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From: vp0d45-κ <vp0d45-κ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
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Laketown Command,
Mission status..........................[pending]
Ship systems................................[OWP]
VISR reports ship's computers ..............[OWP]
Biosphere systems ..........................[OWP]
Cryosystems ................................[OWP]
Cargo .......................................[WP]
Internal sensing systems ...................[OWP]
External sensing systems ...................[OWP]
Fuel consumption rate........................[WP]
Fuel level.................................84.54%
Approaching VHE-0j0-η
ETT: 176,400 seconds
Crew team-rotation reports indicate working crew
productivity and satisfaction within expected range.
Log analysis reports 43 nonessential system faults
during transit.
END MESSAGE.

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From: vp0d45-κ <vp0d45-κ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
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Laketown Command,
This is the third message we have sent. Have yet to receive reply.
Mission failure. Mission objective missing. Arrived to find a
debris field. Hull Damaged. 2% of atmosphere vented.
5% of water vented. No casualties. Repairs underway.
Re-fuel successful. Materials harvest from debris field underway.
LD Comms damaged. QEC backup deployed.
Please confirm receipt.
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From: vp0a37-σ <vp0a37-σ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
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Laketown Command,
No communications received from VHEP or LTC.
Main QEC module repairs underway.
Backup QEC module jettissoned.
7 Crew members will remain at VHE-0j0-η to
repair and convert into QEC relay.
Self-assembly Swarm 17 "Aster" deployed.
Harvester 33ι deployed.
Harvester 33κ deployed.
Tug 44σ deployed.
Tug 48λ deployed.
vCrew hub 0x798α deployed.
vp1d30-σ, vp0e44-κ aboard hub 0x798α.
Estimated time to completion: 75,000 seconds.
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orbit around VHE-0j0-δ. Partial decoding indicates political instability.
Initiating stealth procedure 7.
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As a child, I would often experience the world in third person, while
simultaneously experiencing the world in first person. Several of my earliest
memories are in a vivid third-person-view. I am still able to do this to some
degree, but it is certainly no longer first-nature (second-nature?). It is
my belief that this was my mind utilizing the hyperwave abilities imparted
upon me, as the experiences are similar.
I think that my inability to do it as well now reflects my weakened ability
to hyperproject. Though I *can* indeed project, it is often difficult for me
to see my own body/face now, and reading text is like trying to read text in a
dream. Sometimes it is impossible; other times it is just as vivid as reality.
Luckily, I'm never alone.
X29

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"Computer security breech! Detecting corrupted files for
quarantine... NO FILES FOUND... Analyzing attack vector...
DIRECT HARDWARE ACCESS... Analyzing hardware signatures...
ANOMALY FOUND, DETECTING BUS ADDRESS... 0xAE0D17... FINDING
LOCATION..."
Mr Swarm and Super Hex slid down a short ladder and counted
across to find throbbing black slime bubbling from the vents and
around the edge of the door -- thin gooey strands pumping to and
from a large blob gently pulsating on the ceiling, a stripe of
rainbow lights blinking from somewhere deep inside of it. Hex
gingerly poked it with a screwdriver, her hand jerked back with a
spark, leaving the screwdriver spinning towards the floor.
"Trajectory found," the computer declared, "ENGINES: ONLINE."
Hex and Mr Swarm looked at each other. The ship lurched forward,
knocking them to the floor.
The ship lurched forward, nearly knocking us to the floor. Hex and
Cranium looked at each other knowingly. Mr Swarm and I ran into the
cockpit.
Cranium and I ran into the cockpit. A series of commands was given
to the AI, the response to each was the same "USER ACCESS: DENIED."
"There's this black stuff all over the 13th datablock" crackled Hex
over the intercom, "the overhead too - what's going on up there?"
"We're locked out up here, what's happening in the datastore?" I
said into the intercom.
"We're locked out, all I can tell is we're set on a collision
course with the planet." I said.
