Dr. Andrew James "Falko" Falkorian checks navigational readings

The ship's central AI had not yet fully recovered from the system failure around the fifth planet of the Meridian star system. Dr. Falkorian had to tediously re-code most of the key navigational algorithms. The human crew had successfully established a stable orbit around Meridian, the second planet of this star system, and now he could return to his own duties fixing the AI, while allowing Captain Deveraux to look after the mission; find and rescue whoever sent the distress call from Meridian.

The first officer, Daniel Altarei, had tasked Dr. Falkorian with scanning all communications, but to do that he first needed to fix the navigational systems. Daniel was a good engineer and worked well with Dr. Falkorian, generally allowing him to focus on his preferred scientific work, only asking for help when the engineering team needed a second opinion or insight.

Dr. Falkorian had grown familiar with the Aspenar culture of the crew; about 90% were high-functioning autistas (autistic spectrum disorder); very efficient with well defined tasks, but struggling with unfamiliar situations. Andrew Falkorian was also a high sensitive, intuitive empath, ideally suited to the naunces of deep space navigation, but prone to anxiety and emotional exhaustion.

A junior officer, Ensign Plex, was assigned as steward to Dr. Falkorian, specifically to watch him for signs of exhaustion and burn out and to protect him from dangerous situations; as a result he would never be selected for a landing party or EVA work.

Dr. Andrew James "Falko" Falkorian checks the integrity of the ship's internal systems.

After several months of repair the ship functions as normal. However the cause of the systems failure remains unclear. The fifth planet seems to produce powerful electromagnetic fields, showing unusual patterns.