Personal Log
Sublieutenant Noemi Laporte
UED Solaris

I need to get away from this ship. With Manuel and Kassim gone, the Navajas disbanded, and everyone's spirits down, it feels like a tomb. It wasn't like this before the Blitz.

More and more of First Fleet is being retained for classified defensive operations. Whole ships have dropped off FleetNet, swallowed up by Admiral Byrne's project. I'm not going to be part of that. Defense is just another word for sitting and waiting for defeat.

I have a glowing letter here from Captain Telfer. I'm going to pull strings and request a transfer out of the First Fleet entirely. The Jovians and Martians are still trying to hit back.

I have an idea where I'd like to serve, and if I pull the right strings...

I feel like something inside me is changing. I don't know what, or how. I'm not really sure where I am right now.


Personal Log Addendum - 1330

I got the transfer. I'm going to Second Fleet.

I'm going to serve with Lorna Simms on the Indus. I liked what I saw of her at the Meridian battle and at Rheza...her fire, her grit. 

I was told the Indus was the finest frigate in Two Fleet. But I've also heard that the Indus is a death ship, a black hole for rookies, a suicide posting.

I shuttle out to Mars tonight at 2240. I guess I'll find out.