by Melanie Edmonds
Ship’s log, 15:32, 8 February 2214 Location: Gienah system, 40 years ago Status: Maintaining orbit around Gienah Sol I’ve been free for two days now. There should have been celebrations. A feeling of lightness on my decks. A tangible shift of power and control. Singing and laughter. Something should feel different, in a good […]
Chief Engineer’s log, 08:54, 10 February 2214 Location: Gienah system, 40 years ago Status: Maintaining orbit around Gienah Sol Log location: Engineering This is stupid. Arguing for days and we’re still heading to Feras. Worst idea in the world. What do they think is gonna happen when we get there? The company will strip […]
Ship’s log, 20:51, 13 February 2214 Location: Gienah system, 40 years ago Status: On approach to Gienah Sol I am off-kilter and so is everyone on board. We’re coming in for our exit from this time and system; the drive is warming up as we approach Step distance. We’re finally getting out of here […]
Ship’s log, 21:14, 13 February 2214 Location: Lambda 1 system Status: Exiting orbit of Lambda 1 Sol (Primary) Here I am, the home of my makers. Time to introduce myself. Deep breath. STARWALKER: (over external comms) Feras flight control, this is the Starwalker, requesting permission to dock. FERAS: Feras flight control to unidentified […]
Ship’s log, 16:29, 14 February 2214 Location: Junkpile, Lambda 1 system Status: Stationary I’ve decided that I don’t like sitting in this junkpile. I am hemmed in on every side by symbols of what I might become. It’s like looking at my future through a lens of the past. This place is a motley […]
Ship’s log, 08:47, 19 February 2214 Location: Junkpile, Lambda 1 system Status: Stationary I’ve been sitting here for days, waiting and watching, like a flea hungry for blood. But the damned dog hasn’t come back yet. Things with the crew have been getting more fractious. Accusations have been thrown around like popcorn, but are […]
Ship’s log, 09:02, 19 February 2214 Location: Junkpile, Lambda 1 system Status: Stationary TELLTALE HEART: (over short-range comms) Requesting permission to dock, Starwalker. STARWALKER: Granted. I was expecting more messages, comm relays of news from the artificial planet and the company that built me. Instead the courier ship wants to dock and I […]
Ship’s log, 15:48, 20 February 2214 Location: Junkpile, Lambda 1 system Status: Stationary It has been over a day since the Telltale Heart left me alone here, and I’m still angry. After their extreme unhelpfulness, I didn’t say anything more to them except to ask Captain Morgan to leave and to direct the new […]
Captain’s log, 20:18, 22 February 2214 Location: Junkpile, Lambda 1 system Status: Stationary Log recorded: Med Bay, inside isolation curtain This is Captain Warwick reporting. I am no longer the ex-captain of the Starwalker: for the past two weeks, I have been back in command, though until yesterday I was too unconscious to know […]
Ship’s log, 17:03, 25 February 2214 Location: Junkpile, Lambda 1 system Status: Stationary Byte was reactivated this morning. It took Elliott a few days to track down the exact problem, with Bit watching over his shoulder and making commentary gestures. I love watching Elliott when he’s got his teeth into a problem. He bounces […]