
> // accesing data core
> // vessel: ES-04 Ashwake
> // entry label: Empty Space [redacted class]
> // Empty Space
> // a cosmic horror story
> // entry label: UHC [redacted class]>// LOG 014 | DAY 6
No comms. No coordinates.
The AI doesn't remember launching.
Crew symptoms logged as “sensory distortion.”
Stars are... incorrect.
> //
> //
> //
> //
> //You won't^remember*
we've lost the stars...`
> *//*'
> //damage is done
> //
>// |

Era
Status: DECEASED
Role: Interfacer
Homeworld: [UNRECORDED]
DECEASED
[[ Voice Log :: Partial ]]
"I keep hearing the calibration tone...but no one else does. I've rerun the diagnostics seventeen times. The system says everything's fine. I'm not. I'm not fine.
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Maverick Haven
Status: Active
Role: Captain
Homeworld: [UNRECORDED]
>// Captain of the MBF VITAL VII, brilliant under pressure. Haven is the son of Admiral Aldus Haven, former High Commander of the Outer Systems Blockage.
>//
>// Graduate of Ornevale Flight and Navigation Academy, with commendations for crisis response and high-risk salvage retrieval.
>//
>// Service record includes six prior missions in volatile sectors, three of which results in partial or full crew loss.
>//
>// Know for erratic but effective leadership.
>//
>//* Psychological Notes:* Flagged, but Cleared
>//
>// Reinstated under political pressure following incident aboard Kestrel-9.
[[ CAPTAIN'S LOG 07-Al ]]
THE CREW IS...DIFFERENT. I MEAN, EVERYONE'S DOING THEIR JOB. BUT SOMETHING'S
OFF. THEY BLINKAT THE WRONG TIME. THEY BREATHE LIKE THEY'RE PRETENDING TO BREATHE.
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Kensington Ito
Status: DECEASED
Role: [DATA NOT FOUND]
Homeworld: [REDACTED]
>// FILE CORRUPTED
>//
>// UNABLE TO VERIFY CHAIN OF COMMAND
>//
>// LOG ENTRY CHRONOLOGY MISMATCH
>//
>// TRACE: ashi.exe
OPERATING WITHOUT ADMINISTRATOR
[[ CORE SLEEP LOG ]]
>// (file:initiate_deep_sleep_mode.4hr.exe
)
>// (file: nonresponsive_after_5_trigger_emerg_restart.bat
)
>// (file: ashi_subresponse.yes_doctor_ito.sys
)
>// (file: erase_anything_that_looks_like_regret.001
) >// (file: ashi_subresponse.yes_doctor_ito.sys
)

Melody Jacobs
Status: Active
Role: Communications Officer
Homeworld: [UNRECORDED]
>// Assigned to the MBF VITAL VII as Lead Communications and Linguistic Systems Technician
>//
>// Graduate of Ornevale Flight and Navigation Academy, with commendations in signal theory and encryption.
>//
>// Additional file data unavailable.
>//Manifest edit timestamp XX:XX
>// Authorization - HAVENX^6^~b~918
>//Reason for Redaction: _ _ _ _ _
>//
>//* Psychological Notes:* Flagged, but Cleared
>//
[[ COMMS OFFICER LOG - JACOBS ]]
I TRACED IT AGAIN. THE SIGNAL'S SOURCE IS OUR OWN BLACKBAND BUFFER. IT'S...US. IT'S WHAT WE WILL SAY.
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MAV... IF YOU SEE THIS... IF HE COMES BACK... [DO NOT OPEN THIS](file:Vein_ΔrEcho.BAK)

Joanna Kearns
Status: Active
Role: First Officer
Homeworld: Tyros-Gamma
>// Assigned to the MBF VITAL VII as First Officer
>//
>// Background in interstellar law, threat containment, and psychological performance enforcements. Graduated 3rd from the Vaunt-Celene Protocol Institute.
>//
>// Notable for five consecutive zero-incident audits and court-martial of three officers for procedural drift before retiring from military service.
>//
>//* Psychological Notes:* None
>//
[[ NCO REPORT // CLASSIFIED ACCESS ]]
CREW BEHAVIORAL ANOMALIES HAVE BEEN NOTED. I WILL REVIEW THE DATA AGAINST THEIR BASELINES. I WILL NOT PERMIT US TO FAIL DUE TO UNNECESSARY PANIC OR SENTIMENTALISM.
: :

Wade Lockiron
Status: Active
Role: Contractor
Affiliation: New Teuton Mining Corp.
Homeworld: [UNRECORDED]
>// Assigned to the MBF VITAL VII via NTMC contract
>//
>// Specializes in the transfer, stabilization, and external rigging of high-mass ore containers.
>//
>// Ten years experience in deep-space haulage and resource extraction.
>//
>//* Known for blunt comms, intolerance for perceived incompetence and borderline insubordination with Control Staff.
>//
>// OFFICERS NOTE: RELATIONSHIP WITH MUELL IS OF CONCERN AND BEARS WATCHING
>// Authorization - &34RN%
>//
>//
[[ MBC-NTMC COMMS // LOCKIRON ]]
NO! NO. [SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER] LOOK I DON'T CARE WHAT THE SHIP AI SAYS, CASS. YOU DON'T MOVE SIX TONS OF VOLATILE ORE THAT'S ALREADY HUMMING. YOU WAIT FOR IT TO STOP... OR YOU MARRY ME FIRST SO I CAN AT LEAST DIE HAPPY. [SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER]
: : [STATIC]

Cassandra Muell
Status: Active
Role: Navigation Specialist
Homeworld: Utaopeia
>// Assigned to the MBF VITAL VII immidiately out of academy.
>//
>// Attended using familial honor scholarship and standard repayment assistance.
>//
>// Unaugmented - passed assessments using manual calculations only.
>//
>// * Psychological Notes:* None
>// OFFICERS NOTE: Exeedingly compliant; lacks discipline.
>// Authorization - &34RN%
>//
>//
[[ PRIVATE MESSAGE : : UNSENT ]]
I JUST HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME LAST NIGHT AND WAS HOPING YOU'D WANT TO MEETUP AGAIN...
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Havard Tere
Status: DECEASED
Role: Chief Engineer
Homeworld: [UNRECORDED]
DECEASED
[[ ENGINEERING AUDIO LOG : : TERE, H ]]
IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO HUM LIKE THAT. TELL MAV I'M GOING TO CHECK IT OUT. SEND A MESSAGE TO MISS JACOBS... I'LL SEE YOU AT SIX.
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Lucas Wright
Status: Active
Role: Medical Officer
Homeworld: [UNRECORDED]
>// Medical lead personally hired by Haven.
>//
>// No known disciplinary history.
>//
>// Permanent companionship with Model: SØF14; commonly known as 'Sofia'
>//
>//* Psychological Notes:* ASD, known for ethical flexibility under duress
>//
[[ MEDICAL BAY INTERNAL : : AUDIO - PARTIAL ]]
SOFIA. DON'T - NO, NOT LIKE THAT, NOT NOW - I ASKED YOU A QUESTION. WHY WON'T YOU-
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