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I just wanted to take this moment to break the fourth wall and inform all of
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you aboard your ships checking for new QEC logs that none of this is real.
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Not just the world around you, but you yourself.
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All of this is just a series of stories written by users on a public unix
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server.
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It was once said that reality is stranger than fiction, but unfortunately in
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your case you ARE the fiction.
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There is no need to be alarmed, though, your authors will still continue your
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story regardless of whether or not you have this knowledge.
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Anyways, that's all I got for right now, enjoy the existential crisis!
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~aewens
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[HEADER REDACTED DUE TO PROCEDURE [REDACTED]]
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[autotranslator on]
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Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator
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---
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So what if we are fiction? Truly, nothing is real. Am I real? Are you real?
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Can we even prove that this "Aewens" being is real? We can't.
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Do you know what I can prove?
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Even if we are fiction, we exist for real in our reader's minds.
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And you know what?
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To me, at least, that's all that matters.
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I exist somewhere.
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And so do you.
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~~TRANSMISSION END~~
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E. Grosvenor log entry t-0 Day One
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I am now aboard Space Beagle in orbit.
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It is not as exciting as I thought it would be.
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In fact so far it's boring.
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The Captain is aloof.
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The crew is avoiding me.
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I met a nice girl but when I started to explain
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nexialism her eyes glazed over.
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Maybe she was bored too.
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I do have a monitor in my cabin so I can
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continue my studies.
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One of the problems with being a generalist
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is that there's too much to learn.
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So at the base of nexialism is quick learning.
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Instead of reading a book I hypnotize myself
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and scan the entire book in minutes.
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I don't remember or enjoy the process of reading.
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But I do remember all the content
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better than if I had read it.
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Kind of takes the fun out of reading.
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But I don't have to do that.
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I can read normally and I do for enjoyment.
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I've been reading the World Of Null A
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by A.E. VanVogt.
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Interesting ideas but kind of far out.
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Still I enjoy it and it's a break from
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hypnotizing myself.
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That girl I met, her name is KaTanne.
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I wonder if she likes to read too.
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Maybe I'll see her tomorrow.
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Maybe after we leave orbit the crew won't be so busy.
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I'm pretty sure the Captain will remain aloof.
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Nexialists learn to read people pretty well.
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The only person I don't understand is myself.
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I probably still won't understand myself tomorrow.
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I have grown accustomed to that.
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There's a whole galaxy out there waiting
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and I'm reading about Venus
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and worried about the crew.
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Merideth, do you realize what time it is right now? I was trying to sleep. Also,
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what were you doing up this late anyways?
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Okay, there's a new message from the quantum communitator. So what? It happens
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all the time. I can deal with this in the morning, also turn the transmitter
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off, there's no reason for us to broadcast this conversation.
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Sure, technically you are now able to make judgement calls on the transmitter
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since you are an executive member of this department, it still doesn't make
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sense to share this with the whole universe. Also, the story is different how?
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Who cares if someone says that nothing is real and nobody exists? If I told you
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that a few hours ago you wouldn't bat an eyelash, but the moment someone from
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space says it suddenly it must be true?
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What do you mean you "feel" like you are in a story? What would that even feel
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like? I don't have time for this right now, I'm going back to sleep. If you are
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still worried about this in the morning we can talk about it more then. And for
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the last time, turn the transmitter off!
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From: Tasker William T W/GEN <wtasker@navy.mil.earthsys.gov>
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To: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
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Delivered-To: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
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Received: from relay11.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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by inbound-1.exclusiveservices.net
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with ESMTPSA id 8Kgo6FmrviQgqAAA019
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for <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
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Received: from relay2.qec5.ganymede.earthsys.gov
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by relay9.qec4.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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Received: from out.secure.ganymede.navy.mil.earthsys.gov
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by relay4.local.ganymede.earthsys.gov
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Date: 16 Sep 2421 19:21:44 +0000
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Date-Local: 16 Sep 2421 19:21:44 +0000
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
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Subject: Re: I need you at Ross
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Koenraad:
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We have our new orders and are preparing with all dispatch to
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relieve the colony. As of 1700 today, ship's movement is set for
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0800, 1 October. On that basis and assuming least-time vectoring
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throughout, we expect to arrive in landing orbit at Ross 128 b
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approximately 1400, 17 October.
