A New Year in a Big Galaxy: 3308
31 Dec 2021Rhaazerus
//synchronizing logbook . . . CMDR Rhaazerus Orzhov
CMDR Log - #013
Star Date - December 31st 3307
System: Sol
Planet: Earth - orbit
Location: Li Qing Jao Starport
Jeez, it's already gonna be a new Star Date year. 3308.
Hard to believe, time's gone by so quickly. Though . . . on a galactic scale . . . how significant is it really?
As far as our galaxy is concerned, this whole year based on one planet rotating around a sun, it's nothing more than a blip in time.
This galaxy really knows how to make you feel pretty insignificant.
Well, I got back to my usual work after a trip out to Empire space, in Gyhldemal for a delivery.
On the way back, I came across a message from one of those generation ships from back before Frameshift Drives. The Lycaon . . . Those poor souls.
Plague ridden, some sort of space disease. And right there in the same system, I came across some anomalies and some massive metallic spores and crystal formations.
Coincidence? Or maybe they're connected? Or maybe these anomalies were the source of their ruin?
Who knows, but I was definitely not going to stick around long enough to find out.
I decided to stop by a Vista Genomics and have them give me a look over, and asked them about those anomalies.
I just wanted to make sure I wasn't crawling with anything, or gonna end up as a walking incubator for some alien babies or something.
Though I'm sure those weirdos would love to find something on me and stick me in a canister to be studied.
That one guy was really giving me a weird look . . .
They didn't have any answers though, but it was worth a shot.
I bumped into a guy at the bar here in Li Qing, and now I have a few jobs lined up for the next couple of days, but nothing special to look forward to.
It's a new year and new possibilities . . .
This galaxy is always throwing something crazy at us.
We saw Earth rotate around the sun another time, and for the most part we're still here.
Congrats humanity.
//log end . . .