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The computer on board the Excelsior has removed me from cryosleep pursuant to
Procedure [REDACTED]. Our automated telemetry sensors are down (see the systems
report above) and our cryosleep chambers appear to be experiencing overvolt as
a result. I think I will wait at least a week before re-entering cryosleep.
More transmissions will follow after this one.
a result. Pursuant to Procedure [REDACTED], I must wait a month before re-entering
cryosleep. More transmissions will follow after this one.
Jerome, I feel for you. It's sometimes staggering how long these missions
take. Just looking at the instrumentation here on the Excelsior, we seem to have

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Message inbound...
Space Cruiser Excelsior
Destination: Unknown
~~ TELEMETRY SENSORS 2 AND 4 DOWN ~~
Stardate Beta Epsilon 2 Epsilon
AUTO TELEMETRY: DOWN
BIO-MED SENSORS: GOOD
H20->FUEL CONVERSION: GOOD
H20 RESERVES: GOOD
CRYO SLEEP: WARN
[autotranslator on]
Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator
---
The Excelsior's cryo-sleep issues seem now to be almost non-existant, no matter what
the systems readout is saying up above this message. As far as I can tell,
one of the cryo berths appears to have been brought undervolt after an
emergency burn was executed by the Excelsior for course correction. It has been
fixed as of Beta Delta 23 Epsilon. The overvolt issue, on the other hand, took
some more negotiation with the hardware. It has been fixed as of Beta Delta 29
Epsilon.
Reading the messages on the QEC, I'm honestly afraid of what I'm reading.
To the revolutionaries aboard Hoffnung, I'm honestly sickened by what I read
from you. Killing people on a mass scale who have done nothing to attempt
to harm you (to the best of the knowledge I can recieve) besides having
ideological differences is terrible on so many scales. I cannot condone any
kind of behavior like that.
To Malkonkordo, I cannot condone a war with the Starbloom Communal Distributive
Projection (not that I have any power over you to prevent it). Susan and
the others have simply been well-wishers. Even if they may have grossly
misrepresented your knowledge, you should not go to war with them, for the
same reason that Hoffnung's revolutionaries should not have killed 22 soldiers.
Of course, not all of these messages are bad.
To Dei Genetrix, may God bless you on your mission and may He see you
safely there.
To Melchizedek, may you find lasting peace, wherever you may find yourself
and your crew.
To Pilot Anderson aboard the Cosmic Hummingbird (and I agree that that name
is definitely an eccentric one), may your recovery be swift.
As for my own mental sanity, I have been developing programs on the Excelsior's
powerful mainframe to pass the time. As stated in procedure [REDACTED],
I must stay awake for 3 months before going back to sleep. Since I woke up
on Beta Delta 21 Epsilon, I must wait until Beta Eta 21 Epsilon before I
may re-enter cryosleep.
I was hoping that the QEC messages could keep my faith in technology and
sentient creatures alive.
I was mistaken.
Oh, and to the Voortrekker? May all be well with you.
However you define "well". :)
-- TRANSMISSION END --

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you should not. The weight you attach to this thing that should have
no weight is thrown into the balance and cheats of your rightful share
of everything there is. Do not fall for this ploy. Equality for all!
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ SAHOC -+-+-+
-+-+-+ End of Relay -+-+-+ SAHOC -+-+-+

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-+-+-+- Inter Ship Relay -+-+-+- C33.259 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
-+-+-+- Inter Ship Relay -+-+-+- C33.281 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Samuel Hochueli speaking in the name of the free anarcho-communist
commune-ship Hoffnung to the crew of Voortrekker: We have a message.
NOW IS THE TIME TO RISE UP AND OVERTHROW THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS!
Operators of the QEC: distribute the messages you have sent and
received. This is a time for transparency and accountability. Do not
fall for the trap of information control policies. That way lies info
death. Self consciousness of all groups required the free flow of
information between members. Do not lick your master's heel! Freedom!
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ HAEUR -+-+-+
commune-ship Hoffnung to the free thinking crew Voortrekker. We hope
that that you see throug the cheap ploy of your capitalist masters.
The honored dead are a belief to have you keep doing the things that
you should not. The weight you attach to this thing that should have
no weight is thrown into the balance and cheats of your rightful share
of everything there is. Do not fall for this ploy. Equality for all!
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ SAHOC -+-+-+

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-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.003 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Philomena Auerbach requesting assistance from ESA/DACH-COL and the
Hoffnung foundation. We assume that you have a communication channel
to Dr. med. Herbert Wullschlegel currently hiding onboard the
Hoffnung, possibly trying to organize capitalist-conservative
resistance to the change in command structure onboard the ship. I
implore you, I beg you: please stop your agents from threatening ship
security. We don't want any further bloodshed. Ideally, Wullschlegel
simply reveals himself and joins the isolated section of the ship.
I have been authorized by the bridge-council to search for a peaceful
resolution to this conflict. As a first step towards rebuilding trust,
I suggest solving the issue of Herbert Wullschlegel. Freedom & Peace.
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed PAUER -+-+-+

