Day 6:

We made it to the engine room just in time to save Jones from a parasite attack. He had been hurt during the fight so we gave him a dose of antibiotics just to be safe, no use taking any more risks than we have to right now. The reactor was still running but the main output connection was damaged during the crash so it took a while for the two remaining technicians of the combined groups to fix. Once we got the lights back on we were able to use the ship's interior sensors to see just how rough our current situation is. The amount of parasites in the areas surrounding the reactor are far greater than those towards the exterior of the ship. In light of this knowledge we were forced to create a defensive position within engineering to buy some time to prepare for when we inevitably have to fight our way out. Now that the ships sensors are functioning again I’ve been able to examine the parasites more closely and I was wrong about them dying with the host, in fact the hosts don’t die at all, rather the parasite seems to put its host into a sort of hibernation and appears to heal the host at the cost of some of the parasite’s own mass. I’d rather not get too carried away but I suspect this parasite has been engineered by the coalition as a weapon to use against us, that could explain the behavior of the parasites seemingly targeting the reactor of the ship. Given the nature of our circumstances I’ll have to use caution when sending a distress call, for now it appears my decision to hold off on a call for help was warranted. I have a plan to take back control of the rest of the ship but it’s risky and I’ll need time to prepare.

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