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These are the logs for the Alpha Centauri 2014 mission. They cover the perspectives of the astros, mc, and the simmies. The MC and Simmie logs are starting late due to various reasons. The timestamps are different because the logs were taken on different computers, and it will take too much time to make them all follow the same format.

Astro Logs

February 24th

Mon Feb 24 20:51:37 2014: Astros have been woken up from hibernation due to a loud unknown noise.

Mon Feb 24 20:52:26 2014: Flight check.

Mon Feb 24 20:53:33 2014: All systems on engineering enabled.

Mon Feb 24 20:56:53 2014: Standby.

Mon Feb 24 20:57:02 2014: Engineering closet is being checked.

Mon Feb 24 21:01:10 2014: We cannot find the source of the problem.

Mon Feb 24 21:02:57 2014: We are asked to limit fuel consumption.

Mon Feb 24 21:04:33 2014: We are using a slingshot maneuver around Alpha Centauri Albert.

Mon Feb 24 21:05:12 2014: CO2 increases in all rooms.

Mon Feb 24 21:07:28 2014: This is result from us exploring the HAB and taking up oxygen.

Mon Feb 24 21:08:14 2014: Oxygen levels are dropping in CNC.

Mon Feb 24 21:09:13 2014: Oxygen levels are decreasing in hot lab bathroom and airlock.

Mon Feb 24 21:12:08 2014: Oxygen levels dropping reason is unknown and we are trying to determine the cause.

Mon Feb 24 21:14:02 2014: Able crewman Lt. Billig has been sent to investigate the cause of oxygen decrease.

Mon Feb 24 21:21:22 2014: We are currently ignoring the gas increase so that we may carry out the maneuver.

Mon Feb 24 21:23:05 2014: Time stamps are corresponding.

Mon Feb 24 21:23:45 2014: We are turning on AISHA engines.

Mon Feb 24 21:25:44 2014: We are asking what our target should be set to. It is Alpha Centauri Albert.

Mon Feb 24 21:26:30 2014: We are burning.

Mon Feb 24 21:27:33 2014: We are reversing engines.

Mon Feb 24 21:29:28 2014: We are time accelerating.

Mon Feb 24 21:31:00 2014: We have stopped time accelerating.

Mon Feb 24 21:36:09 2014: Peri apsis is at 50 million.

Mon Feb 24 21:38:30 2014: Scanning for nearby objects.

Mon Feb 24 21:43:26 2014: There are 6 planets in the alpha centauri system.

Mon Feb 24 21:51:44 2014: Oxygen is 0.15 lower in all rooms that are affected (bathroom, hotlab, airlock).

Mon Feb 24 22:42:55 2014: Cmmr. Melanson and Lt. Whitehead have gone to sleep after having dinner with the rest of the astronauts.

Mon Feb 24 22:48:15 2014: Lt. Kelly is on EECOM, Lt Cmdr. Mersereau on CAPCOM. Lt. Theriault and Lt. Billig not on a station.

Mon Feb 24 23:18:05 2014: All flight procedures have been suspended for the night.

Mon Feb 24 23:57:26 2014: Time stamps on both EECOM and Engineering stopped working, so both programs were restarted.

Mon Feb 24 23:58:08 2014: Both programs have functioning timestamps.

February 25th

Tue Feb 25 01:20:07 2014: Asteroid warning detected.

Tue Feb 25 01:31:50 2014: Asteroid collision detected.

Tue Feb 25 01:47:19 2014: An asteroid has knocked out all lights and most camera feeds.

Tue Feb 25 01:55:08 2014: A control card in the engineering closet was knocked loose. Having reconnected it, all electronics were repaired.

Tue Feb 25 02:05:01 2014: Engineering had some sort of bug. No noticeable symptoms, just de-synched. Had to restart it.

Tue Feb 25 04:14:32 2014: Shift change, Cmdr. Melanson and Lt. Whitehead are now the only active astronauts.

Tue Feb 25 06:28:14 2014: Breakfast is being cooked, pancakes.

Tue Feb 25 08:01:02 2014: Gas Levels: Nitrogen 79.56 across all rooms. Oxygen 19.52 across all rooms. CO2 0.03 in Interlock, bathroom, airlock, hotlab, fluctuating in C&C, Longhouse. Argon 0.97, all rooms, water 1.25 all rooms except C&C at 4.95, dust at 0.025 all rooms, chem and biocontaminants at 0.00 all rooms.

Tue Feb 25 09:07:04 2014: MC is running a simulation to determine the viability of placing a Centauri Communications Relay satellite into orbit at our current altitude, after our burn to correct course to A-Cen B's L2 point

1:20 PM 25/02/2014: AYSE reactor tempurature is at 105.

