ANALYZING…    FILE TYPE: Personal Log PERIOD: Pre-Expedition SPEAKERS: Ulysses Pike [ID: UPIK], Davic Reed [ID: DREE] TOPIC: Marathon Expedition SUMMARY: A personal recording belonging to Officer Ulysses Pike, recorded the night before the launch of the UESC Marathon. =================================================================== [UPIK]: This is Officer Ulysses Pike. Current year, 2472. The night before the launch. The UESC Marathon… And just look at her, there in the sky. She is magnificent. [UPIK]: General Reed says we ought to keep a record of these things, that our history's important. Right, General? [DREE]: Yours, mine. All the little Ulysses that come after. [UPIK]: I don't know about that. [DREE]: No? [UPIK]: I appreciate what you did for me, back at Tharsa Valley. And then getting my name on the expedition list. I do. But I'm never gonna see Tau Ceti. My kids, if I have any… they're not gonna see it either. [DREE]: That's the job. [UPIK]: I know. [DREE]: If you have a son, you'll still get to see him grow up. My boy's not coming. His mother won't let him. He'll be dead by the time they thaw me out on Tau Ceti. So will his son, and his son's son. And on and on and on. You and my boy are gonna live long, full lives. Him, here on Mars. You, aboard the Marathon. You just have to make the most of it. Don't cheat yourself out of a family or a future. [UPIK]: I didn't choose this. [DREE]: Nobody does. We're called to it. [UPIK]: I'm gonna miss it here, I think. That must sound crazy to other people… but you understand, don't you? [DREE]: I do. What part will you miss the most? [UPIK]: Probably the sky. You can't always see it, but you know it's there. [DREE]: Well, look up. See that? We're taking a piece of it with us. ===================================================================  TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [X]