Captain Michael's first mission

Captain's Journal, Chapter 1:

I wonder if I should be glad I'm a different person now. The good thing is; nobody I know seemed to be upset with me getting the modification that my body needed for space travel. After boarding my brand new Galaxy Cruiser named "Danoga", I began to thank god for the chance to see space. Though I already met the crew I would be working with a few weeks earlier, I didn't think there were any surprises for me left before I got to the bridge; but how wrong was I, it seems that, at the last minute, one of the assigned members was re-assigned somewhere else, so I found my gorgeous ex-wife as the new pilot. For a second, I thought "Dammit", but then again, I began to think if there was any reason for me to still resent her for just leaving without even leaving a note. Anyway, after un-docking with the Battle station "Chimera", we looked upon the stars on our monitors and the feeling was indescribable. Our first assignment is to go to the first star close to our home planet, we had named it the Kosanova system, Since our scientists said the probes indicated signs of intelligent life there, we we're being sent to make first contact.

This was a big deal for me, I don't know why but sometimes I just like to describe things in my journal. I guess anyone could say that I'm not like any other person, well, not anymore anyway. It's just that my ship, my GC as I like to call it, is really quite something else. It can go at the speed of light, so we'll be at the Kosanova system in four and a half years. I don't know why I'm saying this but still, I want to do it anyway. Since the Danoga has long range scanners of about a light year of range, it's always wise to go with this strategy the scientists came up with. Frankly I don't know much about engines and stuff, but at least I have enough knowledge to figure out my way around the engine room. Anyway, the strategy is to start the journey on a set course, then, some time afterwards, come out of light speed to check the area ahead with the long range scanners. That way we won't run into anything that's out there. Funny how light speed is really, to us is so fast, but if you could look at something traveling from one star to another it might look like a snail's pace. So it's slow enough to travel, but too fast if you have something in range and you want to stop, or change course to avoid it. Well, I'm gonna go to bed now, wait a sec, I'm so new to the modification, sometimes I don't remember that I don't need to sleep anymore. Ha-ha! Oh boy, anyway, I should be getting acquainted with my crew now so I'll be leaving. End recording.

(As you might have noticed, the captain says he doesn't know much about engines. He's just so damn modest that it almost got him in trouble a few times.)

Captain's journal, chapter 2:

It's been about a year since the mission started, wow, I can't believe it's gonna be 3 and a half more years until we get to Kosanova. I haven't even had time to feel bored, every time we have to start the light speed engines we have to go to stasis. I really wish there was a faster way to travel but, until the scientists can come up with something then... Then again, I might be able to help a friend of mine with his research after I get back, there's so much that I want to find out after we get to the new system. To think that it took me less than a year to get familiar with my crew, I mean, there aren't many of us on the Danoga but still, with these many stop and go things, I have found time out of stasis to get to know them at least a little. I still can't get over my best friend Ferguson being here as the chief engineer. Although I consider all the crew as a family now, I hope I can make more friends after the mission.

I still get the feeling that I need to sleep and eat even though my body no longer needs to; I guess my mind hasn't gotten fully used to this whole deal yet. Even though we captains and some of the diplomats on the crew have special modifications that allow us to eat things, eating is no longer necessary to sustain us. I wonder if we'll have to eat whatever the beings at Kosanova offer us, we don't want to offend anyone after all. Although we also sent probes there to make some kind of initial contact, we haven't made physical contact with them. First contact; I wonder how will they see us, I wonder how we will see them, will they be human? Will they be humanoid as well? I have no idea of what to expect when we get there, but I will sure treat them with respect, if they're as advanced as us or more, then they deserve it. Now that I think about it, what will my little girl think of all this? Is this gonna be good for earth? Can we teach these being something? Could they teach us something new? Well, gotta go to the bridge to check our route, I don't want no asteroid to be getting in our way or something. I trust my ex-wife Sophia won't be flying us into a star, ha-ha. Aside from keeping my journal and getting a few boost of energy every now and again, there's nothing much to do in my quarters. I guess there are so many things to take care of on a starship that we can't afford to take lunch or bathroom breaks.
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Captain's journal, chapter 3:

