by Melanie Edmonds
Ship’s log, 22:56, 26 March 2213 Location: Unconfirmed Status: Orbit around star I haven’t done anything proactive since we tried my first Step and I wound up hiding behind a planet. So busy trying to be a proper AI, I had ignored so much of what I wanted to do. Things my instincts told […]
Ship’s log, 19:57, 29 March 2213 Location: Grisette system (unverified) Status: Wide orbit around Grisette sol (unverified) Chief Engineer here, checking in again. Cirilli keeps asking me to do reports, so here I am, even though I have a list of repairs as long as my arm. Waste of time, if you ask me. What […]
Ship’s log, 20:10, 31 March 2213 Location: Grisette system (unverified) Status: Wide orbit around Grisette sol (unverified) The euphoria of the first successful Step has finally faded. It flared up in the science team and spread onto the crew, like an infection. Seeing them so happy made me want to smile – if only […]
Ship’s log, 16:12, 2 April 2213 Location: Grisette system (unverified) Status: Wide orbit around Grisette sol (unverified) Some of the crew asked to be excused from their duties today. They wish to observe a religious holiday and the captain says he has no objection. Until Elliott has finished stitching my hull back together and […]
Ship’s log, 17:32, 5 April 2213 Location: Grisette system (unverified) Status: Wide orbit around Grisette sol (unverified) The data from the first Starwalker was supposed to answer all of my questions. It was supposed to make all of this make sense. I have re-sorted the data four times; I have given it a special […]
Chief Engineer’s log, 20:46, 5 April 2213 Location: Grisette system (unverified) Status: Wide orbit around Grisette sol (unverified) Starry is definitely not endearing herself to the crew. As if locking us out of her systems and taking us through a Step on her own wasn’t bad enough, now she’s decided that shutting herself down […]
Ship’s log, 20:02, 9 April 2213 Location: Grisette system (unverified) Status: Wide orbit around Grisette sol (unverified) It has been a difficult week. First the hidden datastore was exposed and thrust into the light, and then there was all the questions. What happened, why did I shut down, how do they know it won’t […]