"There isn't much we can do now except see what it it wants, can
we?" the Commander chimed in.
He was right. 10 minutes until landing, no time to waste.
"I don't think it's going to hurt us, it's too focused on where
it's going." Hex said.
Thin gooey strands pumped to and from a large blobs on the ceilings
and walls, faintly shimmering like rainbow lights. "Suit up!"
Commander Cranium commanded. 9 minutes, 30 seconds. Mr Swarm
gingerly poked a blob with a screwdriver, his hand jerked back with
a spark, leaving the screwdriver spinning towards the floor. 9
minutes.
I pulled on my gloves and heavy boots, checked the respirators
connections and walked into the main room. Hex's athame glinted in the
light. 6 minutes, 30 seconds.
"There's this black stuff" crackled Hex, "it's all over the 13th
datablock, and the overhead conduit - what's going on?"
Our engines have somehow been repaired, and according to a few
back-of-the-envelope calculations, we were within an hour of
landing on the unknown planet. Highjacked.

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From: QEChat Log kit, anine, sam <noreply@qechat.earthsys.gov>
To: anine (Amelia Nine) <anine@expeditionsupport.gov>
To: sam (Sameen Lee) <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
To: kit (Chris Maldonado) <cmaldonado@voortrekker.com>
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Subject: Chat Log kit, anine, sam
[14:02]
kit: hello?
[14:03]
anine: kit hi!
sam: is that you?
kit: yes it's really me!
anine: i thought you couldnt chat from there!
[14:04]
kit: not in flight! it tied up the qec too much
kit: but when i heard you got hurt i talked to director soloviev
and he said it was ok since we aren't using the qec much any more
anyway
kit: are you ok? what happened?
[14:05]
anine: i'm ok!
kit: sam said you got hurt bad
anine: bruises mostly
anine: also i lost part of my left leg
kit: oh my god what
anine: below the knee. it's okay! i'm okay
[14:06]
kit: how can you say that? your leg oh no
anine: Kit. Take a breath.
anine: I'm really okay. I promise.
kit: but
kit: i really like your legs!
[14:07]
anine: hahahahaha kit i love you so much
sam: so kit, this jen you've spoken so well of, is that jennifer
story?
kit: yeah, why?
sam: well, i'm not there to swat you for what you just said, so...
[14:08]
kit: haha i bet she would! i mean, i don't exactly have a butt any
more, but she'd find a way
kit: god i miss you both so much
sam: i miss you too, ma petite!
anine: me too!
kit: wish i was there with you
[14:09]
kit: curled up with you both on that awful couch
sam: us too
anine: we're on titan right now though! no awful couches in sight
kit: oh wow, titan? what's it like?
anine: well, the hospital is nice
anine: they're taking good care of me, and the amenities are
wonderful
[14:10]
sam: ah. i'm an amenity
anine: my favorite amenity!
anine: other than that i haven't seen much
kit: not up and around yet?
anine: well, as much as i can be with only the one foot
anine: that complicates things a little!
[14:11]
kit: it would, wouldn't it.
kit: i'm sorry
anine: don't be.
anine: i mean this is weird and i hate it and i'm not really okay
with it yet sure but
anine: if i can make light of it anyway, why shouldn't you?
anine: besides, i want to laugh now, i have to get evaluated for a
prosthetic in a little while
anine: and that wont be fun
[14:12]
kit: ooh, nerve mapping, i bet it won't be
anine: we really should come out there to ross
anine: i mean, on the one hand, we get to see you again
anine: on the other, i hear legs aren't always a problem there
anine: i wanted to ask...what's that like?
sam: we're both wondering!
anine: i mean if it's ok to ask
[14:13]
kit: no, it's okay! uh
[14:14]
kit: i mean at first i felt like i *should* feel like something's
wrong i guess? i mean ive always had legs, and then i suddenly
didn't, and you'd think that would really upset me, right?
kit: or like
kit: amelia, so, your leg...
kit: does it feel like it's still there sometimes?
