to: Commander Michael Howell
from: Lieutenant Victor Pallier
subject: Inspection suspicious wreakage near Valis B
206.342 Inspection team arrival on-site
- three (3) main wreakages dispersed in the system
- debris indicate probable presence of a fourth (4) vessel during the incident
- all wrekages are extremely damaged, but preliminary assessment indicate probable pirate origin for three (3) of them
206.344 recovery of the main wreakages complete
- three (3) ships confirmed propriety of pirate cartel
- fourth (4) possible independant
- balistic analysis inconclusive
- fifteen (15) bodies recovered
- missing crew estimate: seventy five (75)
206.347 orbit analysis complete
- incident occured six (6) weeks ago
- no sign of the opposing force
- no sign of missing crew
begining additional searches along possible drift vectors
206.350 distress signal detected
206.351 one (1) space suit recovered
- deceased crew member
- male aprox. thirty five (35) cycles old
- death caused by asphyxia after space suit run out of air
- one (1) boarding sidearm
- one (1) suit repair kit (outdated)
- two (2) food rations (empty)
- one (1) video recorder (damaged)
TOP PRIORITY commencing video recorder data recovery
206.352 superficial recovery complete
- data extremely damaged due to prolonged radiation exposure
- partial video recovery successful
sending video recorder to HQ for further analysis
personal note: This is it commander, we finally have some data about them! We have several clip of a few seconds but the quality is extremely low. We are comming back at max burn with everything we found, but in the meantime, here's an apetizer...
ETA 7 days.[Attatchment]