Not good.

[Drae Shelton 0]

Not good.

 

“Personal Log, Stardate 51403.17, Drae Montgomery Shelton, Assistant Engineer, recording from main engineering on the USS Manticore, orbiting Titan, Sol System.

 

“I’ve been sitting here thinking, which would usually be fine except... not this time. If I could just stick to thinking about the engines, the core, the M/AM feed… hell, even a faulty ODN line, it wouldn’t be so bad. Those things I can fix. But this?

 

“The Admiral’s gone, and I don’t mean just gone, he’s disappeared… vanished… poof… no communicator, no transponder… that kind of gone. He took his yacht to visit his home world, Titan. We found the yacht empty, cloaked, and in Titan orbit, with transporter coordinates to a storage shed on the surface. Why a storage shed? Doesn’t make sense. None at all. We did a full sweep of the Pegasus and didn’t come up with anything, so now we’re looking for him with no leads except that shed. There’s an away team on the ground and we’re all hoping they find something to go on besides an empty shed.

 

“Oh, and did I mention the storms on Earth? Heavy snow in ‘Frisco, torrential rains and flooding in the Sahara, drought in the jungles of New Guinea, and sunbathing at the poles? Rumor has it that the place in Tierra del Fuego was found completely empty - no crew, no monitors, no equipment, nothing that even hints at them being there. But it’s a rumor so I guess… hell, I hope it’s not true. Still, with all the weirdness I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.

 

“Then there’s a kind of freaky weirdness that’s come over the crew. But I guess that shouldn’t be a surprise considering the missions we’ve been on. When we got to Earth we thought there’d be a break, but there really wasn’t so it’s gotten worse. The freaky weirdness I mean. I heard one person talking about the admiral’s disappearance like it was an Arthur Conan Doyle story. Then the chief… he’s smelling coffee when there’s none around? Dunno, maybe he just wanted some and his nose was playing tricks? All I can say is that it’s a good thing we have a new counselor aboard. She’s sure got her work cut out for her.”