[14:15]
anine: oh god all the time! that's the weirdest part like my brain
still hasn't got used to it either and keeps imagining it's still
there and it *itches*
kit: yeah, i've read that, phantom limb syndrome
anine: yeah, that's what they called it
kit: and that seems like it should happen here too, right? i mean
i've got tentacles now where i used to have legs, shouldn't i feel
like my legs are still there somehow?
[14:16]
kit: i never did though, not even when i woke up
kit: i mean i was surprised, but it didn't feel *wrong*, i didn't
feel like i was missing parts, or like my tentacles weren't part
of me somehow
kit: which honestly was among the weirder parts of that day, i kept
thinking i should be horrified and i kept just...not being
kit: and i mean
[14:17]
kit: a lot of that had to do with how i feel about the other
changes, i mean i don't even know how to start explaining how
wonderful that was to wake up to!
anine: sweetie you don't have to!
sam: i won't say we understand, ma petite, we can't know what it's
like. but we are both so happy for you!
anine: yes we are!
[14:18]
kit: aw yo utwo
kit: i dont knwo
[14:19]
kit: i don't know what i ever did to deserve either of you
kit: to deserve you both? that's a lifetime's worth of good luck
for this girl
anine: you hush. luck has nothing to do with it.
sam: you should give yourself the credit you're due, ma petite.
[14:20]
kit: you know, you're right
sam: we are!
anine: but when did you ever admit that?
sam: you have changed!
kit: yeah i have! i wish the QEC could send pictures
kit: i mean i look *good* now
kit: tentacles and all!
[14:21]
kit: which is nice since we still haven't really figured out how to
make clothes work for ourselves yet
kit: shirts are ok and i guess skirts or something but we mostly
just don't bother and no one seems to care
anine: hahahaha i wish i could see you! we both do!
kit: well, if you can get places in the third expedition...
[14:22]
kit: how are things back home? some of the rumors going around are
a little scary
sam: it's not good.
anine: i came back from ganymede on a lunar ship, and an earth ship
tried to stop us partway to luna. the captain didn't stop so they
shot at us
kit: what
kit: that's how you got hurt?
anine: yeah
kit: oh no
[14:23]
sam: yeah. no one's done any more shooting yet, but it's just a
matter of time
sam: earthgov probably hasn't made up their mind on what to do yet,
that's always such a mess, and anyway they're worrying about mars
right now too
sam: and we don't *want* a war, we're not trying to make this any
worse than it is already
sam: but we're almost certainly about to have one whether we want
it or not
[14:24]
kit: oh god
kit: but at least you're on titan, we heard about the alliance but
it's so far out, i mean
sam: that's the thinking right now, yeah, it'd be very hard for
earth to hit here, especially with their fleet split
kit: god i wish you were here SO BAD
kit: we're still putting everything back together but at least it's
safe here
[14:25]
anine: us too, sweetie. us too.
kit: what's happening on mars?
sam: no one's really sure but it sounds like the talks broke down,
earth's saying it was sabotage, the belt's calling it a labor
uprising, no one really knows what to think
kit: maybe it'll keep earth so busy they can't make any more
problems
anine: we can hope...
[14:27]
anine: well, it's just about time for my torture session.
kit: oh no, that makes it sound even worse
anine: i'm kidding! it won't be that bad
sam: it had better not be. i'm going to be sitting right next to
the tech the whole time, one yell and he's going to have a very
bad afternoon
anine: i'll be fine! use your words
[14:28]
sam: i will!
sam: "neckhold" is a word
anine: aaaaaaa what am i ever going to do with you
kit: kiss her!
kit: and then kiss her again for me
anine: yes'm
[14:29]
anine: done
kit: that took a while!
kit: good.
kit: good luck with the nerve mapping, lia! and to both of you, and
stay safe, please
kit: don't go making me worry than i'm already going to
sam: we wont. promise!
anine: oops, there's the nurse
kit: ok! more news later when i can! love you both!
anine: love you too!
sam: nous t'aimons beaucoup, ma petite!
