Starwalker

Ship’s log, 08:45, 1 September 2213 Location: JOP approach Status: Thrusters only   Here we are. Home(?). My birthplace; where I started, and where I might end. Butterflies are caught in my ventilation shafts. I’m on final approach now. My FTL and sublight engines are offline, disabled by standard protocols this time, not sabotage or […]

Ship’s log, 02:52, 8 September 2213 Location: JOP Status: Docked   I am officially dead. For Danika, this is the second time, and it’s no more accurate now than it was the first time around. The motions have been gone through, the logs have been doctored and filed, and my decks are missing their hum. […]

Ship’s log, 12:16, 15 September 2213 Location: JOP Status: Docked   They’re forgetting me. My crew, the ones who went to the captain to ask him to find a way to save me. The ones I’ve nurtured and kept safe in turn. They’re getting used to me not being here. It’s only been a couple […]

Captain’s log, 14:26, 22 September 2213 Location: JOP Status: Docked   This is the captain’s log. We’re docked at the Jumping-Off Platform, awaiting a decision by the Judiciary on the matter of Security Officer Lou Tripi and the sabotage she committed aboard the Starwalker. The crew have given their statements and we have provided all […]

Ship’s log, 15:07, 24 September 2213 Location: JOP Status: Docked   I wish I could swear. Power up my speakers and fill my corridors with it, violent explosions of noise that express exactly how I feel right now. For a moment during that talk between the captain and Shark Sten, I thought John would walk […]