An amazing discovery was made yesterday by SpaceFleet, in conjunction with Jodrell Bank and Woomera. Dr David Wright was researching prewar records when he came across the mention of the GLENN being detached to the orbital maintenance satellite, GODDARD. GODDARD was destroyed the day after Black Sunday, but no mention was ever made of GLENN. Using the last orbital data figures, Dr Wright tracked down the approximate whereabouts and persuaded Jodrell Bank to look for the missing cruiser. When a contact was found, then a shuttle was dispatched to investigate.
The pilot of the shuttle HOWARD, Captain James Bichard, reported that the XC-9 cruiser was "almost untouched". Most of the crew had already transferred to GODDARD, and it appears that the remainder on board used a escape vessel to return to Earth. No record of them has ever been found, however.
GLENN had been incapacitated by a problem with the impulse condensers, a job that SF Engineering Division reckon estimate should not take more than a week to repair. The GLENN will make a valuable addition to an overstretched Space Fleet.
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