Beyond official logs and court records, little is known about Richard Spratly's personal life.

He was sure he hadn't seen it in any of the official logs.

He had suspected that they had shared more than they'd reported in the official logs.

Contrary to policy, the officer who accepted the call failed to enter it in the official log.

Some face-saving formula would have to be found for the official log.

"But I think we should put them in the official logs."

Yet although everyone knew perfectly well starships were arriving and departing several times a day, there was no official log.

The official log, however, does list a single unidentified crew member as bailing out from Gastello's plane.

I wonder what I'm actually going to put in the official log about all this.

According to the official log of emergency radio calls, the first request for an ambulance came at 7:43.