God, where should I begin? This whole deal was really tough on me and the crew but fortunately, we got through it. I guess I should start from the moment we received that distress signal, it was a few moments after coming out of light speed to check on our route. Let's see, after resuming our positions, we had to begin scanning for possible obstacles in our route to the Kosanova system. We were about to resume our course when we discovered a distress signal not far from where we were. We were passing close to a solar system where, apparently, there was no star. The planets, which by the way, there weren't many of them, were all frozen and dead. The signal was coming from an asteroid field in the system. I decided to check it out just in case help was needed. According to regulations, a transport bearing a rescue team can consist of only 5 members. I, being still as human as I remembered, thought that 5 were just too few. So, I decided the rescue team should have been of at least 8 people; that would be 4 guards, instead of the usual 2; 2 doctors instead of the usual 1, my first officer Santiago and myself), with that settled, we boarded a transport and headed towards the place where the signal was coming from.

When we arrived at the field, our transport collided with what seemed to be an invisible rock. This was because the asteroid was made from an unknown black material, so black that we didn't see it until it came that close; even our instruments couldn't detect the darn thing. Fortunately for us, the shields absorbed most of the impact. The signal suddenly was dying out; we barely made it there before the signal completely disappeared. The place the signal came from was a huge asteroid in the middle of the field; it also had a bunch of those black rocks surrounding it. I was piloting so I managed to calibrate the sensors to detect these unusual rocks. With that out of the way, we landed inside the asteroid where we saw a big space ship encased within the asteroid. We were pretty shocked to see that, but we had to scan the ship before we decided to enter. After the scans revealed 10 fading life forms and nothing much inside, we decided to go in after sending a few messages to the ship, mostly because we didn't get a response. The inside of the ship was like nothing I ever saw before; it didn't have stairs, doors or buttons you could operate by hand. Instead, it had tube shaped corridors, things connecting to rooms that had the shape of a strainer, and tiny levers and sensor pads could be visible all over the vessel. I was thinking what kind of beings could possibly be here; I was gonna find out soon enough. The life forms we encountered were not showing any signs of being awake, they were dying, slowly, but surely, they were. With the help of my crew we managed to restore the life support system of their ship. Although at first we didn't understood how the darn thing worked. Unfortunately, by the time we got it working, some robots sprung from the walls and attacked us. It was a very difficult situation to get out of, since they threw a lot of things at us; from gas, to some sort of bullets, to laser beams. Now I know that if we still had our human bodies, we would have never stood a chance against them. After a tough battle, and thanks to our cunning and strength, we managed to beat the robots and save the life forms on the vessel. After learning their language thanks to my telepathic first officer, we learned how some beings from another world not far from here came and managed to accelerate the decaying process of their sun. Afterwards they killed most of their people (if you can call them people). Finally, some managed to get away to other systems, but this group was still here when the next wave of ships came. They encased their ship inside this asteroid and hoped they'd die out here. Well, at least we had made a couple of friends along the way. Geez, I almost forgot, I have to go check the ship's systems. I guess my mind wanders off too often.

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Captain's journal, chapter 4:

