Day 2 Start
The radio silence seemed to last an eternity; each and every one of the lonely colonists beginning to sink into despair. The iridescent haze seemed to stretch endlessly ahead of them, and through their cockpit speakers came nothing but static. So when a voice came through the ether, clear as a bell, each one of them felt their spirits soar.
"Expeditionary ships, all expeditionary ships. You should be able to hear me now, I've managed to boost my signal. I've boosted my ident signal too, you should be able to confirm who I am; this is Galen Tyrol. I'm transmitting some coordinates, too, we should be able to group up safely ther- WHAT? No! Hold your fire, I'm a frien- "
There was a brief scream, then silence once again.
The comfort the pilots were hoping for being rather lacking, they nonetheless perservered, pressing towards the coordinates the doomed engineer had managed to transmit. It did not take them long to reach the spot, where they found a strange bubble of serenity. The gasses were drastically thinner, and the constant buffeting in the rest of the cloud seemed to simply flow around the small oasis of tranquility. Presently, all the remaining ships were gathered together in the zone, facing inwards, wary of each other. They could see each other's ships, but the visibility was not good enough to see through the darkened glass of their cockpit windshields. Still, someone had the presence of mind to perform a headcount. Nine?
"There are only 9 of us! We had 11, poor Galen is gone, but who else is missing?"
"I don't kn- hold on. Where's the ship with the rust patch on the nose? I don't see it!"
"Gaius's ship? You're right, he's not here. Another loss?"
There was a brief pause.
"Ah well, never liked him anyway."
EFHW died during the night. They were Galen Tyrol, the Innocent Child.
Seprix died during the night. They were Gaius Baltar, the 2-Shot Doublevoting Traitor.
Day 2 begins now and will end at 7pm forum time, 2nd September.