Stardate: 203255

For the first time in a long time the first officer and I are not seeing eye to eye. Commander Stratton believes the risk to the ship and personnel of going through the wormhole is too high. I say nothing should stop us from potentially saving another crew. We’re taking a break, but we need to resolve this.

Stardate: 203254

This is the worst possible scenario as far as I’m concerned. We’ve followed the trajectory of the escape pod only to arrive at the mouth of a wormhole. The Freedom isn’t showing on scanners which really only leaves one possibility.

Stardate: 203253

One of the Freedom’s escape pods has just turned up on scanners. It’s unmanned, but it can’t be good news. We’ve set course to follow its trajectory.

Stardate: 203252

We’re having a crew party tonight to mingle the Freedom’s staff with ours. It will also keep my mind occupied for a while.

Stardate: 203251

Our mini-fleet has parted company and although I have every confidence in the ship, its crew and her captain, I’ll be a little on edge until we meet again. Come back to me S.

Stardate: 203250

The Freedom has been called away on some urgent mission. Captain Ryan and I discussed swapping the crews back but it seems to defeat the object of the exercise. The exchanged personnel will stay and, all being well, we’ll rendezvous in one week.

Stardate: 203249

I hope our crew are settling in well on the Freedom. I don’t think the Freedom personnel are used to the different dynamic in a smaller crew. Everyone knows everyone else and it’s a little more…personal. Isn’t that right Siobhan?

>error unrecognisable signal

Stardate: 203248

Our exchange crew left this morning and we received the Freedom’s. Ignoring the snide comments about the size difference, they seem like a good group. I would expect nothing less of a crew serving under as talented a captain as Siobhan. Which reminds me…

>log-stop
>external recording-start
>send to-Ryan, Siobhan

Well now young lady, I believe it must be your turn to cook tonight. I’ll port across at, say, 7. See you then.

>external recording-stop
>sending confirmed

Stardate: 203247

The exchange crew received their assignments this morning and most seem quite excited. I would imagine they will spend their first day getting hopelessly lost.

Stardate: 203246

I’ve written up an exchange program of crew I want to send over to the Freedom, having consulted with senior staff. The larger ship would support us all going over, but I’ve limited it to 25 for the meantime. I now have to compare notes with Captain Ryan, which we may as well do over dinner. I’ve booked a lovely table at Lasserre Olographe.

Stardate: 203245

Siobhan and I have come up with a somewhat devious plan to keep us in the same sector. GE0 allows, and in fact encourages, crew exchanges for brief periods. It gives personnel, especially more inexperienced ones, the opportunity to experience the make up of a different ship. And it doesn’t get much more different than the Freedom.

Stardate: 203244

Captain Ryan and I have ‘adapted’ our flight paths to stay in close proximity for a while longer. I enjoy her company so it will be nice to spend a few more days with her. In the meantime, I’ve authorised a restructure request which will double the medical bay capacity. Yung doesn’t do happy, but she’ll be quietly satisfied.

Stardate: 203243

The Freedom is back in town. I was hoping we would bump into each other before long.

>log-stop
>external recording-start
>send to-Ryan, Siobhan

Good afternoon Siobhan! I hope you’re well. I believe I owe you from the Matak incident. Would you be happy to leave the Freedom in the capable hands of your first officer and join me for dinner tonight?

>external recording-stop
>sending confirmed
>reply request-pending

Stardate: 203242

A quiet day – long overdue.

Stardate: 203241

This crew is looking tired. It’s been a hard few weeks in hindsight and about time we throttled back, in more ways than one. I’ve extended holodeck privileges for all personnel and may even have an evening on a beach myself.

Stardate: 203240

I’m not particularly happy with our contact ratio. So far, we’ve met two new planetary inhabitants and both have turned out to be less than trustworthy. Let’s hope our next contact is somewhat more constructive.

Stardate: 203239

It's nice to post a log in person rather than remotely. The Forge is well and truly back under our control after a botched hijack attempt by the Tolans. Having tracked our record-breaking speed run into their system, they took quite a shine to our ship and decided they could use it. All credit to a crew who refused to make their life easy.

Stardate: 203238

The Forge! We just saw the unmistakable fast moving star. So if it's back in orbit maybe, just maybe, the other two groups have been teleported aboard rather than captured. We're heading to high ground with the hope of being easily detectable. Let's hope the Forge gets to us before the Tolans do.

Stardate: 203237

The second group is lost, so we're on our own for all intents and purposes. It's increasingly apparent how much time I have spent on a ship, as my physical reserves are giving out. We're all tired, hungry and concerned for our crew mates. It's not looking good.

Stardate: 203236

The groups have been keeping in touch using encrypted transmitters built into our uniforms, but we've lost touch with one of the others. I guess they have been captured. Without the Forge, it won't be long before we join them.

Stardate: 203235

We've divided into three smaller groups to try and keep a low profile, and the rocky Tolan geology is working to our advantage. Still, I can't help feeling we're on borrowed time.

Stardate: 203234

We are topside having formulated an escape plan that will leave three Tolan guards feeling very groggy in the morning. I'll carry on using the remote logs although there is no sign of the ship. We're evading capture but there are a lot of us and it's a matter of time before we're tracked down.