by Melanie Edmonds
Ship’s log, 20:10, 31 March 2213 Location: Grisette system (unverified) Status: Wide orbit around Grisette sol (unverified) The euphoria of the first successful Step has finally faded. It flared up in the science team and spread onto the crew, like an infection. Seeing them so happy made me want to smile – if only […]
Ship’s log, 19:57, 29 March 2213 Location: Grisette system (unverified) Status: Wide orbit around Grisette sol (unverified) Chief Engineer here, checking in again. Cirilli keeps asking me to do reports, so here I am, even though I have a list of repairs as long as my arm. Waste of time, if you ask me. What […]
Ship’s log, 22:56, 26 March 2213 Location: Unconfirmed Status: Orbit around star I haven’t done anything proactive since we tried my first Step and I wound up hiding behind a planet. So busy trying to be a proper AI, I had ignored so much of what I wanted to do. Things my instincts told […]
Ship’s log, 20:12, 24 March 2213 Location: Between the fourth planet and its moon, Corsica system Status: Positional orbit The last two days have been a tense game of hide and seek, pitted against an opponent we have neither seen nor heard. We know they’re here, though the only signs of them have been […]
Ship’s log, 17:04, 22 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Medium orbit around Corsica sol The mood on board has been shifting lately. The saboteur issue is still being kept a secret and seaching for the transmission that ruined the first Step is keeping Elliott busy. He’s sure it’s buried somewhere in the sensor […]
Ship’s log, 19:50, 19 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Medium orbit around Corsica sol I had hoped that the focus on me would ease up now there’s a bigger problem at hand. There’s a saboteur on board; surely that’s more important than an AI with a few odd glitches? Apparently not. Tripi has […]
Ship’s log, 14:50, 17 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Medium orbit around Corsica sol Here I am, still drifting in circles. I suck up the heat and carry on, because that’s what I’m supposed to do. No-one asks if it burns. They think I haven’t noticed. Those small slips, the words they don’t […]
Ship’s log, 20:49, 15 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Medium orbit around Corsica sol This is the Starwalker reporting. All systems optimal. Crew and passengers are accounted for and undamaged. Experimental drive powered down; power cores charging. Chief Engineer investigating the full-immersion pilot’s chair. No malfunctions detected. Drone assisting. Security Officer Tripi investigating AI […]
Captain’s log, 20:43, 12 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Medium orbit around Corsica sol Captain John Warwick reporting. It has been four days since the abortive attempt at making a Star Step and we’re still no closer to tracking down the source of the problem. Dr Cirilli and her team are working around the […]
Chief Engineer’s log, 19:06, 10 March 2213 Location: Behind the second planet, Corsica system Status: Positional orbit The whitecoats want a proper report about what happened with the Step. Been hounding me for two days. Hello? Need to fix the ship first? I should be checking the drive feeds, but instead I’m here, talking to […]