The ship’s log put in short story form. Viper 2286 is the third of a series detailing the events happening onboard the frigate CSS Viper as it patrols the upper area of the Orion arm starting in the year 2284. Events range from 1st contact with alien races to promotions to perils of space travel to combat, etc. Each year will have fifty events. Featured are the common things that make life on board a ship exciting and worth leaving family and friends behind and venturing into the Black Waters of space. This is the third book released of the Black Water universe, life in the 23th century. Where the 43 human nations compete with each other and the 92 known alien races