New on the bridge: captain's log, crew journals and recaps
Dictate your own captain's log, read the private journals your officers write after a mission, and let your first officer brief you when you come back to the bridge.
Three features in the next build make the IKAREE feel like a ship that keeps living while you are away.
Captain's log
Say "Captain's log" and keep talking. The computer answers "Entry recorded." and writes down your words. It works in free flight and in the middle of an episode. Your entries are in the LOG tab, newest first.
"Previously on IKAREE"
Come back to the bridge after a break of more than twenty minutes and Commander Reed tells you how long you were away, reads your last log entry and reports where the ship is holding. The crew knows it too, so you can pick the conversation up where you left it.
Crew journals
After an encounter or an episode, one or two officers write a short private journal entry in their own voice, depending on what happened and whom it concerned. What they share depends on how much they trust you. Their first entry is always shared; the rest you earn. Open LOG → JOURNALS to read them, or have the author read the entry aloud.