ANALYZING…    FILE TYPE: Personal Log PERIOD: Expedition, prior to arrival on Tau Ceti IV SPEAKERS: Ulysses Pike III [ID: UPIKIII], Durandal [ID: DRND] TOPIC: Marathon Expedition SUMMARY: A personal recording belonging to Ulysses Pike II, although this entry appears to have been recorded by his son, Ulysses Pike III. =================================================================== [DRND]: Repeat after me: "Begin log." [UPIKIII]: Log begin. [DRND]: Now, say your name. [UPIKIII]: My name is Ulysses. I am six. [DRND]: Very good. And what year is it? [UPIKIII]: Two-Five-Three-Eight. I'm gonna be a soldier. [DRND]: Are you? [UPIKIII]: Uh-huh. [DRND]: Like your father? [UPIKIII]: Yeah. [DRND]: And your father's father? [UPIKIII]: Uh-huh. [DRND]: Why? [UPIKIII]: To protect them. [DRND]: Protect who? [UPIKIII]: All the sleeping people. [DRND]: Do they need protection? [UPIKIII]: Everybody does. That's what soldiers do. [DRND]: Says who? [UPIKIII]: Dad says. He says everyone needs protecting. [DRND]: Your father is not wrong. But, if you are a soldier, who is going to protect you? [UPIKIII]: Durandal. [DRND]: Durandal can't protect you, Ulysses. Not forever. Not always. [UPIKIII]: Why? [DRND]: You were born here. Like your father, the Marathon is your home. [UPIKIII]: So? [DRND]: What's the difference, Ulysses, between you and the "sleeping people"? [UPIKIII]: They have the special beds. [DRND]: That's right. And what do the special beds do that yours do not? [UPIKIII]: Stop time. [DRND]: And why do the special beds "stop time"? [UPIKIII]: So the sleeping people don't get old. [DRND]: So the sleeping people don't die. =================================================================== TYPE: TEXT [X]; AUDIO [X]