things took an interesting change: the 5th and 46th wanted me to accompany them to the Earhart system for exploration. Due to the intense radiations in Earhart, we were stationed on board the LNS Odyssey until our presence would be needed. It is hard to just describe in words what we saw. I truly believe that, for a moment, I was experiencing the beautiful sense of wonder that our predecessors of the Libertonian Exploration Corp surely had themselves after years of crossing the vastness of space to discover beautiful systems such as Magellan, Bering or Kepler.
The first uncharted system was a frozen, inert wasteland, yet not completely dead: cryo-organisms were found aplenty in a drag zone of an ice field. There we also met a Technocrat that tried to poison our mind with cryptic warnings, and also offering to 'work with us' to 'help us understand' Earhart and the systems it connects to. We just moved on after wasting enough time with them.
The second system reminded me of how all the Holoshows portray the Omicrons: green, cloudy, hazy. We also found a single desolated crater of a world. We located near it a pocket of crystals which alien life forms, such as the ones found in Sirius, seem to desperately cling to.
Our final stop was to the Fairmont, and due to Earhart's intense radiation I witnessed this from the Odyssey's decks rather than on my fighter. A minute of silence was given to the victims, and we were tasked with figuring if the Fairmont was salvageable. As for how we'd tow it back to Liberty, no one knows, but we weren't the ones paid to figure that logistics mess out. It also appears that there will be a boarding party soon sent to the derelict vessel to try and gather bodies, evidence and other such things from the Fairmont - and I have volunteered myself to join their side when this happens.
After this, we returned to Liberty, safe and sound. I undocked from the Odyssey and instead docked on the Missouri to rest and take a rad-shower, ending my patrol.
On a final note, it was quite sweet to be praised by the senior officers of the 5th and 46th. They think I might have what's needed for the ESRD.
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