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Orestes is an outpost located on the planet PFG 70c in the HD219134
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planetary system.
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It is serviced by the Arsinoe ship which orbits the system,
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maintaining two additional outposts.
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According to the inhabitants of the outpost, the ship has not been
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heard from for two earth-years now.
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The planet is desolate with a prolonged day/night cycle. Its
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terrain is mountainous and rocky. Its only distinguishing feature,
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and the reason for the existence of the Orestes outpost, are a
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series of crystalline structures which populate a small portion of
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its surface.
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The base is manned by three members who will remain anonymous.
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Systems maintenance and communications tasks are performed by the
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Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator A.I.
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2021-08-13 00:00:01 +00:00
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NOTICE!! - For anyone coming across this old story and wondering
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how it ends:
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I've lost interest in this story. I wasn't too happy with its
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direction so I stopped posting the entries on Cosmic Voyage. I've
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uploaded the remainder of the story at the following locations:
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2022-08-02 00:00:03 +00:00
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https://spool-five.com/fiction/orestes/
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2021-08-13 00:00:01 +00:00
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At the outset, I tried to imagine a story reminiscent of Tarkovsky
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movies (Solaris and Stalker). There was going to be some kind of
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communication between the planet and its inhabitants via
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hallucinations. I didn't really pull it off though, I lost sight of
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that goal. The rest of the entries are mostly in draft form, so if
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you do want to see a rough sketch of the ending, go to one of the
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locations listed above.
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