Planet Exploration Series: Ruku-III

Addendum / After-Inquiry Report/ UNSE¹-Spec Ops, File JUH-8876D
Subject: Lt. Ruku Singh
Investigation Status: ONGOING

CODE: REDYTGIUJNMOKLUJRFTGBKJNLM16578IHG8574568GJVKJ
FUNCTION: [Unseal the Hushed Casket]


[Admonition]
The following document is as accurate as possible from the sources provided.

Information origins include:
- Damaged NAV stat from Gettysburg Corvette² [COMPLETE]
- Voice journals from Lt. Ruku Singh [SUSPECT]
- Blue-shift from GC Supercomputer [VARIABLE]

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[[] The transmission log takes place between

October 18, 2091 (Sol Calender) \ Aboard Gettysburg Corvette, Passing Sol VI (Mars)

&

November 29, 2091 (Sol Calender) \ Aboard Gettysburg Corvette, Whereabouts Unknown []]


[[] The following is excerpts of Lt. Ruku Singh’s voice journal aboard Gettysburg Corvette, medical opinions are not yet available. []]

<Day 3>Why did I even take this mission? You know, that’s something I’ve asked myself even before I set off. My wife was furious at me for this, but I’ve told her, you know me… How I was growing up, space exploration is apart of me and always will be. The researchers told me, beyond our system there was a great chance of life, a planet, one which showed high prospects of life, and I signed on without thinking it through. One regrettable mistake.</end>

<Day 8>You know the one thing I wish we had more time to work around was the fact it’s only me here… I’m the only one… Why? Resources! Our technology has only taken us so far. The equipment, the resources needed to sustain it, the power generation, having more people would cause a disaster, besides Neptune’s Keck³ Orbital station should allow me to re-supply and also pick up another UNSE researcher, so I guess in the end this isn’t a one man mission… Who knew…</end>

<Day 15>There may be a problem before I even reach Keck, power systems seem to be draining the Sub-alloy Hybrid Battery Systems⁴ at 3 times the projected rate. Hell, I even took the first of 5 batteries apart to check for any damage and what do I find, a 3-inch crack in the core wall, how could this have been overlooked, or worse, how could this have formed since launch. I’m going to have to conserve power to great lengths now. I really do miss you Hasley⁵, what I would do to be back on Earth.</end>

<Day 20>This is getting worse, I’m approaching Keck, about 10 days out, but there’s 2 major problems that may scarp the mission… and me. Power, power, power, I’m running out of power. I’ve already shut down all external research tools, boy are the researchers at home going to receive some broken data, but that’s of no concern of me. Gauges are down. Hell all I have left is passive scanners, the hailing system for Keck and life support, and I’m afraid if the second problem occurs I’m doomed. What’s the second problem? Saturn… My inability to track my course to the finite of details may push me too close to the giant and in turn completely alter my course sending me into the dark bowels of undocumented space… have I found God from this threat… Yes, but I feel as if [static] can’t help me…</end>

<Day 29>Why is this happening to me? Saturn has, from what I can tell with limited equipment altered the Corvette, but trajectories indicate I am still headed to this unknown planet, coined as XJY-11⁶, what are the odds of that? I was told that I am given the honour to name it… Well I call it… Hmmm, not sure as of yet, but soon. You know what I realized, this is it for me, I’m not going to make it out of this alive, all that’ll be left of me is this journal, of my thoughts and opinions… yet…</end>

<Day 40>Power levels are at 5%, do I just sit here and wait for the inevitable? Or do the one thing that can give closure to my family… Use the remaining energy to piggy back my voice logs and the only image I was able to get of the unknown planet with the onboard reflecting lens system onto a hailing freq to Keck… despite the fact that it’ll drain whatever’s left of the battery. So I guess I end this saying, I was born to explore space and I will die doing what I love… If this gets through I want to name the unknown planet Ruku – III…I love you Hasley, always, and tell [classified] that his dad is exploring the heavens… Prosit</end>

[Transfer: Grid-Kilo 2-11: Hailing Frequency: 47832 Hz KECK – 877U]
[ENCL: System Voice Logs \ Optics System Image Cache: 1]
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[Emergency Systems: Offline \ Life Support Systems: Offline]

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¹UNSE: United Nations Space Exploration
² Gettysburg Corvette; classified as a light space exploration craft listed with many of the current date technologies, previous issue Lt. Ruku Singh; current whereabouts: unknown.
³Keck Orbital Station: Commissioned in 2057 in response to the growing need for a long range antenna system that can allow optics systems to gaze into deep space with an effective rate of 4.57 x 10*34 of the Hubble Space system. Currently houses 7 UNSE researchers.
⁴ Sub-alloy Hybrid Battery System: Designed in response to over consumption of Earth’s natural fossil reserves, 99.99% cleaner than 20th century Petroleum products.
⁵Hasley: Lt. R. Singh’s Wife, current whereabouts: Untracked
⁶ XJY-11: Previous name given; now called Ruku – III


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