From 8e566f280326213176574f739a2cc03b1fc78c91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Tomasino Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 00:00:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backup --- gopher/Downeaster/00004.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ gopher/listing.gophermap | 1 + gopher/rss.xml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 86 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gopher/Downeaster/00004.txt diff --git a/gopher/Downeaster/00004.txt b/gopher/Downeaster/00004.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1c328c --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Downeaster/00004.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ + ---- +From: UFV Downeaster +Position: 21.30, -88Z.28, -357.4Y +Departure: 2120.13.10 +Reldate: 00229889 +Source: A321.8S9.H1A.0900 +Destination: A321.78C.00A.1001 +Seckey: aPSK42bYhZ09JCX0i2xm9ktyUGk4gJnOsz7P+iBC/4g= +Mode: COMM +---- + +LOG ENTRY #90 + +I remember once thinking that time was the enemy -- there's never enough. Here, +I expected celestial objects to take my breath away and make time even more +precious. There's nothing but time now. + +I also remember reading about the first Terran astronauts, floating in hacked +together treehouses in low-Earth orbit, their schedules planned to the minute. +No time to waste when it costs the GDP of a small nation to keep you at 17k +km/s and only technically in space; barely out of atmo. + +Given the choice, I bet those cowboys would have loved to change places with me. +Here, travelling near the speed of light, a dot of rock somewhere on our +electronic horizon, a mission to strip it of all it's precious metals so we can +keep the fab going at least one more generation. But I'm not gonna lie to this +log, I would change places those fucking cowboys in a heartbeat, too. This +isn't the wild west. And it's not low-Earth orbit either. Our schedules are wide +open until we make contact and beat the living shit out this miserable rig +hoping it's dark sleep hasn't caused something else to die. + +No, I'm not happy today. But that doesn't really matter. S-8S9.H1A.0900 is +locked in front of us and we'll spend the next six months trying to slow us down +enough to do what we're paid to do. Part of me hopes this message gets lost in +the QEC shit hole. I've probably already been too honest for CentOps comfort. + +Mission parameters nominal. Target signal strong. ETOA 6.2 terran months. + diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 122e2df..3c2b462 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +0Downeaster - #90 /Downeaster/00004.txt 0EPX Corazon 23 - Volume 3 /EPX Corazon 23/Vol3.txt 0EPX Corazon 23 - Volume 2 /EPX Corazon 23/Vol2.txt 0EPX Corazon 23 - Volume 1 /EPX Corazon 23/Vol1.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index ef2a910..beddf3c 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,53 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + Downeaster - #90 + secstate@cosmic.voyage (secstate) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Downeaster/00004.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Downeaster/00004.txt + Wed, 02 Dec 2020 03:13:06 GMT + + ---- +From: UFV Downeaster +Position: 21.30, -88Z.28, -357.4Y +Departure: 2120.13.10 +Reldate: 00229889 +Source: A321.8S9.H1A.0900 +Destination: A321.78C.00A.1001 +Seckey: aPSK42bYhZ09JCX0i2xm9ktyUGk4gJnOsz7P+iBC/4g= +Mode: COMM +---- + +LOG ENTRY #90 + +I remember once thinking that time was the enemy -- there's never enough. Here, +I expected celestial objects to take my breath away and make time even more +precious. There's nothing but time now. + +I also remember reading about the first Terran astronauts, floating in hacked +together treehouses in low-Earth orbit, their schedules planned to the minute. +No time to waste when it costs the GDP of a small nation to keep you at 17k +km/s and only technically in space; barely out of atmo. + +Given the choice, I bet those cowboys would have loved to change places with me. +Here, travelling near the speed of light, a dot of rock somewhere on our +electronic horizon, a mission to strip it of all it's precious metals so we can +keep the fab going at least one more generation. But I'm not gonna lie to this +log, I would change places those fucking cowboys in a heartbeat, too. This +isn't the wild west. And it's not low-Earth orbit either. Our schedules are wide +open until we make contact and beat the living shit out this miserable rig +hoping it's dark sleep hasn't caused something else to die. + +No, I'm not happy today. But that doesn't really matter. S-8S9.H1A.0900 is +locked in front of us and we'll spend the next six months trying to slow us down +enough to do what we're paid to do. Part of me hopes this message gets lost in +the QEC shit hole. I've probably already been too honest for CentOps comfort. + +Mission parameters nominal. Target signal strong. ETOA 6.2 terran months. + +]]> + EPX Corazon 23 - Volume 3 kirch@cosmic.voyage (kirch)