Entry 04: Lieutenant CT-800-1984 (154 Days ABG)

Well, we've been planetside six hours, and I still don't fully understand what happened up there.

The official report: We were attacked. By Seps, apparently.

I just remember being in my barracks, hearing the notice that we were leaving hyperspace, my gear was assembled, and then ...suddenly my barracks were gone, a big hole was blown in the hull, and the entire barrack was open to space. The only other survivor was CT-66/140, Foe, who pulled me to safety and sealed the door. Foe and I were the only ones in that barrack who survived, the rest of the troopers are probably floating in Doan's orbit. I've never been more glad that our armor is pressurized. We learned that we were under attack, that an enemy destroyer had been waiting for us, and we had to prepare for battle.

We were powerless, dependent entirely on the ship's crew. All we could do was stand by and prepare for possible boarding action. Our opponent had no interest in that.

Eventually, Fortitude ordered all of us to get our gear together and stand by to evacuate. Before I knew it, our cruiser had lost its bridge and primary engines, falling into Doan's atmosphere. We were ordered to abandon ship. I escaped via one of the Jadthu class landers.

We landed in one of Doan's caverns, a couple of kilos from the cruiser, with three gunships and one additional lander. I've taken command, since I am the ranking officer. Currently, 201 troopers, including pilots, have been accounted for. All four of our captains are missing, so I took command and selected CL-66/009 [I mean Bonfire] as my second, so as to better organize the men I have. I managed to contact several other landing groups, and I intend to rendezvous with them at the crash site.

The rest of our men are unaccounted for, I'm hoping to reach them soon. I don't know if Fortitude or Kali'sto survived the Carrick's crash, whether they got off or not. I'm assigning CS-99-1005 and his squad as a search party.

End Log.