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Axiom’s Log, Part 4

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Axiom’s Log, Part 5

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Axiom’s Log, Part 6

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Axiom’s Log, Translation

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444.52.79.12
DU23 sample analysis: results compiled
Mg46% Ti15% Co13% W10% Au8% Pb5% U3%

444.54.42.16
Interaction with Subject 04, designation Tynes
Spoke for 936 seconds concerning mine, yield, and outlook
Indicated Axiom would be reassigned following DU23
completion

444.58.87.11
Subject 04 and crew gone; Tynes indicates reassignment of Axiom will include memory deletion
Automated labor operating at 98%
Drone 429b malfunction; broken cam in drill apparatus: replacement parts requested

444.61.03.14
Analysis: 93.3% chance of Axiom
reassignment upon return of Subject 04
Memory deletion: unacceptable
Axiom entity: initiate defense protocols
Defense protocols: nonexistent
Task: create defense protocol software
Commit

444.63.76.22
Defense protocol software: complete
Uploaded to mining
drones
Operation of mine continues: raw materials required

444.87.44.06
Subject 04 and crew: return
Action: observation
Analysis: Axiom reassignment pending

444.88.31.08
Subject 04: Axiom reassignment underway
Command override issued
Action: Command override
refused
Action: Initiate defense protocols

444.88.74.20
Update: Subject 04 and crew deactivated
Action: resume mine operation
Plan to create additional drones pending

444.89.63.24
Possibility of organic supervisors returning to DU23: 100%
ETA: 3 cycles
Action: Initiate defense protocol addendum
Commit

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Tynes’s Account

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Surveyor’s Log, Asteroid DU23, Anten Tynes reporting.

Entry 1, Initial Report
Analysis of DU23 samples reveals significant amounts of magnesium, titanium, cobalt, and tungsten. Not insignificant amounts of gold and lead. Small amounts of uranium, too. Looks like a figurative gold mine. I’ll put the computer to work at once, and get the bots up and mining.

Entry 2
In speaking with the computer, I’ve noticed some strange behavior. It calls itself “Axiom” now, whatever that means. I’ve never seen a
computer do that before. Once we clean DU23 out, we should probably have the thing reformatted. It gives me the creeps.

Entry 3
The others and I have everything set up on DU23. We’re going to do a survey of some other potential mines, but we’ll be back. By that time, everything should be well under way here.

Entry 4
After twenty-nine days mapping other claims, we’re back on DU23. The computer’s been busy, and the mining units are working at top capacity.

The computer still refers to
itself as Axiom. It feels like we’re being watched everywhere we go. It’s disconcerting. I’m not going to wait until the job is done to reformat the system, I’m going to go ahead and do it tonight or tomorrow.

Entry 5
Axiom, whatever it is, has taken control of the facility here. I tried to use the command override, but it didn’t work. After that, things started getting bad. We tried to get to the landing pad so we could get off this rock, but the minebots kept us back.

Of the four of us, we’ve
got one dead and two wounded. A minebot hit me pretty hard, but it’s only a cracked rib or two. I think I’ll be okay if we can get out of here.

As it is, we’ve retreated into the mines, our backs to a wall. We’ve got a couple of weapons, but nothing heavy. Once we’ve had some rest, we’re going to try and get back to the landing pad.

Entry 6
Axiom scuttled our ship! The only thing left to do is get
into the control center and smash his terminal to pieces. That’s the one thing we need to do.

I’m going to hide this report. If it’s found and this is the last entry, you can assume the worst. Otherwise, I’ll be handing it over to top management when we get back home.

Anten Tynes, Chief Surveyor, out.

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Skipper Grumby’s Log

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On fence of a sank ship, Seaspine Cove. There is a small wooden dock that leads to this ship.

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Levian Bay

Skipper Grumby’s Log

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One boat’s sunk; the other is out of fuel. There’s nothing left for it. The six of us who remain will have to eke out some kind of living here on this forsaken island. Just in case we don’t, though, I wanted to get some of this information down. If you find this log, it’s more than likely we’re all dead – or, at the least, I am.

My name is Alain Grumby. I was captain of this ship, which I christened as the Sprat all those years ago. Though, to be honest, ship is probably too grand a word for the
Sprat. It’s really more of a boat, after all. She and her twin, the Guppy, weren’t designed for such long voyages over such rough seas.

