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Message Incoming...
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Source Melchizedek.0294
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β Hyi, 4th Planet
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Ascension 00h 25m 45.07037s
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Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
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Distance 24.37ly
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Equinox J2000.0 SOL
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Year 3782, QEC adjusted
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[Autotranslator enabled...]
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Prezzi Adeyemi, Seriph Rhetorical Ecclesia
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:::
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Melchizedek Serial 0294 Ecclesiastic Report
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It has been 90 days since we received our transmission from
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Shuttle 004. The shuttle was on its mission under the command of
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Warrant Officer Jerome Somerset Pasani with support from
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Specialist Sandy Regina Kroups. The transmission received at
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Melchizedek was relayed automatically to the QEC, so it should be
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present in the reports. As Seriph Rhetorical Ecclesia Prime and
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acting commander of the exo-spermia of Beta Hydrii I have no
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further insight or analysis to add to the recording.
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We have little basis for understanding what took place and only
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the ship transcription as evidence. After hearing deliberation on
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the possibility of a scouting expedition to investigate the loss
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of Shuttle 004 I have expressed my authority in denying that
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course of action. Specialist First-class Stephanie Janssen has
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brought forth formal objections to this decision. Her
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documentation is in order and reflects the signatures of herself
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and Specialist Second-class Brewer, and Navigator Hämäläinen.
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Our task here is unchanged. Our priority is the safeguarding of
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life, all life. This mission is paramount and any further risk to
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investigate what happened between systems is unbalanced by the
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understanding we might gain.
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Regarding crew, morale has has taken a measurable hit. The
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Halmen-Gloria scale shows a seven point negative shift. Shift
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performance has decreased in expected relations, especially on the
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beta site. Those who were closest to Kroups and Pasani are
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undergoing psychiatric screening with special attention paid
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toward Specialist First-class Janssen and Navigator Hämäläinen.
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Following their ordeal in transit and the loss of the good Doctor
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Idjani, this second tragic loss may prove a burden too great to be
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sustained without significant intercession. To this end, Doctor
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Nguyen has been retasked to the beta site to oversee testing and
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counseling.
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On a more personal note I have been reminded that my friend Jerome
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requested I send along some personal correspondence he had set
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aside in case of an incident. While I cannot imagine he ever
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thought something like this could occur, I will see to his wishes.
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His personal logs have two messages marked which I will schedule
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to be added to the QEC transmission over the next few cycles.
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As with any loss of crew words cannot express the deeply personal
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impact such an event will have on each of us nor fully capture the
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deep loss for all of humanity and life. Each moment taken away is
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a loss for all of life and God's creation. We must strive in the
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days ahead to live that much brighter, each of us, and hope our
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actions can do some small part to help offset a loss we all share.
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We owe his memory this much and more.
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