=== ENTRY 1 === Personal Log of Dr Rebecca Hayes concerning NovaTech expedition to Muro in October of 3225. - We arrived at kotris today! Since i won't be doing much before we have made it to the base i figured i should keep a personal log! for posterity :) - The air is great here! You would not believe it from the amount of stripmining that used to happen here. - Nic is cool, he's not very good at smalltalk but ask him about Earth/Xeno protein hybridization and he opens right up. Amélie is very friendly! but she also seems to be quite experienced. Was a bit worried she was going to be just another corporate smile, but i think she is mostly geuine. Mark could not join us as much, he's from Kotris like Am and was very busy with technical prepp. Your loss Mark! We'll enjoy the teambuilding ;P === END OF ENTRY ===
=== ENTRY 2 === We have made planetfall! We've decided to reckon our time from the height of the Kotrisian tide, which makes today "day 5". Strange to think that the place i've spent the last weeks is causing this whole tide. By our estimates we will need to be out of her by "day 40", so that gives rougly a month worth of research. It's going to be weird to work through the Muran "slow days", but i've never been to bothered with night shifts. === END OF ENTRY ===
=== ENTRY 3 === Day 6 The creatures here are really strange. Nic is in charge of the biology and all that, but even i can tell that they are strange. There are these 3-legged starfish like creatures near where we landed, Nic calls them "Treskellions". They swim around in the hotsprings there, but nic says it's not actually water, or at least not drinkable. We've luckily brought all the provisions we need. === END OF ENTRY ===
=== ENTRY 4 === Day 7 The synths are really usefull. No way we could carry all this equipment without them! We should make it to the site tomorrow. That is, within the next 24 hours; it will still be dark. Apparently they flew the base frame in with some difficulty before the tide. I don't envy them that. This place is not for your average tourist! === END OF ENTRY ===
=== ENTRY 5 === Day 9 We have finally setteled in to the base. Took a while to get everything just so, I'm realizing why it was nessesary though. The synths negotiated the frame into place over the aperture, and I helped Mark with stretching the memebranes. It's kind of reassuring to have seen the primary and secondary membranes - otherwise i don't know if i would dare take my suit off. - Man the base air is a lot better than those horrid pressure tents! I have my own hammock, i can stretch - This is great! === END OF ENTRY ===
=== ENTRY 6 === Day 10 Today is the first propper expedition. Finally i will be of use to the team! I've been going over my supplies again and again since breakfast. My heart is beating so fast! If we can find half of what we hope... But i won't be able to write any of it down here ofcourse, we have official NovaTech research databases for that, so you'll have to wait patiently for the publicantion ;) - Less than ideal results. Operation was called off - Nic found some tracks, and the synths were all on egde. Kudos to Am for listening and aborting the op. It is a LOT colder down there, aparently I'm dissapointed, of course. But safety is priority. Am says we'll try again in a bit, currently the synths are mapping out the area, looking for more tracks. I hope they don't find any. === END OF ENTRY ===
=== ENTRY 7 === Day 12 at least nic is having a good time. I can't wait but he is sitting there with his coffe compiling notes on stuff. Says he has enough observations to write several papers, but i think he just messing with me. Helps if you are a biologist i guess. Mark is fussing over corrosion of the support cables or something. Maybe i should ask if he needs any help. === END OF ENTRY ===
=== ENTRY 8 === Day 13 SO BORED!!! - Mark is pretty alright at chess. === END OF ENTRY ===
=== ENTRY 9 === Day 14 Finally! We have green light to try again! One of the synths, "Coffe" i think, went down there and gathered some temperature readings and Nic was satisfied. Apparently what he is worried about is only active in the cold, and the sunlight has driven the temp up enough to be ok! Today is the day! Today i will talk to ALIENS!! - === END OF ENTRY ===
[: This appears to be the personal log of Dr Rebecca Hayes]