Finally, we're only a light day away from the Kosanova system; this is our last stop before we get there. I already sent a message to the Kosanova planet to alert them of our arrival, we're moving out as soon as they answer. This gives me some time to relax and play for a while with my friends. By now I even managed to become friends with my ex too. Can't believe it took us 2 years to finally patch things up. Most of that time we were in stasis so, it might have taken us less time in a different situation. So far the trip hasn't had anymore problems since the incident with the Farluvian, wait; it just hit me now that I didn't get the chance to mention their species name in the last journal entry. Imagine that! Anyway, the Farluvian must be on their way to a new system right about now. They also had similar Light speed engines as we have. I wonder if the people at Kosanova have something different or something similar. I'll take a break for now because; I just don't have anything else to add to my journal at this point. Let's see, I finished checking every last system on the ship, everything looks normal. Aside from that; is there something else I should have done by now? I guess not, frankly I can't wait for the response from Kosanova. Will they be eager to meet us? What will they expect from us? I wonder what kind of protocol we will have to follow, since I already sent them our etiquette protocols. Can any of our actions be insulting to them? I hate to think that something we'll do during the meeting will result in chaos. Well, I better not think about that now. I'll resume the journal once I receive notice from our space neighbors.

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Captain's journal, chapter 5:

My god! I finally received the message back from the Kosanova system. They seem glad that they'll be able to meet us soon, since the message was in video, I know now what they look like. I sent them a video message of my own so they know what I look like as well. It's kind of comforting to know that these people are human as well. Now that we have confirmation of the landing coordinates at the planet, we'll be resuming course soon. Although I hope it's not a trap, these modified bodies of ours should help us deal with anything. The ambassador said that they have new technology for us; maybe we can make a trade with them. There's something that's troubling me though, the ambassador also said that they have made contact with two other planets already; their technology allows them to reach other planets faster than with the tech that we have. If the Bandosian, as they like to be called, didn't know much about the farluvian, did any of the other two species attack them? I'm dying to know the names of the other two systems, on earth we have named those the gamma-centaury, which is at 7 light years away and the Ceti-Alpha star, which is at 7.2 light years away. Sometimes I wonder if there are other planets out there that are like earth, This Bando planet certainly looks like it. I've been studying the Bandosian files that were sent to us and I'm finding lots of things in common.

Well, after finishing with this I'll give the order to move on. As much as I want to meet the Bandosian I have to learn their manners if I want to cause a good impression. I didn't spend all those years at the academy for nothing; I wonder sometimes what I would be doing right now if I didn't study so hard. I'm sure I'd be anything but a writer; I wouldn't know where to start. Since I have nothing else to say I guess I'll just finish reading this report on the Bandosian culture. I wonder if they already finished reading the ones I sent. The crew already has copies of all this, I hope they study them carefully. We didn't come all this way to embarrass ourselves.

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Captain's journal, chapter 6:

Let's see, where should I start? So much has happened since I got back to the Danoga. It feels weird after everything that's happened, especially now that the Xanderians are threatening us with war. I knew something was wrong after the reports of a spy inside the Danoga. That was only moments after I got out of the meeting between myself and the Ambassadors from the Kaaav, Xander and Bando systems. We talked about a trade of technologies because we have developed a modification on our human bodies, we also have a type of weapon they don't have, and I don't think they have any Telepaths on any of their worlds, so they asked us if they could do some research on the subject. They on the other hand, have technology to send messages in seconds through a complex method. I have to study that because right now I have some idea how it could work; Frankly, I don't want to get into it right now. So, they also seemed to have some sort of technology that allows them to travel faster than the speed of light, not at great speeds though, it's more like they found a rift through time and space, it's like a new dimension they explained. There, light years become days, so it's much easier to travel between the stars. As they explained, it was a joint discovery between the Bandosian and the Kaviar people. I still can't get over how they call themselves, my first officer asked at the meeting if they preferred to be called Caviar, with a "C", I noticed he was kidding but without letting the ambassadors know it. We were surprised when the ambassador told us how impressed he was with my first officer's intuitions. Ha! If he only knew! Anyway, should I describe each of these cultures? I think so, well, I already mentioned the Bandosian culture so I'll skip them.

