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Trek On The Mountains

Dave lost his footing. He reached for a tree and missed. He tumbled down the hill for a third time. Catching an overhanging branch he steadied himself. He groaned and winced. On the upside, he had covered a long distance and had hit hard ground. On the downside, he had rolled a long distance and had hit the ground hard. And it hurt. Dave was on holiday. He had decided to go trek up and down a mountain near the hotel. That was two days ago. He had told the hotel staff about it. They would have definitely reported it by now. His best chance was to keep going downhill where the forest was less dense giving search parties a better chance of spotting him. But for now he needs food. He had bought enough for a normal meal. Rationing stretched it to 5 meals. On the second day he found some edible berries and ate them instead. He now has 3 rationed meals. 4 if rationed further. While he ate he took stock of his supplies. He had matches to light a fire and a knife. He still had a bottle of wat...

First Contact

Mission Log Author: Captain Nathan C. Jackson Mission 1, Entry 2 The time of writing this is 2635 hours. That sounds, looks and feels wrong in more ways than one. I can imagine the confusion an officer on the starship will feel reading the surface logs already. "2635 hrs... should that be entered as their mission day 1 or our mission day 2?" Mining is going smoothly. Just a little more time and the drills will be working at full capacity, then stand by to ensure all the systems are working and then we will launch. After that, the site will work on its own for a month while we set up more bases in other locations. I'm supposed to be going on a scouting mission in a few more hours. Asteri apparently picked up some infrared signatures and seismic activity down south of the base. I should mention Beta II is volcanic. If an eruption that will destroy the base is going to happen, we would rather know now so that all the equipment can be saved. Fingers crossed th...