Read The Event (Book 1): Survival for Free Online

my quarters. I decided I better work on my admiral's log some, before too much happens and I forget.
    August 29, 2020 - Admiral's Log
                  Another few days with no injuries, or calamities. The wall is secure, crops are growing-ish. We did have a small group of survivors find us, 36 total. We are going to start on the northern plan tomorrow. Hopefully by the end of winter we will have it cleared of Infected and totally secured.
                  I set my pen down and started to think. Winter was coming in only a month or two. Once it got that cold again, our hydroponics would be the only source of vegetables we had. I knew we were stockpiled as much as we could, but it was always a worry. Hunting in the winter was usually a little better for some reason, at least for deer.
                  That thought triggered another. I called the captain of the gate guard on duty and posed a question to him. He gave me the answer I thought I was going to get. "No sir, we haven't seen nearly as many wild animals as we used to."
                  That was weird. Once the animals broke out of the zoos, we had lions, tigers, bears, hyenas, all sorts of wild animals. Our hunting surely couldn't have killed off that many of them, it was controlled. Other survivor groups could have been hunting them also, or they started moving to better suited areas. Either way, their available meat stock was drying up it seemed. Well, that was a problem for another day. I gave up thinking for today, laid down, and went to sleep.

Chapter 4
    Aug. 30, 2020
                  After my morning cup of coffee, I headed up to the bridge for an update.
                  "Morning everyone. Any news overnight?" I asked as I walked in.
                  "Just a few infected trying the wall again, but no damage or injuries reported. It was a small group." reported to OOD.
                  After confirming no other issues, I went down to grab some breakfast before heading out to the pier. I stopped by my quarters on the way for my swords. I liked to be armed anytime I left the ship. The galley was actually fairly quiet this morning, not too many people up and about this early.
                  I nodded to the guards on the elevator as I walked out and down the stairs to the pier. It was cool for a late summer morning. No clouds meant it would probably heat up quickly, and miserably again. I took one of the electric carts and headed towards the cruisers. I could see the supplies being transferred from the carrier to the small trains we had and it looked like it was going well. One train was already by the cruisers, almost fully unloaded.
                  "Morning sir." said the officer in charge of the loading. He was marking items off a list on his clipboard as they were loaded onboard, and kept track of what went to which ship. A daunting task, I'm sure, but he handled it well.
                  "Looks like things are going smoothly. It's Jimmy, right?" I asked as I approached. I tried to remember names as best I could.
                  "Yes sir, Jimmy Cook."
                  "How are we looking? I would like to get these fully loaded today. If we could do it by noon, I would like to cast off by two."
                  "I believe that's possible sir, but it would be close. Inspection crews are checking out all the ships systems, making sure they are all operational. If they find any problems, we may have to switch ships."
                  "True. Just keep it up, I'm not too worried if we get started first thing tomorrow morning." I said.
                  Jimmy nodded, and I got back in my cart and headed for the gate. It had been a few weeks since I had actually toured the base grounds, it was about time I did again. Heading out the pier gate, I turned right to check in with the gate guard first.