Well turns out I was right, there was an attempt on Aisling Duval's life made. Riri, the one who was supposed to be in charge of the League of Reparations, was shot while on trial. Can't protect anyone in a galaxy this big. All our technology and safety protocols and regulations, ship and cargo scans and we're still no better and reading people or their intentions. You can't stop terrorists, people will find a way especially if they're not worried about the consequences. You take away their fear of having to pay for something, give them a religion or a cause to believe in more than whatever punishment we'll dish out and they'll show you how brutal humans can be.

One of the reasons I can't take part in the factions' power struggle for too long at a time. Was able to earn enough merits last review cycle to earn my keep in the Federation again, went out and bought a new Beluga luxury liner. Came back out to Hauser's Reach hoping to grab a higher class of VIPs this time for our "sightseeing trips". Still the same bands of scientists and criminals, but they pay a little better for the seats now. I don't care about their pasts, they don't care about mine, they pay pretty well for the trip and keep to themselves. As long as they follow the rules on my ship and the credits keep coming in I'll keep takin' 'em into the black. Wish this station had a supply of coffee though. Or beer... Or tobacco. Place is outside the bubble so I'm gonna have to start bringing in my own supplies before putting in hours as space taxi.

That Far God cult or religion or whatever ya wanna call it is under investigation now... Maybe they are talking to the Thargoids, givin' 'em intel on where to hit us... Even though I'm not religious I still think everyone should be able to believe whatever the hell they want. If someone wants to believe their dog is the messiah and speaks to them, as long as they don't hurt someone because the dog told them to do it, who cares? One of the reasons I can't stand dealing with the imperials for too long at a time, don't like their view on slaves. This whole Far God investigation kinda seems like a witch hunt to me. They just cleared them as the victims in those attacks by that other cult/religion and now they're arresting members and putting them under the hot-light.

Screw it, I been rambling on too long, passengers are starting to take their seats, better get truckin'. Lights on, system checks, prepare for dust off...

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Well I earned enough credits to grab my own Corvette finally. Can take a break from carrying impatient scientists and demanding criminals across the galaxy to look at atmospheres for a while. Part of the deal was I have to sign up and show my “loyalty to the Federation and President Hudson”... again. Based on a merit system, all these higher ups love having their name yelled while every day people are getting ejected out into space.

Politicians, bureaucrats, religious fanatics... all of them can take a Beluga straight into a black hole for all I care. Been listening to the GalNet lately. Some guardian cult is attacking a thargoid cult or something, when are people gonna learn it’s not worth fighting over? Not worth dying over? Pretty sure people have always been afraid of what they don’t understand. All the problems in my life were caused by other people, not aliens.

Also heard about this Imperial Princess that’s marrying some Federation diplomat or something? Hope it works out, I wanna believe that people can come together, even if it is scary stories about alien boogeymen that starts it. I’ve seen it too many times before, good people trying to bring an end to the fighting end up dying in it. I don’t wanna see anything happy to either one of them, but it seems like they’re tempting fate with this marriage.

And here I am after all this traveling to a system I’ve never heard of to kill people in Hudson’s name. Just so his galactic power hold reports will be in the green... Truth is I like combat piloting way more than bein a space taxi. Even if it does pay less. Wonder if everyone’s as big a hypocrite as me. Maybe that’s our whole problem.

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Was told I should start keeping a log, maybe it could help if anything were to happen to me, blah blah blah.

Not sure where to start... I'm a pilot, mostly do work for the Federation, mostly skip tracing. On occasion I've done some freelance stellar cartography, currently running VIPs on sightseeing jumps just outside the bubble and saving for a new combat carrier. Not sure what else to put in these things...

I had a weird dream last "night"... Woke up sweating. I was back at my old house on Mars and my wife was getting ready for work, her daughter was playing and not getting ready as usual. Stepped outside and noticed a storm was coming, neighbors didn't seem to mind, they were drinking and having a good time outside. Told my wife it looked like it was going to storm and to be careful on her way to work, then I noticed the lightning. It was weird because the lightning was red. Went back inside and helped get the two of them ready and went back outside when I noticed the light coming in through the windows was flickering like when the electricity is trying to go out. The entire sky was red now and flickering quickly. Sky on Mars used to be red but it didn't make sense anymore, then I saw a craft like a boat come through the red clouds towards my house. There was a "man" standing on the deck of the craft holding a forked staff and on the front of the craft there was a large piece sticking out: Ψ

I ran back inside and told my wife she wasn't going to work today and to grab my gun, the craft hooked around and came rushing towards my house, the "man" I could see clearer now was more of a machine, made of metal and just a wireframe. Thin metal lines making up the shape of a person. He pointed his staff at me and the fork started spinning, firing blue plasma charges at my back door. That's when I woke up. I know the Psi symbol is supposed to stand for Neptune, also psychology/parapsychology. Not sure if any of that means anything, never been one to put any stock into reading dreams. Just weird...

Anyhow now that I'm up I guess I'll get back to earning credits, nothing better to take your mind off of bad dreams like VIPs making crazy demands on their sightseeing tours, or getting pissed because some drunk pilot decided to clip our hull. Oh well, I might do more of these, might not, I don't see much use for these logs really.

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