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The changes were very subtle at first, and only a few people among the crew noticed them; the rest suspected that we were seeing an outbreak of space sickness. A flicker in the lighting, a faint chemical odor in the recirculated air - easy enough to put down to the stress of a long voyage. But then we started seeing things we couldn't ignore: small errors in the ship's astrogation computer, easily enough corrected, but still troubling. We began to wonder if the ship was breaking down, or if there was a hostile force at work.
So we were all relieved when the video message came from Earth Central, saying that a major attack on the planetary system network by the Thanatos League had been detected and defeated. Additionally, there had been a restructuring of the leadership at Earth Central - to enhance security, of course - and the High Command unveiled its new official emblem. It was a stylized representation of Earth, a plain circle with a horizontal band at the equator.
The changes were very subtle at first, and only a few people among the crew noticed them; the rest suspected that we were seeing an outbreak of space sickness. A flicker in the lighting, a faint chemical odor in the recirculated air - easy enough to put down to the stress of a long voyage. But then we started seeing things we couldn't ignore: small errors in the ship's astrogation computer, easily enough corrected, but still troubling. We began to wonder if the ship was breaking down, or if there was a hostile force at work.
So we were all relieved when the video message came from Earth Central, saying that a major attack on the planetary system network by the Thanatos League had been detected and defeated. Additionally, there had been a restructuring of the leadership at Earth Central - to enhance security, of course - and the High Command unveiled its new official emblem. It was a stylized representation of Earth, a plain circle with a horizontal band at the equator.