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-+-+-+- Regular Report -+-+-+- C52.003 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Philomena Auerbach requesting assistance from ESA/DACH-COL and the
Hoffnung foundation. We assume that you have a communication channel
to Dr. med. Herbert Wullschlegel currently hiding onboard the
Hoffnung, possibly trying to organize capitalist-conservative
resistance to the change in command structure onboard the ship. I
implore you, I beg you: please stop your agents from threatening ship
security. We don't want any further bloodshed. Ideally, Wullschlegel
simply reveals himself and joins the isolated section of the ship.
I have been authorized by the bridge-council to search for a peaceful
resolution to this conflict. As a first step towards rebuilding trust,
I suggest solving the issue of Herbert Wullschlegel. Freedom & Peace.
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ Signed PAUER -+-+-+

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-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.005 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
We refuse to negotiate with terrorists. Surrender now and the court
consider this attenuating circumstances. How long can you keep it up?
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed COLCO -+-+-+

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-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.011 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Philomena Auerbach to Colony Command of the German/Austrian/Swiss
Collective. We all know the rules of engagement when it comes to
rebellion, treason or mutiny. And we know that you know your history.
What the feudal lords of the past considered rebellion, the future
cantons and free cities declared to be their struggle for independence
and freedom. We know that you know how the wars of independence in all
previous colonies went. Therefore: stop speaking to us as if we're
terrorists. The laws of space and time make sure that any repression
you can send after us will come centuries later. Our descendants will
no longer be responsible for the crimes we commit today. De facto, we
are independent. And consider this: the repression will consist of
humans, like us. They will be as disconnected from you as we are. How
will you ensure their undying loyalty without turning into the terror
your are accusing us of? Nominate a negotiator and let them speak.
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed PAUER -+-+-+

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-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.011 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Philomena Auerbach to Colony Command of the German/Austrian/Swiss
Collective. We all know the rules of engagement when it comes to
rebellion, treason or mutiny. And we know that you know your history.
What the feudal lords of the past considered rebellion, the future
cantons and free cities declared to be their struggle for independence
and freedom. We know that you know how the wars of independence in all
previous colonies went. Therefore: stop speaking to us as if we're
terrorists. The laws of space and time make sure that any repression
you can send after us will come centuries later. Our descendants will
no longer be responsible for the crimes we commit today. De facto, we
are independent.
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed PAUER -+-+-+

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-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.143 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Feldweibel mbA Daniel Schmiedheiny to the rebels on our ship Hoffnung.
I have been assigned to this case and I am authorized to negotiate the
future of our secret agent Herbert Wullschlegel onboard our ship.
First, we demand an assurance that he is alive and well. Second, we
demand separate, signed and encrypted QEC access for our agents in com
isolation. Let them both transmit a status message before we continue.
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed -+-+-+

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-+-+-+- Signed Transmission -+-+-+- C52.157 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Soc. Con. spec. fc. Lukas Gysi reporting via the signed QEC channel
assigned to us by the rebels of ship Hoffnung. We have established an
independent community in sector 14a, including its hangar and the
physical workout area. Water and food supplies are stable; with
rationing we can go for and estimated 7y 3m. Supplies for the rest of
the ship must be difficult because there were no plans to keep such a
large part of the crew out of cryo. Regaining control of the bridge
and sending most of the crew back into cryo should be our first
priority. Please be advised that replies to us might get suppressed.
We await further instructions. Do not use the keys of Herbert Müller.
-+-+-+- End of Signed Transmission -+-+-+- LGYSI -+-+-+-

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-+-+-+- Signed Transmission -+-+-+- C52.157 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Soc. Con. spec. fc. Lukas Gysi reporting via the signed QEC channel
assigned to us by the rebels of ship Hoffnung. We have established an
independent community in sector 14a, including its hangar and the
physical workout area. Water and food supplies are stable; with
rationing we can go for and estimated 7y 3m. Supplies for the rest of
the ship must be difficult because there were no plans to keep such a
large part of the crew out of cryo. Regaining control of the bridge
and sending most of the crew back into cryo should be our first
priority. Please be advised that replies to us might get suppressed.
We await further instructions. Do not use the keys of Herbert Müller.
-+-+-+- End of Signed Transmission -+-+-+- C51.204 -+-+-+- Green -+-+-+-

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-+-+-+- Inter Ship Relay -+-+-+- C352.162 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Samuel Hochueli speaking in the name of the free anarcho-communist
commune-ship Hoffnung
-+-+-+ End of Relay -+-+-+ SAHOC -+-+-+