The Kaviar people are human as well; the differences are that they are all short, kind of like what we call "little people" back on earth. This is a culture of, as my first officer said, Dwarves. They are incredibly strong, intelligent, but they seem a little, as the Bandosian ambassador said to me in confidence, greedy. This is a proud race, they value combat above all else, even material possessions. They're also proud of their achievements in the field of science and respect power and anyone who has lots of it. The Xanderian however, are very similar to the Kaviar, the differences are that, they seem to be a lot greedier than their neighbors. These people, at least the few I saw, were not human. Either they were at some point and then they found a way to modify their bodies, kind of like us; or they were always that way, which I doubt. They seem reluctant in sharing technology with anyone; they are a powerful race who apparently, is even older than the two neighboring systems. Life on their planet probably began a lot earlier than on Kaaav or Bando. Aside from those small differences, these beings are quite alike the Kaviar. The reason for the war threats is because the Xanderians demand that we surrender our technology, but I told the ambassador I can't make those kinds of decisions on my own. So, the Bandosian have given me, maybe because the Xanderian had something to do with it, one of their sub-space traveling gizmos, as well as one communicating device; this is so we can return quickly to earth and discuss this matter of the trade with the leader of the Republic. Then we can communicate with the Xanderian leaders and let them know of our decision. I hope I can persuade the Xanderians to back off a little before I have to go back.

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Captain's journal, chapter 7:

Damn! After a long time I'm finally in my quarters being able to record my journal. I always update my log every time something happens but, my journal isn't as important so, I gotta work on it only after I've accumulated enough material. Let's see, oh yeah! I was gonna say that after I managed to talk to the ambassadors a bit more, I was granted some relief. Although I no longer had to tell the president of the republic about a deadline, I still had to present him with the trade proposal. I doubted he would go for it but, after he considered it with the advisors, he accepted. I wasn't surprised with the decision, what surprised me the most was that, the people in the government wanted this trade to happen almost as much as the Xanderians.

Five days had passed since I left the Bando System, I was on my way to the Danoga to leave earth when, I was being called upon. I got so used to having a comm. attached to my ear that I almost forgot I had it in there. For a second I even thought someone was behind me. That was hilarious; anyway, turns out my kid went to the IBS just to see me. Wait a sec, what if someone hearing or then again, reading this journal is kept wondering what IBS means? I guess I should mention that back in the days, the international space station was upgraded to IBS, After all countries fused together 15 years ago, they decided that an Independent Battle Station should be available. From there, without having to ask earth control for materials or anything at all, the IBS should have plenty of modules that take care of every need. The astronauts would obviously had to have modified bodies in order to be allowed up here. That way no food would be required on board, no bathrooms and no oxygen either.

Although there have been two versions of the IBS so far, the second one is not as beautiful as the first one. Geez, I'm getting off the subject here. Anyway, I went back to the Bando System, I still can't get over the fact that we got there in just 4 and a half days, thank god that there were no problems on the way. So, after getting through to the ambassadors at the United Planets Council, I went and met with them. They were quite pleased to see the cargo I had for them, there were lots of files and data on our tech but, they didn't have the necessary devices to read the data crystals, so the republic also sent the computers needed for that. Language is not a problem with the telepath translators on the crew.

I waited for some time to see what they had to say about the data crystals, they immediately handed over their files on their technology. Although I received all the data from the Bandosian ambassador, I still couldn't shake the feeling that there was something wrong. EXCUSE ME SIR, BUT WE NEED YOU ON DECK! I'm on my way Sophia! Oh boy, I wonder what could it be this time, thank God they built my quarters next to the bridge.

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Captain's journal, chapter 8:

Dammit! I should have seen it coming. Moments ago, we were barely beginning to examine the files given to us by our so called friends when Willow, my science officer, discovered a virus implanted in the data. By that time we already lost our sensors and long range scanners. The virus, although new to our technology, adapted quite well and was spreading fast through all our systems. Although most of my crew was suspicious of the Xanderians, I had my doubts about the Bandosian as well. I immediately ordered the hangar doors to be opened while they were still operational, I wanted some fighters to be out there just in case we got attacked. I managed to see through the bridge's window how many warships were headed our way. Meanwhile, Willow was working on a way to eliminate the virus, in the mean time; I had to maintain the Danoga in one piece. Weapon systems failed after taking out a few of the warships but, there were more of them out there than we had fighters. Our fighters are robot operated, so there's no chance of risking the lives of valuable pilots. There are a few fighters reserved for members of the crew, as well as bombers for some others. Back then, I didn't want anyone out there.

