11253.107.9 - Natural Sounds of a Starship

Today was very quiet as we burned towards our new objective. It was a nice change of pace compared to loud hustle and bustle of Progress City. Sure there is the hum of the starlight engines, rattles of air and water filtration systems, and the high-pitch, yet faint sounds of the computer systems, but it is generally quiet. Even in the wilds back on Earth, silence is not found as nature finds a way to heard, even on the darkest night.

11253.107.8 - Got Paid

Another successful day in Starbloom's lab today. After just feeling out the lab yesterday, we really fell into a good routine today and were able to collect enough data to complete the mission. Alleria brought the samples back to Helion Core Works and they immediately sent payment and a thank you for a job well done. 

I was able to immediately pick up another research mission afterwards. Apparently Progress always has a demand for data collection and research so this would make a good planet to return to if we are looking for work. This next mission involves a bit of botany which has me excited because that is my expertise. 

11253.107.7 - Tasting Progress

The client for our first mission is Helion Core Works. They are a company/research firm that is seeking to develop technology that will create or modify planetary cores and their respective magnetic fields. Progress has a functional core and magnetic field so I believe they are testing new technology here. Our job is to log all the data we can from the core samples they deliver to us. Time to break in the lab!

The core samples were really heavy and we had to use dollies to get them to the lab. Mo helped with data collection but I believe geology is not an interesting subject for them as they mainly joked around while logging numbers into the system. Alleria was no where to be found after helping bring the samples to the lab. She said she was going to run diagnostics on the bridge and to call her when the samples needed to be brought back to Helion. 

Drlprl however was just as interested in getting his hands dirty as I was. He showed much interest in the core samples. He smelled them, tested their hardness, color, cleavage, searched for fractures, ran magnetic cycles and I even caught him licking a sample at one point. I jokingly told him not to eat the sample because it was property of Helion Core Works. Drlprl then apologized profusely until I was able to explain to him what sarcasm was.

Overall, it was a great first day in the lab.

11253.107.6 - Progress

We arrived at Progress today and if I were to categorize a planet as looking "Alien" to another human, it would be this one. One large megacity in the one small location on the planet that is habitable, while the rest of the planet is engrossed in a tectonic, biologic and geologic terraforming collage of biomes and hellscapes. Progress is a planet of science and scrutiny. A place of business and hope and a place I hope to complete my first mission as a starship captain.