The Future: Terra time 2647
Many light years from the Sol system.

Lt. Mima Ta-Mah Kannar sighed as she sat back in her chair and stared at the computer screen.

"Computer, activate diary" she stated.
As the diary program instantly powered up, she paused as she tried to decide on what she wanted to record. So much had happened with history both made and explained, old mysteries solved and new mysteries found. And now that she knew so much more, that knowledge weighted heavily on her soul and she wished she had never become involved.

Eight days earlier.