Logbook of the Stormrunner: Entry 005
04 Dec 2024Stanford Teverell
Begin Voice PlaybackCMDR Log zero-zero-five. Current date: Thursday, 4th of December, 3310. Earth-Time: 1248.
Transmission ended abruptly, yesterday. Either the pirates are getting emboldened... or extremely stupid. Heard of some 'enterprising' cockheads attacking refugee ships. Weren't any reason for it. I managed to get away, yesterday... at the loss of three people. Three souls. Spent the rest of the day tracking the fucker. Turns out... Sirius Corporation wanted his head on a pike. I was happy to oblige.
Tracked the bastard in Epsilon Indi. At first, I was heading to the system's nav beacon... and I was interdicted. By the very cunt I was tracking. He was in a Federal Dropship, hardpoints deployed, and fired immediately. It was his unlucky day. He had a million-credit bounty on his head, in that system... and Sirius Corp. paid me extra, along with granting me a permit to the Sirius System itself. Feels... accomplished.
[There was a long pause. The station's intercom could be heard more frequently. Ships humming in and out of the docking bay were more pronounced.]
Li Qing Jao is in a frenzy. Everyone is trying to make it out. We're... not getting everyone out. Our rescue efforts have only gotten a fraction of citizens out of the system. Twenty-two billion people... only several million rescued. I can only hope these upgrades and Anti-Xeno weaponry will be enough when the inevitable happens. I--
[Stanford was interrupted by the ship's AI. "Incoming Message," it said, while Stanford paused to read. He pressed a few buttons on his keypad, ending with the AI speaking once more: "Beginning Playback." At first... nothing. Then, that sound. The unholy moans of an eldritch beast. The long, creaking snarls of a Titan. It lasted for about thirty seconds... and then silence.]
...Cocijo is set to pass Sirius, today. Right on Sol's doorstep. This is it. May whatever god remaining on our plane of existence have mercy on us all. CMDR Stanford Teverell out. This... might be my last log.
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