From a528a5c9e3d4a5b54c92520564229e97802186eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Tomasino Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backup --- gopher/listing.gophermap | 1 + gopher/orestes/201_moving_on.txt | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 83 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gopher/orestes/201_moving_on.txt diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 7b399ba..7c0397f 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +0orestes - Moving on /orestes/201_moving_on.txt 0St. Aemilian - A concern for prayer /St. Aemilian/01.txt 0Isla Ristol - Hay vida _muy_ inteligente :) /Isla Ristol/c05.txt 0Isla Ristol - 10 ?"queremos vivir" 20 goto 10 /Isla Ristol/c04.txt diff --git a/gopher/orestes/201_moving_on.txt b/gopher/orestes/201_moving_on.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..673ee77 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/orestes/201_moving_on.txt @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +=== +Author: Green +Date: May 23, 2172 (Earth Standard Time) +Location: Orestes Outpost +=== + +It's been two years since Ruby's departure. I thought it was about +time I returned to this dusty old terminal and hacked something out +to send into the void. + +We panicked for a while after she left. We were confused about +where she would have gone, how she went. Well, let's just say that +I was confused. The other two went off the rails. They weren't +worried too much about Ruby, only about their precious crystals. +Once again, it's been a living hell sharing this little rock with +them. If I didn't have Olive keeping me sane, the whole place would +have fallen to pieces. + +Olive is two now. She can say "Daddy". She is resilient. She needed +to be. + +Something happened recently that finally pulled us together again. +We discovered a stash of mining equipment, along with a broken +drone rocket, all sent from Arsinoe. It turned out they were +getting some of our messages after all. Fuckers. + +Anyway, we were angry when we found out about this little delivery +that was so malicious kept from us by our A.I. I mean, we couldn't +really believe it at first, it sounded like too much of a cliche. + +To make things worse, we realised our communications system with +Arsinoe had a little built-in preface module that allowed the A.I. +to editorialise about our messages and open a backdoor channel to +Arsinoe. We can easily check any outgoing network traffic from the +outpost, but since the A.I. messages were piggy-backed on ours, we +never noticed it was communicating. All we saw were our outgoing +logs. We are still confused about the fact that the A.I. seemed to +be 'responding' to messages from Arsinoe. We have no record of any +incoming traffic here for three years. + +We all agreed to temporally disable the WHYTE A.I. It's been a bit +burdensome. We now have to manually monitor and update the systems +around the outpost. Navy drew up a rota and everyone's been pulling +their weight so far. It's starting to get better. We've united +behind our common frustration with WHYTE and the Arsinoe. + +Most of the communication functions of the base were heavily +integrated with the WHYTE, so we're sort of in the dark now. We +have no access to any outside information at all. I finally managed +to rewrite some of the terminal code to allow us to transmit +messages outward using the QEC at least. If Arsinoe is still out +there (doubtful), it may see the messages indirectly. Not that we +can see its responses. + +I'm mostly just sending this out now for posterity. + +Having said that, I've kept the name 'masking' protocol. I never +understood why it was there in the first place, but I figure it +must have been for a reason. So, just to be safe, I'm keeping it. +I'm still Green, for now. + +We should be able to survive here indefinitely. Our garden is still +producing well and there are enough rations to feed four for eight +years. + +We've started digging. Navy has some theory about a hidden room +somewhere on the planet. Neither Pink or I really believe him about +it, but there isn't much else to do here. I've studied the mining +equipment thoroughly, and I think I can keep it running for a +while. We should be able to get pretty deep, but it will take some +time with the way the rocks are here. + +Pink has pretty much ignored Olive since she was born. It's like +she doesn't really exist for her. It depresses me. I think she will +come around eventually, but it's been hard for Olive, going without +attention from her mother, and hard for me too. + +I hope we find something down there. + +=== +Sent via the QEC +