Alexithon - Prologue

Prologue

Spacial Proximity Alert…

….Energizing Sub Systems…  rerouting protocols through deck two section seven processing junction three-three-one. Commencing system scan…

…scanning…

Accessing engineering station five, rerouting to primary systems.

Accessing…

Warning. Exiting Subspace current….Spatial Stabilizers offline… attempting restart....

…Restarting…

Spatial Flux Stabilizers Online. Operational efficiency 87%.

Commencing emergency shift to normal space.

Exiting Subspace current…. Ejection complete. Normal Space Achieved.

Resuming primary system bypass… 

20%... 60%... 90%

Bypass complete… rebooting Primary Systems from hibernation…  Warning, system failures detected.

Scanning…

Scanning…

Multiple hull breaches detected in-

Command deck…. Main engineering… Deck 2, corridor 7…. Deck 3, Corridor 7… Life support systems offline… Engines, at 37% and decreasing… External sensors 41% operational… Internal sensors 55% operational… Weapons, Offline…

Defensive systems. Offline… Internal Gravity, offline… External Communications array, offline… Internal Communications array, offline… Navigational array, 77%... Spatial Distortion Drive, 5%... 3%... 1%... Offline.

Structural Integrity, 83% - Structural reinforcement fields online.

Primary data processing chamber, Functioning within established parameters.

Assessing repairs, accessing automated repair drones.

Emergency systems offline… Automated repair systems inoperable… Assigning work crews.

Scanning…

Scanning…

Primary engineering crew unavailable… secondary engineering crew unavailable… No crew currently onboard

Assessing…

Assessing…

Connection to primary communications network unavailable due to communications array damage. Attempting to launch emergency buoy.

Launch systems offline. Ejection hatch sealed.

Warning. Detecting 8% power drop primary core output, going offline in twelve minutes. Preparing to switch to backup generator.

Back up Generator offline. Accessing emergency protocol directives….

Accessing…

Scanning for nearest Planetary body.

Scanning…

Stable body Found.

Atmospheric composition… 78.08% Nitrogen, 20.95% Oxygen. Traces of Argon, Carbon Dioxide, Neon,  Helium, Krypton, Hydrogen.

Within acceptable parameters. Gravity, 90% of prime normal.

Accessing helm, adjusting course… Time to atmospheric incursion, ten minutes fourteen seconds.

Shutting down non-essential systems.

Preparing deceleration thrusters… Thrusters 73% Efficency… Speed decreasing.

Warning… Unknown Alien orbital communications systems detected, deploying stealth field.

Approaching atmosphere.

Warning. Overload in junction two-seven-five. Frontal deflectors offline. Rerouting connection through junction two-two-one.

Rebooting…

Approaching atmosphere… Primary power, offline... Switching to emergency reserve power…

Hull temperature increasing… Structural Intergrity decreasing…

81%... 78%... 71%... 66%...

Hull temperature maximum threshold approaching in forty seconds.

Structural integrity decreasing…

54%... 48%...

Hull breaches detected across decks two and four, sections four through nine…

Error… external sensors two, five, eight, offline… increasing power to remaining forward sensors…

System bypass complete… Rebooting frontal deflectors… deflectors online, recalibrating systems based on updated external sensor data… restarting…

Frontal Deflector stresses increasing. Hull temperature decreasing. Atmospheric breach complete, increasing power to deceleration thrusters...

Warning, deceleration thrusters offline… overload detected in primary and secondary engine power conduits… system offline.

Warning, primary thrusters offline. Attitude thrusters online. Altering angle of decent to minimise impact.

Correction achieved.

warning, helm control offline. Diverting all available power to forward deflectors.

Alert prepare for impact in five…

four… 

three…

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