17:12 | 031391 | Log 2201
Finally. After six years, on this day, March 13, 2091, we're here. Using data from the Juno Spacecraft (2016), we begin our descent into the planet's atmosphere. Admiral Lowell is in a worse and worse mood everyday. Oh, he's coming. Gotta go!
18:34 | 031391 | Log 2202
Admiral Lowell confirms that our descent will be slow; we don't want to risk burning the craft in this environment. Captain Foster is excited as we get closer. She's talking my ear off, but it's okay because I like hearing her theories. She has so many ideas about what we'll find, but her inner biologist nerd is spouting too many big words for me. I'm just a technician.
03:58 | 031491 | Log 2203
It's so creepy down here as we get closer to the surface. Looking outside my window is like looking into a colorful fog. I can't see a thing, and it's eerie. I wonder if anything is alive here? Is there even a surface? We're about to make ground-breaking history. I'm making a call to the control center to tell them of our descent. We're getting closer.
06:02 | 031491 | Log 2204
We successfully reached the surface. At Admiral Lowell's command, I am staying on the ship with Evans, Chesterfield, and Rivet while the others investigate. They're telling us over the comms that the ground is like nothing we would've thought. Ice-ish? But with more traction? And the air is surprisingly light, even with this much dense gas. I hope the admiral lets me off soon so I can check the ship. If she's not looked at under these conditions we could be stranded.
08:13 | 031591 | Log 2205
We've been here an entire day, and still I haven't gotten the chance to see the outside. C'mon, Admiral! Really?! We're on a whole 'nother damn planet!
13:27 | 031591 | Log 2206
It was...breathtaking. The sky is constantly moving and changing colors just like the outside surface. It's windy - like really windy, and the ground is super weird. I feel like we're in another dimension. Captain Foster took Evans and Rivet with her to go exploring in the hopes that she'll find lifeforms, but I've got important things to do like make sure our ship doesn't get blown away like a house of cards.
20:15 | 031591 | Log 2207
Something's...wrong. I don't know what's going on. The ship is all out of wack, and I can't place it. Captain Foster, Evans, and Rivet still aren't back, and Admiral Lowell is acting weird.
22:33 | 031591 | Log 2208
Oh my god, oh my god! Something's out there! It's screaming, attacking the ship! Oh my god it's going to knock us over! Oh my god, oh my god! Is that Rivet?!
01:46 | 031691 | Log 2209
I'm going to die. We're going to die. It took Rivet, something took Rivet. And now... Admiral? What are you doing? STOP!
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Cygnus 12: Mission 201 to Jupiter
Science Fiction[June 2018: Jupiter SciFi Writing Contest] The team of Cygnus 12 has been tasked with entering Jupiter and extracting data in the year 2091 following the flight pattern of the 2016 spacecraft Juno. As the team enters the atmosphere of the gas giant...
