[Captain's Cabin - USS Hargraves]
It was difficult for him to get through the security firewalls that the Captain had placed. But the ship had 50 year old technology, and Nevir had the know how and the equipment to break through the walls faster than they could be rebuilt. Before long, Nevir was able to overcome the command systems, and there in plain view was the logs.
There were a lot of corrupted files, and plenty of the logs were missing.. including the initial logs of the ship's departure. However, there was a major disturbing thing Nevir saw. A lot of seemingly mundane files were restricted access... all to the Captain. Nevir looked for the date that the vessel went missing, and accessed the first log.
Captain's Log:
I know its a bit off the path, but Roger's numbers seem to cut our travel time down by 30%. Its tempting, too tempting, so I've had my XO verify the work. Chief Williams is all for it, he said the gravitational readings alone would reduce the engine demand. Less deuterium lost is always better.
Our Helmsman is really the only person who disagrees, but T'Laro has always been a coward in my opinion. You'd think that Vulcan mind of his would embrace the logic of conservation, but no... he protests about unknown anomalies. We will make a decision tomorrow... either we turn or press on.
3 Days Later:
Its been a rough ride so far, so the time we've been making is beautiful. The deflector had to have power rerouted to compensate for the increase in speed and shear, but otherwise we've been able to estimate that our journey is going to be reduced by about a week. T'Laro is still giving grief about it, but at least the idea of uncharted space is enough to perk that curiosity of his. Its unusual, some of the rarest anomalies that the Federation has listed are here. There seemed to be a fast moving nebula cloud that will be crossing our path. Not much room to maneuver, but I'm hoping that it will pass before we do. We'll know in a day or so.
Part of me doesn't want to report this new path. A trade secret that will put me on the top for transports. Hell, I may even be able to refit the Hargraves. Get myself a top of the line engine and I can cut my time by more than half. I know that medical facilities would love that.
One week later:
Captain's Log
This might have been a mistake. I don't know what was in those nebulas, but our shields did nothing. We have 2 men in Sickbay right now. Dr. Relix doesn't know what is wrong. It just seems that <corrupted data>.
Ryan's been acting weird, too. I'm starting to wonder if this is his doing. I should have made the decision. Not given it to him. I gave him the means to unsurp me.
One week later:
We're down to half crew. T'Laro's dead. Last calculations saw us clearing this area in 20 hours. I swear there is something following us. Ryan says there is nothing out there. But he got us into this mess. Probably working with whoever is out there. Slowly killing my crew. He's threatening to relieve me... ME! He's the bastard who got us here!
18 hours later:
Supplimental - I knew it! I knew it! I saw them, I swear I did. Ryan is an agent for them. They are the cause of this <corrupted>. I can't lock him away, I need something to help me with this ship. The doctor is dead. Its just a couple of us now... but I've secured the systems. If I die, then he'll get nothing, the computer is set to scramble... and I doubt he'll be able to unlock it. I think I'll have him detained when we get there. He better keep me alive, or else he'll be stuck on a dying ship!