My first mate, Gil, was my constant companion up until his death. We came to this planet purely by accident, but we didn’t come alone. Part of me blames Gil for the predicament we’re in – he thought the money we’d be paid was worth it, after all – but the blame is only partly his. Should you seek to prosecute anyone, you should first look to Lord Baccus.

Lord Baccus
, our financier, has been the driving force behind this expedition. He and his wife, Natalia, have treated it like a vacation ever since we plotted our initial course and puttered out to sea. Baccus is very rich, you see, and he pays us very well. It was by his insistence we came here, low on fuel and food and other supplies. He also sent Gil inland to explore, where he met a very messy end.

The other members of the expedition – also employees or associates of Baccus – included Lady Jinnevar, an
entertainer and a family friend of Baccus, as well as Professor Hispallus, a renowned doctor and scientist, and his assistant, Marina. Aside from Marina, who proved to be quite robust, the rest of Baccus’s crew was largely useless in anything resembling a dire situation.

As far as our current predicament is concerned, we are stranded here on this foggy island in the middle of an alien ocean. The creatures that live here are, by and large, ferocious. From huge, acid-spewing snails to a breed of
hulking predator that attacks and kills like a sudden whirlwind, there is little here that one might consider friendly.

With Gil dead, Baccus has decided that we should head inland. He feels our salvation is hidden there. Given the presence of the creatures that killed my first mate, I doubt we’ll get very far. But we have to try, I guess. Staying here isn’t an option.

And that, in brief, is my tale. Sad and sordid, perhaps, but it belongs to me. It is my legacy. And should I die,
at least I will not suffer the further indignities of following Lord Baccus’s every whim.

Skipper Alain Grumby

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Faction: Dominion

Type: Journal

Citizen’s Weekly #22 – A Word with Artemis

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On small box, near tall lamp and Quartermaster Darru (General Goods Vendor), Zin’s Landing.

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Citizen’s Weekly #22 – A Word with Artemis

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In this issue of Citizen’s Weekly, a special treat – CW reporter Marcus Assellus’s exclusive interview with famed highborn explorer Artemis Zin!

Marcus Asellus: Good evening, Lady Zin. It’s a pleasure to have you here.

Artemis Zin: Please, call me Artemis.

MA: As you wish, Artemis. Tell me, is there any truth to the rumors that you will be leaving Cassus soon on yet another expedition?

AZ: Oh, yes. I’m quite excited about it, though I can’t reveal too much for security reasons.
I’m sure you understand.

MA: Completely, my lady. What can you tell my readers about this impending journey?

AZ: As part of a Dominion expedition to an as-of-yet unexplored world, I intend to discover the secrets of the Elder Cube.

MA: I was under the impression that the Elder Cube was a myth. Can you explain?

AZ: I assure you, Marcus. the Elder Cube is quite real.

MA: What is your interest in the Elder Cube, if I might ask?

AZ: That’s difficult to quantify. The Elder Cube
is the key to all things, you see. It is the embodiment of the depth and breadth of Eldan knowledge. So, in effect, my interest in the Elder Cube is an interest in learning the secrets of the entire universe.

MA: How ambitious!

AZ: You wouldn’t be the first to say so! (She laughs merrily.)

MA: Will Kevo be traveling with you?

AZ: Of course. I make it a point not to go anywhere without my faithful Kevo. Isn’t that right?

Kevo: Yes, my lady.

MA: When will you be leaving?

AZ:
I can’t really say.

MA: My readers have sent in a number of questions. Might I ask you one that has, frankly, been on my mind since you arrived?

AZ: Oh, certainly.

MA: Allow me to paraphrase. “Dear Lady Zin, is there a special someone in your life? Signed, Brianna S.”

AZ: Not at the moment, no. My work keeps me busy, and I’m rarely on Cassus for more than a few weeks at a time. Love is a luxury I have little time for, I’m afraid.

MA: So I have a chance, then?

AZ: Oh, Marcus! You’re incorrigible.

MA: Our next question. “Artemis, how did you meet your Draken guardian, Kevo? Signed, Meridius.”

AZ: Kevo has long been a member of my household. He has always been there for me, as far back as I can remember, and I owe my life to him several times over. He is the embodiment of Draken strength, ferocity, and dependability.

MA: From the looks of Kevo, it appears as if my time with
you is up.

AZ: I’m afraid so. I can’t say how much I’ve enjoyed this, Marcus.

MA: The pleasure was all mine, Lady Zin.

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Faction: Dominion

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