by Melanie Edmonds
Ship’s log, 18:23, 22 February 2213 Location: Corsica FTL corridor Status: Sublight transit One more FTL jump down, another one or two to go. It wasn’t any more fun the second time than it was the first, but at least nothing untoward happened. Right now, we’re repositioning to line up for the next jump. The […]
Ship’s log, 13:24, 24 February 2213 Location: Corsica FTL corridor Status: Sublight transit Only one more FTL jump to go. We’ve made pretty good time, by all accounts, and we should be out of the corridor in a couple of days. If I can get the next jump to go as planned, maybe sooner. The […]
Chief Engineer’s log, 11:56, 26 February 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Sublight transit Chief Engineer’s report, twenty-sixth, blah blah blah. We’ve made it to the Corsica system finally. We had two jumps delayed by the insistent fuckery of the whitecoats. I’m sorry: our science contingent commandeered vital portions of the ship’s functionality and our ability […]
Ship’s log, 20:49, 1 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Sublight transit I am one month old today. It feels like longer than that, even though I haven’t been counting the nanoseconds. It seems like we should have achieved more in that time, but all we have done is establish that my systems work and […]
Ship’s log, 13:31, 3 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Sublight transit Elliott got the immersion couch working late yesterday. I couldn’t see it before. It wasn’t just that the chair wasn’t connected to me; I couldn’t see it. I couldn’t even see what Elliott was doing to fix it, just the debris that fell […]
Chief Engineer’s log, 18:12, 5 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Close orbit around Corsica sol This is the engineer, checking in again. Reporting on our progress and readiness to proceed, like a good little screwdriver. Readiness. We’re not ready at all, but I don’t know how to make us any more ready than we […]
Ship’s log, 16:49, 8 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Close orbit around Corsica sol We’re ready. We’re finally ready for our first Step, to cross the gulf between stars in a single stride. Ebling has triple-checked all the calibrations, Levi has had a spin in the pilot’s chair, astro-navigation specialist Lang Lang has redone […]
Chief Engineer’s log, 19:06, 10 March 2213 Location: Behind the second planet, Corsica system Status: Positional orbit The whitecoats want a proper report about what happened with the Step. Been hounding me for two days. Hello? Need to fix the ship first? I should be checking the drive feeds, but instead I’m here, talking to […]
Captain’s log, 20:43, 12 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Medium orbit around Corsica sol Captain John Warwick reporting. It has been four days since the abortive attempt at making a Star Step and we’re still no closer to tracking down the source of the problem. Dr Cirilli and her team are working around the […]
Ship’s log, 20:49, 15 March 2213 Location: Corsica system Status: Medium orbit around Corsica sol This is the Starwalker reporting. All systems optimal. Crew and passengers are accounted for and undamaged. Experimental drive powered down; power cores charging. Chief Engineer investigating the full-immersion pilot’s chair. No malfunctions detected. Drone assisting. Security Officer Tripi investigating AI […]