User blog:I am that guy/"First Contact, Condition: Red"

-Baltic League Caelmare Center-of-Operations, Codename: Hancock-

Commodore Kaznizki was skimming the daily system test results, when he noticed his communications officer jerk up from his reclined position is his chair. The officer adjusted controls on his panel before turning to Kaznizki with a face pale with shock.

"Priority comm from Vindicator, level 1", the officer reported.

Kaznizki heard someone inhale sharply between their teeth, and rightly so: level 1 priority is a literal "drop everything and listen" signal. Whatever Pulaski, who Kaznizki had learned to regard as a friend, had to say, it was important.

"Main speakers", he ordered. The comm officer gave a brisk nod before pressing the button that transferred the communication to the overhead speakers.

"This is Captain Pulaski, Charlie-Oscar Vindicator, Bravo-Charlie-four-two-niner, we have been engaged by unknown hostiles. This is a probable First Contact, Condition: Red. Vindicator has sustained heavy damage via large caliber guns and heavy missiles. This is a Black Mayday: escape not possible. Vindicator clear."