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Black box entry #011; 21st of February, 823 A.S.; Assault Carrier "OCV-Eclipse"
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*click* This is Jim Reynolds speaking, continuing the log. We've had a relatively quiet week. Nomads and Core activity were on a rather low level compared to the weeks before. Although the silence doesn't mean that the threat is gone, it felt good to have a more peaceful time for once. If that's what you want to call it, that is. Regardless, in that time we were able to focus our efforts into improving our technologies, including the recent reunion of the OCV-Eclipse with the Primary Fleet.

It used to be an Osiris, but ever since the former captain retracted from the service to the Order it was continuously worked on and improved to what now is called the Assault Carrier "Geb". Our engineers did a formidable job and thanks to OSI and their capabilities to forge us exceptional equipment, the Eclipse had been fitted out with a jump drive Mk IV. In addition, several changes were made to the Reseph cruiser "Sanity", as it now houses the required survey scanner to commence a controlled jump.

Furthermore, we will be able to spread our operations more directly and unnoticed into territory that was hard to get to. With this technology, we'll be able to make a bigger difference than before.

Speaking of which, the Chugoku system, with the permission of the Blood Dragons, had already been added to the data bank of the jump drive, as well was Omicron Mu. That said, we were conducting field tests of it today and it worked quite well.

the jump from Mu to Chugoku


the jump from Chugoku back to Mu

We're hoping to put this to good use soon. It might just make a big enough difference to turn the tides in the battles we'll be facing in the future. Until then, we'll keep surveying as many locations as possible. It's imperative for the Order to be able to respond quickly to any crisis. With this, I'll be ending this log. For the future! *click*

. . . CORRUPTION DETECTED . . .
. . . REMOTE ACCESS ATTEMPT . . .
. . . PROCESSING . . .
. . . GRANTED: PERMISSION PARADOX PROTOCOL . . .
. . . OVERWRITING . . .
. . . BLACK POST INITIATED . . .

. . . CURRENT USER: UNKNOWN . . .


*static was to hear for the first couple of seconds, a male voice sounding shortly after* This message will work like a failsafe. Should my ship get destroyed, this message will become visible to Reynolds and anyone else with access to this data. While everything seems to be going fine for now, I can't say when the next 'pleasantries' will start. Therefore, hence this entry.

First of all, I'd like to encourage the one or ones reading this that I'm probably still alive. I've made a couple of friends in Liberty especially who'd take me in should I be in trouble. Generally speaking, the discovery of my identity would probably not cause as much ruckus as first anticipated. People around here seem to be calm most of the time, even though there are potential threats of Ish'tar and its party appearing anywhere across Liberty and beyond. While the behavior sometimes seems questionable, it is fitting and good the way it is. After all, nobody wants to live in a life filled with fear only.

Which brings me back to the issues at hand. I've heard all sorts of things lately and it might be that 'Lena', the person mentioned by Ish'tar in Zeta, might not actually exist in a reality as we know it. While I refuse to believe that until there is solid proof, I have also heard of other people being shown visions of a character similar to the person in question. While there are no leads on either making an appearance yet, it is likely that there will be more incidents in the future.

While I...also encountered some personal problems, I will need to focus on trying to gather as much data about developments as possible. Sapphire Raven proved to be of great help for that. Quite an interesting personality, to say the least. She knows a lot about the world around her, especially when it comes to Nomads and the things related to them. I did tell her about 'Lena' a few weeks back as well as she seemed somewhat trustworthy regarding information like this. Ever since there hasn't been much progress, at least as far as I've heard. I will be picking up investigations again shortly, though. If anything, I don't like relying on rumors or somewhat vague data.

About the Order itself, well. I've been forwarded with some personal reports of Reynolds via a secure one-way connection. Things are getting worse, especially with the new Kemwer munitions now being distributed around the colonies. I can't stress enough how important it is to stay on guard and keep an open mind, as I can imagine that there are quite some people who don't like where things are going. That said, causing internal affairs to become more unstable is something that'll not help anyone either. How I long for the days when they finally realize that there is more to a cause than sheer obedience, paranoia and objectives. Luckily, I can always count on my former crew to not fall for this problem.

