CAPTAIN’S PERSONAL LOG
Vessel: SS Aurora – Pandora-Class Colony Ship
Location: Aurelia Minor – First Survey Zone
Designation: Joint Academy Expedition
Stardate: 4325.189 – Mystic Cycle
Commander: Captain Charlie Mystic
Today was not a mission of defense, diplomacy, or fleet navigation.
Today, I walked beside my son.
The Academy approved a rare joint participation request — Eric’s Scout cohort side-by-side with a limited Seekers Fleet presence. I accepted not as commanding officer, but as parent and witness.
We landed on Aurelia Minor under twin gold suns, the surface alive with soft luminescence and crystalline growth. The children approached the terrain with reverence, curiosity, and a level of wonder most adults forget exists. Eric was assigned the role of Signal Scout, tasked with monitoring harmonic pulses and maintaining calibration between team beacons and the Lumen shuttle.
He performed his duty with focus. Calm. Observant.
A natural stillness I have rarely seen in him planetside.
At approximately 1437 local, Eric reported a faint vibration beneath the surface — non-hostile, melodic in nature. I verified the reading personally. The planet responded gently, as if acknowledging our presence rather than resisting it.
It was in that quiet moment that he turned to me and said:
"It feels like it knows we’re here."
I had no order to give.
So I said only: “Then we listen back.”
As the survey concluded, the junior cohort was invited to name the ridge they had charted. They chose unanimously:
Eric’s Ridge.
Not as flattery.
But recognition.
For awareness.
For first contact.
I have commanded fleets.
I have stood witness to collapse and rebirth.
I have charted the unknown.
But today, I did something far rarer.
I shared the unknown with my son.
And for a moment, the universe did not feel distant or vast.
It felt close.
It felt kind.
End Log.
– Captain Charlie Mystic
Commanding Officer, SS Aurora
Seekers Fleet – Mystic Universe
Legacy Cycle Active
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