Breaking the Ice

//** IEF CRUISER AMERIGO BIO-STASIS LOG 5463

// DATE - UNKOWN

// SHIPTIME - 21:47

// FATAL ERROR CODE #00A7C23B - CONTACT ADMINISTRATOR

// ACTIVATE EMERGENCY REINSTATE PROTOCOL

// PODS ACTIVE - A7 E41 A3

// SYSTEM SHUTDOWN INITIATED - MANUAL RESTART REQUIRED

**/

The Imperial Exploration Foundation was developed following the Second Unification. Religion, politics, and social policy had all collapsed into a chaotic turmoil that seemed insurmountable. It was deemed prudent for humans to find new places to reside in an effort to reduce strain on already defunct medical and agricultural institutions. So the few corporations that had survived the total collapse set about constructing colony vessels designed to travel to and populate viable planets far from the troubles of strife and suffering. Unfortunately there were far too few technically skilled and able-bodied volunteers, and so the project managers opted for stasis and memory-training. The colonist would be frozen during their voyage while computers filled their minds with the necessary array of knowledge and skills to construct, maintain, and manage a fledgling colonial venture. This is where you come in John. You are aboard the colony cruiser Amerigo, and there seems to be a technical malfunction.