The Bairdi Incident

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On the 14th of August 2832, an interstellar freighter of the Bairdi variant christened Freia (ship address IF 2799-04) inexplicably appeared in space around Titan and collided with the surface shortly after. The 5-petabyte Silica data crystal onboard was recovered 3 days later by the Republic of Cygnus-Orion and kept under secrecy by the Republic of Sol Internal Defence. 50 years later, it was leaked to the public as an Imperium breacher drone disabled a military vessel containing the data and broadcast the information on board intent on making the Republic’s strategies known. The militants on board who survived were discharged upon return to a local system for keeping the data on-board a cruiser that had not been cleared to carry any unnecessary information.

The possibility that a Vernhan vessel dragged a Human vessel to Titan through unknown means before allowing it to crash did spark some tensions between the two species - the Vernhans selected to attempt conversation with human officials secreted a chemical signifying unhappiness when pressure mounted to allow further investigation of their vessels and their missions. The current idea of their motives is that the Vernhan vessel was a rogue intent on destroying a Human vessel, although the Vernhans seem to deny this. As of the present day, the incident remains a point of discussion through anti-Vernhan societies and the military sector. Such an incident has not happened again, marking the Vernhans once again mostly trustworthy.

7:39 08/14/2932 - Receiving signal from region around Titan. Logs attached.

17:10 14/08/2932  -  Year 6 ½  of  20

Ship Log 701265

Flight details

 Status: Nominal

 Synchronizing positioning system to new background star alignment - next sync

 due for 21/08/2932

 Current position: Following specified interstellar trajectory, on course

 Speed: 210,080,150m/s

 Reference frame: Cosmic Microwave Background

 Acceleration: 0.1g

 Heading Deviance: 0.0005°, correction queued

 Micrometeorite density: High, preparing to cut thrusters following trajectory correction

Ship rotating, avionics readout:

 Firing lateral thrusters

 Rotating…

 Rotating…

 Deviance corrected to 0.00001°

 Cutting thrusters

19:01 14/08/2932  -  Year 6 ½  of  20

Ship log 701287

DAMAGE REPORT:

 5 objects breaching exterior hull

 Cryogenics sector breached;

 2 personnel injured, 1 dead

 Objects permeating hull; fully sealed

 Structural overload, closing doors

Flight details

 Rapid unscheduled events detected - closing off rear end of ship for detachment, activating backup systems - prepare to detach decouplers

 Status: Unknown

 Attempting to synchronize to new background star alignment… No stars found

 Current position: Unknown

 Speed: 600m/s

 Reference frame: CMB Undetected, Sag A\* undetected, Sol undetected.

 Acceleration - Ship shaking, accel. variance between 0.5g and 2g

 Heading deviance: positioning system synchronize failure!

 Pressure on hull: 0.05atm, possible atmosphere. Avionics rebooting in planetary mode.

 Avionics

 No ground detected

 Atmosphere: No baryonic matter detected

Danger - engines offline, electromagnetic interference, sealing critical systems

Nearby object found, attempting to determine identity;

 Huygens Heavy Freighter - Deviance of 85%

 Bolyeria S Cityship - Deviance of 82%

 Bolyeria P Spaceboat - Deviance of 81.5%

 Berphemes Tugboat: 78%

 Titanoboa Dreadnaught: 67%

 FC Jewel: 57%

 Persephone Mining Vessel: 74%

 !!! Generation Ship Gaia: 31% - Possible Match

 !!! Vernha Escort Craft: 17% - Possible Match

 !!! Vernha Shuttle: 16% - Possible Match

19:03 14/08/2932  -  Year 6 ½  of  20

Ship log 701288

DAMAGE REPORT:

 Objects no longer breaching hull detected, seal failure detected

 Securing doors 5F-6G

 Overall structural trauma

Flight details

 Status: Stranded

 Synchronizing positioning system to new background star alignment - next sync
 due for 21/08/2932.

 Current position: Titan, Saturn, Sol

 Speed: 3,551m/s

 Reference frame: Titan

 Acceleration: 0g

 This is not the intended course - awakening crew

 Within range of civilisation - emitting distress beacon

Hardware error report:

 Position at 19:00 14/08/2932: 3ly from Sol

 Position at 19:03 14/08/2932: 9.5au

 Speed to move 3ly in 2min: 47335388.9c

 Conclusion: timing circuit malfunction

WARNING - Entering atmosphere of Titan.

19:36 - Preparing escape pods.

19:38 - Crew 15% awakened, continue defrosting.

19:39 - Altitude 5km - sealing blackbox. End log.

—Shutting Down—