Friday Five Prompt: Log, panel, long, senior, popular 

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Astra Ardent snuck along the long corridor of the lower deck of the galactic cruiser Sixkills. Other staff seldom came down here, but she couldn’t risk being seen. She wasn’t the most popular member of the crew on a good day- the only alien hybrid in a crew of cybernetic soldiers. The green tint of her skin and the antennae marked her as offspring of the former enemy. Never to be trusted. 

And now she was about to prove them right. 

She snuck into a small engineering room at the end of the hall. It was used for the filtration systems but she could reconfigure the panels and access the communications logs. If she could do it, then the spy on board could have. 

Astra felt ill. Could she really go through with it? She wasn’t a hero. She was tech crew and not a soldier. Accusing a senior officer-the second in command- of spying for the Mars rebellion against the Earth Alliance was risky. If she were wrong, it was treason. 

She ran her hands over the computer panel; accessing the logs. Just do. Don’t think. Pray that you’re right. 
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well, at least I’m writing. Gave it a shot🤣.