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Exploration log 1

11 Jun 2016PBSF Tempest
Staring out of my cockpit window...

R Doradus' corona burns a hue of red. The yellows and orange merge and dance on the surface.  I sit in silence and stare at the beauty, the beauty caused by so much chaos and violence...

Chaos and violence...  Funny...  

I thought I left that behind in civilized space.

I came out here to find something that I've lost.  Something that I haven't felt in so long.  

After I was almost killed outside of my home station, the very place I thought I was safe, I lost the fight to go on.  The days just started to merge together, drone on and on like some broken record.  I needed to get away.  Somewhere... Anywhere.

My ship fueled, the newly arrived planetary vehicles installed.  I took a moment to talk to my handler.  He said he understood why I needed to go.  He tells me my bunk, locker, and most importantly, my seat at the bar will all be here when I return.

I don't know what's ahead of me at the Formadine Rift, but I definitely know what's behind.  And I need a break...
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