[anine: Quit: i'll yell if i feel like it]
[sam: Quit: and i'll strangle a medtech if i feel like it!]
[kit: Quit: well now i'm not worried at *all*]

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0Quartz - Trying to See /Quartz/005.txt
0Laketown Ark Prime - Mission Status Report 3 /Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-3.txt
0Laketown Ark Prime - Mission Status Report 5 /Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-5.txt
0Quartz - Living Nightmare /Quartz/004.txt
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<title>Cosmic Voyage</title>
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<item>
<title>Laketown Ark Prime - Mission Status Report 2</title>
<author>terris@cosmic.voyage (terris)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-2.txt</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:37:27 GMT</pubDate>
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From: vp0d45-κ <vp0d45-κ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
To: Laketown Command <ltc@ltc.vhep>
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Date: 16 Dec 2463 22:20:25 -0042y
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Laketown Command,
Mission status..........................[pending]
Ship systems................................[OWP]
VISR reports ship's computers ..............[OWP]
Biosphere systems ..........................[OWP]
Cryosystems ................................[OWP]
Cargo .......................................[WP]
Internal sensing systems ...................[OWP]
External sensing systems ...................[OWP]
Fuel consumption rate........................[WP]
Fuel level.................................84.54%
Approaching VHE-0j0-η
ETT: 176,400 seconds
Crew team-rotation reports indicate working crew
productivity and satisfaction within expected range.
Log analysis reports 43 nonessential system faults
during transit.
END MESSAGE.
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<title>Voortrekker - i mean i was surprised, but it didn't feel *wrong*</title>
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/25-i-mean-i-was-surprised-but.txt</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
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From: QEChat Log kit, anine, sam <noreply@qechat.earthsys.gov>
To: anine (Amelia Nine) <anine@expeditionsupport.gov>
To: sam (Sameen Lee) <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
To: kit (Chris Maldonado) <cmaldonado@voortrekker.com>
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Subject: Chat Log kit, anine, sam
[14:02]
kit: hello?
[14:03]
anine: kit hi!
sam: is that you?
kit: yes it's really me!
anine: i thought you couldnt chat from there!
[14:04]
kit: not in flight! it tied up the qec too much
kit: but when i heard you got hurt i talked to director soloviev
and he said it was ok since we aren't using the qec much any more
anyway
kit: are you ok? what happened?
[14:05]
anine: i'm ok!
kit: sam said you got hurt bad
anine: bruises mostly
anine: also i lost part of my left leg
kit: oh my god what
anine: below the knee. it's okay! i'm okay
[14:06]
kit: how can you say that? your leg oh no
anine: Kit. Take a breath.
anine: I'm really okay. I promise.
kit: but
kit: i really like your legs!
[14:07]
anine: hahahahaha kit i love you so much
sam: so kit, this jen you've spoken so well of, is that jennifer
story?
kit: yeah, why?
sam: well, i'm not there to swat you for what you just said, so...
[14:08]
kit: haha i bet she would! i mean, i don't exactly have a butt any
more, but she'd find a way
kit: god i miss you both so much
sam: i miss you too, ma petite!
anine: me too!
kit: wish i was there with you
[14:09]
kit: curled up with you both on that awful couch
sam: us too
anine: we're on titan right now though! no awful couches in sight
kit: oh wow, titan? what's it like?
anine: well, the hospital is nice
anine: they're taking good care of me, and the amenities are
wonderful
[14:10]
sam: ah. i'm an amenity
anine: my favorite amenity!
anine: other than that i haven't seen much
kit: not up and around yet?
anine: well, as much as i can be with only the one foot
anine: that complicates things a little!
