Submitted by: XO Kaelin Vell, First Officer of Q.S.S. Quant
Designation Level: Strategic / Confirmed Witness (Level Gamma-7 Clearance)
Transmission Type: Corroborative Testimony – Full Spectrum Encrypted Burst
Subject: Final Engagement and Heroic Command of Captain William Joseph
Date: 0T0L0X1.42 (Post-Event Standard Time)
Location: Deep Void Transit – 1.3 Light Hours from K-BRAE-12
To Command and Archive Authority, Galactic High Council, and Keepers of the Eternal Flame:
This report is submitted in solemn recognition of the unprecedented command and sacrifice of Captain William Joseph during the Battle of Null Flare. I write these words from the scarred command deck of the Quant, still ringing with the memory of fire, circuitry, and silence.
I witnessed the razor edge of annihilation, and the incandescent brilliance with which the Captain led us beyond it.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM JOSEPH'S DIRECT ACTIONS
1. Elimination of Enemy Strongholds
Captain Joseph executed five micro-jumps within hostile targeting vectors using predictive algorithms he personally refined, destroying orbital platforms guarded by cloak-weavers and anti-dimensional turrets. The destruction of these platforms tore spacetime itself, collapsing structures not meant to exist.
2. Vanquishing Unspeakable Entities
He engaged and neutralized two Category-Ω entities: “Whispers in Mass” and “The Nameless Bloom.” Their destruction left helio-wake signatures visible even now - a burn-mark on reality itself.
3. Impossible Maneuvering and Medica Shielding
Faced with two weaponized black holes, the Captain ordered an inverse parallax dive. The Quant passed between them, creating a gravitational shadow corridor. Six medical ships survived that passage. Navigation still cannot model how.
4. Tactical Sacrifice
He diverted all auxiliary shields to protect the dreadnought Mercy Sigh. We dropped to 2% shield integrity. A single mistake would have destroyed us. We flew on trust - and his voice in the dark.
5. Plasma Barrier Maneuver
He angled the Quant’s plasma drive to emit a sustained flare, shielding over 438,000 crystalline refugees of the Orrun Stratum. Our consoles melted. His resolve did not.
KEY CREW CONTRIBUTIONS
Lt. Cmdr. Ceris Flamewatch
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Deployed adaptive burn-lattice targeting.
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Personally calibrated all weapons after a 72-hour prep cycle.
Sr. Engineer Voxen Sway
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Remapped energy signatures in real-time, projected ghost coordinates.
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Briefly revealed his true stellar form as containment faltered.
Comms Officer Zhae Whisperwell
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Maintained psychic calm-link during station breach.
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Final words before loss of consciousness: “No fear, only frequency. Hold the line. For him.”
CLOSING STATEMENT
In twenty-two years of service, I have never known a commander like him. He believed utterly in those around him. He led not by authority, but by trust, sacrifice, and conviction. He gave his last breath to truth.
Let his name be carried not on plaques, but in the particles of stars yet born.
Signed,
XO Kaelin Vell
First Officer, Q.S.S. Quant
Per Astra, Ad Mortem, Pro Luce
(Through Hardship, To Death, For the Light)