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MISSION FILE 02 OF 03 - OPERATION: CARPATHIAN


COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF MISSION REPORT DICTATED BY CREWMEMBERS OF CSC 
CLARKE VIA ULTRAFREQUENCY RADIO TO McCAIN SPACE CENTER, NEW FLORIDA ON 
AUGUST 7TH, 6372 AD


LEBAY: This is Colonel Curtis LeBay aboard the Commonwealth Space Craft 
"Clarke" calling the planet Earth.


Our 53-year journey has been completed, but our fuel supply of R-5 
superconcentrate is alarmingly low, having used the bulk of it in 
transit. The titanium shielding has also melted at the nosecone of the 
ship, leaving an indent approximately 2.3 metres thick.


However, all circuits are operational, and we have (coughs) have been 
able to compensate for the lack of fuel to the generators by activating 
our solar panels upon planetfall, where the radio signals appear to 
originate.


The planet we have landed on appears to be dead. The air is breathable, 
as our technical report indicates: (shuffling of papers) 62% Nitrogren, 
28% Oxygen, 7% Hydrogen and equal traces of Helium, Water-Vapour and 
Carbon Dioxide, but there are also abnormally high levels of 
radioactive material, especially Argon and Radium, with smaller amounts 
of Uranium also present. We are currently searching for the exact 
location of the radio signals, but our work has been hindered by these 
radiation levels, meaning that the crew is confined to the ship whilst 
we send out probes to investigate.


I now hand the report over to my second-in-command, Major Dwight 
Wallace, to report on the findings of the probes thus far.


(sound of shuffling and indistinct voices)


WALLACE: This is Major Dwight Wallace, second-in-command of the CSC 
Clarke. (pause) So far, we have successfully dispatched two of the five 
Thales-class rovers aboard, operated by remote control from the ship 
and recharged via their on-board solar batteries. (pause) Our first 
rover, Thales-1, travelled in a north-easterly direction across what 
can only be described as desert, until it reached a river roughly 3 
metres deep and completely brown in appearance.


At the command of Colonel LeBay, Thales-1 dispatched her onboard 
hydrobot - Sulis - to investigate this river. The water was shown to 
contain traces of Rubidium that had been introduced artificially to the 
water in large quantities, but was otherwise safe. Unfortunately, an 
unexpected sandstorm suddenly engulfed the area, resulting in the loss 
of both Thales-1 and Sulis.


The second rover, Thales-2, was released the following day, and 
followed the route of the river until it reached what can only be 
described as some form of city. Anyone who's seen photos of the bombing 
of Chicago during World War Four will understand what this city looks 
like to us. The building appeared to largely comprise skyscrapers and 
tower blocks, but Thales-2 also found a site not unlike a spaceport, 
with four wrecked spacecraft of an unknown design still in the hangars.


Upon closer inspection, we found signs of a possible native language 
carved onto metal plaques in the walls. For this, I hereby hand over to 
our linguistics expert, Dr. Hilda Lemming.


(shuffling)


LEMMING: This is Dr. Hilda Lemming of the University of New Florida, 
serving as linguistics officers aboard the CSC Clarke. (pause) With the 
consent of Colonel LeBay, I took screenshots of the six plaques at the 
spaceport via the on-board cameras fitted onto Thales-2, so that I 
could examine the language via print-outs whilst the crew continued 
locating the source of the radio-signals. (clears throat) The script 
used by whatever lifeforms that dwelled on this planet is almost an 
exact replica of the Runic script used in medieval Iceland, but 
translation has been difficult, as findings appear to suggest that the 
native alphabet featured three variants of the letter "A" and did 
include the letters "Q" or "W" in literature. 


When the individual letters are translated, the words themselves must 
be translated again from a language that bears a very strong 
resemblance to Welsh Gaelic. (shuffling of papers) The first plaque 
discovered simply read as follows: "All arriving spacecraft please 
report to Immigration Offices for admission onto Genus." The other 
plaques read along similar lines, but fail to tell us what became of 
this city or why the radiation levels are unusually high.


I now return the report back to Colonel LeBay for the completion of 
this report and to make any minor notes left to be said.


(indistinct voices)


LEBAY: The ruined city mentioned by Major Wallace and Dr. Lemming shows 
strong traces of the radio signal we have been asked to investigate, 
but otherwise there is no sign of life here whatsoever. (pause) There 
is the suggestion that life may have once dwelled here, but in what 
form we cannot be certain. But concerning the mission, it is our aim 
over the coming days to dispatch Thales-3 to aid Thales-2 in the search 
for whatever is omitting these erratic signals and beaming them to the 
Earth.


This is Colonel Curtis LeBay of the CSC Clarke signing off.


END OF TRANSCRIPT 


REPORT FILED: Rowan Sheridan. Controller, McCain Space Center - 
Commonwealth Administration for Space Activities (CASA). August 12th, 
6,372 AD


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