by Melanie Edmonds
Captain’s log, 20:19, 2 April 2214 Location: Orbit around Terra Sol, Home system Status: Maintaining orbit Log location: Captain’s cabin This is Captain Warwick reporting, three days after… they’re already calling it the Fall of Earth. The beacons have been sent out to every colony and outpost. They fled past us a couple of […]
Ship’s log, 22:17, 29 March 2214 Location: Orbit around Terra Sol, Home system Status: Maintaining orbit It is done. I am smoking and glowing in places I shouldn’t, but I’ve done everything I can here. I can’t begin to describe the past day. I thought about starting up a log a thousand times, but […]
Ship’s log, 19:32, 28 March 2214 Location: Near Spain, Earth Status: Exit vector to Earth orbit Four hours. I can’t believe we’ve wasted nearly four hours since the light of the solar flare reached us. I’ve never seen a flare like that before. Not even all of Dr Cirilli’s archives hold anything like it. […]
Ship’s log, 15:27, 28 March 2214 Location: Spaceport, Seville, Spain, Earth Status: Docked and powered down Most of my people are outside, surrounded by an angry mob, and stupid docking clamps have me pinned in place. Can’t do anything except watch, as it all goes wrong. External sensors (Halfway across the landing platform, […]