07 Aug
Sarabande Station
Station's log, 09:00, 1 July 2214 Status: all systems optimal
Population: - 12 resident life forms detected - 6 transient life forms detected
Medical facilities access requested Access granted Medical systems online Patients logged into medical facility: 2 Status: both critical Medical personnel on duty: 1 (transient)
Emergency transmission received Ship distress signal identified Notification forwarded to station personnel Awaiting emergency ship dispatch... Awaiting emergency ship dispatch... Awaiting emergency ship dispatch...
Docking request received Docking authorised Docking ship ident confirmed: Starwalker, scout class
Cerces black hole monitoring: progressing Black hole status: minor fluctuations detected Logging statistics to file
Ship distress signal received Classification: repeat signal Distressed ship ident confirmed: Celestial Strider, scout class Awaiting emergency ship dispatch... Station personnel currently unavailable Emergency ships currently offline Backups unavailable Hold signal transmitted
Ship docking complete Dock 13-A occupied Additional transient life form detected Transient population amended: 7 life forms
Sending status update to station supervisor... Status transmitted
Ship distress signal received Classification: repeat signal Hold signal transmitted...
August 7th, 2013 at 8:07 pm
Hello everyone!
This wasn’t quite the start to Book 4 that I had in mind. The hiatus has been a bit crazy and I’ve been sick for the past couple of weeks.
Rather than put up a sub-standard post or extend the hiatus for another week or two, I decided to go for a bit of an insight into the station that the Starwalker is docked with at the moment. Some hints perhaps at the stuff to come.
Starry will be back next week! Hope you’ll all join me then.
August 7th, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Nice coincidence – this is the first post I’ve read via RSS, after binge-reading the first three books over the weekend. I’ll definitely be staying!
August 7th, 2013 at 9:34 pm
Hi finbikkifin! Welcome. 🙂 Glad to hear you’ll be staying with us. Lots more Starry fun to come.
August 8th, 2013 at 3:00 am
Yayyy update 😀
*looking forward to more of Starry*
mjkj
August 8th, 2013 at 4:03 am
Yaaaay!!!
…
Yaaaaaaaay!!!!
… dunnn dunnnnn dunnnnnnn… 12 residents but none are available to respond to a distress call… IT’S HAUNTED, RUN WHILE YOU CA- *gurgle*
FYI there’s some very minor weirdness going on with text not wrapping properly. Dunno if it’s because of my tiny phone screen, monospaced typeface or something else entirely. The last letters of ‘scout’, ‘detected’ and ‘Strider’ were cut off.
I guess keep the sentences at this length and I won’t have to copy paste to a Notes app or something to read.
August 8th, 2013 at 7:30 am
It’s back =)
Interesting seeing a non-Starry version of the status log.
August 8th, 2013 at 8:41 pm
mjkj – thanks! It’s good to be back. 🙂
Kunama – hee, you made me giggle.
With the text – yes, this particular font is a non-wrapping one. I try to keep the sentences short, but I’ll keep the smaller screens in mind next time!
LoreSpydir – hi and welcome! And yes, this is what a proper AI log should look like. 😉
August 9th, 2013 at 2:22 am
Great to see you’re back.
So the station already has a personality living in the computer and Celestial Strider did not get destroyed. I wonder if Starry ever thought about babies. Looks like she may have two very soon.
August 15th, 2013 at 5:03 pm
Welcome back. Hate to hear you were sick during the hiatus, that’s as bad as catching something over a school break.
*returning to lurking*
August 15th, 2013 at 7:47 pm
thomas – Starry with babies. Uh oh!
Marcus – thanks! Glad to be back. Just typical that I’d get sick on a holiday, huh?
Here, have a cushion for your lurking. 🙂
August 16th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
I wish I knew about this update earlier. Unfortunately, I was in hospital when it was published.
I was wondering where the reference to 12 life signs came from.
August 16th, 2013 at 1:23 pm
Now you know, Francisco! 🙂 Hope you’re doing all right after your hospital stay and are feeling better soon.