diff --git a/gopher/Malkonkordo/lynx-errors.log b/gopher/Malkonkordo/lynx-errors.log new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 diff --git a/gopher/Xero Carbon Wells/log3.txt b/gopher/Xero Carbon Wells/log3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..008fe52 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Xero Carbon Wells/log3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +RECV EDC: 19DEC2018 +COMM MODE: QEC OP SREF +CODED ABST: D/M/C +CRC: 1214412995 2698 +============================================================ +No contact, but life hasn't been dull. On a whim, while +scanning a system for Wells, I decided to have a forger deck +the hull of the Xero Carbon out as a research vessel from +the not-so-illustrious Nereidian Academy of Intergalactic +Allometry. Ages ago, a handful of investors came out of the +woodworks in support of a crazy idea: that pharmaceutical +corporations would need research and data to accurately dose +human-targeted drugs for alien life forms. The "Nerd Ack" +was born, with immense funding and impressive fanfare. + +Unfortunately for all those who invested, the school proved +to be a political and scientific sham. After numerous +delays, it launched a ridiculously large fleet of ships, +then promptly went bankrupt. The school sold their existing +assets to the well-known Disciples Of Rogkthu Corporation, +a pseudo-scientific group of zealots from the ancient +Rogkthugian religion ("Forever-life to the Follower, in the +name of Rogkthu I command it!" as they are known to say.) + +Of course the Rogkthugians, being acutely aware of their +lack of popularity in systems that knew anything about +them, decided that their proselyting efforts would be more +effective if people didn't see them coming. So, they left +the Neredian Academy of Intergalactic Allometry logo and +markings in place on the entire fleet, and sent them forth +far and wide in the quadrant, to share their message of +eternal hope (or eternal damnation, depending on how you +reacted.) + +Today, many ESR's later, everyone with sense knows that when +they see a Nerd Ack ship, it's time to scramble life-signal +readings and turn off the porch light. It's ignominious to +sport the markings, perhaps, but it's about the most +effective disguise one could possibly hope to achieve in a +universe where intelligent life takes almost nothing at face +value. To avoid preaching, life forms will do almost +anything. + +Hopefully I don't encounter any K'iklikameen; they're +still sporting over the Rogkthugian genocide of TalMandeen +K'iklik, and they'd likely annihilate me on sight. Mostly, +though, I think I'll be fine. Ships have been turning the +other way and punching full-throttle, even the normally +aggressive ones. + +Wells hasn't transmitted recently. I guess he said he +wouldn't. If I can't locate him soon, I may have to turn to +drastic measures. He can't possibly know how important he is +to the Corporation, what they think he's done, and what they +think he has. If I don't find him first, he might as well +convert to Rogkthu and move to K'iklikam. + diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 99dbd9c..c17c3b3 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +0Xero Carbon Wells - Nereidian markings, oh my /Xero Carbon Wells/log3.txt 0Voortrekker - Not alone! /Voortrekker/9-not-alone.txt 0Hoffnung - I am authorized to negotiate /Hoffnung/013.txt 0Malkonkordo - Only A Matter Of Time /Malkonkordo/0006.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index 8ad0b2f..60e46bf 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,72 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + Xero Carbon Wells - Nereidian markings, oh my + tfurrows@cosmic.voyage (tfurrows) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Xero Carbon Wells/log3.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Xero Carbon Wells/log3.txt + Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:21:20 GMT + + Voortrekker - Not alone! alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)