Since I detailed the battle in my log, I see no reason why I should mention the entire thing in my journal. The point was that, Thanks to Willow, we managed to come out ok; the Danoga took some heavy damage but still... I had no idea there was a small fleet heading for earth at that very moment. That was the reason for the virus they implanted on our Galaxy Cruiser. They didn't want us to know they had dispatched ships to our planet. Afterwards, I had a chat with the ambassador and demanded to see the leaders of their world. They apologized to me and explained that the Xanderians are pretty much in control of everything around. Although I still didn't trust these people, they were the ones who told me about the Xanderian strike on earth. So, I decided to give them a break. They also gave me the idea of using the Danoga's light speed engines once it entered subspace. That way we would get to earth in less time than the Xanderian Warships. Back on earth, we have a few battleships and a planet protection net of satellites as well. What I was a little concerned by though, was the surprise attack. Could earth be prepared for one? This got me thinking, since we're the first generation of humans that got modified we still think somewhat the same as always; how would the next generation think?

We got to earth before the Xanderians, thankfully. I alerted the president of the attack and we were expecting it. After it was all over, the republic had to protect the Bandosian people for helping us out against the Xanderians. The republic is sending, not only one of our most powerful battleships, but also, they added some new integrants to both the Danoga and the Battleship Agamemnon. I'm not sure if I should mention what these were in my journal, after all, who knows if someone might miss-use this. Anyway, a war was just starting out and we didn't start it. Although we don't want to finish it, it looks like we might have to. I hate this whole thing; I hope we can avoid this. I'm gonna have to go to the Xander system while the Agamemnon goes to the Bando system. I hope I can talk to the leaders of the Xanderians so they start behaving like a civilized culture.

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Captain's journal, chapter 9:

I guess I should start by saying that, I was prepared for almost everything while on route to the Xander System. I have to admit that I didn't expect them to have mines near their orbit, or we would have been blown out of the sky by their defense system. I did plan the place where we would come out of sub-space; it was near the last planet of that system. At that point I was to hail them, I also sent out a few probes to the vicinity of the planet just to watch them explode. These guys are seriously paranoid or something. Apparently, the leader answered my hails and, we started discussing our planet's situation. I explained to him that we didn't want anything to do with war. I didn't know that at the time but, turns out that me saying that; was a sign of weakness of our race. The leader of the planet suddenly cut our chat short. By that time we sensed two ships coming out of the station orbiting Xander. I ordered shields to be raised just before we saw warheads coming out of those ships. Since I leave the flying to Sophia, I ordered my weapons officer known as Jerry, to begin launch of our own missiles. The battle went on for more than a few minutes. Their shields were like ours, only difference was that, it was configured to resist most laser blasts. At the same time their own lasers were configured in a way that they could pass through. Our shields however, are designed to block all types of laser shots. Our lasers are built outside the shields protecting the ship, so, we can fire at will but they are also exposed to enemy fire. Our missiles can also go through the shield.

