30-August-3844
—Classified—
Personal Log: Encrypted
The UEF's secret weapon has been revealed to me. It is the reason for my existence, the reason why the Princess singled out me. Project: Black Sun. Our beloved Father was right. My Princess was right. The UEF cannot be allowed to deploy this terror. A… planet killer that harnesses the quantum realm. Everything the Princess said is true. Elite Commander Dostya must be informed; Father must be told.
I should sabotage the final components, slow the research long enough for the Illuminate to crush the UEF lines. My Princess tells me to wait a little longer, to trust in her judgement. She has foreseen an end to this. She offers me a sign; I will know it when I see it. The time is not yet right to reveal our hand.
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Personal Log: Public
It is imperative the Black Sun components arrive on Earth. President Riley has charged me personally with this.
We expect interference. Pieces IV must be defended, or Earth will fall.
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I've just been informed the Aeon have broken through our lines on Luthien. Despite our best efforts, our forces could not hold it. By all accounts, they seized the planet with minimal resistance. We are spread too thin. This is a black day.
Intel suggests they have retaken Orionis.
[…]
Official Report:
Col. Zachary Arnold is alive. He was captured and broken by the Aeon. He now serves as a knight of their accursed princess. Before I could take him into custody, he activated his recall. He vowed to return. Black Sun's components are safe, and en route to Earth. The UEF will be victorious.
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Personal Log: Encrypted
I understand now. My Princess has justified my faith. I am hers. Father, you are wrong. You cannot know. Forgive me, but her Way is best for us all. No more shall the Aeon hunt us; this she has promised me.
She has named me her champion.
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I faced Mach of the Wired Tigers Node today. He did not know who I was. Father has spoken of him before. "A good boy". I should not have engaged him personally, but too many have already died. I made sure to draw him into an outpost and blew the generators, allowing him time to recall while the sensors were blinded. General Clarke was too busy to realise the ruse. As soon as the scanners returned, EarthCom berated me for leaving my eastern flank exposed. Riley charged me with defending the research facilities; EarthCom placed them in an undefended city. It is only by the Princess' grace that Arnold did not raze the planet's entire population. After his strategic warheads were countered, I crushed his front lines and he recalled rather than face capture.