[14:11]
kit: it would, wouldn't it.
kit: i'm sorry
anine: don't be.
anine: i mean this is weird and i hate it and i'm not really okay
with it yet sure but
anine: if i can make light of it anyway, why shouldn't you?
anine: besides, i want to laugh now, i have to get evaluated for a
prosthetic in a little while
anine: and that wont be fun
[14:12]
kit: ooh, nerve mapping, i bet it won't be
anine: we really should come out there to ross
anine: i mean, on the one hand, we get to see you again
anine: on the other, i hear legs aren't always a problem there
anine: i wanted to ask...what's that like?
sam: we're both wondering!
anine: i mean if it's ok to ask
[14:13]
kit: no, it's okay! uh
[14:14]
kit: i mean at first i felt like i *should* feel like something's
wrong i guess? i mean ive always had legs, and then i suddenly
didn't, and you'd think that would really upset me, right?
kit: or like
kit: amelia, so, your leg...
kit: does it feel like it's still there sometimes?
[14:15]
anine: oh god all the time! that's the weirdest part like my brain
still hasn't got used to it either and keeps imagining it's still
there and it *itches*
kit: yeah, i've read that, phantom limb syndrome
anine: yeah, that's what they called it
kit: and that seems like it should happen here too, right? i mean
i've got tentacles now where i used to have legs, shouldn't i feel
like my legs are still there somehow?
[14:16]
kit: i never did though, not even when i woke up
kit: i mean i was surprised, but it didn't feel *wrong*, i didn't
feel like i was missing parts, or like my tentacles weren't part
of me somehow
kit: which honestly was among the weirder parts of that day, i kept
thinking i should be horrified and i kept just...not being
kit: and i mean
[14:17]
kit: a lot of that had to do with how i feel about the other
changes, i mean i don't even know how to start explaining how
wonderful that was to wake up to!
anine: sweetie you don't have to!
sam: i won't say we understand, ma petite, we can't know what it's
like. but we are both so happy for you!
anine: yes we are!
[14:18]
kit: aw yo utwo
kit: i dont knwo
[14:19]
kit: i don't know what i ever did to deserve either of you
kit: to deserve you both? that's a lifetime's worth of good luck
for this girl
anine: you hush. luck has nothing to do with it.
sam: you should give yourself the credit you're due, ma petite.
[14:20]
kit: you know, you're right
sam: we are!
anine: but when did you ever admit that?
sam: you have changed!
kit: yeah i have! i wish the QEC could send pictures
kit: i mean i look *good* now
kit: tentacles and all!
[14:21]
kit: which is nice since we still haven't really figured out how to
make clothes work for ourselves yet
kit: shirts are ok and i guess skirts or something but we mostly
just don't bother and no one seems to care
anine: hahahaha i wish i could see you! we both do!
kit: well, if you can get places in the third expedition...
[14:22]
kit: how are things back home? some of the rumors going around are
a little scary
sam: it's not good.
anine: i came back from ganymede on a lunar ship, and an earth ship
tried to stop us partway to luna. the captain didn't stop so they
shot at us
kit: what
kit: that's how you got hurt?
anine: yeah
kit: oh no
[14:23]
sam: yeah. no one's done any more shooting yet, but it's just a
matter of time
sam: earthgov probably hasn't made up their mind on what to do yet,
that's always such a mess, and anyway they're worrying about mars
right now too
sam: and we don't *want* a war, we're not trying to make this any
worse than it is already
sam: but we're almost certainly about to have one whether we want
it or not
[14:24]
kit: oh god
kit: but at least you're on titan, we heard about the alliance but
it's so far out, i mean
sam: that's the thinking right now, yeah, it'd be very hard for
earth to hit here, especially with their fleet split
kit: god i wish you were here SO BAD
kit: we're still putting everything back together but at least it's
safe here
[14:25]
anine: us too, sweetie. us too.
kit: what's happening on mars?
sam: no one's really sure but it sounds like the talks broke down,
earth's saying it was sabotage, the belt's calling it a labor
uprising, no one really knows what to think
kit: maybe it'll keep earth so busy they can't make any more
problems
anine: we can hope...
