Captain's Log Entry #1 2330.09.04
04 Sep 2023Ixam
Big first day... after the vision in the mines (and a short firefight), a Constellation explorer gave me his ship to take the New Atlantis with the Artifact safe in its hold. I joined Constellation and SarahMorgan joined me on my first mission to find another Artifact piece. She seems driven if a bit stuffy, especially when it comes to the shady side of flying. Since it was my first time seeing the sights in New Atlantis in a long, I took my time. Explored the districts including The Well. Made numerous friends as well as some coin. I "helped" a UC opps lady "track down" a rouge power draw in the Well (which routed to a bank skimming rig up top) and received a nice payment from the Trade Authority for my trouble. Might be more than meets the eye here... The Trade Authority are definitely up to something...I also joined the United Colonies Vanguard and took a short jaunt to Tau Ceti on my introductory mission with the UC Vanguard. Turned out to be more than a "delivery". Found a panicked researcher named Hadrian and a Terramorph! What a terrifying creature. Luckily, the researcher enabled the outposts defense systems and I was able to flatline the beast. Terramorphs aren't supposed to appear on a young colony though, so I'm taking a sample of its flesh to a researcher in the Sol system. Turns out I have to go there anyway to track down a lead on a potential Artifact.
I'm back in New Atlantis to offload some cargo and wrap up some loose ends... involving an olive tree...