Bebo

Evan Cameron Judith Russell Jc <Creative_Crafter>

	Return to Earth - Not an Extract this time?	786 days ago
	As night fell over the station, Frederic Barns began to scour the wreckage of the ruined space facility, the name Phobos painted on the outer hull. His co-explorer, Jimmy Henderson, had moved into the Security centre, making note of the footage from the recordings there and searching for the Station Maps. Meanwhile, Fred searched for whatever he could find; holo recordings, datapads, even written notes. Breathing deeply the recycled air through the filters in his XFC Suit, he made his way around a corner and stopped dead in front of a large computer screen. It was on, but blank, with a battery symbol in the top-right hand corner. "Jimmy," he said over his built-in helmet comms. "Can you see where I am?" "Yessir I can, right on front of that computer, right? I think I can turn it on from here, there's a Power-Routing system nearby. Hang on." After a minute or so, the screen flashed to life. -Historical Data Systems Active. Enter Search Criteria. Fred pressed a few screen-buttons, typing in a few basic codes such as "Diagnostic" and "System Scan". The only results were definitions. "Try 'Last Known Data entry' sir." Jimmy called on the comms. With a sigh, Fred typed it in. -Last Known Data entry: -Three files found. Request? Fred typed in "Open first file". A text-document appeared on the screen in front of him. He stared at the date atop the document. Impossible... he thought. The date on this says it was created almost two hundred years after this stations destruction... His heart pounding in his chest, he began to read aloud, recording into his wrist-computer via VoIP. "Welcome, explorer, to the long forgotten Phobos Station, orbiting the 2nd moon of Sol 4. I regret to inform you that, if you are here as a scavenger, there is nothing of value in these databases. At least, nothing of Credit-value... Contained within this database lies the one thing that was erased by the Government of the CNA; History. Not just history dating back to our colonisation of a new homeworld, but right back to our original home. Before our species had even evolved. And should the GAF ever get their hands on it, the entire galaxy would turn to chaos. The CNA Government, though their rule is weak and dwindling, would rise to power at the hands of the information contained in these files. Traveller! Beware, if you view these files, you will be alerting the CNA to your location. You will be attacked within minutes of your activating either of the two latest files. And you will be left with no choice. We fled when they came, we fled to the only place we could think of at the time. But whatever you do, do not venture to Sol 3. Or you may suffer the same fate as we did." Fred reread te document silently, wonder and hope in his mind. And finally, Frederic Barns began to playback the files. =========== © 2007 Evan
	posted by Evan Cameron Judith Russell Jc