12 Guardian Squad

Three military vessels from Luna base arrived in short order. This armed escort was omitted earlier to avoid calling attention to our mission. The thought was that a drone with an armed escort was a clear signal that some kind of very valuable cargo was on board.

Commander Sarah suspects that the pirates somehow managed to receive detailed information about our cargo. She thinks that either the pirates infiltrated the internal logs of our mission; or, more likely, that there is someone inside Luna Base who sold the intelligence information to the pirates. Either way, we realize now that the nature of our mission is no longer a secret.

Aborting the mission is definitely not an option. Once a historical embryo's destination has been designated, its implantation process must proceed at all cost. Otherwise, another 500 years would have to elapse before the next embryo can be produced.

At any rate, we must be very cautious from now on.