LOG #056 - Commander A. Adair - TITAN Contractors
15 Sep 2021Aurora Adair (Radiumio)
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LOG: #056
RECORDING TYPE: Personal Log LOG PUBLICISED
What does Log Publicised mean?
In our squadron lore, these logbooks are not supposed to be publicly viewable by Commanders. However, in some circumstances, a log may be compromised OR publicised, allowing it to be considered publicly viewable - in this case, the information within can be used for story or discussion purposes in-character. Compromised implies the logbook has been leaked, whereas publicised means the logbook has been willingly released for story purposes. This log became public later, when Aurora was rescued.
In our squadron lore, these logbooks are not supposed to be publicly viewable by Commanders. However, in some circumstances, a log may be compromised OR publicised, allowing it to be considered publicly viewable - in this case, the information within can be used for story or discussion purposes in-character. Compromised implies the logbook has been leaked, whereas publicised means the logbook has been willingly released for story purposes. This log became public later, when Aurora was rescued.
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I w... nhm.... I was right... [#$@!]... oh god... There... there is... blood... everywhere... It... hurts so much...
Right... I... It took... took me a while to... decide but... I decided to... do the alarm... thing... so... I... s-... shut down the reactor... and as expected the... the entire settlement went off... alarms and all... But... nothing happened... I... stood o-outside... and waited... Waited for it to finish the... shutdown... sequence...
But... still, nothing happened by the time... the settlement shut down... so... I was kind of... disappointed, to some extent... but... uhm... when I started... to walk back, to turn the settlement back on... I heard a ship jump in... and saw... saw this... ship descend... I think it was a Diamondback... so... against my instinct, I slowly made my way over that direction... and I could see flashlights... dropping in... they weren't normal system security... they were... [#$@!]ing mercs, I guess... So I waited... and at the right moment... I attacked.
I was doing well... they didn't expect me to suddenly attack... but... uhm... I had to keep the height advantage... keep moving around... make up for the shortfalls in my suits strength... y'know? And... I kind of just... zoned out... the Tormentor did most of the work... and after some time... there were no more mercs... I did it without a single scratch... Or... yeah. You can... you can see where this is going... n... I... u...ugh... I turned back to the settlement... or at least where I thought it was... it was so dark... and then I heard this... loud yell behind me... and this b-... blinding flashlight came on... and then suddenly... there was... this guy... charging me...
He had... had something in his hands... so I quickly reached for my Tormentor on my hip... as I brought it up he... knocked my hand aside and swiped at me with something sharp. I stepped... stepped backwards, but he lunged forward after me and... [#$@!]... hhu... he drove... he drove a knife... right into my... [#$@!]ing side... and by the time I got... I got my Tormentor up... he'd stabbed me... I dunno... six times, I... I guess... and then the... the plasma bolt... blew open his... visor... and he collapsed. I... could barely stand... [#$@!]... Figures... I should've... should've seen this coming...
And I was winded... trying to grab a medkit... from my backpack... but I didn't want to remove the knife in fear of causing... more damage... the medkit only staunched the bleeding so much... and I tried to cover the wounds... with... with my hand. I quickly... ran back to the settlement and I... cut open the... reactor... door, stumbled in... but I... I can't... the blood is... pouring down my side... I... the... the regulator is... the power center is... back online but...
I'm... I can't focus... my hand is... is just red... Breathing... breathing's hard... Where the... [#$@!] are the... medkits... I'm trying to... to keep pressure on the wounds but... I can't... I can't find anything to help me... Please... Please, I don't... [#$@!]... I don't want this to be the end... S-... [#$@!]... ughhh... uhm...
I... [#$@!]ing knew... this was going to happen... Why didn't I... If... if I made sure... sure there was no one else... this wouldn't have... have happened. [#$@!]... This is what they wanted... clearly... Draw me out... mess with me... and then kill me... The guy had... a gun... on his back but... why did he opt to use a... a knife... instead? To... to send a message or... what?
... was Tori in... in on this...? No... why... why would she be? I'm...
... I'm just going to lay here... There...
... there is nothing else I can do.
This... uhhmnn... hah... is a lot of blood... I uh... I don't know how much... much time... I have. It... it sure doesn't feel like much.
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[#$@!]... sorry... I'm still... still here... You know, I was kind of... thinking... about... why Tori suggested this... and part of me... thinks it's a date... for her... Oh, I... still wanted to talk to her... about what happened last time but... we never... never got the chance... I don't know if I'll... ever... ugh... see her... aga-...
... uhm... n... [#$@!]...
[#$@!]... No... I'm... not going to die... Not like this. Come on... Aurora... What the [#$@!] am I d-... doing...? I can't just... lay here... and give up... and be all sad about things... It's... it's really bad but... ugh... come on... Come on... If I can just find something to stop the... the bleeding... I won't... I can't just... give up...
... I... ugh... could've sworn I saw a... a medical rack... around here...
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