by Melanie Edmonds
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 […]