Terragen 4, Pixelmator Pro For model credits, see: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YG350K MISSION LOG — HCV Aegis of Meridian
Recording Officer: Lt. Commander Sera Valen, Navigation & Flight Operations
Timestamp: 19:42 Shipboard / Local Standard We’ve completed our return burn and are now on final approach to Meridian Prime, with the home world filling half the forward view like a promise you can actually see. The cruiser handled the transit like a brick with a heartbeat—steady, stubborn, and impossible to intimidate. Long-range comms finally cut through the static an hour ago. Meridian Orbital Station acknowledged our beacon and assigned us Docking Vector Kappa-7, with a gentle reminder that our starboard thrusters “still run a little hot.” Noted. Pretending to be surprised. External traffic is light—only a handful of civilian haulers and patrol skiffs in the lane. Still, the Aegis is drawing eyes. A heavy cruiser always does. You don’t glide into orbit like this quietly. You arrive. Atmospheric glow is starting to catch the planet’s curve beneath us, and I can already see the station’s silhouette against the blue—bright, clean, and impossibly calm compared to where we’ve been. Final docking checks are underway. Crew status is stable. Ship status is solid. Spirits… improving by the minute. It’s good to be back in familiar gravity. End Log.