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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Angcuru" data-source="post: 2612419" data-attributes="member: 10948">Building up a defense against any further T.R.A.P. intrusions is time-consuming, but Arlee is confident that his methods have been adequate, and the results as desired.  This being done, Arlee finds sifting through and copying its databanks to be woefully easy.According to the retrieved data, the device which had temporarily disabled some of his systems prior to the briefing was specifically designed to detect anything capable of transmitting the goings on in the briefing room.  This was accomplished by sending out very small amounts of radio and light waves, and detecting anything that intercepted them.  Upon detection of such a device, very small doses of a benign radioactive isotope were transmitted to coat transmission systems of the device.  Curiosly, this system is capable of altering the projecting half-life of this isotope in accordance with the assumed duration of the briefing so that upon completion, the affected systems would return to normal.  The whole point of this was apparently not to prevent treachery on the part of alliance operatives, but to disable any 'bugs' that could have been planted on them by those unfriendly to the alliance.Having attained this desired knowledge, Arlee dives into the rest of the data stored by the T.R.A.P.  What he experiences can hardly be described to us mortals, but the orgy of data he finds is akin to being slapped in the face by one's god and handed a complete unabridged history of the universe.  Illustrated.With the datapad unlocked, Jaess finds a listing of audio files, each titled according to the date and time they were recorded.  After playing a few, it seems obvious that this is a personal journal in speech form.2 Months Ago"I though they wouldn't let me into the service, since they don't usually permit females to be officers of any importantance, but I guess my scores at the academy were too high to ignore.  It's really tough being the only girl on board.  Even though it's my responsibility to make sure the new scanner systems don't go on the fritz, the guys treat me like I'm a helpless little girl.  I've decided to start this journal to keep track of my thoughts, seems sort of silly, though."4 Weeks Ago"This isn't as hard as I thought it'd be.  The scanner has been pretty reliable lately.  I only had to fix it when the co-pilot spilled his Spice Tea on one of the terminals.  The guys seems to be warming up to me, but maybe that's just the fact that I'm the only girl on board and we haven't had any leave in weeks."3 Weeks Ago"Something terrible happened yesterday.  We came accross a damaged Rebel  transport and notified command.  They sent an assault shuttle over and the rebels tried to surrender, but the Stormtroopers just slaughtered them all.  I think I even saw a little girl's body floating out the airlock.  The captain says he's never seen our troops behave this way, and that it's probably a fluke.  I'm not so sure though.  I always used to hear stories about how brutal the Empire can be, but I just thought it was Rebel propaganda.  What if it's true, though?"1 Week Ago"It wasn't a fluke.  The past two weeks we've been finding Rebel mining outposts during out scans.  Our troops never leave any survivors.  I'm starting to think I'm on the wrong side in this war.  From the way the others are acting, I'm probably not the only one."Earlier That Day"Our whole divison is being sent to a spot out in the middle of nowhere, somewhere in wild space.  Rumor is that our Intelligence operations have detected a new star system, and that a civillian ship sent a distress signal from there, but it is charted as being on the other side of the galaxy only hours before.  Most of us think they were testing a new hyperdrive and botched the exit from hyperspace.  But if it works...the Rebellion doesn't stand a chance.  The crew has decided that we can't be part of that.  From what we've seen of the Empire's brutality, this would only make is even worse.  We decided by unanimous vote to turn our ship over to the Rebels.  If they can use our ship and send some of their people to this new star system, they could probably go undetected.  They'll have to follow the flight path we've been assigned though, or else they'll be found out.  The captain made a copy of it and told me to store it in my datapad and leave it in my bunk so that the rebels can find it in case we get knocked out before we explain what's going on. It might just give them a chance, even a small one.  I just hope they don't send an attack fleet.  With all the resources the Empire is throwing into the sector, even a full scale attack would be suicide.  This will probably be my last entry.  We're about to exit hyperspace near a rebel space station near Endor.  It's close to where the distress signal was detected, so they've probably detected it as well.  I just hope they don't blow us up on sight..."The chonometer beeps and flashes: ETA 15 minutes</blockquote>

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