Message inbound...

Space Cruiser Excelsior

Destination: Sector 656233e, Starfield-Beta system

~~ TELEMETRY DATA WITHHELD ~~

Stardate Epsilon Gamma 24 Epsilon

AUTO TELEMETRY: DOWN

BIO-MED SENSORS: OFF

H20->FUEL CONVERSION: WARN

H2O RESERVES: GOOD

CRYO SLEEP: GOOD

[autotranslator on]

Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator

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Oh Gods, it's been so long since I read the QEC. 3 year units, in fact.

After the relations disaster that was the Malkonkordo encounter, I entered

evasive maneuvers when the ship detected enemies in the vicinity. This

includes, amongst other things, turning off biomed sensors and kicking the fuel

conversion into overdrive. I kept this up until the enemies seemed to

disappear. A manual verification confirmed that the enemies had, in fact, left

the area. Meanwhile, we were only a few sectors away from our target planet.

I decided to check the QEC, only to find that Dekaoso Prime had fallen, and the

Malkonkordo suddenly didn't care about destroying me. Following Dekaoso Prime's

final warning, I left the teletry data withheld, preventing my location from

being found. I also managed to get the ship to tell me where we were going,

although I left the location as vague as possible in my report, again to avoid

detection. Sector 656233e, of the Starfield-Beta system, has many viable

planets and may be the new home-system for Terrans. Most of the planets don't

seem to have much in the way of intelligent life -- or, rather, life that is

intelligent in the way Terrans are -- which makes a landing almost risk-free.

For once, we might be going somewhere.

~~TRANSMISSION END~~