Kreada’s Recovered Data
10 Mar 2016Kreada
The following is a recovered video journal Kreada was making just as his former science ship was attacked. The bekket class science vessal had been researching Thargoids and interacting with a particular group of interceptors and scouts. While weapons had been drawn in the early encounters on both sides, the last eleven encounters offered hope for more. (A voice from off camera) “You really think they would scoop one up and not know it’s a camera? They’ve been around longer than us!”
(Kreada laughs) “It is that or I’ll put this space suit back on and float out there with the trinkets next time. I want to see what they do when they pick it up. I want to meet them!”
As if this was the trigger word, the ship’s alarms began blaring and Kreada’s aged face paled in horror. Another voice came over the ship’s speakers. “Incoming missiles. Brace for Impact.”
The ship was struck, the sounds of explosions and screams followed. Kreada was dressing as fast as he could half on screen in his space suit. A man called from the hall, “Get to Comms, maybe they’ll listen to you!”
“Who?” Kreada called out as he searched for his helmet.
The voice came back, “People! They came up with their ships cold, didn’t see ‘em until they launched missiles at our defense turrets! Just come on!”
Kreada ran from his room and was gone for several minutes. The sounds of rail guns pinging against and through the ship could be heard. Lights began to flicker and die as Kreada and a woman ran back into the room with a smoldering device, the distress beacon. They just entered view of the recorder when another explosion launched debris into the room, Kreada was struck unconscious . The hall must have been exposed to vacuum because everything began getting sucked from the chamber. The woman was gone and a massive clanging followed.
Then darkness and muffled sounds of metal tearing apart.