Again...
*Yaay*
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Day Four
Third officers log, USS Deliverance. Approximately April 6th 2165.
It's been four days since the crash. I spent most of the time searching through the cooling wreckage for supplies and (with diminishing hope) other survivors. I ripped a subspace beacon from what used to be the communications room. I was happy to learn that it was mostly intact, but my excitement was tempered when I remembered that finding a decent power source on this sub-industrial rock would be damn near impossible.
I don't have a lot of time to record today, I'm just taking a meal break before diving back into the wreckage. Unfortunately, the half of the ship I crashed in landed in some sort of swamp or bog, and the ship is...
Well... The ship is sinking. I estimate that I have another day or two at most before the ship is too submerged to continue the search. Hmm... Maybe I can access the rear through the secondary shuttle pad... Anyway, wish me luck.
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Day Six
Third officers log, USS Deliverance. April 8th, 2165
With an unsatisfying final burp, the remains of the Deliverance finished sinking into the mire this morning. Final scavenging results are... Kind of promising. I estimate my chances of survival at 70% as long as rescue comes soon enough.
My inventory: I have approximately sixteen days of emergency rations, three functioning mark two hand scanners, one functioning medical scanner, and various medicinal supplies that should last longer than the food (as long as I don't seriously injure myself). There are also two handheld plasma cannons and one infantry issue plasma rifle (with exactly one combat-rated power cell between the three). I have one salvaged capital ship grade subspace beacon (unpowered as of yet), two survival packs each containing an emergency tent with beddings and solar powered heating/cooling unit, and one large duffle with approximately sixteen uniform jumpsuits (I didn't count, clothing was near the end of my list and the ship was sinking faster at this point). Lastly I found nine universal equipment power cells (most fully charged) and, finally, Twelve functioning antigrav pulse emitters (salvaged from what used to be the engine housing on the captains yacht).
It was stupid of me to go for the emitters, i know that, but I always did pretty well in engineering courses at the academy, and having some basic antigrav could be VERY useful for moving supplies and materials. As long as I can jury-rig some sort of housing for them. I dare not activate them now, I'm pretty sure each emitter is rated for several hundred pounds and they would throw my 180lbs ass directly into orbit. I think I can modify one of the hand scanners into a control system for the emitters, and I'm hoping to use the extra temperature unit as a jury rigged solar charger for the power cells.
But all that has to wait until the basics are taken care of. I need to use the medical scanner to search for edible foliage or wildlife. Food is my number one priority as I only have two weeks before I starve.
That's a comforting thought. A little over two weeks to live. Fun fun fun!
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