A9 Report to HQ

[Atragon9 0]

::Sitting in his Ready Room, finishing his report to Consul General Jaffe about their mission to Proxima Centuri and the Lincoln Outpost::

 

... so you can see, from the collected internal sensor data and the analysis from Science and Medical on the LSDS swarm on the planet we ::pauses:: I had no choice but to destroy the Planet and the evil that had spawned there.  This is why you gave Manticore the Planet Killer and why you gave me the Manticore.  I always wonder if I truly have such a superficial personality that these sorts of moral downpours just roll off me - most of the time.  Actually, this time it was not a problem for me.  I was able to come back to a piece of my history, close a chapter.  I feel so much better finding a last note from Megan, being able to tell myself that she's gone now, Really gone.

 

::pauses::

 

But that's okay now - I really think it is.  Ohhh, ooops, I'll edit this bit out of the report.  Ahem - Consul General, I now direct you to the data references to what looks like completion of the old "Altered Carbon" project.  Please note the way the Lincoln research seems to be directly applicable to it, how Melville took personal control of all research, how it accelerated as his own health problems increased.  All the pieces are there, Madam Consul.  I request permission to seek out more information, follow the trail.  I have to know if he's still "alive" - still his old evil self, in a new body/sleeve.  This would also lend more credence to my conviction that he killed himself on my knife - he had already done a needlecast download, he was about to "rise" in a new sleeve.  Damn it, it all fits!

 

Excuse me, ma'am - I didn't mean to get so emotional.  Our warp drive will soon be operational following the deploying of the PK, but we will need to get a restock from Matarin Station.  I'll submit my formal request for that next.  I can't remember how many of my current crew has even seen Matarin - it's always fun to watch their reaction.  Well, that's it for the report on Proxima Centuri and the Lincoln Mission.  Submitted by Commodore Atragon-9, Commanding Officer, USS Manticore, on Stardate 50305.09

 

EOM, EOT

 

{whirr, click}