Krogma's Knot

Log Entry: 67912 “Three Minutes”
Location: Krogma’s Knot
Speaker: [Redacted]

Lost lights today.

Everything died at once. Comms. Internal displays. Even the maintenance strips along the deck. The ship went black so completely it felt like we’d slipped outside the universe for a few minutes. Sera says it was three. It felt longer.

We gathered in the aft section, but something was still moving in the forward corridor. A dragging sound. Metal on metal. Ama said he could hear it through the engineering bulkheads.

When the lights returned we swept the ship. Every compartment. Every crawlspace. Nothing disturbed. No seals broken. All airlocks still locked. I’m writing it off as another one of Kurt’s stupid jokes.

Engineering says the starboard maintenance corridor measures a few centimeters longer than it did yesterday. The blueprint overlay doesn’t line up anymore. They’re calling it thermal expansion.

Tonight I opened my locker and found a Veltari cutting torch inside.

I don’t own a Veltari cutting torch.

No one on this ship does, but I gave it back to Kurt regardless.

We leave the Knot tomorrow. Strakan's Wake I am ready to depart.

I checked my locker after dinner.

The torch is back.