Stardate: 203321

This is all very odd. The Storm has powered up but isn't responding to our comms and is even blocking a transport ping. We're prepping a shuttle so we can manually dock if necessary. I think our sensors are out of whack – it even looks like they're powering up weapons.

Stardate: 203320

We've just arrived at the Storm's location and, sure enough, it's dead as...well, as a GE-class starship with massive power failure. We're just trying to contact the crew now, but if their backup is low it will be focusing on life support and nothing else; we're just going to have to beam across. The SLC will have to wait until this is sorted.

Stardate: 203319

Sure enough, we've been given a mission and it’s a pretty straightforward tow job. The GE-Storm has suffered massive power failure and we’ve been designated to tow it to the nearest port. Having said that, the Storm is exactly the same model as the Forge, so DuMond is quietly confident that we can fix it in situ. We’ll see.

Stardate: 203318

We're down to the last four. It's tight this year, tighter than I can remember it for a long time. It's normally about now that we have to break off for a random mission from...

>incoming transmission...

Oh for goodness sake!

Stardate: 203317

I watched an absolutely brilliant transhockey match yesterday. It could of gone either way, right up to the last puck. What a game!

Stardate: 203316

Schedule's are always a nightmare to prepare this week – you never know who's going to be available and who is still going to be in the Championship. I ought to be stricter than I am, but it does wonders for the crew's morale.

Stardate: 203315

Many of the new crew haven't experienced the SLC before. It's often quite exciting to see if we get some real talent amongst the personnel. It all officially starts tomorrow and I think I'll pop down to watch a holoball game or two.

Stardate: 203314

It's that time of the year again. How can it have been a year already? Still, it always makes for an interesting few days. It's the Sports Lounge Championship.

Stardate: 203313

Technically we’ve broken about five different protocols running this experiment, so now I see why DuMond kept me out the loop. The Tracker has left us and now they need to present it to GE0 in a way that doesn’t get either of us in trouble. I hate the occasional politics of this job. Still, moving on…

Stardate: 203312

Yesterday was an interesting day. I walk into engineering just in time to see a crew member transporting off the ship…during subphonic! Credit where it’s due, the crew of the Tracker have done an amazing job reprogramming the algorithms. Tommy is keen to explain it to me but it’s at the limit of my technical knowledge. Suffice to say, they did it!

Stardate: 203311

There’s a lot of excitement coming from engineering, so in 30 minutes I’m going to go striding in and see what the fuss is about. It is my ship after all.

Stardate: 203310

I wish I knew why we’re at subphonics and why the Tracker is flying closer than the specs say any ship should at this speed.

Stardate: 203309

DuMond has asked me to give him a bit of space for a couple of days. That translates into, ‘we’re trying something you wouldn’t approve of and you’re better off not knowing’. Sigh.

Stardate: 203308

We’ve left orbit and are heading to nowhere in particular with the Tracker. The destination isn’t important, it’s all about the journey. We don’t seem to have stopped for days and I’m shattered. More tomorrow.

Stardate: 203307

A great success! We’re all quietly pleased with ourselves, but the inhabitants of Trephiliacora Minor are ecstatic. They want to hold a party in our honour, but some ships have already left on new missions and the Captain of the GE-Tracker has asked if we would be willing to assist them in an experiment.

Stardate: 203306

We’re all lined up in the prearranged formation and all Nidus Dishes are set to ‘channel’ the asteroid around the planet. The calculations have all been triple checked, but it doesn’t change the fact that a massive asteroid is coming toward us.

Stardate: 203305

The inhabitants of this small planet are in the direct flight path of an asteroid only marginally smaller than them. Our directive from GE0 is to use our fleet to redirect the asteroid around the planet and on its way. The Trephiliacorans calculations are just being checked by our guys and then we step up in 12 hours.

Stardate: 203304

We have just arrived at Trephiliacora Minor. Most of the fleet is holding back as we can’t all get into safe orbit around such a relatively small planet. Their reported problem is obvious, both by scanners and by looking out a viewing port. Trephiliacora Minor is going to get crushed in two days.

Stardate: 203303

We should arrive tomorrow. I can’t wait.

Stardate: 203302

With all 30 ships in situ I have just been told that we are to make our way to Trephiliacora Minor. I should have spotted the common factor between every ship. We’re all flying models equipped with Nidus Dishes. That extra power will come in very handy.

Stardate: 203301

Another 24 ships have arrived in the last 24 hours! This is by far the biggest fleet I have ever seen, let alone captained. I am to contact GE0 when the last ship arrives, and we will receive our orders. Trust Captain McGregor to be late again.

Stardate: 203300

We’re approaching rendezvous coordinates and four ships have already arrived. I would imagine our number is almost complete, so we will open channels to all the ships and find out who we will be working with for the next few days.

Stardate: 203299

We’ve been asked to head a fleet! I can’t remember the last time I was even in a fleet, let alone heading one. Details of our mission are to follow, but it’s a privilege and one that I do not intend to fail at.