Space Cadet #3 - What’s in the ship?

Anotace: #3 - What’s in the ship?

I needed to swim a portion of the route to the ship. Fortunately I didn’t face any problems, despite the condition I was in. I managed to find a way in. However I had to override the security protocol to open the door. Took me a while… Then a dark, long corridor opened up. From time to time, a glimmer from the damaged emergency light lit up the path before me. I was already one step in as I switched on the torchlight attached beneath my rifle. As I proceeded, deeper, the light around me gradually died away. Although I knew that this was just a temporary matter, suddenly my uniform came to life. Device that was still located on my right arm started to glow. Delightful blue light engulfed my whole uniform. All of a sudden the device emitted the phrase „Night status –Explorer”. The further I went and explored, the more I noticed how strange it is that the ship still disposed of some residual energy. One part of the ship was sunken in the water and the other part… Well let’s just say that I will definitely need to climb in the end to find out more.

I was wondering whether I’ll find any signs of life, such as some survivors. But unfortunately I didn’t even stumble upon a dead body. A million possible scenarios of what’s happening here just came into my head… Above that I just found myself before an armory. I convinced myself that it was my sub-consciousness that led me here. I may have one gun already, but you know what they say… One is never enough… I’m afraid THEY are saying the same about women – but never mind! There were armaments of all type all over the place. So I picked up two blasters (laser handguns) and a belt filled with replacement electro charges. Also I took some kind of a sword and a bowie knife, which brought me the greatest joy. In fact these two weapons will never run out of ammo even in the tightest moments! Better safe than sorry.

For me to continue in the exploration of this ship, I’ll need to have some rest and possibly take a nap, again! Before that I will need find some food and maybe a drink. When the thought about finding the canteen came into my mind, my subconscious suddenly froze dead. Luckily there were directions given by the arrows pointers that could possibly lead the way for me. Even with its help, I was still not able to orientate that well around here. The ship was severely damaged and somewhat upside downside up. I’m afraid that the canteen is under water. And to locate Captain’s cabin- where I will most probably find some food supplies and most importantly the space ship log from which I can possibly obtain some valuable data – I will need to regain my strength first. However I had no idea where I can find something to eat though.

In the next hallway I decided to inspect every room that was located there. One more time I had a feeling like someone or something is stalking me. Probably my mind tried to elude me once again. I turned my attention away from it, then in a minute or so I found packed supplies. They just stood there in one of the rooms, most probably forgotten. Enthusiastically, I grabbed them and checked the expiration date. Thanks to the arm-device I already know the date… It was 9. 1. 3102, while the expiration date was beyond this. I opened up one of the 3 packets and ate its contents immediately. I left the other 2 packs for later, but these won’t last that long for me. Therefore it would be suitable that I’ll catch some pesky creature in that jungle to serve as my food supply.

By the time I left the room I realized one thing. My suit wasn’t glowing anymore. I could actually take a good look over the hallway now. My hunger issue was forgotten since now I’m overwhelmed by different matter. I followed the path of light. When I reached the end of it, I found out that it was a huge hole in the ship construction that allowed the light in. Could this be the reason why the spaceship crashed? Or did it happen thereafter? I managed to use this inconvenience as a way out of the ship. This will help me avoid the unpleasant path that I wandered through earlier. In fact there’s also the possibility that someone-probably survivors- used this as an emergency exit from this ship. Because I found no corpse, this could be the only explanation to it. Considering the size of this ship, there had to be dozens of crew members.

I jumped down and decided to get myself back to the beach. I will try to find myself some shelter and after a little of rest I will explore the jungle, to find more resources and maybe even find some human activity. But then I will need to return here ASAP to find out more. For now I’m not capable to do so…