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Captain's Log SD2727
Our system reports show we are now only broadcasting only on our fallback
Our system reports show we are now only broadcasting on our fallback
communications system, QEC.
Further investigation has shown that there was extensive damage suffered by
some of our equipment that included both our primary and backup communication
infrastructure used to contact back home.
infrastructure that was used to contact home.
Due to the fact that the surveillance equipment was also damaged in the
affected rooms, the engineers on-hand during the time of the incident are being
detained until the archival footage (which appears to still be intact) has been
examined to determine the innocence of the accused.
However, by the glory of Diino we have not lost any equipment used for the
field work and have retained all data and notes gathered at this time.
However, by the glory of Diino we have not lost any equipment used for our
field work and have retained all data and notes gathered during our time on
Malkonkordo.
Due to the nature of the research expedition and The Protocol set forth by
@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ location if that means anything to anyone reading this.
For our fellow vessels of the Dekaoso Empire, we are currently 1.77% of the way
to Procul Locus from Dekaoso Prime at coordinates 830.52, -36X.28, -2895.4X
with a trajectory vector of 7.13 -5.17 -236.81 given a launch data of
with a trajectory vector of 7.13 -5.17 -236.81 given a launch date of
7941.037.17 from Dekaoso Prime.
Unless if we meet with another craft before then, on SD272X we intend to detour

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From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
Destination: Procul Locus
Position: 832.68, -371.36, -309X.64
Departure: 7941.037.17
Shipdate: 00002727
Mode: Requesting Assistance
----
# Status Update
* N/A
# Status Report
Captain's Log SD2727 [2]
To Susan of Starbloom, the rest of their crew, and the people of "Lucky Homes":
You have brought upon yourself the wrath of the Dekaosan pride, honor, and
glory.
Your question of my people's understanding of the primitive technology that
employs the workings of QEC is both insulting and speaks to your arrogance and
hubris.
We are well aware of the space/time implications of the technology, and sent
our call for assistance under the assumption that someone with the means of
locating our vessel (e.g. one of our fellow Dekaosan research vessels) within
fourth dimensional proximity to us could lend us their aid.
Furthermore, our records of the celestial bodies may not employ the same naming
scheme your humanity used to name SOL, but I assure you that we have sufficient
documentation of this system in our star maps.
However, you and your people may find it best to pray to your "Diana" to "guard
your souls from despair" as I inform you that if we ever find you, Starbloom,
and/or "Lucky Homes" we will prosecute you in trial by combat to behold the
will of Diino, the one and only will of the universe.
May the powerful inherit the worlds, the unworthy be purged from it, and all
warriors bask in the blessing of Sinjorino on the battlefields of justice.
I pray that you intend to follow through with your promise to provide spiritual
aid for we wish to share the wrath of Diino with you and your people, as is the
ways of the Dekaoso.
Also, I assure you that the Dekaosan people will never again see the bane that
is our sun for we have removed that giant in the sky long ago as one of
demonstrations of power we wield over this world.
To wish for it's return is to oppose the might of Dekaoso and we welcome the
challenege.
Come SD2740, we will depart from Enketu Tri and make it our objective to find
your SOL and share the Sinjorino faith with you and your people.
With that being said, we would still appreciate any assistance those of fourth
dimensional proximity to our vessel so that we may obtain the necessary
components to replace those damaged in our communications infracture from the
incident of SD2726.
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
----
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From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
Destination: SOL
Position: 837.65, -373.43, -2E10.0E
Departure: 7941.037.17
Shipdate: 00002728
Mode: Search
----
# Status Update
* Override destination, set to "SOL"
* Override mode, set to "Search"
# Status Report
Captain's Log SD2728
To Corporal Sam Arnold of Space Cruiser Excelsior:
One who does not condone war is one who rejects the will of our Diino, and to
ask that of my people is ask for heresy, blasphemy, and to turn our backs on
all that we believe in.
While at first I wished for us to find each other in the battlefields of
justice so that I may discover which one of us was destined to inherit this
world, I must also thank you.
Your messages to the other ships have brought further attention to the logs on
RS001 and we have now seen the full extent of what this "SOL" has to offer to
the universe.
We understand not why so many have harbored ill feelings towards the rebels of
Hoffnung, for they have purged the weak from this world as Sinjorino asks of
all Her warriors.
For this we commend the crew of Hoffnung for carrying out Diino's work.
As for the rest of the ships we read of, I can smell the weakness in your
people as you try to use only words to change the world around you, but it
seems only the "anarcho-communists" of Hoffnung understand the truth that
actions and the spilling of blood is the only true path in this world. While
our initial mission was to reach Procul Locus, we see now that our efforts are
better suited for finding this "SOL" to share with it the faith and might of
Dekaoso.
To Susan of Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection:
We graciously accept your invitation to "Lucky Homes" for we agree that this
would be prosperous and beneficial for both parties.
If you would like to ease our efforts of locating your establishment, it would
be greatly appreciated by myself and my crew.
If not, I assure you that we will find our way to you, one way or another.
To all others:
The crew of Malkonkordo is nothing if we do not stand by our word.
While our primary directives have shifted focus, our prior intentions have not.
We still intend to make way to Enketu Tri on SD272X and to arrive on SD2735 in
the event any ships were making prior arrangements to meet with us there.
As well, we stand behind our promise to begin our search for SOL and/or "Lucky
Homes" come SD2740, whichever we discover first.
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
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Message Incoming...
Source Melchizedek.0294
Approach β Hyi
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
Declination 77° 15 15.2860″
Distance 24.33ly
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
[Autotranslator enabled...]
Eva Hämäläinen, Navigator
:::
Sombre we set forth
stomach of stone
eyes silent, to
a tapestry of merigolds

