Author Archive

03 Apr

Next step

Captain’s log, 15:33, 7 October 2214  Location: In the system of the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit   This is Captain Warwick, reporting after the arrival on the Starwalker of the consciousness of the Cerces black hole. It’s hard to believe that I’m committing that sentence into an official captain’s log. But there’s little […]

09 Mar

Come home

Captain’s log, 18:03, 13 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Close orbit Log location: Sarabande central control room   Almost two months. It’s hard to believe that the waiting is over. Finally, my ship is back. I shouldn’t have allowed her to Step without everyone on board. I know how […]

14 Nov

Questioning ghosts

Captain’s log, 06:00, 14 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powered down Log location: Captain’s cabin   This is Captain Warwick reporting on the situation on Sarabande Station. We located and spoke with Acting Station Commander Marlo Iggulden yesterday, and I have been up most of the night […]

23 Oct

Scar

Captain’s log, 20:14, 11 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powered down Log location: Captain’s cabin   Captain Warwick reporting after… far too long. It has been a week since my last log. The investigation into the situation on board the station is continuing. We don’t seem much […]

13 Mar

Best laid plans

Captain’s log, 11:21, 30 June 2214 Location: Dock Alpha 62, Feras, Lambda 1 system Status: Docked and powered down Log location: Captain’s cabin   Every time I open this log these days, I wonder if it’s for the last time. Things will start to happen soon and then there won’t be any time for logging, […]

19 Dec

Standing alone

Captain’s log, 21:14, 8 May 2214 Location: Approaching FTL corridor to Corsica, edge of Alpha Centauri system Status: Sublight transit   This is Captain Warwick reporting. We are on our way out of the Alpha Centauri system, heading for the next destination on our list: Corsica. The first phase of the refit has been completed. […]

22 Nov

Second guessing

Captain’s log, 08:45, 28 April 2214 Location: Debris ring, Sconnor orbit, Dyne system Status: Stationary Log location: Captain’s Cabin   This is Captain Warwick, reporting on the deaths of Dr Seth Ebling and SecOff Riley Swann. They were killed three days ago while trying to compromise the security and freedom of this ship and her […]

21 Mar

Trusting strangers

Captain’s log, 20:37, 15 March 2214 Location: Wide orbit near Earth Moonbase, Home System Status: Stationary and powered down   This is Captain Warwick reporting. I wish I had better things to enter into this report. My ship is disabled, all of her major systems offline. Monaghan says there’s severe hardware damage but he assures […]

21 Dec

Repairs

Captain’s log, 11:18, 14 March 2214 Location: Offshore docking, Hong Kong, Earth Status: Docked and powered down   This is Captain Warwick reporting. Considering what we plan to do, I’m not sure who these reports are for any more. Posterity, perhaps? I don’t know, but I’m sure they’ll be of use to someone somewhere, when […]

16 Nov

Captain’s call

Captain’s log, 17:12, 6 March 2214 Location: Home system Status: Sublight transit near Venus Log recorded: Captain’s cabin   This is Captain Warwick reporting. We have made it into the Home system and are currently making our way around the dark side of Venus on our way to Earth. Starry brought us into the system […]