Commander's Personal Entry - December 31st, 3303
31 Dec 2017Orion Starhunter
Commander's Personal LogDecember 31st, 3303
05:23 hours
For the last 4 days I have been running missions for Professor Palin in the Maia system, retrieving Thargoid samples from a site in HIP 17125. During this time the good Professor has paid us well which has allowed us to purchase a new ship. The Anaconda Class starship is really the big sister to the Python Class, and does it's job very well. During the last 2 days I have been "running the loop" with the engineers after outfitting the new ship, so everything is the way I want it.
I have fittingly named the ship "Baba Yaga" referring to the old Russian Folklore story of the witch who spooked and scared young children. Fitting name for one of the most powerful ships we have in the fleet thus far, especially considering her weapons compliment.
While the ship is currently configured as mainly a cargo vessel "with teeth" I have used the last couple of hours to come up with various configurations that can suit her, from Exploration to Personal Transport. All of which are very achievable and in most cases profitable.
With all that being said, I was monitoring the sub-space channels and an hour ago our old friend, Cmdr. Indigowyrd, passed along a data transmission that contained coordinates of several locations that he strongly suggested we check out. The good Commander didn't go into much detail, only that an planetary hangar would be necessary, and that we should be ready to be shocked at the information we are about to come across. He did say that it might explain a lot of which has happened as of late, referring to the current Thargoid threat and recent attacks on starports and larger ships.
While we have done a shakedown cruise for the Baba Yaga, I feel that these places may in fact be the type of exploration mission we have needed to get away from the daily grind.
I won't lie, the crew feels like they are in a state of unrest, and I too am starting to feel a bit on edge. A couple of the crew members actually got into a brawl in the mess hall. What the reason was didn't matter to me, but the fact that it happened did. As I said, a state of unrest.
I know at an early age I became aware of an ability to somewhat foretell future events, most people call these premonitions. While I have disciplined myself to suppress this blessing or curse, depending on how you look at it, I am finding that it is getting more difficult to suppress this, as something is telling me in my gut that the information we are about to embark on to discover, is not going to end well.
My wife, Trysha Sagittarius, has been optimistic as always. Even though this is a little over a week into our marriage, things between her and I are perfect.
She keeps me on the straight and narrow, and as my first officer, presents options that the crew and I commonly use. I have a feeling that she will be a large help in this up and coming expedition to uncover whatever it is that our friend found.
Dawn is approaching here at St Jepan Seljan Hub, and I have been up all night. I am going to take this opportunity to get some rest, but as the day presses on, I will report what we find.
Commander Orion Starhunter
Baba Yaga
YF-29
Anaconda Class Starship