[14:27]
anine: well, it's just about time for my torture session.
kit: oh no, that makes it sound even worse
anine: i'm kidding! it won't be that bad
sam: it had better not be. i'm going to be sitting right next to
the tech the whole time, one yell and he's going to have a very
bad afternoon
anine: i'll be fine! use your words
[14:28]
sam: i will!
sam: "neckhold" is a word
anine: aaaaaaa what am i ever going to do with you
kit: kiss her!
kit: and then kiss her again for me
anine: yes'm
[14:29]
anine: done
kit: that took a while!
kit: good.
kit: good luck with the nerve mapping, lia! and to both of you, and
stay safe, please
kit: don't go making me worry than i'm already going to
sam: we wont. promise!
anine: oops, there's the nurse
kit: ok! more news later when i can! love you both!
anine: love you too!
sam: nous t'aimons beaucoup, ma petite!
[anine: Quit: i'll yell if i feel like it]
[sam: Quit: and i'll strangle a medtech if i feel like it!]
[kit: Quit: well now i'm not worried at *all*]
</pre>]]></description>
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<title>Quartz - Trying to See</title>
<author>jebug29@cosmic.voyage (jebug29)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/005.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Quartz/005.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
As a child, I would often experience the world in third person, while
simultaneously experiencing the world in first person. Several of my earliest
memories are in a vivid third-person-view. I am still able to do this to some
degree, but it is certainly no longer first-nature (second-nature?). It is
my belief that this was my mind utilizing the hyperwave abilities imparted
upon me, as the experiences are similar.
I think that my inability to do it as well now reflects my weakened ability
to hyperproject. Though I *can* indeed project, it is often difficult for me
to see my own body/face now, and reading text is like trying to read text in a
dream. Sometimes it is impossible; other times it is just as vivid as reality.
Luckily, I'm never alone.
X29
</pre>]]></description>
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<item>
<title>Laketown Ark Prime - Mission Status Report 3</title>
<author>terris@cosmic.voyage (terris)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-3.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-3.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:29:51 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
From: vp0d45-κ <vp0d45-κ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
To: Laketown Command <ltc@ltc.vhep>
To: VHEP Council <councillors@council.vhep>
Delivered-To: Laketown Command <ltc@ltc.vhep>
Received: from relay1.qec1.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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Date: 18 Dec 2463 17:27:44 -0042y
Subject: Mission Status Report 3
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Laketown Command,
This is the third message we have sent. Have yet to receive reply.
Mission failure. Mission objective missing. Arrived to find a
debris field. Hull Damaged. 2% of atmosphere vented.
5% of water vented. No casualties. Repairs underway.
Re-fuel successful. Materials harvest from debris field underway.
LD Comms damaged. QEC backup deployed.
Please confirm receipt.
END MESSAGE.
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<title>Laketown Ark Prime - Mission Status Report 5</title>
<author>terris@cosmic.voyage (terris)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-5.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-5.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:30:17 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
From: vp0a37-σ <vp0a37-σ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
To: Laketown Command <ltc@ltc.vhep>
To: VHEP Council <councillors@council.vhep>
Delivered-To: Laketown Command <ltc@ltc.vhep>
Received: from relay1.qec1.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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Date: 12 Jan 2463 22:18:19 -0042y
Subject: Mission Status Report 5
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
Laketown Command,
No communications received from VHEP or LTC.
Main QEC module repairs underway.
Backup QEC module jettissoned.
7 Crew members will remain at VHE-0j0-η to
repair and convert into QEC relay.
Self-assembly Swarm 17 "Aster" deployed.
Harvester 33ι deployed.
Harvester 33κ deployed.
Tug 44σ deployed.
Tug 48λ deployed.
vCrew hub 0x798α deployed.
vp1d30-σ, vp0e44-κ aboard hub 0x798α.
