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The Screaming UT18

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  YEAR: 52028 SHIP: Matriark II, Super-frigate exploration Class LOCATION: Purple Mountain Valley, North of the Landing site.   Professor Adam’s Earpiece Log DAY EIGHT      They have taken me back to the surface. Something is wrong. The Pond Apes are screaming. All of the Ruki are dead. There screams are loud guttural cries of grief. They keep looking my way as if I know something.      They have been screaming for hours. They keep trying to shake the Ruki back alive. The Ruki are dead no movement no life. They are clearly more than mere mounts. They keep taking water from the lake and trying to get the Ruki to drink. The sight of them screaming for their loss is disturbing.      The leader is shouting at me. I can’t understand. He keeps pointing at the dead and then back to me. I think he thinks it was my fault. Or maybe he thinks it’s my people who have done this. I don’t know for sure but I think he...
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Fertilizer Detail UT17

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  YEAR: 52028 SHIP: Matriark II, Super-frigate exploration Class LOCATION: Nojo Memorial Farms and Gardens IN ATTENDANCE: Citizen Grebe, Citizen Marlow   Drone Surveillance log      GREB: I sick of this.      MARL: Sick of what?      GREB: Shovelling shit. I travelled seventeen million light-years to shovel shit. What’s the point of defrosting me after thousands of years, if all they can offer me is shit detail.      MARL: It won’t always be like this.      GREB: We shouldn’t be doing this. This is work for androids. I don’t see the scientists out here with a shovel, or the troopers for that matter. We are the bottom of the shit pile and they have the audacity to call us citizens.      MARL: You know the protocol on androids. They are only used in space. They can’t risk another AI dictatorship. If you’re that angry about it, why don’t yo...
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A Plea from Captain to Captain UT16

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  YEAR: 52028 SHIP: Matriark II, Super-frigate exploration Class SUPERVISORY COMPUTER SYSTEM: Guard Drone Eight LOCATION: Purple Mountains, Hahao   Drone Audio Recording      ORT: We need to talk.      PINE: That bitch Larkina sent her dog to come and get me did she.      ORT: I came of my own volition.      PINE: Go back to your master.      ORT: What’s wrong with you? You steal a death shower and take a hundred troopers into the wilderness. You think we wouldn’t come and try to reason with you?      PINE: Reason? Reason? Larkina has lost all reason. She thinks these grey mother-fuckers are peaceful. They have killed one of ours and they have taken another into their lakes. He will not come out alive. The time for reason is over Captain. The time for action is now. We have tracked the raiding party to this lake. We’re just waiting for them to show themselves...
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Adam’s Initial Observations UT15

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  YEAR: 52028 SHIP: Matriark II, Super-frigate exploration Class LOCATION: Purple Mountain Valley, North of Landing site.   Professor Adam’s Earpiece Log DAY THREE      The draft of sacred water is wearing off. I slept for a full day and woke up with a calm I haven’t felt since a Child. They are busy making a meal for their young. They come and go from the cavern with various bundles of leaves and fragrant herbs. It’s hard to see during the night. For the only source of light are little glowing orbs. When the sun rises, the cavern is lit through a series of crystal lenses. They harness the light and the crystals magnify the rays that pour through the water.      I have picked up many new words. Garsh is there word for water. I hear the little prayers uttered to their water gods. I am there Nivah, which I assume means outsider or alien. They often mention their Ruki.      They appear to be connected t...
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The Surveillance of Sub-Captain Pines UT14

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  YEAR: 52028 LOCATION: Purple Mountains, Hahao SUPERVISORY COMPUTER SYSTEM: Guard Drone Eight IN ATTENDANCE: Sub-Captain Ortner, Sergeant Dinn     Sub-Captain Ortner’s mission Log      ORT: We are a day’s journey from Pines and the other deserters. I have ordered a halt. I have decided to wait and gather intelligence. We are outnumbered and Pines may fire on us. We have enough supplies to scout for a day before trying to make contact.   Drone Audio Transcript      DINN: Why did he run away?      ORT: Because…Larkina humiliated him, but it’s more than that. He is scared. We all are. I want to bring him home. And I want those troopers loyal to him to be back where they belong.      DINN: Do you think she should have handled things differently?      ORT: Larkina did what she believed to be the best course of action. We cannot afford to be over...
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The Linguist Lives UT13

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  YEAR: 52028 SHIP: Matriark II, Super-frigate exploration Class LOCATION: Purple Mountain Lakes, North of Landing site.   Professor Adam’s Earpiece Log DAY ONE      They rode hard last night without stopping. My belly is raw. They put me down and I was sure it was the end. A large Brown-Haired Pond Ape, possibly their leader, came over with a long thin bone knife. I expected to be gutted and left for dead. Instead, my binds were cut. They studied me without speaking. Then the leader broke the silence.      There language is harsh and birdlike. I can pick up a few words. I think they refer to me as: Nivah. Every time they look at me I here it. They call their mounts Ruki. They appear to be herbivores. The Ruki are highly intelligent and follow complex commands. I believe they understand the pond ape language.        We passed through the purple mountains to get to this lake. Some of them have disa...
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The Hunt for Sub-Captain Pines UT12

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    YEAR: 52028 SHIP: Matriark II, Super-Frigate Exploration Class SUPERVISORY COMPUTOR SYSTEM: Hahaoya X80 (HX80) LOCATION: Prime-Captain Larkina’s office IN ATTENDANCE: Prime-Captain Larkina, Sub-Captain Ortner   Meeting Minutes      LARK: Sit down Ortner.      ORT: I’d rather stand.      LARK: Sit down. I have been up for three days. I haven’t got time for disobedience. I want to know what you think we should do about Pines.      ORT: I want to take a small twenty-strong team to go and get him back. You should stay here and mind the ship. The crew needs you.      LARK: Do you think I can loose another Captain?      ORT: You won’t lose me.      LARK: What if you don’t come back? What if those grey skins get you?      ORT: How else are we going to get them back?    ...
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