Day 4:

Apparently miracles come in threes, my efforts outside affected the lights on the inside of the ship, someone noticed what was going on, and I was pulled inside just as I was passing out. I woke up a few hours later according to the rest of the crew. I guess I have Tactical Officer Keegan Jones to thank for realizing that something was being tampered with outside the bulkheads, but it seems as though that’ll have to wait as he was part of a squad sent to scout the rest of the ship for survivors and to reclaim the engine room. The situation here is more dire than I could have initially guessed. Engineer 1st rank George Hilbert has informed me that the ship has been infested with a sort of parasitic creature that reproduces through the consumption of a host body, in this case it’s us. They’ve taken over critical systems including the engine room that Jones was sent to investigate. We don’t know much about the weaknesses of the parasites but we’re hoping to learn more through the two expeditions we’ve sent out, the second being that of Third Lieutenant Grace Tomlinson who was sent to retrieve supplies from the medical ward which should help us fight off the parasites. We currently hold the series of cargo bays that surround the life support systems but the doors to get in are malfunctioning so maintenance and emergency food supplies are currently not an option. As it stands we’ll have enough food for a few weeks assuming all the remaining crew survive for that long so hopefully we won’t need the emergency stash. Until I can get the parasites under control I’ve elected to forgo sending out a signal to Imperial Command as my energy would be better placed into ensuring the survival of my crew. Since the ship is running on fumes now Hilbert and I are preparing to head out to engineering to see if we can get the power back on before we run out of juice in about the next twelve hours or so.

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