by Melanie Edmonds
Ship’s log, 00:11, 6 October 2214 Location: Standard orbit distance from the Cerces black hole horizon Status: Adrift, orbit degrading Location: Outer hull (The stars tumble around the ship with the large, lightless patch that is the black hole, wheeling around on all three axes. The cargo and contents that were sucked out of […]
Ship’s log, 00:00, 6 October 2214 Location: Standard orbit distance from the Cerces black hole horizon Status: Orbiting Warning Warning Power surge detected Systems overloaded Warning Yes, autolog, I know. I can see all the flashing red warnings painting my insides like I’m bleeding in here. It hurts. I’m a ship and I […]
Ship’s log, 23:51, 5 October 2214 Location: Standard orbit distance from the Cerces black hole horizon Status: Orbiting Location: Outer hull (Big Ass pauses in his traverse across the surface of the ship to clip a safety line onto an anchor ring. Turning, he trundles down the curve of the ship’s side, spinning the […]
Ship’s log, 22:27, 5 October 2214 Location: Standard orbit distance from the Cerces black hole horizon Status: Orbiting Location: Cargo Bay 1 (From an open vent high on the cargo bay wall, there is an echo of soft squeaks, followed by a metallic scrabbling sound.) Location: Engineering (An upper access panel is open. […]