by Melanie Edmonds
Ship’s log, 13:14, 30 June 2214 Location: Feras orbit, Lambda 1 system Status: Sublight transit I can’t believe we left them behind. Lang Lang and Cirilli, and my Wide Load. Members of my crew. The drone who is piece of me. They’re missing and I feel it, but I power on through the orbital […]
Ship’s log, 14:52, 30 June 2214 Location: Feras orbit, Lambda 1 system Status: Sublight transit The pieces are set. I have almost reached one edge of the parking zone, high above Feras’s metal surface, while a squad of five fighters weave their way through the traffic towards me. There are charges hovering between us, […]
Ship’s log, 15:12, 30 June 2214 Location: Feras orbit, Lambda 1 system Status: Evasive manoeuvres, sublight transit I’m surrounded by a mess of ships. They’re all fleeing from the area where we set off bombs, spraying away like debris. They rub and jostle at each other, as if the expanse of the solar system […]
Ship’s log, 16:43, 30 June 2214 Location: Feras orbit, Lambda 1 system Status: Stationary Cruiser to the front of me, fighter to the rear, and here I am, stuck in the middle with my crew. I’m dented and scraped. Elliott and my boys are working to shore up the worst of the damage, and […]
Ship’s log, 15:21, 30 June 2214 Location: Feras orbit, Lambda 1 system Status: Stationary Location: Bridge (Warnings flash on each console around the room.) CAPTAIN: (gripping the arms of his chair as the ship’s frame shudders) Starry, report! Starry! STARRY: (standing to the captain’s right, she stares forward unflinchingly) Hull breached. Wide Load is […]
Ship’s log, 16:45, 30 June 2214 Location: Feras orbit, Lambda 1 system Status: Emergency Warning Warning Impact detected Integrity compromised Hull breach detected Warning Location: Bridge (The main lights are out; emergency lighting and half-functioning holograhic consoles illuminate the scene. The central hologram is off. The captain and his SecOffs cling to their […]
Ship’s log, 17:39, 30 June 2214 Location: Nowhere/everywhere Status: Step drive active Corporeal objects are not supposed to be outside the universe. The lack of substance here picks at me, trying to even the balance between us by spreading my atoms equally across this non-place. My surface blurs. I feel like I’m leaving a […]
Ship’s log, 08:17, 1 July 2214 Location: Space station, near the Cerces black hole Status: Docked It took far too long to get here. I still can’t get an ident for the station or a person on comms – there’s some weird interference in this system – but I did manage to link up […]
Ship’s log, 08:30, 1 July 2214 Location: On approach to the Cerces black hole Status: Sublight transit This is not how this was supposed to go. I was supposed to leave my people behind: see them safely to the station and put their feet on solid decking, and then make my way to the […]