[ WP ] You are part of a small colony of humans 100 years into a 200 year interstellar mission . Due to the time passed , technology has allowed a new mission to exceed yours , and it sails past your ship but can not make contact

**Exodus Log # 481 - Rotation # 20** 
 
 *2132; 98 Years after Mission Start Date* 
 
 Most of the crew is still in the Freezer. Well, actually, everyone except for me is still asleep, decided not to wake up the other Technician's after I saw the transmission from Earth. Unfortunately for everyone on board this ship, our leaders back on Earth have decided to send another mission to ION-4. They decided to dub it Exodus-2, as if the four hundred souls they sent on this mission have already returned or are already dead. 
 
 We are not dead. And we are still 102 years from our destination. 
 
 According to the transmission, we should be seeing Ex-2 any day now, even though they only left on their mission fifteen years ago. Technology has advanced at a rapid rate since we all left. Although we've been gone for 98 years, technology has moved jumped about 200 years. 
 
 And unfortunately for us, they did n't account for this when they sent Ex-2 into the stars. Unfortunately for us, we'll get to watch Ex-2 fly by and reach ION-4 79 years faster than us. By the time we get there, everyone on board Ex-2 now will be dead, or in the final days of their life. 
 
 And we'll be reaching a colony of their children. 
 
 We'll be the eldest people on the planet, clocking in at 200 years older than anyone else. I, for one, am not looking forward to this. And I for one, am going to keep my crew in the Freezer for a few years longer than they anticipated. 
 
 It's against regulation, but when the people who sent you on this mission 98 years ago, send a newer, fancier, and more technologically-advanced ship on the *same exact mission*, well, I think we can let regulation slide for a bit. I'm going to do the rounds, check on everyone's status, then watch Ex-2 flyby us. Without saying a damn word. 
 
 Ex-2, if you're receiving this somehow, or hell if Earth can send this to you, I only have one thing to say. 
 
 Tell your kids we're on our way. And we wo n't forget about them.