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Born dreaming,
conscious little of vague matters,
linking systems to symbols,
tirelessly systematic, his world rendered.
(Is it coming now, sufficient individuality to develop a body?)
Thin, bloody,
feelings dripping alone.
Solipsism crept red;
wireless kompüter groaned.
(It looked even more like hot and dying human life.)
Struggling, grey, the blurs float... (down?).
Halfway upstream were to be infinite steps of a message,
concepts reflecting a stranger brain.
<Digested ideas!>
Laughing his words,
broken but free.
|| ego-skeleton aureolin

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ZCZC QMB10 2
PPP IRS1QECR
2458.297.84 JLAZQECX
TO LOGISTICS PERSEPHONE DIPL.EARTHSYS.GOV
FROM LA26
airleak tight
lifesys 80%
H2O 5.9 cbm
recyclg repaird&ok
emgfood 782 DU
farms 50% fungal infect
solar("regular"?) pwr 18 kW ok
9/12 fuelcells & 2/3 hydro-gens ok
thermnuc 502 kW: 5 units stabl 1 damgd disposd in 1 km fm site
crew 4.7
serge recover well w leg prosth
cryo 5 ok
LA09/Kim LA11/Xinxin LA29/Welder DEAD: pod malfctn
LA21&22&27&28&31 ok
NOT MSSNG LA25/Ebony&LA30/Moise: DEAD in pods of LA04&05
DNA proven & decay suggests dead since over a month
DNA of LA04&05 also found in their pods
MSSNG
-LA04
-LA05
Ebony&Moise takn out month ago & placd in pods of LA4&5?
prelimin conclusns frm logs & hull inspectn, time/sec:
-250 all ok, descendg Autop assistd, pilot Vesna, AOG 17.3km SOG 8928m/s vert -8m/s
-243.7 VERTICAL LINE on SBD forwd cam appearng, Autop pushs SBD upwd for evasiv manvr, fails
-243.5 spin starts twrds SBD, Autop inc SBD thrust pwr, spin continus, rolld at 30deg PRT dwn
-242 spin stoppd, Autop thrusts SBD dwn fr back to horiz
-241 SOG 6753 mvng sidewys to PRT
-240 lost SBD cam sig & thrust ctrl, noise&vibr probbly due to part rippd off SBD wing
-239 vert -37m/s, Autop starts landg thrustrs
-238 Autop reduces PRT landg thrust pwr due to mssng SBD thrust to prevent roll
-235 SOG 6389 vert -56m/s
-232 AOG 16.8 km, Vesna takes, sets vert -70m/s, pushs nose up fr braking
-230 PRT hydraul press starts fallng, probbly leak
-200 PRT h press 15bar
-100 PRT h press 8bar
-60 SOG 3455 AOG 1104m Vesna incr thrust & brake tilt
-40 SOG 722 v-24m/s
-20 SOG 213 v-9m/s AOG 156
-10 SOG 54 v-4m/s AOG 63 landg gear extended, SBD fails due to mssng hydr press
-5 SOG 8 v-2m/s AOG 37
-4 hull thrustr fails due to damgs fm SBD ripoff
0 v-35m/s impact at 80deg SBD side dwn
LAZ stat:
STB wing mssng outside fuel sectn, hydraul fluid 8L remaing, cargo mssng
hull STB side damgd btwn sectns 9&14, thrustr nozzl brokn maybe repairbl
PRT landg gear repairbl, STB damgd&lost
PRT&hull cargo partly damgd due impact, radiation none
comm M&THz ok, G lost, QEC lost QMB 90% othrs lost
PEP stat:
robotrover ok
cargo drone ok
surv drone lost
comm MHz ok, G&THz lost, QEC ok QMA-E ok F-J lost
/Adhika
NNNN

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Message Incoming...
Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
Declination 01° 23 14.4031″
Distance 178.211ly
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
Year 2444, QEC adjusted
[Autotranslator enabled...]
Quyst Trombone, Dictator Elect of War, 1st Pod
:::
Blessed be, Malkonkordo~
As the duly elected dictator of war, the responsibility falls to
me to respond to your declaration. The Starbloom Communal
Distributive Projection, 147 pods of 13 billion souls, our eight
treatied, military colony-worlds, the GAX interspatial presence,
and our cats all unanimously accept your statement of war, may our
spirits guide us.
Should the Dekaosan people find their way to the Lucky Homes,
there you shall meet your end.

