Theta Zero

welcome to Sol Cluster Alliance Naval Command starship nerve center v12.3.6.8 the unauthorized access or replication of SCA navy ship logs is a class 3 felony, this system is authorized to be accessed by SCA naval officers of security clearance 5b or above ONLY.

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please enter QDAC to continue:

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welcome, Captain!

>status brv

vessel: Bohlken class gunship-corvette C-13 "Cobalt Reign"

Locus: unknown interstellar sector

command uplink: pending...

TacNet datalink: pending...

SYSTEMS:

reactor - limited functionality

main drive - nominal

maneuvering thrusters - slightly damaged

warp core - critically damaged

d/v coil guns - limited functionality

HIMARC - disconnected from power bus

missile VLS - marginally damaged

gravity beam - severely damaged

shield generator - limited functionality

coffee maker - broken

>newlog

---recording started---

"Captain's log, stardate... whatever, it'll be in the header. We've been stranded for almost a week now, the warp is still nonfunctional, the loop is still closed. This ship hadn't flown in decades, we should've known something was going to go wrong. But... not this wrong,"

[unintelligible]

"Copy that, looks like shit's really about to hit the fan..."

---recording stopped---

>savelog 

log saved as 'log16' on 128-02-41 20:56:05

>close

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you're that captain of a ship that should quite frankly be in either a scrapyard or a museum. But the engines still fire, the guns (mostly) still work, and it's all you have.  Also, congratulations on being the first ever human to make contact with an alien species! This would be a huge moment for science and civilization as a whole if they weren't trying to turn you and your ship into a rapidly expanding cloud of gas.

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