Way Station

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Audio autopsy reviews and diary of Dr. Eve Strauss, forensic pathologist on the rogue planet Way Station, investigating the deaths of the eleven research teams stationed there.

Dr. Eve Strauss, Research Facility A on the southern continent of Way Station, assisted by Dr. Isaac Federman. Walls are intact and the life support system is running at optimal capacity. Food storage and air supply are clean. Most of the research team was found in the recreation area, in addition to two bodies in the kitchen, one in the west end bedroom, and three in the lab. All areas show signs of struggle but the positions of the bodies don’t suggest that they were fighting each other.

Examination review of Irene Willis, ID number 1104, details in file. Full autopsy report in temporary file, pending transfer when communication channels open again. They were found clothed in the recreation room beside an elliptical, their right leg caught under one of the pedals, the shin shattered post-mortem, suggesting they had died upright and then fallen, their leg trapped as the pedal came down. No other external wounds found. Eyes cloudy.

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