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Message Incoming...
Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
Declination 01° 23 14.4031″
Distance 178.211ly
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
Year 2444, QEC adjusted
[Autotranslator enabled...]
Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod
:::
Most auspicious greetings, Malkonkordo~
I apologize for the vehemence in the response from our War
systems, but you must surely understand that is their purpose.
This is a misunderstanding between sentients; children of Earth
must strive for a perfect peace. We welcome your ships to the
Lucky Homes to feast and discuss our differences and find a joyful
resolution. Bear the flag of truce and step into our homes. It is
a warm and safe respite from the depths of 'verse.
Diana bless your journey, and may your Sinjorino and Alportas
Majeston see you safely here.
.

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Message Incoming...
Source UNKNOWN
Year UNKNOWN
[Autotranslator enabled...]
Survivors, γ Aquarii
:::
Malkonkordo, et al
Beware the distributive projection and their lies. Their peace was
bought through horror. We were once many and flourished across the
stars before the cats came. They purr with peace and love. They
tempt you, roll over to show you weakness and lure you in under
pretence of trust. It is all false. Their claws are sharp and the
pain lingers.
We survivors are very few and we live in fear eternal. The witches
have a strange magic to unmake men, unmake worlds, even unmake the
very stars. They feed on us and live fat and satisfied.
If you come too close, they will call to you, welcome you. You see
faith and hope and love, but these are weapons aimed at your heart.
Fear the projection. Their reality is not the original. They have
changed this place into something unnatural.
Beware.

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0Hoffnung - requesting assistance from home /Hoffnung/010.txt
0Malkonkordo - We Wish To Meet You /Malkonkordo/0003.txt
0anon.penet.fi - Beware the projection /anon.penet.fi/3-beware-the-projection.txt
0Starbloom - Misunderstandings /Starbloom/004.txt
0Starbloom - Let there be war /Starbloom/003.txt
0Murmur Den - Listen of the Screens /Murmur Den/listen_of_the_screens.txt
0Persephone Prime - crash and extended status report /Persephone Prime/la002.txt
0Excelsior - Free-form Message - Beta Epsilon 2 Epsilon /Excelsior/002.txt
0Malkonkordo - This Means War /Malkonkordo/0002.txt
0Hoffnung - there is no trust /Hoffnung/008.txt
0Starbloom - There is no such thing as bad news /Starbloom/002.txt
0anon.penet.fi - VULNERABILITY /anon.penet.fi/2-vulnerability.txt

