Just In Case

Posted on 05 Apr 2024 @ 1:50am by Lieutenant JG Rafe Caradec

425 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Episode 19 - Tomorrow's Galileo
Location: USS Galileo-A - Deck 3, Rafe Caradec's Senior Quarters
Timeline: MD 04, 0057 hrs

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Rafe just got off the horn with Admiral Saalm and Captain Tarin. Before he left for the B he figured he'd better at least leave something for his family, if they were still alive, just in case.

"Computer, record personal log.", Rafe said aloud. The computer responded that it was ready. "I don't know if she ever got the information. Me, along with my shipmates on the A, have been pulled to this current timeline from the year 2392. I know in this timeline, I've already passed away. The information I sent to my wife may have got out, or leaked somehow. I must find out. I'm going to try. I've just got clearance to look into the matter. This log is to bear witness of my possible involvement of the inadvertent destruction of Starfleet and it's trajectory towards its ultimate demise, along with all of its citizens. If so, I accept responsibility for my actions. I, against my Captain's orders, made a copy of all remaining intact data from Cold Station 31.

I felt this data was too important to destroy, as it clearly showed experiments that were approved in secret, and data possibly too explosive to keep. But I kept it nevertheless. The horrors I saw, the people torn apart, killed, the ones who died with nothing behind their eyes, their empty stares, driven by some insatiable desire to kill. If this data that I saved is the cause of this Armageddon, I'm sorry. If this log gets out, please understand. It was kept with the desire to hold accountable those who would put science and discovery above the safety of the Federation and its citizens. We must get back to our timeline so they can be held accountable! They MUST be faced with the consequences of their decisions! Every man jack of them!!!

And come hell or high water, I will make them pay. I will make them PAY!!!", yelled Rafe. He was breathing hard, frustration in the lines in his face. "Computer, end personal log." The tears again streamed down his face. The empty faces of those who were his compatriots, his brothers and sisters in arms, still played on that never-ending loop in his mind.

"Computer, if my wife or sister are still alive in this timeline, deliver this personal log to them, encrypted. Unlock upon thier voice recognition.", Rafe concluded and the computer responded with a simple, "Acknowledged."

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