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Message Incoming...
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Source Melchizedek.0294
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Approach β Hyi
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Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
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Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
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Distance 24.33ly
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Equinox J2000.0 SOL
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Year 3781, QEC adjusted
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[Autotranslator enabled...]
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Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master
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:::
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The doctor has been continuing his investigation of the mutation
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we discovered in the arabidopsis, radishles, sevetine, and
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mustards. I have attempted to assist where my limited ability
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allows. His search has turned up something odd. We hope it's
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a mistake with our methods or contamination of samples, but with
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all of the other sensor readings...
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Our crops in botany bay one are all showing human protein chains.
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Moreover, the gene editing we discovered earlier has been
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confirmed to match patterns from several of the crew in cryo. It's
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like something picked up their DNA and pasted it onto the damned
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arabidopsis. I can't even begin to fathom what could do that, or
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why it would want to.
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The worst part of it is that Moussa can't say with certainty that
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the reverse hasn't happened. We don't have equipment onboard to
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sequence crew DNA while in flight. We're just going off personel
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records at this point. It pains me to say this, but the best we
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can do is look through the glass and check to make sure no one is
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turning green. I'm turning a little green just thinking about it.
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Every ache and pain, strange sensation, or QE sensation that we
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experience is throwing up warnings. Janssen needed to be relieved
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of duty for a time after the data was shared with the others. She
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was convinced that roots were growing under her skin. Moussa
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Idjani sedated her and Hämäläinen has stayed with her since. I'm
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assured that our specialist just had a bit of panic and is ready
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for duty again. I wish I had some duty to give her.
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With our course corrections made and the fungal infestation
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cleared out of cryo, the only mystery remaining is in botany and
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the rest of us are simply not much help. Adeyemi is pressuring me
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to wake up Xavier and Kroups. Hydroponics & phytology are their
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domain. The resources of the Melchizedek will not support us
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continuing to wake others, though. Once Moussa confirms his
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findings I'll have to make the call.
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I have only mentioned to the doctor that I've been experiencing
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some strange things myself. With Janssen's reaction I don't want
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to cause a general panic. There's been a feeling of increased
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pressure in my head, and I've been noticing strange smells around
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the ship that others don't seem to notice. Idjani thinks it's
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likely stress from our situation, or some byproduct of cryo
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affecting my inner-ear. We're monitoring it regardless. If
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something were to happen to me, ship control will fall to the
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Seriph of Rhetorical Ecclesia, Prezzi Adeymi. She is more than
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capable of completing our mission if it comes to that.
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Prezzi, on the off-chance you're reading these logs and something
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has happened to me, I have a series of messages on my personal
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slot that I'd like you to toss on the relay for me. They're
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flagged.
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Unrelated to everything else, there's an issue with out sun lamps.
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Janssen, Hämäläinen, and I have all been experiencing vitamin
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deficiencies that should have been wiped away with an hour or two
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in the rays. We're clocking much more time than should be
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necessary to keep healthy. I suspect the lamps have malfunctioned
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in some way, though it doesn't seem to have the same impact on
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Idjani and Adeyemi. Their skin pigmentation, perhaps?
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Tonight's sleep cycle marks the end of our first week of sixteen
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before we begin planetfall. Let's hope the rest of the trip will
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be quiet.
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