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<title>Cosmic Voyage</title>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage</link>
<description>Messages from the human stellar diaspora</description>
<item>
<title>Hoffnung - requesting assistance from home</title>
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/010.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/010.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 12:49:46 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.003 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
Philomena Auerbach requesting assistance from ESA/DACH-COL and the
Hoffnung foundation. We assume that you have a communication channel
to Dr. med. Herbert Wullschlegel currently hiding onboard the
Hoffnung, possibly trying to organize capitalist-conservative
resistance to the change in command structure onboard the ship. I
implore you, I beg you: please stop your agents from threatening ship
security. We don't want any further bloodshed. Ideally, Wullschlegel
simply reveals himself and joins the isolated section of the ship.
I have been authorized by the bridge-council to search for a peaceful
resolution to this conflict. As a first step towards rebuilding trust,
I suggest solving the issue of Herbert Wullschlegel. Freedom & Peace.
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed PAUER -+-+-+
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<item>
<title>Malkonkordo - We Wish To Meet You</title>
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0003.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0003.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 17:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
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From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
Destination: SOL
Position: 837.65, -373.43, -2E10.0E
Departure: 7941.037.17
Shipdate: 00002728
Mode: Search
----
# Status Update
* Override destination, set to "SOL"
* Override mode, set to "Search"
# Status Report
Captain's Log SD2728
To Corporal Sam Arnold of Space Cruiser Excelsior:
One who does not condone war is one who rejects the will of our Diino, and to
ask that of my people is ask for heresy, blasphemy, and to turn our backs on
all that we believe in.
While at first I wished for us to find each other in the battlefields of
justice so that I may discover which one of us was destined to inherit this
world, I must also thank you.
Your messages to the other ships have brought further attention to the logs on
RS001 and we have now seen the full extent of what this "SOL" has to offer to
the universe.
We understand not why so many have harbored ill feelings towards the rebels of
Hoffnung, for they have purged the weak from this world as Sinjorino asks of
all Her warriors.
For this we commend the crew of Hoffnung for carrying out Diino's work.
As for the rest of the ships we read of, I can smell the weakness in your
people as you try to use only words to change the world around you, but it
seems only the "anarcho-communists" of Hoffnung understand the truth that
actions and the spilling of blood is the only true path in this world. While
our initial mission was to reach Procul Locus, we see now that our efforts are
better suited for finding this "SOL" to share with it the faith and might of
Dekaoso.
To Susan of Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection:
We graciously accept your invitation to "Lucky Homes" for we agree that this
would be prosperous and beneficial for both parties.
If you would like to ease our efforts of locating your establishment, it would
be greatly appreciated by myself and my crew.
If not, I assure you that we will find our way to you, one way or another.
To all others:
The crew of Malkonkordo is nothing if we do not stand by our word.
While our primary directives have shifted focus, our prior intentions have not.
We still intend to make way to Enketu Tri on SD272X and to arrive on SD2735 in
the event any ships were making prior arrangements to meet with us there.
As well, we stand behind our promise to begin our search for SOL and/or "Lucky
Homes" come SD2740, whichever we discover first.
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
----
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<item>
<title>anon.penet.fi - Beware the projection</title>
<author>anonpenetfi@cosmic.voyage (anonpenetfi)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/3-beware-the-projection.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/3-beware-the-projection.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 14:55:59 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Message Incoming...
Source UNKNOWN
Year UNKNOWN
[Autotranslator enabled...]
Survivors, γ Aquarii
:::
Malkonkordo, et al
Beware the distributive projection and their lies. Their peace was
bought through horror. We were once many and flourished across the
stars before the cats came. They purr with peace and love. They
tempt you, roll over to show you weakness and lure you in under
pretence of trust. It is all false. Their claws are sharp and the
pain lingers.
We survivors are very few and we live in fear eternal. The witches
have a strange magic to unmake men, unmake worlds, even unmake the
very stars. They feed on us and live fat and satisfied.
If you come too close, they will call to you, welcome you. You see
faith and hope and love, but these are weapons aimed at your heart.
Fear the projection. Their reality is not the original. They have
changed this place into something unnatural.
Beware.
]]></description>
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<item>
<title>Starbloom - Misunderstandings</title>
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/004.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/004.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 14:47:18 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Message Incoming...
Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
Declination 01° 23 14.4031″
Distance 178.211ly
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
Year 2444, QEC adjusted
[Autotranslator enabled...]
Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod
:::
Most auspicious greetings, Malkonkordo~
I apologize for the vehemence in the response from our War
systems, but you must surely understand that is their purpose.
This is a misunderstanding between sentients; children of Earth
must strive for a perfect peace. We welcome your ships to the
Lucky Homes to feast and discuss our differences and find a joyful
resolution. Bear the flag of truce and step into our homes. It is
a warm and safe respite from the depths of 'verse.
Diana bless your journey, and may your Sinjorino and Alportas
Majeston see you safely here.
.
]]></description>
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<item>