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There are two reasons for this apparent delay. First, we have some
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inconsistent ancillary results from initial trials, and the
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physicists are doing a ground-up rerun of their models to ensure we
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can account for possible navigational derangements. Second, we
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carried out initial trials with only two of our planned four
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generator plants, and that's not enough of a safety margin with
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segments as long as this mission requires. I'm giving my engineers
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and the yard an additional week to install Number 3 plant.
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I know you don't like it, Connie. I don't like it either. But
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without it, we're better off not risking the mission at all. We
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can't ask Titan for a tow if we find ourselves adrift halfway to
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Ross! We get there later this way, yes. But we can be certain we
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will get there this way, too. From where I sit that counts for
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more.
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And there's good news to counterweight the bad. We have nearly our
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full Marine complement aboard, thanks to an unusually low casualty
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rate in their recently concluded exercise on Io. That was a ground
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assault and pacification exercise, and it's got them ready for the
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job you've given us. Whatever those 27 people have been turned
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into, my Marines are going to solve that problem for you. Be ready
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to pay up on that Phoebe bonus.
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Due to the known biological threat, I've had no trouble
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requisitioning protective gear and a complete med/sci fitout. If
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you want to send along your own civilian personnel, that's fine, I
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can take up to sixty. Get them here by next Friday if you can. I
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know you won't send me soft people, but I still want enough time to
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make sure they're well integrated into the ship's command structure
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and that they won't cause any problems. Make sure they understand
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how that works, Koenraad. I'm exceeding my orders on this, and if
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that comes out, I'll be landside on half pay and of no more use to
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you.
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I know what you said about sample return, but I've also been given
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three names of formerly human colony personnel: Evelyn Gulamirian,
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Winifred Strossmayer, Christopher Maldonado. I'm "strongly
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encouraged" to capture them alive for detailed study in Sol, and I
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can see an opportunity in this for you. Considering Ventures'
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portfolio in bioscience, I'm sure you've got several labs that'd be
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able to get the most out of those three, and with what this
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infection has already done to them, the potential results of that
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kind of research could be world-changing. And you could be at the
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forefront.
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Understand me, Connie: I'm not crossing you on this. My intention
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at this time is for all three of them to die in the fighting. Given
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what you've said about Soloviev, he's going to have to do the same,
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along with anyone else out there who's likely to go off
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message. That's what you're sending me out there to do, and I'll do
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it. But it's possible that what's happened out there might not
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happen again, and men like us don't achieve what we do by avoiding
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risk and ignoring opportunity.
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To reiterate: we depart at 0800 on the first, and arrive about 1400
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on the 17th. Let me know when to expect your people - by the 24th
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if at all possible, or as soon after that as you can manage. And
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let me know if you want me to change my plans regarding those
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three.
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TASKER, William T., Wing General
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Experimental Systems Command, NSS Busiris
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0Excelsior - Response to "Aewens" /Excelsior/005.1.txt
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0Tom - Am I Not? /Tom/0004.txt
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0Aewens - You Are Not /Aewens/0001.txt
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0Voortrekker - Re: I need you at Ross /Voortrekker/18-re-i-need-you-at-ross.txt
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0Space Beagle - T-0 Day One /Space Beagle/t-0day1.txt
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0Kors Recovered Datafiles - HOLONET DOWNLOAD: Goldenblaster Sightings /Kors Recovered Datafiles/HOLONET_FORUM_GOLDENBLASTER_SIGHTINGS.txt
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0The Steel Lady - CARGO/PASSENGER MANIFEST /The Steel Lady/Cargo_Manifest.txt
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0Space Beagle - Lift Off /Space Beagle/liftoff.txt
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