Episode 2: The Lily Nebulae

Star Log date 24 Bravo sixth  circle of Scroubley; Captain Sheriden reporting

We have come out of our first leg of our hunt for a space whale pod into an old breeding ground for the space whales long before they moved to other known spawning grounds. we arrived in the Lily Nebulae and are stopping near some old historical sites near a colony of Blefergs.  The Blefergs are something good of a curiosity. A race almost entirely servile, to what I don't even think they know. Resembling something akin to a kangaroo and a Frog combined, they have rarely been seen bouncing. Their skin is hairless but does not appear to be as sensitive to their surroundings as earth frogs. They are all over the Galaxy in small pockets but where first noticed her near Phobos by humans and have since been associated with this region. It is still not known from where they originated, and all though communication is at times difficult due to most being a series of eye blinks and enlarged throat bubbles, the little communication that has been accomplished appears to suggest that they don't know where they came from either. They are quite nice, relatively harmless and not even a nuisance. They seem to be making the local market outpost nearby. They have a most curious way of traversing the vacuum of space. They use what appears to be a triangular or pyramidal bubble. Their bubble seems to depolymerize when they no longer have a need for it and is stored into one of their vents on their back as a sort of gas waiting to be semi solidified upon release. This bubble seems to be able to protect them from more then the vacuum of space and also seems to be able to act in a rejuvenating manner in that they can use it to heal a number of injuries and diseases. Well the exact nature of these processes has yet to be fully understood, many scientists and doctors have made numerous medical and scientific advances by studying these membranous structures. This has yielded very interesting results in surgical practices in which the decrease of infection and the increase in healing time has been substantially stated. In fact one of our multiple shield technologies is based off of the as yet partially understood physics of these phenomenon. Although this particular defensive safety measure is not necessarily good against energy weaponry, it does seem to be very effective at softening the blow of solid object impacts. In fact early attempts to recreate these shields resulted the famous bumper boat fiasco of the 5th circle of Scroubley date 18 Echo which although it resulted in no damages to the ships, It did result in the Largest number of cases of space sickness, and additionally led to the mass installment of sick bags throughout starships as a standard.

 (Some rural developments in coordination with Blefergs)

Upon entering the area we made contact with the locals and have began scanning and taking samples of what we believed to be an old space whale breeding ground. Amidst the Patches of almost flat pancake like clouds of irradiated particulate, are mass remains of preserved cellular material from what is believed to be baby space whales. They are at times difficult to differentiate from the rock but in general are believed to be hundreds of thousands of years old at the latest. This suggests that the space whales had to leave this area behind for new breeding grounds due to some phenomenon that is possibly associated with the radiation near the clouds. There does not seem to be a correlation between the location of the clouds and the locations of the specific breeding sites. In fact the breeding sites seem to be clumped together and the clouds seem to be in a haphazard pattern. Two of our young crew members Eric and Cody are going to be attempting to visually document and hopefully recreate some of the scenes we have constructed here for better understanding later. these samples are going to be used to help us locate some of the older routes that are believed to have been in use by the mighty space whales long ago. Once we finish our collections we are going to make a few adjustments to the engines to see if we can get those vacuum cells to be a little more efficient. From there it will be on to the next post and if we still don't have the quarks worked out by then, we should be able to get some help from the engineers that reside in the area. It will be a larger collection of cities then we have been to thus far on our journey and has at least One star port to dock at.
 The current landscape is by no means miniscule but the city in the area that is run by the Blefergs is by no means equipped to handle space ship repairs.

 (view of a colony)

 With their bubble technology they have little need of ship repairs. They are most eager to help but seem to only be able to offer window washing services. My first officer is reporting that we are nearly ready to depart for our next destination as soon as we are able to clear our kindly window washers from our path. Heaven forbid we accidentally crush or smoosh one. Not that I have ever heard of violence from the Blefergs by any means, but to have callously Injured a being that would not likely seek attention for grievous wound by star ship bumper would be a most inappropriate stain upon the ships honor. So upon my command I have issued an instruction to eject some of our trash and see if it likely distracts them. You'll know if it worked if the next time you hear from us we have actually left the area.