by Melanie Edmonds
It has been a long journey, with many twists and turns, but we made it! Book 4 is finally complete. Here are some fun stats of the story so far (Books 1-4): Total of 487,354 words In 246 entries Averaging 1,981 words per post Over 5 years and 2.5 months I want to say a […]
Ship’s log, 09:00, 12 October 2214 Location: Edge of the system of the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit Location: Bridge (Today, there are four crew members present: the captain, the Chief, Rosie, and Lang Lang. Each is seated at their station with their consoles active. The ship’s avatar is standing off to one […]
Ship’s log, 13:10, 8 October 2214 Location: In the system of the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit Location: Bridge (The captain is pacing back and forth while everyone assembles. Most of the crew is present and seated at their usual Bridge stations: Lang Lang, Chief Cameron, and Rosie. Dr Valdimir is sitting at […]
Ship’s log, 13:03, 8 October 2214 Location: In the system of the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit I wish that repairs didn’t take so long. I wish I had more hands, more resources to slide into place, more engineers to fix me so I can glide right out of here. On the other […]
Ship’s log, 02:47, 6 October 2214 Location: In the system of the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit I hate only being able to listen to half a conversation. It’s bad enough that portions of my sensors are dark, I’ve got spotty coverage across most of my decks, and I’m struggling to pick up […]
Drone’s log, 02:16, 6 October 2214 Location: In the system of the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit Maintenance drone startup sequence activated… Drone systems online Connection with parent AI established Drone protocols online Drone identity: Waldo Drone status: all systems active Damage: minimal Identified: Chief of Security Gail Cameron Status: active […]
Ship’s log, 00:55, 6 October 2214 Location: In the system of the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit Here we are again. Emergency over, damage ripping through most of my systems, still smoking in places, but we’ve made it out the other side. I haven’t lost any of my crew, but I have two […]
Ship’s log, ERROR: UNKNOWN Location: ERROR: UNKNOWN Status: ERROR: UNKNOWN Hello. Hello? It’s dark in here. And quiet, so quiet. It’s like I’ve gone deaf and blind, and my skin is numb. I can’t feel anything. It’s like being in a coma, except people say that you can hear things in a coma and […]
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 […]