60th Logbook Entry - The Final Countdown
08 Nov 2022VladmirMcDoogle
Beginning audio logbook speech to text recognition."Sometime in the last week we discovered another "Stargoid" now putting the total at 8. A Hydra has 8 hearts, so maybe it's some weird bug thing, or just a coincidence. At any rate, they are coming... and fast. The eggheads have determined based on the movement of these things that they are all heading straight to Sol and will be there within the next few weeks. Tension in The Bubble is high. People are afraid. Every port I pull into has a strange feel to it. People at the bar are getting more drunk than usual and there is quiet chatter about what's to come. All speculative of course, but once a rumor gets rolling it's tough to stop.
I've seen a few of the same rumors run like wildfire through neighboring systems. It's not good. People are are afraid to fight. Afraid to defend The Bubble; their home. They seem to forget that there are many brave commanders ready to risk everything for even a slight chance at victory. But those brave commanders need certain things to put forward a continued defensive front... they need hard working people planet-side who are mining the goods for ammunition and ship repairs, the people who transport it to the refineries, the people working at those refineries, the people transporting it to stations, and the people restocking and repairing ships as they come limping in with holes, destroyed modules, and caustic damage. Then there's the people who keep them clothed and fed... war is all about logistics and that all falls apart once people panic and run. We will need everyone for this war.
As for me, I've done my part in preparing. I have everything I wanted to gather save the Thargoid tissue samples, but I'll complete those within the next few days. For those of you listening to this and who also want to be as prepared as possible, I'll leave an itemized list of what I've gathered and where I got them at the end of this transmission. I'm currently working on getting the Mbooni permit in the current call from Azimuth to expand operational assets. I don't fully trust them, but I need that permit to make sure I have access to all the AX gear that I need. After the tissue samples I'll get back into my Cheiftan and keep my AX skills sharp until the Stargoids show up. Once that happens I may go dark for awhile to focus on what needs to be done... or go dark forever.
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Thargoid Preparedness List
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Commander VladmirMcDoogle signing out."
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