Onboard the Eos, Personal Ship of the late Dr. Daedalus Angelou
En route from Prism to Military Intelligence Headquarters on Yratia
Duty Log #103e—17/09/344 04:35–04:53
Author: Team Leader Michael A. Sorenson
Subject: Sky Station Epsilon-065
*Visual Feed: Enabled*
*Recording: On*
[Visual feed: Michael Sorenson, 18. Clad in black fatigues, bloodstains on hands, face, and uniform]
This is Team Leader Michael A. Sorenson reporting from the Eos, ship of the late Dr. Daedalus Angelou, regarding the d-destruction of—
[Clears throat]
—of Sky Station Epsilon-065.
[Silence: 17 seconds]
On Celestian date 360501, an a-attack was perpetrated on the station by way of, of sabotaged equipment recently brought onboard during a routine cleanup mission. This resulted in the destruction of Habitat 8, which ultimately led to the Sky Station’s fall through the atmosphere of the planet P-Prism.
[Wipes face] [Clears throat]
[Wipes face again]
Valiant e-efforts were made to save the station by the base’s commander, Dr. Daedalus Angelou, but they were, they were, uh, ultimately un-unsuccessful. The station crash-landed on the planet with some loss of life. Shortly after it landed, a large shiver of ghouls b-b-breached the ship and t-took over the habitants, including D-D-Dr. Daedalus Angelou.
[Silence: 36 seconds]
[Wipes eyes several times]
At his command, w-we fled the station, whereupon he used the drug Spec 1280 on me. After determining that I was uninfected, he linked me the codes to his ship, Eos, and commanded me to go to the Military Intelligence base on Yratia. He then—
[Clears throat several times]
At that t-time—
[Silence: 43 seconds]
[Wipes face and clears throat again]
He t-triggered the c-coma capsules for all station personnel except me.
[Silence: 58 seconds]
As far as I know, no one survived.
[Puts face in hands]
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