diff --git a/gopher/Pertulit Prime/LICENSE b/gopher/Fortakune/LICENSE similarity index 99% rename from gopher/Pertulit Prime/LICENSE rename to gopher/Fortakune/LICENSE index 4d1dc4f..1bf4401 100644 --- a/gopher/Pertulit Prime/LICENSE +++ b/gopher/Fortakune/LICENSE @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (share with attribution, no commercial, no remix) + Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International ======================================================================= diff --git a/gopher/Malkonkordo/0008.txt b/gopher/Malkonkordo/0008.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ee9242 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Malkonkordo/0008.txt @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +---- +From: Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection +Destination: - +Position: - +Departure: - +Shipdate: 000027X1 +Mode: Docked +---- + +# Status Update + +* Transistioning Malkonkordo from research vessel to floating city +* Commissioned creation of Fortakune Military Vessel +* Migrating tactical crew to Fortakune + +# Status Report + +Captain's Log SD27X1 + +While Malkonkordo is equipped for battle in space, it is not prepared to go to +war with the likes of the Pertulit Empire, especially after the damages endured +during our civil war aboard the ship. For this reason, while on Starbloom we +worked out a trade agreement with the residents of the Projection to gather the +necessary supplies to begin the creation of Fortakune, a military vessel with +the combined power and might of both Dekaosans and Starbloom. The vessel is +currently still in construction, but with the aid of both nations, together we +are making quick work of getting the vessel prepared to embark on its voyage +into the cosmos. The destiny for the Malkonkordo will be to remain on Starbloom +and transition from being a vessel to being a city for the Dekaosans who will +not be joining Fortakune. + +However, while Fortakune was originally created for the purpose of wiping out +the Pertulit Empire, during our time in Starbloom we have discovered that +Alportas Majeston may have arrived at the wrong conclusion as to who destroyed +Dekaoso Prime. While going over our combined star maps and observing the known +sectors of space where we last encountered the Pertulits we found it to be +desolate, lifeless, and without the usual signs of scavenged planets in the +neighboring systems that follow the course of the Pertulits. In fact, when +analyzing the impact to Dekaoso Prime to determine the origin of the attacker +based on the possible trajectories, it comes from nowhere near where we would +expect the Pertulits to reside. Which leaves us with two main possibilities: +either the Pertulits are nowhere near where we expected them to be and got +there without any of the usual traces they leave or Dekaoso Prime was destroyed +by someone else. + +This discovery and its implications have led to a new realization that should +have been quite obvious to us beforehand. Before, the Dekaosan Empire would +seek out other worlds to conquer and destroy in the name of Sinjorino Diino, +but that was the only reason we did so, because we believed it to be our right +to eliminate weakness from the universe. However, after losing our home planet +and being lost in space it became quite clear how small the universe is in +respect to the resources available to all of the collective worlds living +within it. Only due to the nature of the Projection were we able to seek refuge +on Lucky Homes, but any other world would not be as welcoming. In fact, given +the precedent set by the Dekaosan Empire of destroying any world that should +reveal itself to our gaze, it should really be in the best interest of any +world to eliminate any other discovered on principle, in fear that they may try +to do the same to them. + +It was from this set of implications that we discovered the more likely case of +Dekaoso Prime's destruction, once the location of our planet was discovered +through the metadata in our messages, at least one of the worlds listening +decided it would be best to destroy us. They could have chosen to do so because +of the destructive nature of the Dekaosans, or just because we were another +world that could compete with their own for resources in the galaxy in the +future. Regardless, it was from our arrogance and hubris that led to the loss +of our world. However, we are still planning to set off on Fortakune to travel +the stars, but with a new goal in mind. The Projection did not care for our +desire to destroy the other worlds to protect them, but we came to a compromise +that aligns with our interests and their morals and ethics: we will go our to +discover any signs of life in the universe and document exactly where they are +relative to their neighboring stars in three dimensional space. With this +information documented, should we ever discover them becoming a threat to +Starbloom we can use the threat of broadcasting their location into the Quantum +Entanglement Communicator as a means to deter them from causing any trouble +with their world. This threat can be trusted on the grounds that the Projection +is not inheritly violent due to them allowing another world to live among them +on their planet without having destroyed them on principle. + +This is what Fortakune will seek to complish, demonstrating the strength of our +two worlds without the implicit destructions of any worlds. To bring about peace +to our shared world without ever going to war. + +Together, we will survive. + +~ Captain Kondukas Esperon + +---- +nDqNaI66BsrFKolJeC/YRii3zBo01P301klOwHsOKC4= diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 4e2f228..51c53e2 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +0Malkonkordo - Final Transmission /Malkonkordo/0008.txt 0Voortrekker - [A word from your friend and author] /Voortrekker/30.5-a-word-from-your-friend-and.txt 0Voortrekker - Headlines: September 19-25, 2421 /Voortrekker/30-headlines-september-19-25-2421.txt 0Voortrekker - TO THE EARTH FLOTILLA NOW CRIMINALLY BOMBARDING AND OCCUPYIN /Voortrekker/29-to-the-earth-flotilla-now-criminally.