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Well, that did not go well.  I found lifepod 3, right where the co-ordinates said, but it had been partially destroyed and there were no signs of life.   I'm hoping they got out and the damage occurred after they had already left, but I found an abandoned PDA in the wreckage and no one from the Aurora  would leave that behind,  let alone one of the phase gate engineers. Anyway, I brought it back with me and managed to sync it with my own PDA.  There was an audio recording on it, probably the last thing they set down.  There were two of them in that lifepod and they were trying to supercharge their seaglide to enable it to carry the two of them.   Looking at the pics I took of lifepod 3, it almost looks like the damage was caused from the inside.  The metal skin is bent outward, as if a force from inside pushed it out.  Could it be that their jury-rigged seaglide actually exploded and did this?  The one thing that they hoped wou...

It's been an eventful day, to say the least.  I was woken by an alarm from the short range radio, because it had received a pre-recorded distress signal from another lifepod.  To say I was excited would be an understatement! Hearing another human voice was beyond emotional.  I think I recognised her as being on one of the engineering crews back on the Aurora.  One of those people who actually does something important, not just oversees the cleaning of vending machines.  I can't remember their name though, which I feel bad about now.  The message said they were trying to repair their Seaglide and that they might be late for the rendezvous.  I have no idea what rendezvous she was referring to, but maybe I missed a briefing or something.  Anyway, I've got the co-ordinates for their lifepod and I don't think it's far, so I'll head over there shortly. Ryley out.