In any case, there's not much else so far. Though, I will try to keep this updated as I find out more, however long it'll take. *everything would turn into static again before the transmission abruptly ended*

Black box entry #012; 04th of April, 823 A.S.; Reconnaissance Cruiser "OCV-Sanity"
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*click* This is..No-... Johan Lennox, briefly returning from my time in the colonies. *a sigh can be heard* God, I'm feeling awful. So many things happened... I don't even know where to begin. But I finally got to see my former crew again... hell, what a sight. Feels somewhat relieving to be back in these hallways again, talking to them and all. If anything, it lessens my desire to just give out and break something down.

In any case, the reason for this message from me is due to recent developments regarding the pilot of a vessel called "Wiegenlied". She's likely to soon become subject of infestation and has to be approached carefully. I've tried my best to persuade her away from that path, however I couldn't convince her in the end due to my already loosened temper. Perhaps the conversation might have gone better if all this s*** with "someone else" didn't happen. Who knows what's gonna happen next. She even contacted me to talk about things... after she just showed me the cold shoulder more than once. Hmph, shouldn't have approached her in the first place. But, uh... yeah. Lot's of changes, mostly personal. Thus not of great importance. But as mentioned, the vessel "Wiegenlied" might soon find its pilot to be infested. If push comes to shove, I'll try to prevent her from living on.. if in the realms of possibility. Just... gotta keep myself down. Overreacting is bound to go wrong here, thus I need to collect myself before overstepping boundaries.

Which is basically why I came back onto the Sanity. Still feels somewhat like home, unlike most other places, thus it shouldn't be too hard to find peace for some meditation. About Ish'tar, not that much has happened since it first appeared in Kusari. Then again, Nomads do tend to take it slower than us, given that they have far more time to live than we do. Regardless, we need to keep our eyes open and watch out for possible disasters still. They might just be lurking around us.

As for more about my own goals at the moment, I've started to focus more on escorting mainly the IMG whenever possible, since their newest project, the "New Life" hospital could bring up somewhat of a turn against the threat of cardamine and the Outcasts. The stabiline, which will be offered to the patients of said installation in the Taus will provide a counter force that will hopefully push back the cardamine's influence over Sirius. In due time, this could lead to a drastic reduction of addictions and support towards the Orange Dream.

Until other things happen, this will be what I'll be focusing on, once back in the colonies. It's good to be back, even if just for a day. Will get back to it again soon. Until then... Lennox out. *click*

. . . CORRUPTION DETECTED . . .
. . . REMOTE ACCESS ATTEMPT . . .
. . . PROCESSING . . .
. . . GRANTED: PERMISSION PARADOX PROTOCOL . . .
. . . OVERWRITING . . .
. . . BLACK POST INITIATED . . .

. . . CURRENT USER: UNKNOWN . . .


*static was to hear for the first couple of seconds, a male voice sounding shortly after* Have been occupied with the crisis in Delta lately. Things finally seemed to have calmed down. While I do not know Core's exact intentions, contact is generally discouraged, given their somewhat vague tempers. We've been stuck on the Freeport for quite some time now. The Nomad attacks on the Phoenix while my men and I were... helping Raven aboard her Bullhead damaged several systems, including parts of the engines. While repairs should be completed this evening, I've had a lot of time to think about everything that happened so far. Ish'tar has made its appearance again, being all mysterious in its behavior as always. It seems that the sight of warships in general is upsetting it in a way. Against my former belief, however, it still seemed to be open to 'conversation' as opposed to total annihilation. The captain of the "Lambda" proved that to me. While I'm not exactly sure what his intentions are, he seemed... influenced by Ish'tar. And the Nomads themselves in a way, for better or worse, for I'm not sure about his willpower. However, it did lead me to believe that all that talk about 'peace' with the Nomads -might- hold some truth. But the time to 'explore' that part of the story hasn't come quite yet. I will have to continue meditating on this...

