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+| BLACK BOX OS v05.10.16
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+STATUS........................OK
+SEQUENCE.........TRANSCRIPT DUMP
+DESTINATION..................QEC
+ENCRYPTION.......MANUAL OVERRIDE
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+Day of Journey........TWO MONTHS
+                     POST LAUNCH
+Location of Recording....ENGINES
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+Begin Transcript
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+Engineer Thomas Coldsmith
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+
+Ach, that bloody flop Ragnar must have had both thumbs in his eyes when he agr-
+eed to this bloody ship. Even as a wee lad I woulda been able to tell this buc-
+ket of bolts is not worth the scravin credits. And the fool diddun buy this de-
+ath trap, oh no. The flamin' gallah has indentured himself for ten years inste-
+ad.
+
+I swear if the bastard hadn't of saved my hide I woulda told him to shove his
+ship into the nearest black hole. He's a lucky man, that's for sure. I don't t-
+hink anyone else would have the skills to take this flying abomination and make
+it right besides me.
+
+What was I going to say... I wonder if the still is done... Oh, that's right.
+
+We are only several weeks away from dear Kassabar. When we connected to the pl-
+anets infonet I started lookin for jobs worthy of my time. Found one that looks
+like a bit of fun: retro-fitting racing darts. Apparently they use artificial
+gravity generators to hold a few hundred asteroids together and scatter race 
+markers throughout. Brave and studpid lads then navigate through the ever chan-
+ging course. Sounds like a wee bit o' fun if I do say so myself. 
+
+I managed to land a job in one of the pit crews. Only a *little* bit of exager-
+ation in my application. 
+
+*Coldsmith laughs heartily*
+
+I'm not sure what the others have lined up. Speaking of others, bloody Hasig n-
+early gave me a heart attack last meal. Apparently Fenoff believes Hasig is re-
+ady to become a Mother, so she has began the year-long transition. I've heard 
+of them before, but it was my first time seeing a Daughter with the blood red 
+eyes. I knocked over a full stein of my favorite homebrew. That damned Lomere 
+just laughed as if it was the greatest joke in the world. Not only did I have
+to appologize for my rude outburst, Fenoff insisted I did, I lost the last of
+that scravin' vintage.
+
+It's going to be hard to look at those eyes for an entire year. But I already
+have the next batch going in the still so I won't have to do it alone.
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+END RECORDING