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Journal Entry Captain Nathan C. Jackson Day 0 Some day this has been. For the record, which is kind of what this is, I am only doing this because it would have been sort of a mandatory expectation for my position as a member of the military. I know I would have maintained something similar to this as a member of the advance team. Plus, I have been maintaining a personal log of mine as well, so maybe I ought not to be complaining. Asteri and Tara are still trying to find a way to find and retrieve any scraps of the data that was wiped. They have also been going at Stella's data core as well as her logs. It is still unresponsive though and her logs are also sealed. But I am not holding out hope on it, if Asteri's and Tara's logs were deleted why would Stella's remain? Maybe I ought to explain the situation in case the reader is for some reason unaware of the happenings. Let's start at the beginning. In 2068 humanity had finished construction of 50% of the Dyson Sp...

Audio/Video Transcript Location: Cryopod bay, Military section, No. 5,000 to 10,000 Time: Mission Day 0, 0000 System: Waking procedure on CAF7824 in progress, occupant: Cptn. Nathan Curtis Jackson System: Subject on crew bunk, awaiting awakening. System: AI systems Asteri and Tara awakened. Running advanced system checks and pondering the current situation. System: Cptn. Jackson stirring. Location: Crew bunks, No. 5,000 to 10,000 Time: Mission Day 0, 0033 Cptn. Jackson: Hello? Asteri: Cptn. Jackson. Make your way to the bridge, please. Cptn. Jackson: Asteri? What's going on? Asteri: Come to the bridge, please. Location: The Bridge Time: Mission Day 0, 0045 Cptn. Jackson enters the bridge. Central console illuminated, Asteri and Tara forms projected. Cptn. Jackson: Asteri, what's going on? Also, why is nobody else awake? Asteri: (shows puzzlement) It seems we both want the answers to the same questions. Cptn. Jackson: Why am I the only one awake...

Internal Log: Day 1485 Transcender System MasCon: /SYSTEM- Initiate Passenger/Crew Search Subroutine Level 1- Targets: Military experience Mechanical experience Management experience Pilot experience System: … … … 103,117 results out of 49,958,623 MasCon: /SYSTEM- Initiate Passenger/Crew Search Subroutine Level 2- Targets: Fit for duty Resistant to isolation Versatility to problems System: … 483 results out of 103,117 MasCon: Retrieve top result System: Retrieving Top Result… Cryopod CAF7824: Cptn. Nathan Curtis Jackson MasCon: /SYSTEM- Initiate waking procedure on CAF7824 System: Warning- Initiating the waking procedure will wipe all previously logged information irretrievably Confirm?… DENIED MasCon: /SYSTEM- Initiate Base Pod Launch Subroutine System: Prepping pod 892 Crew: None Cargo: Data Chip, Transponder (set to activate in 60 days) Miscellaneous: Basic Infrared Cloak, Basic Sonar Cloak Location: Sector 70 Warning- No crew aboard shuttle… OVERRIDE S...

My camera remained pointed exactly at the window. I didn't want to lose sight of this. The kid looked as confused as I was, and I felt that was saying something for both of us. I momentarily looked over the camera and, surely enough, the chair was empty. But through the lens, the same boy from the pier stared at me dumbfounded. "Who... Who are you?" I asked. "Does that mean you can see me?" He asked back. I nodded. "You nodded! That means you can hear me too! Oh my God! Oh my... Wait... Hang on," He slapped his hand on his head as he chuckled. "Oh, who am I kidding..." he said as he stood up, camera still pointed at him. "Well this was a nice change of events, but it's not going to last." He started to walk out of the classroom. "Sorry to disturb you, good-bye." He said as he closed his eyes on me and stepped outside. I remained rooted there for a second then I chased after him. I looked around the corrid...