Lifeform

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++++ Received: 24/09/2195+++

+++Source: Antares binary system 876/ 978+++

''ID: Industrial Salvage and Mining Vessel Valley Forge

Crew: 12 Human

Androids: 1 Andromech 580-A “Demigod” class

Engines: Hagfish Twin FTL J-3000 Tachyon Shunters

Navigation: SIS-TER 6000 Mainframe

Cargo: 2,000,000 tons of Mineral Ore; 3 tons of Trimonite

Logged Flight Plan: Thedus to Earth

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Mayday, Mayday! This is the ISMV Valley Forge – comms systems failing, scanners malfunctioning… one of us is missing. Several of the crew are also claiming to have seen an alien lifeform.

Ore-payload canister M-CXC-3790 ruptured when taken for processing. Doctor Chandra claimed it cracked like an egg before she vanished (possible space psychosis). Request advice, and rescue boat. Comms out.

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Message Appended- Received 24/09/2195

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Oh god! Two of us are dead, and two are still missing. We’ve got to get out of here! The captain has ordered Palmer to prime the auto-destruct. It mustn’t get back! Save our souls.