1:30 PM 25/02/2014: Defrosting hamburgers.

1:36 PM 25/02/2014: We are burning at 95 until we have an intercept with Alpha Centauri B.

2:01 PM 25/02/2014: The piloting software does not account for the gravity of Alpha Centauri A, so the periapsis does not give an accurate prediction of our flight path.

2:25 PM 25/02/2014: Crewmembers are alpha-ill.

2:39 PM 25/02/2014: Cmdr. Melanson has taken over for Lt. Theriault, who is currently taking some time off for health reasons.

2:41 PM 25/02/2014: We are coasting towards Alpha Centauri B at a time step of 60.

2:46 PM 25/02/2014: The Astros and MC are evaluating how much fuel we need to get home, then determining what is an acceptable rate of fuel consumption during our time acceleration.

2:52 PM 25/02/2014: Cmdr Melanson and MC are running calculations to determine the remaining delta-v in the AYSE drive.

3:07 PM 25/02/2014: MC's calculations have been completed.

3:13 PM 25/02/2014: Cmdr Melanson has asked MC for the fuel used during the transfer burn to Alpha Centauri.

3:16 PM 25/02/2014: 440 MC asks if we have the heat gun on-board. Lt. Billig is checking.

3:17 PM 25/02/2014: Cmdr. Melanson is also checking for a heat gun.

3:19 PM 25/02/2014: We have not found a heat gun on-board.

3:24 PM 25/02/2014: Cmdr Melanson is still working on calculations.

3:26 PM 25/02/2014: These calculations are not necessary in order to progress with the mission but it will be more difficult to do them later.

3:38 PM 25/02/2014: MC wants us to stop time acceleration at approximately 100,000,000 km from A.C.A.

3:45 PM 25/02/2014: We have stopped time accelerating.

3:47 PM 25/02/2014: We are now following the Mission Day 2 Plan.

3:48 PM 25/02/2014: MC will run simulations first and relay the results soon.

4:34 PM 25/02/2014: Status update from first simulation of first burn.

5:39 PM 25/02/2014: MC is still running simulations.

6:35 PM 25/02/2014: MC is sending the instructions for an transfer injection orbit over AUXCOM.

6:41 PM 25/02/2014: The anticipated fuel usage is approximately 70,000 kg + approximately 15,000 kg for possible course corrections. The plans entail a 1.1 hour burn.

7:01 PM 25/02/2014: Burn completed. We are now coasting.

7:12 PM 25/02/2014: We've lost connection to Lisgar MC.

7:16 PM 25/02/2014: Connection regained.

7:16 PM 25/02/2014: The plan dictates that we go into hibernation for 50 days with time acceleration at 60 time step until we are near our destination

7:23 PM 25/02/2014: We are hesitant to enter hibernation because we are unsure of how we'll know when to leave hibernation.

7:28 PM 25/02/2014: Preparing dessert because Cmdr Melanson and Lt. Whitehead are going to sleep soon.

7:54 PM 25/02/2014: Lisgar MC is signing off.

7:59 PM 25/02/2014: Commander Melanson and Leitenant Whitehead are going to sleep.

8:41 PM 25/02/2014: Some comm problems. Limited connectivity.

8:45 PM 25/02/2014: Comms working again.

9:25 PM 25/02/2014: Course correction is being done by burning for one hour at 95% engines.

9:53 PM 25/02/2014: Time accelerate until 2060-60-??-??-??

February 26th

12:18 AM 26/02/2014: Lt. Kelly and Lt. Theriault are beginning their sleep schedule now.

12:41 AM 26/02/2014: The timestamps on EECOM and Engineering have frozen at the exact same time, approx. 50 minutes ago. Restarting both programs.

12:44 AM 26/02/2014: Both programs display working timestamps now. MC believes this was the fault of a bug in the server.

4:01 AM 26/02/2014: Cmdr. Melanson and Lt. Whitehead waking up from their sleep shifts. Lt. Cmdr. Mersereau and Lt. Billig are beginning their sleep shifts.

7:07 AM 26/02/2014: MC has transmitted procedures to burn into the L2 point of Alpha Centauri Bb.

8:32 AM 26/02/2014: MC moving to Lisgar.

8:37 AM 26/02/2014: Simulations continue.

9:10 AM 26/02/2014: Alpha Emergency. Lt. Kelly has hurt himself while descending from the bunk bed, it is believed to be a displaced fracture roughly 3" below the shin. We will be looking further into the matter and any actions to come of it.

9:20 AM 26/02/2014: Lt. Kelly is waiting for further medical assistance

12:36 PM 2014-02-26: Lt. Kelly suffered an injury at the end of his sleep shift and has been taken to the medbay.

