Log 19 --- 13/11/3302 (The Search)
13 Nov 2016Finnvos123
Hersilia pushes the throttle forward and jumps to the next systemIt has been three days now... three days of searching every neutron star near Colonia
She has hope... She has to find Finn, he wouldn't survive without her help
Come on... where are you Finn!?
She desperately looks at the scanner.... nothing
She tries to contact Finn again but the connection can't be established...
She puts her head in her hands...
Please don't die Finn....
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--- AUDIO LOG ---
--- CMDR FINNVOS123 -- LOCATION: GREAT ANNIHILATOR -- DATE: 13/11/3302 ---
--- GNE FLEET ROSTER ID: #320 ---
alarms go off in the cockpit of the ESS New Horizons
Yes... yes.. I know
Finn gets out of his chair and walks over to the frameshift drive
This is the fifth time it failed... sighs
He takes a look at the terminal and starts repairing the frameshift drive
It would be great if this ship could stop falling apart for one second....
He seems tired...
For days he wasn't able to do anything but run from module to module to fix the damage
Ah, fixed...
He walks over to the nearest window and looks outside staring a the Great Annihilator, one of the brightest gamma ray sources in the galaxy
If only those back home could see this.... My comms system isn't working well and the interference around the core makes it impossible for me to contact anyone... I hope..... I hope she didn't come after me...
Now where did I leave that crate of Lavian Brandy....
He walks away, looking for the crate
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Another system... another empty radar...
Finn....... where are you!?
She is getting desperate...
Then the scanner suddenly finds something... She almost jumps from her seat
What!? I need to check this right now...
The Indagator approaches the planet and begins the landing
Two kilometres above the surface she sees a metal object and points her ship towards it
I'm coming Finn....
The ship gets closer and she can now see what it is...
She freezes... In front of her lies the broken hull of an Anaconda
No...no...nonono.. This can't be happening!
She panics
She taps a few buttons and scans the ship... unknown
On the side of the hull a scratched ranger decal is visible... The same one on Finn's ship after his departure from Jaques Station
She felt like everything around her was falling apart
She tries to pull herself together but falls back into her chair and quietly sobs
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--- AUDIO LOG ---
--- CMDR FINNVOS123 -- LOCATION: GREAT ANNIHILATOR -- DATE: 13/11/3302 ---
--- GNE FLEET ROSTER ID: #320 ---
He's walking around in the cargo hold, looking for the crate of Lavian Brandy
Come oooon, where is it?
Maybe here?
Pulls some crates aside
No.. not there....
What about he-....
He sees a broken crate
No... No not the Brandy!
He grabs the crate and opens it
Oh... Oh good, it looked like the crate of Lavian Brandy....
I almost thought it was broken...
Aaaah, there it is...
He opens the crate and grabs a bottle before heading back to the bridge
He sits down in his chair and pours himself a glass of Lavian Brandy
Ah, finally a moment of silence...
A few minutes later alarms go off in the cockpit....
sighs Yes........ I know......... back to work
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She is still landed next to the crashed ship... Her hope is gone
Goddamnit Finn... where are you!?
Why did you have to go be so stupid!?
Why didn't you just come back!?
She sobs before taking off and slowly making her way back to the bubble