Author Archive

06 Feb

Try or regret

Ship’s log, 15:04, 22 July 2214 Location: Near Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked, powered down   I’m almost ready to go get my sister. I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t excited. And scared. The captain is nervous about how the crew of the Celestial Strider is going to […]

29 Jan

Linger

Captain’s log, 15:57, 21 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 at Sarabande Station. Things here continue to be… as crazy as ever. We are dealing with the ghosts as best we can, which […]

16 Jan

Clumsy

Ship’s log, 13:37, 19 July 2214 Location: Near Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Adrift, engines disabled   He’s actually coming. I had half-expected him to refuse and stamp off in a huff. Am I prepared for this? I don’t know. All this processing power and not a clue about what to do. […]

08 Jan

Testing integrity

Ship’s log, 12:26, 19 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powering up   Environmental systems online Artificial gravity online Inertial dampeners online Station hardline connection terminated Umbilical feeds shutting off Umbilicals disconnected   Location: Engineering ELLIOTT: (sitting on a stool, he’s surrounded by projected readouts from all the […]

26 Dec

Whale equivalent

Ship’s log, 06:35, 16 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powered down   Yesterday was a full day. The Lieutenant had limited success down in the bowels of the station. We now have eyes on another survivor of the station, but he has hardly survived intact. Dr Valdimir […]

18 Dec

Colours in the dark

Ship’s log, 15:52, 15 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powered down   Live feed: portable sensor Location: Brig Level B (The view bobs in a rhythmic, swaying motion, progressing steadily down a corridor with two white stripes running along the gunmetal-grey walls. There’s a soft, clanging thud […]

28 Nov

Return of the navigator

Ship’s log, 14:49, 15 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powered down   Messages are flying at me from every direction. My systems are up to 85% capacity and climbing, and it feels good to be able to handle it. My own ship systems are largely disabled due […]

20 Nov

Positivity

Ship’s log, 07:30, 14 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powered down   Lang Lang is awake! I couldn’t believe it when I heard the doctor’s message to the captain (yes, I was peeking, but that’s not important right now). Of course, the first thing I did was […]

07 Nov

Distant sister

Ship’s log, 16:21, 13 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powered down   My captain and SecOffs are in Iggulden’s cave. I can’t see in there. I don’t like it. I’ve run diagnostics on the sensor network in that sector, and all I’m getting is ‘disconnected’ messages. There […]

31 Oct

Mouth of the cave

Ship’s log, 14:32, 13 July 2214 Location: Sarabande Station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked and powered down   Repairs are coming along more quickly now that my hull is intact. The heaviest lifting is out of the way and the more that’s fixed, the more I can help with what’s left. Elliott has […]