ARK database: Journal entries
Crew member: Dr. Gerald Robotnik
File#: ARK-169
Career: Professor of Multiple Sciences; Head researcher
Government Employee#: A51-2593
Journal entry #1, April 17, 2048, 14:50 EST
Good afternoon to whom is reading this. I would like to welcome you, whoever you are, to my journal. You will gain vital information about my works and my discoveries. I would also extend my thanks for the President for appointing me here at this time. Oh, it felt like yesterday when I graduated from secret academy. It was one of my single experiences that I just simply cannot forget. There were few who taken our class, and our class was headed by my father, Grigory. Unfortunately, my father cannot be here. He has died because of a stroke. Probably thinking of that Nova creature that he created. Poor father. Still thinking about the time he put his creation in embalming fluid to preserve her. He also put the thing under cement so no one will find it. I will continue my father's legacy. He didn't have a single word for me when he died. He just gave me a test tube full of mush and a golden jewel. There was more with the jewel. It had a piece of paper with writing. It said, "To my son, Gerald, I gave you these two items. The rottings in the tube is DNA of the fabled Anubis blended with various DNA components written in the buried walls of a hidden tomb. You might get an echidna, a hedgehog, a hawk, any type of creature imaginable. The origins of these creatures are from a world unknown to ours. This jewel, which I call a chaos emerald because of its massive power, could be the key to unlocking the other world. I am asking you to discover that world. Not to take it over, but to discover it. This scientific journey would lead to a discovery of a new dimension, a new Earth. This new world will be a doorway to interdimensional diplomacy and a new peace. Good luck on your journey, signed Dr. Grigory Robotnik." I will continue my father's legacy. I will work on Project Shadow and succeed for my father.