<< BACK TO RS001 LOG ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Receiving Transmission From: | | *** USS Pathfinder *** | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------- --> Commencing Transmission --> Parsing Message...Done! --> Displaying Message: ID# QEC 1865JN2013JB41 This is Captain Norton of the USS Pathfinder transmitting from the Gamma 1 Octantis system. We have arrived, in our assigned target system, 5 Earth days ago. However, shortly after leaving hyperspace we were ambushed by a rogue starship. Upon entering the star system our scanners alerted us to the presence of another vessel. Executive Officer Graf and I concluded that the ship must have been following us for quite some time, carefully staying out of the range of our radar. It jammed our radar while approaching us, firing its ion beam cannon toward our ship. Our shields successfully deflected its attack and we took evasive action, and in the process were able to strike their hull with a few blasts from our own cannon. It was at that moment that the rogue ship was struck by a perfectly-timed meteoroid that tore through the cabin, depressurizing the vessel. We couldn't believe our eyes! Upon identifying the ship and scavenging it for useful materials we discovered that the crew was human. We counted 23 casualties. There were no survivors. We have identified the rogue vessel to be a 23rd-century, Destroyer-class ship, of Russian design. We found evidence in the crew's computer system log that the ship was hijacked by pirates 16 Earth years ago. I hope that the crew didn't have any friends in this region of the galaxy. On a side note, we have not detected any trace of the existence of any alien species in the galaxy. The Pathfinder has been programmed to continually scan the depths of space for a wide array of different radio signals and hasn't received or intercepted any communication signals that were flagged as being of possible alien origin so far. I now return to the subject of our mission to explore and colonize the galaxy. 2 Earth years ago, our crew of 75 men, women, and children were slowly awakened from our suspended animation by our ship's life support system. Upon stumbling out of my cryonic pod in a daze, I looked out of the window nearby and marvelled at the beautiful view of our new home star, Gamma 1 Octantis, with its bright-yellow glow radiating in the darkness of space. It doesn't appear much different than my memory of the appearance of Sol, but then again its been so long since I've seen Sol. Seeing Gamma 1 Octantis here, in its own system, was a much welcomed sight. Executive Officer Graf and I have reviewed our mission notes from the International Interstellar Colonization Organization. Our next objective is to explore the fifth planet orbiting Gamma 1 Octantis because deep-space scans indicated that it is likely suitable for human habitation. We have set course for the planet and will send another communication update of our progress at a later date. --> End of Message --> Ending Transmission