What we all have in common is that once we activate shields, the shield can be visible over the ship. As soon as you see the ship glowing, you know they're there. Anyone could tell that the ship in front of you is planning something if its shields are up; so, you better raise shields too. After the battle, which by the way left the Danoga quite weak, I was allowed to meet the leader of the planet. After discussing where the meeting should take place, I went to meet him. I went assuming the worst, but thanks to not being human, I had little to fear in case this was a trap. The Danoga has 25 transports to use for escaping if the ship's in any trouble. Their ships have none; the Bandosian leader explained to me that it is because the Xanderians believe that escaping is for the weak and pitiful. Since they don't know that we don't require oxygen to live, maybe it gave us some advantage. We decided to have a meeting in mid-space, both of us using small ships. They used one of their shuttle-crafts as they call it, while we used one of our Transports. Although I'm not very fond of these people, I had to do something to prevent a war. That meeting went horribly wrong, I did expect some kind of double-cross but what happened was ridiculous. After the two ships docked and the doors opened, the air inside our transport got sucked into their shuttle-craft. Apparently these people need air to breathe, so we had to have some in our transport ready for them. The air got sucked in because there was no atmosphere inside their shuttle-craft. I guess they expected us to suffocate in there.

So, after it all settled, we undocked the ships and Sophia had to return our transport back to the Danoga. But before that, Willow, my science officer, saw that something was wrong and sent a few fighters to the rendezvous point. They arrived almost at the same time the Xanderian station was launching torpedoes against our transport. Our shields weren't up, Sophia was about to raise them when, a huge blast shook our transport. Turns out that one of our fighters collided with the torpedo to save us. Good thing no one was piloting it. After we got back to the Danoga, I decided to head back to earth. Now here I am, waiting for the senate to decide if we're going to war. I hate this situation but, I failed miserably. I though I could actually reason with these people. CAPTAIN! WE HAVE RECEIVED RESPONSE FROM THE SENATE, THEY HAVE DECLARED WAR. THEY REQUEST TO SEE YOU ON DECK.

Thank you Sophia, I'm on my way.

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Captain's journal, chapter 10:

Well, I just came back from talking to the senate members. Since I have to stay here on earth, might as well record my journal. After I'm finished with this, I'll go see my daughter Jennifer. She's so beautiful, I wish I could be with her all the time but I got things to do. Come to think of it, maybe Sophia went to see her before my meeting with the senate. This whole deal is getting out of hand; with my home planet declaring war on the Xander system I've seen new developments around here. For example, I had no idea that our neighboring red planet of Ares had more than just a colony. It seems that, in the four and a half years that I was away, they finished mining off one of the planet's moons. I was wondering where that other moon had gone to. What was it called again? I think the one that's left is called discord, if memory serves me right. Maybe the one missing was discord, gee, I wish I could remember. Anyway, now it seems we have more battleships than before. I won't say what number exactly just in case. Some stayed here while the rest went away to make the Xanderians back off.

I hope their strategy pays off but, most of all, I pray for everyone's safety. I think our government foresaw a conflict and they started developing new technology and more ships in the time I was away. It's good in part because if they hadn't, earth might be just a memory by now. I'm gonna have a talk with the president tomorrow; he seemed eager to find out more about the ship that attacked the Farluvian race. I have to admit that I didn't see anything like it when the Danoga fought the Xanderian ships a while back. Maybe that kind of vessel wasn't from the Xanderians. Or maybe they just use it as a last resort, if that's the case; I hope our battleships can handle it. Well, gotta go see my kid or else she might get mad at me for not keeping my promises.

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Captain's journal, chapter 11:

Just finished with my log, since I still have time I should add something to my journal as well. Let me see, I hung out with my kid who I adore, Sophia tagged along but I didn't mind. She's changed since we split up, I am glad to see that she's just more than a pretty face now. After leaving those two beautiful ladies behind, I went to meet with the president right before dusk. The president insisted that I get the mind upgrade that he suggested I took before leaving to meet the so called Kosanova System. I didn't want to at first because; I told the president that I wanted the journey to be a challenge. Besides, I didn't want to intrude on anyone's mind with the telepathic upgrade that some of my crew members have. Anyway, with the war coming and all, the president feels I should have a telepathic ability. Since I couldn't get out of it apparently, I had to go with his "suggestion". It seems now I have to go to the Xanderian home world, although we have a lot of battleships now, we're gonna need every ship available to make these Xanderian bastards accept peace. As I'm told these past few days, we have lost a few ships because of the new technology these people have developed.