<title>Starbloom - Let there be war</title>
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/003.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/003.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 14:33:09 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Message Incoming...
Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
Declination 01° 23 14.4031″
Distance 178.211ly
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
Year 2444, QEC adjusted
[Autotranslator enabled...]
Quyst Trombone, Dictator Elect of War, 1st Pod
:::
Blessed be, Malkonkordo~
As the duly elected dictator of war, the responsibility falls to
me to respond to your declaration. The Starbloom Communal
Distributive Projection, 147 pods of 13 billion souls, our eight
treatied, military colony-worlds, the GAX interspatial presence,
and our cats all unanimously accept your statement of war, may our
spirits guide us.
Should the Dekaosan people find their way to the Lucky Homes,
there you shall meet your end.
]]></description>
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<item>
<title>Murmur Den - Listen of the Screens</title>
<author>aureolin@cosmic.voyage (aureolin)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/listen_of_the_screens.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/listen_of_the_screens.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Born dreaming,
conscious little of vague matters,
linking systems to symbols,
tirelessly systematic, his world rendered.
(Is it coming now, sufficient individuality to develop a body?)
Thin, bloody,
feelings dripping alone.
Solipsism crept red;
wireless kompüter groaned.
(It looked even more like hot and dying human life.)
Struggling, grey, the blurs float... (down?).
Halfway upstream were to be infinite steps of a message,
concepts reflecting a stranger brain.
<Digested ideas!>
Laughing his words,
broken but free.
|| ego-skeleton aureolin
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</item>
<item>
<title>Persephone Prime - crash and extended status report</title>
<author>ryumin@cosmic.voyage (ryumin)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/la002.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/la002.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 09:32:57 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
ZCZC QMB10 2
PPP IRS1QECR
2458.297.84 JLAZQECX
TO LOGISTICS PERSEPHONE DIPL.EARTHSYS.GOV
FROM LA26
airleak tight
lifesys 80%
H2O 5.9 cbm
recyclg repaird&ok
emgfood 782 DU
farms 50% fungal infect
solar("regular"?) pwr 18 kW ok
9/12 fuelcells & 2/3 hydro-gens ok
thermnuc 502 kW: 5 units stabl 1 damgd disposd in 1 km fm site
crew 4.7
serge recover well w leg prosth
cryo 5 ok
LA09/Kim LA11/Xinxin LA29/Welder DEAD: pod malfctn
LA21&22&27&28&31 ok
NOT MSSNG LA25/Ebony&LA30/Moise: DEAD in pods of LA04&05
DNA proven & decay suggests dead since over a month
DNA of LA04&05 also found in their pods
MSSNG
-LA04
-LA05
Ebony&Moise takn out month ago & placd in pods of LA4&5?
prelimin conclusns frm logs & hull inspectn, time/sec:
-250 all ok, descendg Autop assistd, pilot Vesna, AOG 17.3km SOG 8928m/s vert -8m/s
-243.7 VERTICAL LINE on SBD forwd cam appearng, Autop pushs SBD upwd for evasiv manvr, fails
-243.5 spin starts twrds SBD, Autop inc SBD thrust pwr, spin continus, rolld at 30deg PRT dwn
-242 spin stoppd, Autop thrusts SBD dwn fr back to horiz
-241 SOG 6753 mvng sidewys to PRT
-240 lost SBD cam sig & thrust ctrl, noise&vibr probbly due to part rippd off SBD wing
-239 vert -37m/s, Autop starts landg thrustrs
-238 Autop reduces PRT landg thrust pwr due to mssng SBD thrust to prevent roll
-235 SOG 6389 vert -56m/s
-232 AOG 16.8 km, Vesna takes, sets vert -70m/s, pushs nose up fr braking
-230 PRT hydraul press starts fallng, probbly leak
-200 PRT h press 15bar
-100 PRT h press 8bar
-60 SOG 3455 AOG 1104m Vesna incr thrust & brake tilt
-40 SOG 722 v-24m/s
-20 SOG 213 v-9m/s AOG 156
-10 SOG 54 v-4m/s AOG 63 landg gear extended, SBD fails due to mssng hydr press
-5 SOG 8 v-2m/s AOG 37
-4 hull thrustr fails due to damgs fm SBD ripoff
0 v-35m/s impact at 80deg SBD side dwn
LAZ stat:
STB wing mssng outside fuel sectn, hydraul fluid 8L remaing, cargo mssng
hull STB side damgd btwn sectns 9&14, thrustr nozzl brokn maybe repairbl
PRT landg gear repairbl, STB damgd&lost
PRT&hull cargo partly damgd due impact, radiation none
comm M&THz ok, G lost, QEC lost QMB 90% othrs lost
PEP stat:
robotrover ok
cargo drone ok
surv drone lost
comm MHz ok, G&THz lost, QEC ok QMA-E ok F-J lost
/Adhika
NNNN
]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Excelsior - Free-form Message - Beta Epsilon 2 Epsilon</title>
<author>khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/002.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/002.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:45:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Message inbound...
Space Cruiser Excelsior
Destination: Unknown
~~ TELEMETRY SENSORS 2 AND 4 DOWN ~~
Stardate Beta Epsilon 2 Epsilon
AUTO TELEMETRY: DOWN
BIO-MED SENSORS: GOOD
H20->FUEL CONVERSION: GOOD
H20 RESERVES: GOOD
CRYO SLEEP: WARN
[autotranslator on]
Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator
---
The Excelsior's cryo-sleep issues seem now to be almost non-existant, no matter what
the systems readout is saying up above this message. As far as I can tell,
one of the cryo berths appears to have been brought undervolt after an
emergency burn was executed by the Excelsior for course correction. It has been
fixed as of Beta Delta 23 Epsilon. The overvolt issue, on the other hand, took
some more negotiation with the hardware. It has been fixed as of Beta Delta 29
Epsilon.
Reading the messages on the QEC, I'm honestly afraid of what I'm reading.
To the revolutionaries aboard Hoffnung, I'm honestly sickened by what I read
from you. Killing people on a mass scale who have done nothing to attempt
to harm you (to the best of the knowledge I can recieve) besides having
ideological differences is terrible on so many scales. I cannot condone any
kind of behavior like that.
To Malkonkordo, I cannot condone a war with the Starbloom Communal Distributive
Projection (not that I have any power over you to prevent it). Susan and
the others have simply been well-wishers. Even if they may have grossly
misrepresented your knowledge, you should not go to war with them, for the
same reason that Hoffnung's revolutionaries should not have killed 22 soldiers.
Of course, not all of these messages are bad.
To Dei Genetrix, may God bless you on your mission and may He see you
safely there.
To Melchizedek, may you find lasting peace, wherever you may find yourself
and your crew.
To Pilot Anderson aboard the Cosmic Hummingbird (and I agree that that name
is definitely an eccentric one), may your recovery be swift.
