by Melanie Edmonds
Ship’s log, 15:23, 23 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down This is the fourth day in a row that Lang Lang has gone under to try to communicate with the black hole. She says that she is making progress and she seems to be working out […]
Ship’s log, 12:41, 20 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down For a ship that was built for a single project, I’m getting pretty good at handling multiple high-priority tasks at the same time. Elliott says it’s because I’m a girl. I think it’s the extra processors […]
Ship’s log, 03:22, 18 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down Yesterday was supposed to be the start of our attempts to talk to Cerces. My people are showing some nerves, though: Lang Lang asked for a little more time to finish her preparations, and my captain […]
Ship’s log, 15:47, 16 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down I feel sorry for the Celestial Strider‘s crew. They’ve had so much heaped upon them in the past few days, and there’s always more to come. The indignity of me being their rescuer, the one who […]
Ship’s log, 21:19, 15 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down This morning, my captain went down nice and early to pick up where he left off with the Celestial Strider‘s crew. It was time to talk about why we attacked Feras and, ultimately, them. Lang Lang […]
Ship’s log, 22:55, 14 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down I think the captain’s plan to share our story with the Celestial Strider‘s crew is going as well as can be expected. They were wary at first: not of our story, but of our intentions in […]
Ship’s log, 10:19, 14 September 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down Here I am again, back where I started. Resting in the same position in the same dock, gripped by the same clamps, the same docking bridge suckered onto my side. It feels like I’ve gone around […]
Ship’s log, ??:??, ?? ???? ???? Location: On approach to Sarabande Station Status: Sublight transit Something’s wrong. There are no blaring signs; little hints poke up here and there. They get under my hull plating and prickle at me. Something’s wrong, they whisper and hiss. It’s worse than a siren. External comms CAPTAIN: […]
Ship’s log, 16:40, 22 July 2214 Location: Approaching the Cerces black hole event horizon Status: Sublight transit, Star Step drive active There are so many people talking at me that it’s hard to keep up. They don’t like my idea. Thing is, I’m not hearing any other options. Any other ship would cut and […]
Ship’s log, 16:02, 22 July 2214 Location: On approach to the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit External comms CELESTIAL STRIDER #1: (male voice) Battlestations! Battlestations, everyone! Weapons hot! STRIDER #2: (female voice) What? I’m busy with the engines here, so we don’t fall into this black hole and die, and now you want […]