0:00 - Our shuttles are safely away, but those dark energy clouds look worrying. The pilots are trying not to get too close. Nettie insists I need a haircut - I'm cramping her style. Maybe I should just go for a color she'd hate so much she'd refuse to be seen with me. Initiative blue?
0:23 - Severe electrical storms in the upper atmosphere. This doesn't look anything like the planet from the vids. There are floating rocks - electrostatic? Everyone's confused. Still too high for a good look at the surface.
0:37 - Shuttle one reports spotting tech below. Some kind of vehicles. Possibly manned, but w-
1:43 - This is a nightmare. First contact shouldn't involve ground to air missiles and a firefight. We have no idea where shuttle one went; no one is answering their comms and we've lost SAM. Dad will take care of them, I'm sure, but still - There's no way we can get this shuttle airborne again and more of those aliens may show up any minute. We're gathering what supplies we can and heading out to find the rest of the team.
2:17 - Still looking. Scanning everything but can't do much without SAM. I think there are two different kinds of tech, one the aliens are using and the other - older? Different species? Looks like the aliens are either scavenging or researching. Or both.
2:48 - How are things still living on this planet? What happened here? What's this strange tech meant to do? Are the others okay? How do we get back? THIS IS NOT HOW IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO.
3:09 - The storms are only getting worse. We thought we saw flares in the distance, so we're heading that way.
3:57 - Nettie's all right, thank God. In fact she's having a blast. These aliens have obviously never fought biotics before, which is good, but I'm starting to worry that the storms might fry our implants. They weren't exactly tested under these conditions. Dad's gone scouting. SAM's back, so I uploaded all the scans I've gotten so far. Shuttle two is in working condition but we're grounded until the storms clear. So are our alien friends, I think. Stuck here together in paradise. Just perfect.
4:14 - Setting off with a few others to a rendezvous point dad sent.
4:59 - There's a massive alien facility here. Looks like they built it around an other-tech tower which is interacting with the atmosphere - not in a good way. Dad and SAM think it might be the problem. They're working on a plan. Nettie says, "Let's just run in there and start shooting them." He may actually go with that. We really are desperate.
5:53 - The aliens are either dead or retreating. No credit to us; I think they were in pretty bad shape to start with, stuck here for who knows how long, no comms, in the middle of all this chaos. Dad and SAM are going to try shutting the tower down to cut the feedback loop. It's probably a terrible idea, but we're out of options. I hope at least one person from our team makes it back to the ark. They need to know. They need to be warned.