CAPTAIN'S FINAL REPORT
VESSEL: QUANT
COMMANDING OFFICER: CAPTAIN WILLIAM JOSEPH
TRANSMISSION PRIORITY: ALPHA - DIRECT TO EARTH COMMAND AUTHORITY
DATESTAMP: 0T0L0X2.01 / CYCLE: POST-CONFLICT PHASE ONE
To Earth Command and Allied Systems:
Pursuant to interstellar combat reporting protocol under Resolution 9A-1 of the Unified Defense Accord, I submit the final operational summary of the QUANT, its actions during the engagement against Lyrax and Amatrix, and the current status of ship, crew, and mission objective.
Following confirmation of target coordinates within the Kynes Drift, our vessel engaged as part of Joint Operations Element Aegis Delta. What followed was a full-scale engagement spanning seven celestial sectors, involving human, alien, and astral-aligned units. Hostile activity by Lyrax and Amatrix was met with significant resistance. Our victory was secured - but at extraordinary cost.
The enemy, employing multi-planar offensive capabilities, inflicted substantial tactical and metaphysical damage. It was only through the deployment of advanced weapons developed by Professor Emeritus Thalen Arik Wynne, Holder of the Spiral Chair in Subatomic Divination, that engagement turned in our favor. Professor Wynne’s engineered technologies - specifically the Chrono Salt Lance, Empathy Field Inverter, and Harmonic Phase Lash - were instrumental in neutralizing the layered defenses surrounding Lyrax’s core presence.
During the final stage of the battle, Carceron, entity of tribunal authority and guardian-class designation, entered the conflict unaided. Carceron engaged Lyrax in singular combat and successfully deployed the Chrono Salt Lance, terminating hostilities. This final strike was delivered directly to the cranial ocular core of Lyrax. Witnesses noted this moment carried significant symbolic justice for those who remember the events of Zhhring.
Lyrax’s physical form was not recovered. Post-contact, the entity was drawn into an unknown fusion-state being, described by surviving telemetry as an angelic figure comprised of stellar collapse and singularity escape residue. Identity of the entity is unknown.
Amatrix was successfully apprehended through use of the Tachyon Delay Prison Net, a temporal-phase restraint mechanism. She is currently contained within the Wyrmhollow Crucible, a Class-0 holding structure constructed under Carceron’s authority. Subject is stable and under observation.
The QUANT, while operational, sustained significant damage. Approximately 42% of crew are injured or deceased. Life support is stable but limited. A return trajectory to Earth has been initiated.
I formally submit commendations for the following officers:
Lieutenant Commander Jael Orin – Tactical Systems Lead. Demonstrated exceptional precision and restraint under multidimensional strain.
Chief Engineer Marda Xu – Conducted zero-g patchwork repairs mid-engagement, preventing catastrophic plasma breach.
Navigator Second Class Rhun Vel-Tar – Achieved evasive maneuvers through predictive spatial collapse that preserved 60% of remaining fleet units.
There will be hundreds more deserving of recognition.
This will be my final report. I am experiencing internal trauma not treatable on board. I have ordered remaining senior crew to oversee return protocols.
Kia kaha. Kia mΔia. Kia manawanui. Indeed!
For Earth and her sisters and brothers. For the memory of those who fell.
Respectfully submitted,
Captain William Joseph
Commanding Officer, Q.U.A.N.T.
HISTORIAN ARCHIVE CONTEXTUAL NOTE
Filed by Elarix Vel-Tal, Astral Archivist of the Second Fold.
As light diminished aboard the bridge and quantum echoes fell into hush, I observed the final act of Captain William Joseph - a gesture small in form, but vast in resonance.
He took a drink from a metal vessel, common in appearance but heavy with memory. Whiskey, distilled from a place called Hastings on Earth.
A ritual for the dying. For the valiant.
Then, with nothing left to defend, he slumped into the command chair that had cradled duty, loss, and unwavering resolve. His breath steadied. His eyes drifted upward - as if seeing the starfield one last time.
And then he was still.
His soul was given guidance by the Sisters of Andromeda.
His silence became part of the record.
Transmission Terminated.