Foolishness

*Video entry*

*Heyna is slumped in a chair in her quarters, wearing a dirty dark grey shipsuit that she has opened and pushed down to her waist, revealing a sweat-stained green vest top. Her eyes are reddened.*

I'm a fool. A stupid fool.

I went exploring into Domain to find some Sansha scum. Discovered a wormhole in Ealur, and went through to have a look round. Wherever it took me, it wasn't the same as my last trip through a wormhole. This place didn't make my ship seem faster, and the mysterious small drones I found last time weren't there. This time, there were heavy stationary sentries and battleship-sized drones. I got distracted, and before I could get to a safe distance, my Hawk came to pieces around me.

*She wipes her eyes.*

I'd worked with that crew for months - they were hardworking, loyal... I knew I could count on them. And now? Gone. Their remains floating in some unknown system...

I barely managed to escape myself. I'd set a course back through the wormhole and back here, just in case - good thing, too. I'd never have got out of there otherwise, not without probes to find my way home.

You live and learn, I suppose. Just because it was easy enough to stay alive last time, doesn't mean it will be again. Wish my crew hadn't had to suffer for that lesson. And now I'll have to hire a new crew, who I won't know, who I won't trust...

*She slumps down into the chair, sighs, and picks up her datapad from a table next to her. The recording ends.*