Field Log From HIP 22460
27 Jul 2022MMuton
[10 July 3308]I... I don't know if coming here was a good idea...
Eighty predicts that this system is going to be ground-zero for some sort of devastating event, but you don't need to be a super-computer designed to track Thargoid movements to come to that conclusion, all you have to do is open Galnet.
But this is not all, he told me that our help will be needed in the days to come, but the dates he gave me don't match the Proteus Wave, they match its aftermath.
[15 July 3308]
I've been helping transport cargo, killing Thargoids, and doing anything I can to help people around here. I've been to both capital ships and they are fighting almost non-stop. New pilots are brought in to replace the dead ones every day, surviving pilots take turns between resting and fighting, generals and admirals are being promoted and demoted every day, it's a logistical nightmare. People are tired, yet determined, and morale is surprisingly high. Capital ships are holding their own really well, the damage they sustain is almost always superficial. All this fighting reminds me of why I left that life behind.
[17 July 3308]
All these logs got me thinking... If I wasn't this notorious, perhaps I would've made a good war reporter. Well, maybe I can still pursue that career, you know what they say, "all publicity is publicity" or something along those lines. Anyways, for now, I'm needed here holding a gun, not a camera.
[24 July 3308]
It's been an intense few days. I saw high-ranking people arrive here in Orcas and Belugas, and all while we bust our asses making sure the ships see another day... It's nothing I'm not used to, I've been in wars before, but it felt different this time... Like they came here to celebrate the upcoming victory... We'll see if their excitement is warranted in a few days.
[25 July 3308]
I've done many things, most of them bad, despite this, guilt isn't something I feel often. This time is different. Pilots die here, talented ones, and every time I see an exploding ship I wonder if bringing the kid into this was a good idea. He says he wants this, hell, he has a knack for it, but every time I teach him something or give him an order, I feel like my old man... What if unlike me, he doesn't make it out? These are no pirates, these are god-damned aliens, aliens that are who knows how many centuries ahead of us.
[27 July 3308]
Well, I'll be damned. The kid saved my life... We were running some salvage operations for artifacts when an interceptor spotted me. I told him to run, but the fucking rammed the Thargoid. I have no idea but we somehow made it out, we even got the artifact! The only thing we lost was a salvage ship and I'll gladly pay him back for that one. He wants some actual combat against the Thargoids, and I guess I owe him that much. I restored his former ship and turned it into an AX-Fighter. He seems confident and ready but I still have my doubts...
Well, no use dwelling on it, because despite what the people behind "Wych Hunt" believe, it's too late. I've spoken with a few of the scientists, thanks to my former status, and turns out that this super-weapon is almost ready, the only way it doesn't go off is if Salvation orders a retreat, which isn't happening.
I guess we are seeing this thing through.
This should be exciting for me; seeing all the powers coming together to fight for humanity, it's all I've ever wanted, it's what Hunter taught me... But it's not.