SENJO<br/><br/>The first task was to run a routine status check of the integrity of the ship to ensure nothing had struck the hull during crew cryosleep. If something serious had occurred the alarms would have awoken the troops, something very serious and none of us would know anything about it. Anything that had not killed us or woken us would be either a minor incident or a more moderate one but within a non-critical space.<br/><br/>All was nominal. The starboard bow docking thrusters showed a misaligned ventral exhaust. The data indicated a high velocity strike from a small object. The most common causes of such strikes were dust particles. There was no outboard camera that bore on that piece of equipment and it was too minor to don a suit and manually examine it. The data indicated it was not serious. I logged it with the time, my ID and a one line diagnosis.<br/><br/>I next ran a navigation check, interrogating the charts against our current position, ships time against solar time and our orbit. All were nominal.<br/><br/>The third task I had selected in my priority sequence was to initiate a full suite of surface scans of LV-1875 to check for life, damage to structures or surface features and any recorded transmissions, including heat blooms from any non-standard source such as the power plant, air scrubbers or mine vents. Examining the planetary chart showed that the colony was well above the plane of the ecliptic, declination 123 degrees, sufficient for a full sweep. I initiated holographic 3D scans via passive low intensity lasers, infra red and ultra violet. I commenced a radiation check. It was a primary consideration that the nuclear reactors of the colony were intact and operational.<br/><br/>As I worked I was aware of the marines entering the mess hall in ones and twos. I looked up to greet each with a small nod but for the time being I kept at my tasks.<br/><br/>(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk137/HaibaneR/KiloPlatoon_05.jpg)