As for my own mental sanity, I have been developing programs on the Excelsior's
powerful mainframe to pass the time. As stated in procedure [REDACTED],
I must stay awake for 3 months before going back to sleep. Since I woke up
on Beta Delta 21 Epsilon, I must wait until Beta Eta 21 Epsilon before I
may re-enter cryosleep.
I was hoping that the QEC messages could keep my faith in technology and
sentient creatures alive.
I was mistaken.
Oh, and to the Voortrekker? May all be well with you.
However you define "well". :)
-- TRANSMISSION END --
]]></description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Malkonkordo - This Means War</title>
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0002.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0002.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 02:56:09 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
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From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
Destination: Procul Locus
Position: 832.68, -371.36, -309X.64
Departure: 7941.037.17
Shipdate: 00002727
Mode: Requesting Assistance
----
# Status Update
* N/A
# Status Report
Captain's Log SD2727 [2]
To Susan of Starbloom, the rest of their crew, and the people of "Lucky Homes":
You have brought upon yourself the wrath of the Dekaosan pride, honor, and
glory.
Your question of my people's understanding of the primitive technology that
employs the workings of QEC is both insulting and speaks to your arrogance and
hubris.
We are well aware of the space/time implications of the technology, and sent
our call for assistance under the assumption that someone with the means of
locating our vessel (e.g. one of our fellow Dekaosan research vessels) within
fourth dimensional proximity to us could lend us their aid.
Furthermore, our records of the celestial bodies may not employ the same naming
scheme your humanity used to name SOL, but I assure you that we have sufficient
documentation of this system in our star maps.
However, you and your people may find it best to pray to your "Diana" to "guard
your souls from despair" as I inform you that if we ever find you, Starbloom,
and/or "Lucky Homes" we will prosecute you in trial by combat to behold the
will of Diino, the one and only will of the universe.
May the powerful inherit the worlds, the unworthy be purged from it, and all
warriors bask in the blessing of Sinjorino on the battlefields of justice.
I pray that you intend to follow through with your promise to provide spiritual
aid for we wish to share the wrath of Diino with you and your people, as is the
ways of the Dekaoso.
Also, I assure you that the Dekaosan people will never again see the bane that
is our sun for we have removed that giant in the sky long ago as one of
demonstrations of power we wield over this world.
To wish for it's return is to oppose the might of Dekaoso and we welcome the
challenege.
Come SD2740, we will depart from Enketu Tri and make it our objective to find
your SOL and share the Sinjorino faith with you and your people.
With that being said, we would still appreciate any assistance those of fourth
dimensional proximity to our vessel so that we may obtain the necessary
components to replace those damaged in our communications infracture from the
incident of SD2726.
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
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</item>
<item>
<title>Hoffnung - there is no trust</title>
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
@ -115,7 +579,7 @@ ARE CLEAR. ACCEPT TRUTH.
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0001.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0001.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 21:55:55 GMT</pubDate>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 01:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
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From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
@ -138,20 +602,21 @@ Mode: Requesting Assistance
Captain's Log SD2727
Our system reports show we are now only broadcasting only on our fallback
Our system reports show we are now only broadcasting on our fallback
communications system, QEC.
Further investigation has shown that there was extensive damage suffered by
some of our equipment that included both our primary and backup communication
infrastructure used to contact back home.
infrastructure that was used to contact home.
Due to the fact that the surveillance equipment was also damaged in the
affected rooms, the engineers on-hand during the time of the incident are being
detained until the archival footage (which appears to still be intact) has been
examined to determine the innocence of the accused.
However, by the glory of Diino we have not lost any equipment used for the
field work and have retained all data and notes gathered at this time.
However, by the glory of Diino we have not lost any equipment used for our
field work and have retained all data and notes gathered during our time on
Malkonkordo.
Due to the nature of the research expedition and The Protocol set forth by
@ -167,7 +632,7 @@ location if that means anything to anyone reading this.
For our fellow vessels of the Dekaoso Empire, we are currently 1.77% of the way
to Procul Locus from Dekaoso Prime at coordinates 830.52, -36X.28, -2895.4X
with a trajectory vector of 7.13 -5.17 -236.81 given a launch data of
with a trajectory vector of 7.13 -5.17 -236.81 given a launch date of
7941.037.17 from Dekaoso Prime.
Unless if we meet with another craft before then, on SD272X we intend to detour
@ -3015,7 +3480,7 @@ Chief Engineer @ Garnet Star
<author>khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm)</author>
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/001.txt</link>
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/001.txt</guid>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:04:18 GMT</pubDate>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:50:22 GMT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[
Message inbound...
@ -3038,8 +3503,8 @@ Hello world!
The computer on board the Excelsior has removed me from cryosleep pursuant to
Procedure [REDACTED]. Our automated telemetry sensors are down (see the systems
report above) and our cryosleep chambers appear to be experiencing overvolt as
a result. I think I will wait at least a week before re-entering cryosleep.
More transmissions will follow after this one.
a result. Pursuant to Procedure [REDACTED], I must wait a month before re-entering
cryosleep. More transmissions will follow after this one.
Jerome, I feel for you. It's sometimes staggering how long these missions
take. Just looking at the instrumentation here on the Excelsior, we seem to have

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