Ghost Ship

As the team dug deep into the ship, they discovered the identity of the crew that was previously serving on this vessel.

Keen and Sealon searched around the captain’s quarter, and they found something worth reporting back to the mother ship.

“Commander, this is Sealon. Keen and I have been inside the captain’s quarter and found something that might interest you. The captain of this ship, was John Maison. He was a member of the higher council in the starfleet but went missing for years. I think that was like three or four years ago.”

“John Maison, I remember him, I knew him. We met at the academy, he was two grades higher than me, but he looked after me like he did to everyone else. Did you find anything that could explain this abandoned ship situation?”

“Sir,” Keen joined the conversation. “I don’t think this is an abandoned ship, nor were they kidnapped.”

“Then what is it?”

“Frankly, I think they simply vanished. I mean the jets are all intact and parked in the rear hatch, the interior is clean and organized. It doesn’t look like someone intruded the ship, or they were super clean at it.”

“But how could they simply vanished from the ship, it isn’t possible.”

“We are looking for clues, but currently, it’s still a big mystery.

In the crew quarters, the three of them were finding nothing but a pile of clothes and some stashed coins. Nolan came across a picture of a young lady pilot once but was seized by Bernard. They took anything that might be useful and proceed to the kitchen.

The foods were spoiled, even those that were kept in the refrigerator grew an ugly layer of bacteria. They did, however, found some kitchenware of use and packed them in a box.

They gathered at the command center again while Keen checked the system log.

“It has been running on itself for more than three years now, 1280 days to be exact, that matched the time when captain John Maison went missing. It’s related. We got to figure out how this happened, I don’t want this to happen to anyone else.”

“But we saw nothing out of order throughout the ship. It’s clean, it’s running.” said Nolan.

“How would you explain this then, where are the crew of this ship?”

“Keen,” Sealon stepped up and pulled Keen backward. “Calm down, we will figure this out, but first we got to report back to the ship.” Sealon called back to their ship and they floated back once again.

Commander Colson was standing outside of the airlock when they came out.