by Melanie Edmonds
Ship’s log, 09:23, 4 October 2214 Location: Near the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit Most of the time, sublight transit is quiet. Dull, even. Journeys across vast tracts of empty space are generally done in straight lines, under constant acceleration or coasting once the optimum speed has been reached. No corners, maybe a […]
Ship’s log, 09:00, 4 October 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down Undocking sequence started Umbilicals disconnecting It’s finally time. The station has been stripped of everything of use we could fit into my cargo bays. Every life signal has been herded or dragged on board me […]
Chief Medic’s log, 17:33, 2 October 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down Log Location: Starwalker Med Bay This is Dr Valdimir, reporting on the change of status of the Starwalker‘s medical facilities and patients. We are relocated aboard the ship once more, and I’m back to the […]
Ship’s log, 23:19, 1 October 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down Things are moving so fast that my head would spin if I had one. Luckily, I have subroutines I can use to manage all the data, filtering and caching and juggling requests. I wasn’t really built […]
Chief Medic’s log, 21:11, 30 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down Log Location: Station Med Bay This is Dr Valdimir, Chief Medic of the Starwalker, following up on my last report. In that report, I detailed the deaths of five crew members. I am amending the […]
Ship’s log, 22:19, 28 September 2214 Location: Between Sarabande Station and the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit I was expecting this to be a solemn task but it has taken a an unexpectedly official tone. I am hitched up to the Celestial Strider like a horse to a hearse, drawing her through the […]
Ship’s log, 20:52, 28 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down It’s amazing how quickly things can move once you’ve made a decision. When the man in charge is open to a new direction. The crew were quick to voice their objections and opinions when they realised […]
Ship’s log, 20:52, 26 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down It has been a strange couple of days. Tension has been seeping through the atmosphere like a gas leak, hissing its way into every feed and weighing down every breath. Everyone on the station is feeling […]
Ship’s log, 08:18, 24 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down After the ghosts started talking, they just kept increasing. More of them, more voices, more noise, all asking the same question. Where are my people? As if I didn’t already have enough competing for my attention, […]
Ship’s log, 16:02, 23 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down Live feed: station sensors Location: Med Bay LANG LANG: (comes awake abruptly, sitting up, air snaggling in her throat. She shrieks, shoves herself backwards, skitters right off the edge of the bed, and just keeps on […]