The newly graduated cadets from JumpCorp academy sit in the train terminal waiting to board and get back to the dorms after a long day of listening to JumpCorp Charter heads give 10 minute overviews of their missions so they can recruit the best and the brightest to work for them. They notice Colonel Caryn Jaeger walking through the terminal having a heated discussion with a JumpCorp executive, when suddenly an explosion rips through the terminal as the Colonel passes by!
The graduates leap into action as several very strange acting humans, brandishing flechete weapons and molecular edged swords, attack the Colonel. The fight does not start well as the Colonel takes two wounds, but quick thinking from Nolan Brilliant rigging the terminals near the attackers to discharge huge amounts of electrical energy incapacitating three of the assailants makes clean up of the rest easy for the newly graduated cadets!
Colonel Jaeger quickly decides these cadets are perfect for her recruits at JC701 – the farthest out JumpCorp station from the known races. It turns out the assailants were Rigelian Slavers, an insectoid race, disguised as humans. She explains to her new recruits that JumpCorp executives just don’t understand the level of danger that still exists from the Rigelians despite the treaty they signed. The Colonel feels that there is no chance the colonies near JC701 are as safe as JumpCorp feels and that the Rigelians are up to something.
The recruits show up bright and early (well except Sam) for the trip on the JCS Opportunity out to JC701. The jump is normally several days, but the relatively inexperienced pilot take the long way and instead the trip will take several weeks. About four days into the trip, an explosion rips through the inside of the ship, throwing them out of Hyperspace and into the nearest planet, an apparently deserted mining world with no atmosphere! Colonel Jaegar is seriously injured and only has 24-48 hours without medical treatment. The ship unfortunately is completely useless until the crew can find supplies to repair the Hyperdrive and bring the systems back online and continue their jump to JC701.
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Journal of Science Office Emo of JumpCorp
Day 1
Today began my first day as a science office for JumpCorp. I’ve have repeatedly requested a position in a planet-side laboratory where my particular specialties in botany and biology can be fully utilized. These requests have been denied.
Instead I’ve spent most of the day listening to overstimulated aliens speak of the “excitement” and “mysteries” to be found in space exploration, planetary police actions, and system tort law.
Then to fully punctuate my exasperating circumstances, I had to come to the aid of an aging military commandant who chose my train station to be attacked in. With my usual efficiency I vaporized 2.1 of the assailants and was about the finish the remaining .9 when called to a halt by the same martial individual I was saving.
Now, I’ve somehow fallen under colonel Jaeger’s command (the military commandant I just spoke of.) Worse yet, I’m science officer on her ship, the JCS Opportunity! Why do these other species refuse to see that death awaits around every corner in space! As to prove my point, our ship has been damaged, the colonel is out of commission, and I’m now pegged for an away team to some lifeless mining colony in search of much needed supplies!
I will do my best to be helpful, but if this is my last entry please be sure to tell the family of my celebrant host that it’s destruction in space was not any fault of mine.
Another Benny for Steve! Fantastic personal log. I look forward to reading more. :)
Jernil of Cheef Seecuriti Officer Uggh
Clases ar booring. Did nut lik licening to dos at awl!! (Otay twanslater is brooken und dypin is difucult – I well speek to my boodie Elmo aboot dis). Day got butter sense stuff blowed up. Mushed sum bugs umd sived Kernal Lady. Nolan dud good. He a being of acton. Gut pre…pru..pra.. I gots new job as cheef uv seecuriti. Boodie Elbow say dis good – I kan smush unvadurs. Trigger gut us un hour wey to *signal lost to damaged terminal. End program.*
Benny for Mike Byrd as well!