A slight detour
07 Sep 2024C. Instinct
***Captain‘s log – AIRV Big Sister
Date: 07.09.3310
Condition: GREEN
Location: Col 173 Sector LG-Z c15-44
Entry: 48
We are almost back in the bubble. To be honest we could have already arrived there yesterday but we made a slight detour to rendezvous with the AIRV Endurance, under the command of CMDR N. Abbas. They are just in the process of moving out into the black of the outer orion spur. It is rare to have another AI vessel this close so I was happy to alter our course to meet up with them. This also proved to be an excellent opportunity for another little “experiment” with my crew that yielded quite interesting results. I gave all crew members some leave so they were free to visit the Endurance if they wanted. To be honest I did not expect many of them to actually do that, since they had all behaved quite “introverted” if not almost anti social in their free time so far. But they surprised me once more! ALL of them were eager to visit the other carrier and happily mingled and...”socialized” with the other crew. Very interesting! It appears that Returnees have a bit of an “aversion” to interacting with each other but are happy to spend time with “normal” people. Maybe hiring an all Returnee crew was not the best idea… maybe I should sprinkle some “normal” people into my crew and see what happens. I was planning to upgrade the Big Sister with a shipyard when we get back to civilization anyway so that would be a good opportunity to adjust the crew composition without raising suspicion among them.
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