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index b8e49ef..6725998 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,104 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + Malkonkordo - Final Transmission + aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0008.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0008.txt + Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:39:30 GMT + +---- +From: Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection +Destination: - +Position: - +Departure: - +Shipdate: 000027X1 +Mode: Docked +---- + +# Status Update + +* Transistioning Malkonkordo from research vessel to floating city +* Commissioned creation of Fortakune Military Vessel +* Migrating tactical crew to Fortakune + +# Status Report + +Captain's Log SD27X1 + +While Malkonkordo is equipped for battle in space, it is not prepared to go to +war with the likes of the Pertulit Empire, especially after the damages endured +during our civil war aboard the ship. For this reason, while on Starbloom we +worked out a trade agreement with the residents of the Projection to gather the +necessary supplies to begin the creation of Fortakune, a military vessel with +the combined power and might of both Dekaosans and Starbloom. The vessel is +currently still in construction, but with the aid of both nations, together we +are making quick work of getting the vessel prepared to embark on its voyage +into the cosmos. The destiny for the Malkonkordo will be to remain on Starbloom +and transition from being a vessel to being a city for the Dekaosans who will +not be joining Fortakune. + +However, while Fortakune was originally created for the purpose of wiping out +the Pertulit Empire, during our time in Starbloom we have discovered that +Alportas Majeston may have arrived at the wrong conclusion as to who destroyed +Dekaoso Prime. While going over our combined star maps and observing the known +sectors of space where we last encountered the Pertulits we found it to be +desolate, lifeless, and without the usual signs of scavenged planets in the +neighboring systems that follow the course of the Pertulits. In fact, when +analyzing the impact to Dekaoso Prime to determine the origin of the attacker +based on the possible trajectories, it comes from nowhere near where we would +expect the Pertulits to reside. Which leaves us with two main possibilities: +either the Pertulits are nowhere near where we expected them to be and got +there without any of the usual traces they leave or Dekaoso Prime was destroyed +by someone else. + +This discovery and its implications have led to a new realization that should +have been quite obvious to us beforehand. Before, the Dekaosan Empire would +seek out other worlds to conquer and destroy in the name of Sinjorino Diino, +but that was the only reason we did so, because we believed it to be our right +to eliminate weakness from the universe. However, after losing our home planet +and being lost in space it became quite clear how small the universe is in +respect to the resources available to all of the collective worlds living +within it. Only due to the nature of the Projection were we able to seek refuge +on Lucky Homes, but any other world would not be as welcoming. In fact, given +the precedent set by the Dekaosan Empire of destroying any world that should +reveal itself to our gaze, it should really be in the best interest of any +world to eliminate any other discovered on principle, in fear that they may try +to do the same to them. + +It was from this set of implications that we discovered the more likely case of +Dekaoso Prime's destruction, once the location of our planet was discovered +through the metadata in our messages, at least one of the worlds listening +decided it would be best to destroy us. They could have chosen to do so because +of the destructive nature of the Dekaosans, or just because we were another +world that could compete with their own for resources in the galaxy in the +future. Regardless, it was from our arrogance and hubris that led to the loss +of our world. However, we are still planning to set off on Fortakune to travel +the stars, but with a new goal in mind. The Projection did not care for our +desire to destroy the other worlds to protect them, but we came to a compromise +that aligns with our interests and their morals and ethics: we will go our to +discover any signs of life in the universe and document exactly where they are +relative to their neighboring stars in three dimensional space. With this +information documented, should we ever discover them becoming a threat to +Starbloom we can use the threat of broadcasting their location into the Quantum +Entanglement Communicator as a means to deter them from causing any trouble +with their world. This threat can be trusted on the grounds that the Projection +is not inheritly violent due to them allowing another world to live among them +on their planet without having destroyed them on principle. + +This is what Fortakune will seek to complish, demonstrating the strength of our +two worlds without the implicit destructions of any worlds. To bring about peace +to our shared world without ever going to war. + +Together, we will survive. + +~ Captain Kondukas Esperon + +---- +nDqNaI66BsrFKolJeC/YRii3zBo01P301klOwHsOKC4= +]]> + Voortrekker - [A word from your friend and author] alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis) diff --git a/gopher/ships/Pertulit Prime/gophermap b/gopher/ships/Fortakune/gophermap similarity index 100% rename from gopher/ships/Pertulit Prime/gophermap rename to gopher/ships/Fortakune/gophermap