Official Log: Recruit Maggie Drevers, CCAF
Datestamp: 5 September 3027 TST

Local Time: 12:25 am

The 'mecha-spiders are gone, Cal just blasted the last of them--sent
a good portion of the cliff wall down on top of it too. Looks like
the Little Zoomer made its jump from the wing, I think the spider
softened its landing a bit.  Damn those things are big... It was
getting kinda bad up here by myself for a bit. I just hunkered down
in the c-pit and kept the guns hot. Lucky for me one of those Harper
tanks showed up to back me up. They're in worse shape then we are,
and that's sayin' something. I.. what's Cal doing with the Boss?

Local Time: 3:28 am

Just spent two hours tending to Matt. The spider had bashed around his
mech's head a bit and one of the command chair straps broke. The boss
was flung against the wall pretty hard, good thing he was wearing the
neural helmet! I've done what I can but it looks like a concussion.
He'll be out for a couple of days min... God it's as cold as vacuume
out there--doesn't the sun ever come up?

[Editor's note: Foot Fall has a 38 hour day]

Local Time: 7:15 am

With Matt out for a bit Cal has taken command of the 'mech lance.
We've drafted the spec-force chick, Madden she goes by, and stuck
her in the Boss's Grasshopper. It took a good hour to train her in it with
the usual sims, but she's doing well--for a mud-crawler. Cal's doing
ok with the stress, I'm glad the tankboys are on our side...

Local Time: 11:13 am

He's gone!!!! Cal just dropped off my scopes, circling back to investigate.
We were heading west to the mountains to investigate the rainbow lights
and look for water--damn sandspiders stole it all! We saved some, but only
enough for a day. We _need_ water to live. We're 8 terran hours march
west of the Speed Demon and Cal just vaped. Madden is going to investigate.

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Local Time: 1:30 pm

Cal and Madden have stumbled on something BIG. Cal said that he heard
a hollow sound as he was checking out a spider line in the riverbed
and the floor fell out from under him. Barely got the jets on he said.
The've found an old Liao aerodyne dropship buried under the hardpacked
sand near the river. The sand has a high iron content, so the magscans
didn't pick anything up. The ship is _much_ bigger than ours. The
uniforms look 2nd Succession war, over 200 years ago. Everyone
is mummified in the dry air--withered but not decayed. The ship was
airtight until Cal fell into the repair bay. Spiders are prolly headed
that way now... Dammit, they give me the willies. They searched it
for a bit and got some equipment--namely a JU-purifier. These things
are legendary! We have one on No Return, this one purifier distills
all the water in the colony. Amazing thing is, the warrantee is still good.
We're not telling anyone else about this yet. I hope Matt wakes up
soon, I'm worried about him.
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Local Time 4:46 pm

Back at base. A few plans have been laid out. 1, get to the ComStar
facility and call for help. The tankcrew were going there anyways.
Who do we call? Molarri? Someone said to call Morden, that creepy
NETC guy that kept asking what we wanted. Freeky. I heard Eve
talking to one of the other techs on the jumpship, she said that
Morden was talking to Molarri before we left:

[Editor's note: Centauri is Riever's homeworld and a prominant
planet in the early Capellan Confederation.]

> Morden: "What do you want?"
> Lord Molarri: "I want my people to reclaim their rightful place in the
>   galaxy. I want to see the Centauri stretch forth their hand again
>   and command the stars! I want a rebirth of glory, a renaissance of
>   power. I want to stop running through my life, like a man late for
>   an appointment afraid to look back or to look forward. I want us
>   to be what we used to be! I want ... I want it all back, the way
>   that it was. Does that answer your question?"

[Editor's note: At this point Morden nodded, jotted down a few notes,
and silently walked away to his waiting KR-61 shuttle.]

        That guy is wierd!!! Cal said that part 2 of the plan was to
talk to the crimelord and ask for help with the Swarm. The tankboys
won't help us there, as they've got a schizm going. Part 3 was to go
negotiate with the Swarm. I don't know what we're doing after that.
Matt will have to tell us I guess. I saw him open his eyes for a bit
and we got him some water.  I'm so glad he's feeling better! God,
I'm acting like a school girl... *sigh* Cal's organizing the techs,
back to the ship.

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