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|LOG=The incidents already recorded resist correlation toone another. Yet they are so many and during so short a timespan that Ifind it even less likely that they are unrelated. ::He stopped and shookhis head.:: The sickness of livestock, on its own, is hardly noteworthy; infact, it would seem impossible for there not to be - computer, erase lastsentence, start again. Sick livestock is hardly noteworthy on its own; itcould be expected on such a voyage. Yet directly after learning of it, wesuffered a fire in which all safety systems failed. Ship systems gave noindication of malfunction, which leads to the belief that ... settings wereeither overridden, or the system's integrity was compromised.Although I await confirmation, a preliminary medical reportpoints to the presence of toxins in the victims. Even for a colonizationeffort as rushed as this one, colonists are screened; introduction of suchtoxins would have to have occurred aboard Columbia. I wonder now - althoughit is pure speculation - whether the fire was intended to mask that poison.Could the poison also be responsible for the death of that cow? A poisonedfood source, perhaps. ::He shook his head.:: Speculation. Too muchspeculation, and not nearly enough answers. We're due to arrive at theplanet in a matter of hours. I would never have believed it at the outset,but I wish we had more time before arriving. If we do not solve thismystery before their arrival, we may never.The colony pod itself offers a number of challenges - yet wewill face them. Perhaps it will even give us time to solve this puzzle.Computer, end log.