Entry #18 - Back home
28 Jul 2017Zinnsei
Commander's log 28 JUL 3303We're home.
Currently, the Zemt Quinta Essentia is docked at Farseer Inc. while undergoing maintenance. She paintwork alone is abhorrent to behold. I traded all my exploration data to Felicity, save for a few pages used to gain some good favor with the Federation. Needless to say, this bumped me from Grade 1 to Grade 5 and got me into Felicity's good graces immediately. I've taken a few weeks of leave from the Imperial Navy, while I undergo rigorous testing by my physicians and adjust to being back in the bubble again.
For the most part, the crew - who came aboard at Colonia - are just fine. A little space weary and agoraphobic, but otherwise fit for duty. I, on the other hand, need help. The madness that gripped me after losing the Zenith would have been better treated right away, but I've been insisting that I'd wait until we were back home. It felt... right. It felt like proper closure - to not start the treatment of the "wound" before the journey was complete. Now that it is, I can start to make the preparations to visit Napoleon's family. So far the crew has disembarked and gone their separate ways. Some went to Achenar, others transferred straight onto other ships, after a medical of course, and a few have chosen to stick with the Zemt. I'm thankful to them all for being a part of this 5-month adventure, there and back again, so to speak. I've definitely come back a changed man. It will take more contemplation to fully digest in which ways I've changed, but rest assured: Going so deep into the unknown and coming back again is impossible without a few... changes to the source code.
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Later I'll file a log concerning the trip from Eagle's Landing to The Bubble, but for now, it's all a mash of images and thoughts. It will be better, they all assure me.
I'm hoping they're right.
CMDR Zinnsei,
Signing off.