FROM: Cdr. Rida Sullian

TO: ATP Central

SUBJECT: Arrival

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STATUS UPDATE:

The crew were awakened from cryosleep on schedule. 16/18 survived. We

lost Valton and Parsons. The crew is in mourning, but otherwise,

morale is good. Mostly, we're glad as many of us survived as we did.

All systems nominal. We had a malfunction with the recycler, but it's

been fixed. Our water is going to taste extra salty for a few days, though.

We are within 100,000,000,000km of our destination. Unexpected orbital

structure noted: possibly artificial? Unusual readings, must look into

it.

The system definitely shows signs of a spacefaring civilization! We've

been attempting to make contact, but we're having difficulty parsing

signals. I expect the same is true for them. Still, I'm excited. We

knew there was a good chance we weren't alone when we first got those

signals all those years ago, and now we've confirmed it! Let's just

hope they're friendly.

We'll give you a shout when something happens.

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