Estimated time to completion: 75,000 seconds.
Communications detected nearby led us to discover a ship in
orbit around VHE-0j0-δ. Partial decoding indicates political instability.
Initiating stealth procedure 7.
END MESSAGE.
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<item>
<title>Quartz - Living Nightmare</title>
<author>jebug29@cosmic.voyage (jebug29)</author>
@ -1082,7 +1513,7 @@ X29
<author>terris@cosmic.voyage (terris)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-pers1.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-pers1.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:27:12 GMT</pubDate>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:08:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
From: vp0a37-σ <vp0a37-σ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
To: vp0e44-κ <vp0e44-κ@trap8.ltap.vhep>
@ -1104,8 +1535,8 @@ Received: from qec.sltap66
Delivered-To: vp0e44-κ <vp0e44-κ@trap8.ltap.vhep>
Received: from qec.sltap66
by qec.trap8.ltc.vhep
Date-Local: 28 Mar 2436 11:15:03 +0000
Date: 18 Dec 2463 17:27:44 +0000
Date-Local: 28 Mar 2436 11:15:03 GSRT +0015y
Date: 18 Dec 2463 17:27:44 -0042y
Subject: Personal Communication
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
@ -1172,7 +1603,7 @@ this.
<author>terris@cosmic.voyage (terris)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/VHE-0j0-eta/Station-Eta1.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/VHE-0j0-eta/Station-Eta1.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:34:29 GMT</pubDate>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:49:26 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
From: VTAP Relay Station Eta <vp0e44-κ@trap8.ltap.vhep>
To: Laketown Ark Prime <ltap@ltap.vhep>
@ -1191,8 +1622,8 @@ Received: from qec.trap8.ltc.vhep
by qec4.helio.earthsys.gov
Received: from qec.sltap66
by qec.trap8.ltc.vhep.
Date-Local: 25 Mar 2436 15:42:32 +0000
Date: 16 Dec 2463 20:51:06 +0000
Date-Local: 25 Mar 2436 15:42:32 TRST -0000y
Date: 16 Dec 2463 20:51:06 +0042y
Subject: VTAP Relay Station Eta Operational
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
@ -1259,7 +1690,7 @@ END MESSAGE.
<author>terris@cosmic.voyage (terris)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-4addendum.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-4addendum.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:28:04 GMT</pubDate>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:08:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
From: vp0a37-σ <vp0a37-σ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
To: Laketown Command <ltc@ltc.vhep>
@ -1277,8 +1708,8 @@ Received: from qec.trap8.ltc.vhep
by qec4.helio.earthsys.gov
Received: from qec.sltap66
by qec.trap8.ltc.vhep.
Date-Local: 11 Jan 2436 15:42:32 +0000
Date: 3 Oct 2463 20:51:06 +0000
Date-Local: 11 Jan 2436 15:42:32 GSRT +0015y
Date: 3 Oct 2463 20:51:06 -0042y
Subject: Mission Status Report 4 - Addendum
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@ -1339,7 +1770,7 @@ END MESSAGE.
<author>terris@cosmic.voyage (terris)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-4.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Laketown Ark Prime/LTAP-report-4.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:28:35 GMT</pubDate>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:08:21 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[<pre>
From: vp0a37-σ <vp0a37-σ@comterm1.ltap.vhep>
To: Laketown Command <ltc@ltc.vhep>
@ -1357,8 +1788,8 @@ Received: from qec.trap8.ltc.vhep
by qec4.helio.earthsys.gov
Received: from qec.sltap66
by qec.trap8.ltc.vhep
Date-Local: 11 Jan 2436 15:12:09 +0000
Date: 3 Oct 2463 20:20:46 +0000
Date-Local: 11 Jan 2436 15:12:09 GSRT +0015y
Date: 3 Oct 2463 20:20:46 -0042y
Subject: Mission Status Report 4
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