Friday 8 May 2020

D-72: Naegarn starship "Silk King", Captain Torlen Shadth, parsec 0804, extract from ships log

Running quiet, tenth consecutive twenty-four hour cycle. Batteries sufficient for a further three cycles.

Dr HIll's device appears to be working. If the results are to be believed he is detecting an average of three jump signatures passing through this region every cycle. Ensign Dimmock is running correlation checks against all nearby star intensities, he suspects the Doctor's jump signatures are really just radio emanations from the nearby stars. I believe the idea may have merit.

Later: Seven Usridae ships. Four transports, three small escorts emerged from jump. Ninety-two light minutes distant. Transports unloaded cargo with station keeping framework. Unable to ascertain cargo type, suspect fuel. One escort remains on station, the other two made a brief active search before jumping out. I do not believe we were detected. Dr Hill's equipment registered all the jumps, most importantly his system predicted the appearance of the Ursidae ships by four minutes, although not the direction.

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