Morale was low today, even with the improvements in the ventilation system overnight. I don’t know what the techs did but the quieted the rattling, allowing for more peaceful slumbering throughout the colony. Today though. Today the silence seemed worse than the rattle. The colony was quiet, and no one seemed eager to engage with…

The colony was a fitful mess last night. I ordered the early lockdown, but that ended up doing nothing for the rest of the colony. In the morning, I was greeted by numerous complaints of hearing rattling bones invading all the corridors. I would have thought the personal were going mad, except… I’d heard it…

I’m trying to hold on to moral. A hard thing to do when HVACs wizardry is starting to wear thin. Or maybe we were all just so grateful when there was any relief yesterday, we didn’t realize just how little there had been. I also overlooked that their magic only worked in certain sectors. More…

Next time I order a retreat and regroup, I need to remind engineering that this includes silencing all incoming communications. Except of course communications from the mother planet. But the communications that actually got to command… I didn’t need the constant beeps interrupting the deep focus needed for me to martial resources to combat the…

The Death Plague has struck. There had been warning signs, but we’d ignored them. I’d ignored them. Honestly, I hadn’t had time to pay attention and failed at leading my colony. I should have paid attention when our sister colony was struck first. Rising Light had sent out distress signals. I’d ordered supplies sent, rendered…