Expedition: Guards and Archivists
_SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel **Searcher** ,_ _September 19th, 2555__:_ I admit to being surprised at how easily we gained access to the Royal Archives. Just a few honeyed words, some half-baked excuses, and the Kaa appeared willing to...
Expedition: Conferences
_SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel **Searcher** , September 18th, 2555:_ I must admit that with all my experience doing my obligatory service, I have never been party to a formal interrogation. Ample informal ones but never in the room with...
Expedition: Tea and Stories
> SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, September 16th, 2555: > > The information that the infiltration team brought back from the laboratory is incredible. Not so much in terms of its sophistication, for these Viis seem to lack even the...
Expedition: Out of the Fire
> SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, September 15th, 2555: > > Well, it turned out that the climax to this entire mission was fairly exciting. The team discovered, somewhat too late to do anything else, that the Viis had a system...
Expedition: Into the Darkness
> SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, August 15th, 2555: > > It has been a few hours since the team headed down. Thus far, all seems well although I admit to being mildly concerned. Sensors report that there was a fire shortly after...
Expedition: At The Gate
> SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, Aug. 14th, 2555: > > There is something not right about Major Jenkins. I don't know what it is and there's no point in theorizing but no human has that stoic of a reaction to having a wolven...
Expedition: Before the Storm
> SAFES Liaison's Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, Aug. 14th, 2555: > > It has been approximately two months since we began our surveys in the Viis system with the approval of the Kaa and the curious unconcern of the Grand Admiral. It is an...
Expedition: Diplomacy
_((Slightly longer segment this time, readers dear. Enjoy!))_ > SAFES Liaison Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, June 6th, 2555 > > I admit that I have never been very impressed with the practice euphemistically known as "diplomacy at the end of...
Expedition: The Face of My Enemy
> SAFES Liaison Log, Science Vessel _Searcher_, May 25th, 2555 > > I believe we've officially crossed a major threshold. This is the furthest that the people of the Solar system have been from their mother world or even imagined being. As near as...
Expedition: Into the Breech
> SAFES Liaison Log, Science Ship _Searcher_, May 23rd, 2555: > > Well, all of the Admiral's command assets have been gathered and we're on our way. I guess it's true what they say about Admiral Williams: she does indeed have the gift for command...
Expedition: First Day
> Director's Log, Ripple Gate Station _Charles_, June 23rd, 2550: > > There's a certain irony about isolation, at least in the era of modern and instantaneous communication: no matter how far you are away from the outside, it always manages to...