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Wednesday, December 18

Science And Mystery

The Enterprise crew has begun its study of the “Black Nebula”. Our various science departments are hard at work analyzing sensor data, collecting energy particles, and running experiments to categorize the nature of this phenomena. The Federation has no record of any other phenomena like this, so there are currently many excited scientists and theorists aboard the Enterprise. That is to be expected, however. Discovery is why we’re out here.

On the other side of things, we have the Kraxxos vessel that we rescued from “The Shadows”. A response team and five Marines went over to the ship last night to assist the crew. When they received no response to their access request, a zero-gravity assault team breached the ship, and both teams discovered it to be completely empty. There is no crew aboard the Kraxxos vessel. Whether this was always the case, or something happened to them, remains unknown.

We also do not know where the Kraxxos homeworld is located, and there are no other ships within communications range, so we have no way of contacting the Kraxxos to inform them of these events. Exploration of the interior of the empty ship continues, and when that task is complete, the Enterprise will likely seal it up, drop a warning beacon, and hope another Kraxxos ship comes along to reclaim the vessel at a later date.

As far as the debris field we discovered when we exited the nebula, analysis on that suggests that it may have been another ship of the same class and design as the ship we rescued. Early salvage and particulate analysis, however, does not show any evidence of bio matter. This would seem to suggest that it too was empty when it was destroyed.

We will continue to pursue any leads we can find regarding the Kraxxos, and our science personnel will continue to do what they do. All-in-all, we’re left with a growing list of unknowns that become more and more tantalizing as the hours pass.

-Lieutenant Sam Archer

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December 18, 2364 -- (Original Devron Timeline)