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CPT Detuggo, G
USS Ain Jalut Captain's Log
CAPTAIN'S LOG ACCESS GRANTED
The Ain Jalut has been rushed out of Spacedock to carry out a reconnaissance mission in the Rembrandt cluster. The sudden rush left us without a fair number of supplies we would ordinarily have been equipped with but given the short timetable of the job itself it has proven to be of little consequence.
We now find ourselves towing a decades old Excelsior II thought lost 22 years ago and has since been converted to a Gorn nursery. I do not recall ever hearing of the Gorn converting living sapients into breeding sacks, but a review of the historical records does show this was once common practice during the 23rd century. I find the revelation that a faction has returned to this practice troubling - my own personal experiences with the species, though rare, have often been more than positive and Iād hate to see old stigmas and prejudices reassert themselves. I fear my security officer may have already given in briefly to fear - that the colony that now inhabits (I confess to having to avoid using the word āinfestā even in this personal log) the Hydra is incredibly dangerous is beyond any shadow of doubt. However, despite the danger, we do have to remember they are still sapient beings - children specifically.
Children that if reports are to be believed are able and willing to rip open a manās belly and feast on what they find within.
Even more challenging however is being paired with CPT Mirazuni for this mission. Her interpersonal skills are, to put it mildly, lacking. It was a relief to discover that her disdain for contact with anybody extends beyond myself. I find it unfortunate that her own skills and way of thinking neatly covers my own personal blindspots - unfortunate because I find interacting with her loathesome in general and fear that if command thinks we work well together they may assign us to work together on future operations. Itād be much easier to sidestep this if I had a professional objection to working with her - but alas, the best I can do is say āI donāt much care for her as a personā - an objection I wouldnāt accept from my own crew and certainly not one Iād put to an Admiral.
I can only hope that after we drop off the Hydra Iāll be able to put this business aside. Weāre still scheduled for refugee transport even if our departure date is now delayed - barring any new crisis that redirects my ship this will soon all be in the past.