Boaz the Swift Wanderer Expedition Logs

The probe, now securely anchored to Boaz's blubber, has measured a sudden, but brief, time of continuous acceleration.

This is believed to be due to a sudden release of high-pressure gas from an orifice near the rear of the creature.

We are currently unsure whether this action was intentional or not.

After farting, Boaz has reoriented himself 12 degrees up and 4 degrees right using a series of gas releases from smaller, nearly invisible orifices located all over his body. These gas releases are believed to be voluntary. Nearly every surface of his body is designed to provide some kind of attitude control or thrust.

Boaz's skin is thick and every orifice is tightly sealed. We are currently unsure of how he feeds without exposing his stomach and other interior organs to vacuum. An airlock-like system is the most popular plausible theory.

Upon seemingly a rigid stock, covered in a thick, transparent membrane are multiple eyes, each facing a different direction, meaning Boaz has a 360 degree field of vision at all times. There are at least two of these structures on Boaz, but it could be possible another whale may facilitate more.

Although he was not moving much to begin with, Boaz has stopped moving nearly as much. This, paired with the recent reorientation and fart, leads us to believe that Boaz is preparing for something. What that is, we are currently unsure. If thrust is to be applied in same manner as the previous two occurrences, we are unsure of how Boaz can facilitate enough ejection mass to propel himself to significant velocities.

In other news, Boaz is likely 900-1,300 years old. This long lifespan is obviously required for traversing the expansive void of space. We also believe he has recently (within the past 200 years) reached sexual maturity and is searching for a mate.

I apologize for the recent lack of information on Boaz. Telemetry was temporarily lost, but has been fully regained.

For the past several days, Boaz has been accelerating. Due to lack of telemetry at the burn's start, we are unsure of how the reaction was ignited, unless the reaction is hypergolic, which we believe is unlikely. Our most popular theory is a non-hypergolic reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, which is extracted from water Boaz drinks(1) by specialized organs and stored for later used.

Assuming Boaz uses hydrogen and oxygen that he gets from water, there would be an excess amount of hydrogen consumed(2) which would need to be dumped. Some of it is likely stored for his cold gas attitude control system.

Boaz seems to have a specialized organ made of a bone-like(3) material that makes up a combustion chamber and a nozzle that slightly protrudes from the rest of his body. A thick layer of fat surrounds the 'engine' presumably to protect of against heat. A muscle structure similar to human eyes is used to pivot the 'engine' slightly, providing further control beyond his cold gas thrusters.

(1)'Drinking' may also be eating ice in the same way that an aquatic filter feeder would consume krill as we are currently unsure of Boaz's landing capabilities.

(2)About six times more oxygen than hydrogen is required for efficient combustion.

(3)It seems too dense, based on x-rays. We don't know what it is made of.

After beginning the cooling phase, Boaz went dormant. Only now have we detected some activity worthy of reporting on.

Boaz has began emitting electromagnetic pulses. He is equipped with his own natural radar-like system, which seems to far more powerful than the attached probe's. Boaz is searching for something, likely his target destination, as well as things to avoid. For now, we will listen with Boaz to what bounces back.