Other than that and the crisis in Delta with Core which involved several chases and skirmishes, we luckily made it through in one piece, more or less. I'm sure my crew can't wait to leave this place. I'm not sure as for how long it'll take until we're back, though, given that the station still needs help with all those requested supplies. It will be some time until we can get back to shipping goods to Falkland in Tau 37, since I've got, for some reason, a strong obligation helping the people of Freeport 11, even more so than with the IMG. Perhaps because of my past there. Regardless, we will continue making those deliveries until the station is fine on its own again. After that, we will resume with the "New Life" project.

About the incident I mentioned regarding Raven... turned out she 'visited' Omicron Major and spoke of the Nomads' 'home world' being alive and lit up, though, in a rather blurry way. I don't exactly know what happened, but apparently the Wraith's systems got corrupted and partly disabled during travel. We made it just in time to save her from suffocation aboard that Bullhead of hers... was somewhat relieved about that. I'm still confused as to how the ship systems ended up like this, in a mess. But I've not had the opportunity to make another query about that just yet. Maybe, with us moving again, we'll encounter her again and I'll be able to ask her. Until then, focus should be put on these deliveries.

I'm just glad we can be on the move again soon. All this static environment has made me weary, but at least my crew got better acquainted with each other. Once the repairs are finished, we will set out again. Next materials we will deliver will be Super Alloy from Newcastle... *everything would turn into static again before the transmission abruptly ended*

. . . CORRUPTION DETECTED . . .
. . . REMOTE ACCESS ATTEMPT . . .
. . . PROCESSING . . .
. . . GRANTED: PERMISSION PARADOX PROTOCOL . . .
. . . OVERWRITING . . .
. . . BLACK POST INITIATED . . .

. . . CURRENT USER: UNKNOWN . . .


*static was to hear for the first couple of seconds, a male voice sounding shortly after* Have been doing continuous deliveries to the Freeport in Omicron Delta. Not much new apart from the fact that I might have gotten infected with a nasty virus. Auxesia seems to still be doing what they've always been doing, although Raven's behavior yesterday was quite weird. *coughs* Might be connected to her sudden disappearance Hunt had mentioned or the general situation in the Omicrons. In any case, they didn't seem much talkative as soon as they were together again, Hunt and Raven that is, so queries regarding her 'mission' were left unanswered. Oh well.

It also seems like Maren has chosen a different path from before, now having stabilized with the help of that one unusual Mako captain. I don't know why, but I was somewhat glad and unfortunately became all sentimental. Started apologizing for the things I have said and... tch, just pathetic. In any case, it's safe to say that she won't be joining the ranks of the Wild any time soon and hope it stays that way. The less hosts they get, the better. *coughs*

Which brings me to the next point. I've meditated quite a bit on how to proceed in the future. I did mention that I'd consider 'exploring' certain things that are impossible to find out for merely human-affiliated people. Can't say I've really made up my mind, but for now that plan's on ice. *coughs and clears his throat* The Freeport and IMG have priority for the time being, at least until I figure out a way to do all of those things at the same time. I might very well be planning to die at this point, as I've had enough time to consider the possibilities at hand. When the time comes, -I- will be no more. Hopefully it won't be too painful for the others, but I've got no real choice.

Last but not least... I will be giving up my position in the Order entirely, if there's even something left in that regard, and won't be commenting in here anymore. If at any point, like already mentioned, the Paradox gets destroyed, the... 'corruption' will become visible to the ones in charge of overseeing the Sanity's ship logs, Reynolds, in this case. You've been a good first mate and a friend and I'm glad I got the chance to be in command of such dedicated people. Give a shout-out to the rest of the crew, will you? Farewell... *everything would turn into static again before the transmission abruptly ended*