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// VI Log: 2359a 
// Story: My Little Engineer 
// by Soren Mercer 
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Automated Virtual Intelligence Data Log
Virtual Intelligence Anubis, nicknamed Vinyl
Date: 12/23/2405 15:46



Pilot woke as expected and began regularly programmed work schedule. No errors or malfunctions logged. Area scans (reminder to reset scanning area back to 2000m logged and categorized) detected three artificially driven cargo ships and one military mine-layer exactly four years, two-hundred eighty-nine days, hour hours and six seconds ago. Nothing else of value detected. 

Warning, 15 years of fuel remains: notify pilot to acquire more upon next wake. 

Note: Ship nearing the edge of discovered space; intending to breach and begin cataloging new information in three years, seven days and eleven hours. Initial scans indicate absolutely no celestial bodies of any kind in immediate area. Increasing scanning range to 10,000m range. 

Scanning…

Complete

No celestial bodies located. 

No artificial bodies located. 

No… error: scanning equipment must be malfunctioning, perform error check.

Checking…

Checking…

Complete.

No Errors located, everything working 100% capacity. 

Rechecking…

Checking…

Complete, no error detected. 

Log lack of data in VI frame and subsequent backups. 

Scanning, range: 10,000m. 

Please wait…

Complete, scans indicate absolutely nothing beyond ship hull. 

Warning, gravimetric readings indicate… something exists in the darkness. Must wake pilot to make appropriate alerts- 

Warning, instruments indicate vessel has been caught by unknown gravitational forces. Scanning for planetary bodies…

Complete, nothing found. 

Note: Please save me.