The Kethavi Files
Seren Horovenko lost her family the year Earth made first contact with the Kethavi. She was, among other things, a theoretical xeno-biologist. Now, a decade later, she's on a space station, trying to figure out how you even take the pulse of a silicon tree.
A science fiction serial project.
Earth made first contact with an alien species approximately a decade ago. The event was not public. A small number of human specialists were recruited to a joint program, the Crossroads Initiative, hosted aboard a Kethavi-operated space station at the edge of mapped human space. The stated purpose: a controlled, low-threat introduction of humanity into a broader galactic community.
The program was running smoothly. Then, of course, something happened.
These are the working logs of Dr. Seren Horovenko, physician, theoretical xenobiologist, and currently the most qualified medical personnel on a station full of species she was never meant to treat.
The logs are unredacted. What you are reading is what she said, in the order she said it, before the AI translation and case-file protocols stripped out everything interesting.
The Logs
Raw voice log entries from Dr. Seren Horovenko's Crossroads posting, presented in sequence. Unredacted. Pre-processed.