11 AUG 3308 Logs: Aftermath Afterthoughts
11 Aug 2022Namenara
>SYSLOG START11 AUG 3308 - 1:32:07 -- SHIP: XH-02 JÄGER -- ASTEROPE, COPERNICUS OBSERVATORY
>VOICE RECOGNITION STARTING... SUCCESS
>VOICE COMMAND RECEIVED: "Log start"
>CREATING CMDR LOG...
It's been two days since the Proteus Wave fired up... it feels like it was just yesterday and a month ago at the same time. Been out here hunting 'Goids since 2 years already, but...
I wasn't there when the Proteus Wave fired, I flew as soon as I heard it did... The things I heard about it... How badly it misfired... or did it? But I didn't believe it was that bad. I thought it did what has been happening as of late, wiping Thargoids off the system and angering them even more. When I watched the news about it... The installation turning on, I didn't knew what to think.
It always felt as if the Thargoids we fought didn't really cared about us, almost as if they were sending just enough ships so we couldn't do whatever we wanted. But ever since Salvation we have been seeing them stepping up their efforts. Until now, we have been mostly defending ourselves, we haven't followed Thargoids into wherever they go, our weapons can barely damage their tougher ones, let alone handle several of them at the same time. But now, now we had actual weapons that could seriously cripple them, even taking every Thargoid from a system. And they stepped up their efforts. And now? no-- /// WARNING -- UNKNOW INTERF###E ///
>VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FAILURE - REASON: UNKNOWN
>ATTEMPTING TO REBOOT... ERROR
>CRITICAL FAI##
>SYS#EM OVE###LOAD -- ATTEMPTI##S#FE##SHUT######
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>SAFE MODE ENGAGED
>SYSLOG MANUALLY STARTED
11 AUG 3308 - 2:10:50 -- SHIP: XH-02 JÄGER -- ASTEROPE, SUPERCRUISE NEAR COPERNICUS OBSERVATORY
>VOICE COMMAND RECEIVED: "Log append"
>OPENING LAST CMDR LOG... !! CORRUPTED !!
>RECOVERING CONTENT... PARTIAL RECOVERY SUCCESFUL
>RESUMING LAST CMDR LOG
Damn Thargoids. I was so immersed on my own thoughts that I didn't realized one of them was heading on my direction, charging up their pulse. Had just enough time to engage the boost and float away. Been out here on supercruise for a while, wondering... Do they see us a threat now? We can barely hold them on our own systems, and until now, I've never seen them outright destroying so many ships. But after Proteus Wave, after their installation fired their own pulse, they destroyed everything on the system. Ships' systems barely work on HIP 22460, and don't get me started on what they do to Guardian tech. They don't allow anyone to stay on that system, attacking on sight, actively hunting every human ship that goes into that system, actively wiping out every human trace there. Outright obliterated every megaship and capital ship there. If we turned on that thing, what can it do if they turn them on? What if several installations... or whatever they are, are activated? Damn... Maybe I should head back into the bubble, visit a few worlds to clear my head. At least we should be safe there... for now at least.
>CMDR LOG END
>SYSTEM MANUAL SHUTDOWN STARTED
>SYSLOG END