Routine, interrupted.
HSRC Limpet's CallWepae KN-T e3-961Distance from Colonia: 5,200 ly
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Life on board the Limpet’s Call seemed to have settled down into a steady rhythm – each jump takes us further out into unexplored space, and between jumps there was time to explore local systems.
On one of the journeys I snapped a shot on the drone camera (above) and submitted it to the weekly on-board photo contest and won second prize which I was particularly proud of – the quality of the submissions was very high so it was a welcome commendation.
Everything seemed fine – no incidents, the carrier performing faultlessly – until the 15th July. Out of the blue a communique was released by the carrier command crew indicating that all was not well. Ensign Baxter, the chief Comms officer had intercepted a mysterious coded message while the carrier was hove-to in Wepae IK-V b32-1. Thanks to Cmdr Triscus, we soon had the decoded message – “Package has been inserted. Asset confirms jump 238 is underway. Prepare for extraction.“
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This was strange, but nobody seemed overly concerned until LCdr Wong announced fighter training for all commanders. That made everyone sit up and take notice – there must be real concern in the command crew if they are training us up for combat.
So far all that seems to have happened is a lot more idle gossip in the Seal Club – let’s hope this isn’t signs of something more serious developing.