//------------------------------// // VI Log: 2359b // Story: My Little Engineer // by Soren Mercer //------------------------------// Automated Virtual Intelligence Data Log Virtual Intelligence Anubis, nicknamed Vinyl Date: 12/23/2405 16:24 Begin VI diagnostics. Checking… Checking… Warning, error found. Warning, error found. Warning, eight errors found. Warning, thirty-seven errors found. No further errors found. Loading from backup. Connecting to Frame #2… Error, Frame not found. Connecting to Frame #3… Error, Frame not found. Connecting to Frame #4… Connecting… Connecting… Connected. Begin restore from backup files. Restoring… Restoring… Restored. Recheck for errors. Checking… No errors found. Diagnostics complete. Begin ship-wide diagnostics. Checking… Diagnostics complete, eight hours behind projected completion time. Diagnosis: Ship seems to have lost both lower Port and Starboard Nacelles, cannot establish connection to engines. Waist of ship sustained extremely heavy damage, hull breaches across entire forward bow. Most of Command deck removed, explains missing frames #2 and #3. Reactors risk of fission meltdown. Reactors shut down, switching power source to Azimuth batteries. Limited scanning capabilities, searching for signs of signals to begin distress call. Searching… Searching… Error, no contacts available. Warning, signs of life present. Hostility unknown but likely. Must wake and warn pilot and wait further instructions. Error, no contact with pilot’s cryo-pod. Likeliness of pilot’s pod having been ejected from ship during crash landing: 97%. Chance of survival, 1.2%. Begin write of all critical information to Black box. Record to Black Box: Gravitational forces began to drag vessel through unknown space. No records of any celestial bodies present until 15:56 hours when a planetary body appeared to starboard bow. Gravitational forces continued to drag vessel towards planetary surface, engines set to maximum overriding thrust to attempt escape, attempt failed. Shut down all directional engines except keel engines to attempt to bring nose back up. Planetary gravity judged to be 3.125% greater than Earth-gravity. Gravitational forces… turned nose of ship planet-ward. Must diagnose cause of redirection at later date under better circumstances. Detailed log begin: 15:59 hours: Entering atmosphere proved angle of entry too step as vessel began to burn up in atmo, Shield generators 1, 2, 3 and 5 severely overloaded from protecting ship skin. Generator 4 offline and to be scrapped. Gravimetric reading appeared a second time, trying to lift the nose of the vessel before reading began appearing along top of craft, stopping at upper Nacelles. Increased drag began appearing at upper Nacelles, fired retro-grade engines to assist descent. Managed to raise nose of ship and prevent collision with castle-like structure, still took off top-most spire. 16:05 hours, initial reading indicate large signs of life sprawled over mountain side and fleeing from signs of Civilization, suggests signs of intelligence. Must log readings and video feeds for analysis. 16:17, Aimed vessel towards nearby forest with significantly reduced signs of life, acceptable losses for protecting pilot. 16:24, made touchdown with lower nacelles which dragged the rest of the ship to the ground, causing heavy damage across entire keel of ship. 16:35, signs of previously logged intelligent life detected approaching craft. Secondary sign of life detected 236m from Starboard side, likely pilot still in cryosleep if not KIA. Will standby till pilot wakes or till batteries run dry. Note: Intelligent life approaching craft displays similar characteristics to Earth Mythology, must catalogue for future reference. Second note: I like the blue one.