12:41 PM 2014-02-26: We are currently running simulations to find a good orbit in the L2 Lagrange point.

12:46 PM 2014-02-26: Cmdr. Melanson believes it is more time-efficient to simply leave AYSE in orbit around the planet.

12:48 PM 2014-02-26: The astronauts and both MCs are discussing what short-term goals we hope to achieve.

1:40 PM 2014-02-26: Alpha Centuri B Alpha will now be known as Romanov

1:47 PM 2014-02-26: We decided that we're going to go to Alpha Centauri B Romanov

2:00 PM 2014-02-26: We have discovered that Alpha Centauri B Romanov is too small and light to land on

2:20 PM 2014-02-26: Running simulations to decide on where we're going.

4:05 PM 26/02/2014: The unofficial names for the planets have been finalized. They are: (Alpha Centauri) Aa: Hapsburg, Ab: Barndoon, Ac: Caelan, Ba: New Amsterdam, Bb: Romanov. Ca: Hohen Zappity. Aa is apparently a moon of one of the previous planets, though.

4:11 PM 26/02/2014: We have performed laser spectrometry tests on the planets in the Alpha Centauri system and are still deciding which will be our destination.

4:37 PM 26/02/2014: We've chosen the destination of Alpha Centauri Bb.

4:39 PM 26/02/2014: We will be performing a burn towards Bb.

4:51 PM 26/02/2014: We missed our burn by 3 hours, now we are aiming for an ACC of 1.2

4:59 PM 26/02/2014: Coasting to periapsis (around Alpha Centauri Brahe)

5:05 PM 26/02/2014: Missed the Alpha Centauri B system

5:12 PM 26/02/2014: Burning back towards Alpha Centauri B system

5:29 PM 26/02/2014: An update to both EECOM and Piloting has been recieved. We now have the ability to launch probes from EECOM and observe them on Piloting.

5:32 PM 26/02/2014: The master alarm has gone off and there is high amounts of radiation.

5:33 PM 26/02/2014: We are putting RAD shield one at 20%.

5:34 PM 26/02/2014: Radiation is at 1.17 and the master alarm has turned off.

5:36 PM 26/02/2014: Adjusting apoapsis by 5x10^7.

5:45 PM 26/02/2014: Radiation is decreasing as we reach apoapis in orbit around AC B

5:46 PM 26/02/2014: Rad shields decreased to 5%

5:57 PM 26/02/2014: We're waiting for MC to complete some simulations before we time accelerate.

6:47 PM 26/02/2014: We are approaching periapsis in orbit around AC B.

6:47 PM 26/02/2014: Rad shields increased to 50%.

6:52 PM 26/02/2014: Radiation levels dropping.

6:57 PM 26/02/2014: Rad shields to 20%.

7:05 PM 26/02/2014: We are performing manuevers.

7:33 PM 26/02/2014: Lisgar MC is relocating to 440.

7:47 PM 26/02/2014: 440 MC's CAPCOM issues were resolved by using a different mic.

7:51 PM 26/02/2014: MC plans to restart the server.

8:28 PM 26/02/2014: Rad shields to 80%.

8:29 PM 26/02/2014: Lt. Whitehead has gone to sleep. Cmdr. Melanson is staying to oversee the probe launching.

8:30 PM 26/02/2014: We plan to put a remote scan probe into orbit around Alpha Centauri B beta.

-change velocity by -200 m/s

-probe will launch at 200m/s.

-point in opposite direction

-launch probe.

-ask MC for directions to get to AC Aa.

8:45 PM 26/02/2014: Working out our plan with MC

8:46 PM 26/02/2014: We have confirmed that launching a probe will not give the habitat any sort of recoil

9:01 PM 26/02/2014: Probe has been launched and we are back in AYSE.

9:03 PM 26/02/2014: Lt. Billig on EECOM, Lt. Theriault on Piloting, Lt Cmdr Mersereau on Engineering, Lt. Kelly on CAPCOM. Cmdr Melanson has gone to sleep.

9:08 PM 26/02/2014: We are waiting for MC to finish drafting flight plans.

February 27th

To be uploaded.

February 28th

To be uploaded.

March 1st

To be uploaded.

MC Logs

February 24th

To be uploaded.

February 25th

To be uploaded.

February 26th

To be uploaded.

February 27th

To be uploaded.

February 28th

To be uploaded.

March 1st

To be uploaded.

Simmie Logs

February 24th

No logs were taken on this day.

February 25th

To be uploaded.

February 26th

To be uploaded.

February 27th

To be uploaded.

February 28th

To be uploaded.

March 1st

To be uploaded.