I did mention a while ago that our shields are pretty visible after they're activated. It seems the new shield technology they developed makes their shields invisible. We have guessed that they expected to trick all of our ships with this advantage. As some have told it, these new shields can take more hits than ours. This is gonna make things harder, I'm not worried though, I'm sure something good will happen if I come up with a good strategy. I will have a chat with one of my contacts at the Bando system before I leave. Maybe I can find out something useful, hmm, anyway, I have to debrief my crew right about now. I'm so glad we're not human so nobody can call in sick.

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Captain's journal, chapter 12:

Where should I start, oh yeah, I went to the Bando system to have a talk with the friends I made there. After they gave me some info on the Xander system, I had to leave abruptly. The president sent me a message saying that the Danoga had to take a detour to the Kaaav system. It seems some of our scouts found an odd ship leaving the area just as they arrived at the system. They didn't manage to fully scan the vessel but at least they had a picture of the ship for me to see. It turns out that the ship in question is the same type that attacked the Farluvian. Now we knew for sure that the Kaaaviar were up to something along with the Xanderian. So, I went to the Kaaav system to have a chat with their government. I had to go escorted just in case, so my ship met with a few others of our own as I was arriving at the system. I met with the Battleship "Agamemnon" and with the Destroyer "Caligula", I know the captain of the Agamemnon. I think his name is Fernand Aivaras, I have no idea how to spell that last name, and it's so weird. Anyway, the captain of the Caligula is a woman; I think her name is Susana Tianguis. I keep hearing only good things about the woman, she's very well coordinated, she knows what she wants and goes for it; it seems she's also single. Too bad she's not looking, HAHAHA! Oh boy, I really have to get serious now.

Anyway, to make a long story short, I spoke with the president alone, and I learned that the ship belongs to the Xanderians. The Kaaaviar just follow their lead, after a quite long chat we left the system towards the Xanderian home world. I had to go down to the planet to rescue some Xanderians who don't like their government; they wanted political asylum according to what I was told by the president of the Bando planet. I did talk one last time to the president of Xander but, we ended up at a stand off, he got angry and sent ships after us but, to no avail. They did manage to cripple the Agamemnon though. After a while, I decided to go down to the planet in a transport to pick up the people that wanted asylum. I took 2 transports with me and by the time I got back, the mysterious ship that attacked the Farluvian made its appearance. The battle dragged on for almost an hour, I have to admit, that ship's tough, but I came up with something alongside Captain Susie and, I'm happy to say that we managed to win. Too bad the Agamemnon was destroyed but, no worries because its Captain and most of the crew escaped in time. I still have to go down to the Xanderian capital of Xin, to pick up the rest of the refugees while the stand off is still up. The Caligula has my back but, this time I'm going in with the Danoga itself down there. I doubt that something can go wrong while my crew and I are there rescuing people. I still can't get over the name of the capital, Xin; I used to imagine it would have been Xanderia or something like that. Anyway, I'm so glad the war is almost over, as soon as the rest of our ships come here the stand off will be over, so I can finally go back to my home and kiss my beautiful daughter Jennifer.

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As you must remember cadet, the details are a little blurry but, as far as historical records show, the xanderian home world exploded before our backup ships could arrive. The shockwave almost destroyed the Caligula; it completely tore down its shields. The Danoga was disintegrated in the blast, thankfully most of its crew got out in time using transports and shuttles, which got crippled by the shockwave too. The Danoga could not take off and nobody knows why. Sophia says the captain made the ultimate sacrifice once he knew of the Xanderian device that they had in order to blow up the earth. The captain couldn't stop it so he must have detonated it by accident. Anyway, I hope this helps on your report but remember, you can't mention specific numbers of ships and any of the person's names in the journal or else the senate might have our heads.