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+
+ Isla Ristol - El terror de la adolescencia
+ enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka)
+ gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b6.txt
+ gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/b6.txt
+ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:31:28 GMT
+
+Isla Ristol - Aventuras en Marte
+
+Entrada 2x6
+
+Acné, acné, acné. No he podido dormir soñando con el acné.
+Son sueños muy raros porque no me da miedo ni verguenza
+solo es que veo toda mi cara y todo mi cuerpo con acné y
+haga lo que haga salen más. Es más como un sueño de
+rebelión contra la naturaleza de mi cuerpo. ¿Será un
+efecto de marte?
+
+Lo único que sé es que estoy muy dormido y no quiero
+escribir ni hacer nada.
+
+Así que dejadme en paz.
+
+~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
+]]>
+
+
+ orestes - Happy to be among them
+ orestes@cosmic.voyage (orestes)
+ gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt
+ gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt
+ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:42:38 GMT
+
+
+Transmission Log - Orestes
+Author: Navy
+
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+Auto-generating preface...
+
+A log by NAVY, the first in over two years.
+
+He writes about feeling isolated.
+
+This is indeed the case. His sleep-cycle is the reverse of the
+other human-inhabitants, he rarely interacts with them.
+
+He also addresses his past comrade 'Abagail'. Perhaps the message
+could be forwarded to her at the Electra outpost if you see fit.
+
+Regarding the previous suggestion about replacing PINK, I
+understand your reasons for wanting to keep her in place, and will
+revise my evaluation-database for her accordingly.
+
+-END-OF-PREFACE-
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Greetings Arsinoe
+...and Abagail, if you are still aboard...
+
+I pray every morning. That is, I pray every time I wake. Mornings
+shift. Their time moves. After 5 years on this planet, I am still
+jet-lagged.
+
+This planet is small, I know that, but its landscape still feels so
+big. Towering rocks, brownish-red for the few moments the sun
+actually hits them. Mostly we're in shade. Surrounded on
+three-and-a-bit sides by mountains, we only feel the direct
+sunlight for five hours a day. Even then, we only sense it faintly
+through the thick glass on the westward porthole window.
+
+I've taken to calling our little enclave the devil's armchair.
+That's how it looks. A giant seat for a giant being.
+
+I am thankful for it though. The temperature is low, but it is
+shaded well from the dust storms that seem to plague us any time we
+venture West through the opening.
+
+It is rocky and dark, but it is a garden. And it has borne a great
+fruit - the crystals.
+
+The crystals are my only proof that God is a being of the universe
+and not only of our own planet.
+
+Yes, they healed me, saved me, but that does not mean that their
+sole purpose is to be of service to the human species, as some of
+my past comrades aboard the Arsinoe speculated. No, their purpose
+is deeper. Their miraculous qualities are simply a small testament
+to an even greater power.
+
+We already know this from the fragmented testaments of the first
+species to discover the crystals almost 5,000 years ago. We don't
+know much about this species, but we know they recognised something
+important about the crystals. I visit the rock where their records
+are etched almost every day. I will have a full translation of it
+ready soon.
+
+I know that I don't talk to you often, but I've been feeling more
+and more isolated here. PINK and GREEN bicker endlessly. They've
+both grown so stubborn. I used to talk with GREEN about theology.
+He explained Augustine's theory of time so beautifully to me. Even
+though we had our differences when it came to questions of belief,
+we could talk openly and warmly. Not anymore. I admit, it's partly
+my fault. I find it difficult to think about God these days without
+thinking about the crystals. And, whenever I mention the crystals,
+GREEN closes off.
+
+It's the same with PINK, but for different reasons. She never
+trusted me, never believed what happened to me on the first mission
+here. Why would I make it up, though? Both of them are so new here
+compared to me. It's difficult to relate to them sometimes. But,
+with PINK, we had our shared love of meditation. It was such a
+pleasure to meditate with her, she had such a peaceful inner core,
+she was so easy to be around. It's no longer like that, she has
+grown strange, she has bad ideas about the crystals. I can't
+talk to her anymore. She doesn't respect them.
+
+So, I mostly just keep to myself. I meditate alone. I visit the
+crystals every day. I no longer hope that they will repeat their
+previous miracle. Hoping seems like a violence now. I am happy to
+simply be among them.
+
+I don't think of you often Abagail, but when I do, I think of you
+fondly.
+
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+Complied by the Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator
+
+Info: Simple A.I., designed on-site for executing
+systems maintenance tasks and exchanging messages between
+the Orestes outpost and the Arsinoe.
+
+Built by Werner Young (2113-2151).
+
+Names of persons have been masked to protect their identity.
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+]]>
+
+
+ Ases Voyager - Lunch
+ cadence@cosmic.voyage (cadence)
+ gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Ases Voyager/02_lunch.txt
+ gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Ases Voyager/02_lunch.txt
+ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 01:58:34 GMT
+
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+**********************************************************************
+**** FROM: neb.symmons @ ases voyager
+**** SUBJECT: Lunch
+**** Transcript for QEC generated on:
+ 2330.04.18 @ 21:13 (local time)
+ by Aster, Neb's AI companion!
+**********************************************************************
+
+**** BEGIN TRANSCRIPT
+
+Good evening, folks. Well, it's evening for me, at least. Who knows
+what time looks like in your part of the universe.
+
+Everyone on board has been talking about the leak in the core sector
+for the past two days. Some people are worried that it signals the
+start of the end, and that different parts of the ship are going to
+break one after another until something important stops working and we
+all die. That's a bit too morbid for me. The Ases Voyager certainly
+isn't a new ship, but it was designed to last for centuries. We have
+minor disasters every once in a while, but that's just a normal part
+of living in space.
+
+Most people are carrying around a healthy amount of worry about the
+whole situation. After all, we don't have big exciting events that
+often. Some equipment was damaged, but nothing too important
+was lost. The engine itself was apparently unscathed, but I couldn't
+really get much information about that.
+
+That reminds me - I had lunch with Corinna yesterday. It was nice to
+catch up with her. She doesn't talk to Mom or Dad as often as I do, so
+I filled her in on the interesting things our parents have been up
+to. Dad has gotten really into hydroponics lately, and he's helping
+out in the gardens when he can. Mom is leading another big software
+project, naturally. She works in a different part of the engineering
+sector than I do, but I still drop by and say hello every once in a
+while. The Ases is large enough for people to grow up and become
+independent, but it's small enough that you'll run into your family
+more often than you expect.
+
+Corinna is the exception, I suppose. She's been more withdrawn
+lately. I tried asking her how things were going at work and how her
+friends were doing, but she just kept giving me the same old terse
+answers. "Everything's great." "My friends are doing well." "No, I
+haven't been out much lately, what are people into these days?" The
+last one isn't really something Corinna said, but it was certainly
+similar. I should convince Mara to drag her to a movie or something. I
+know it's a little awkward because they're ex-girlfriends and all, but
+I'm pretty sure they're still friends?
+
+The strangest part of it all was how cagey Corinna got when I started
+asking her questions about the core. I know she was exhausted from the
+night before, but I don't think that's why. She loves working in the
+core sector. She told me once that it combined all of her favorite
+parts of engineering. And Corinna isn't talkative, but she used to
+talk about her work more often. I'm kind of worried about her.
+
+I'll let her rest, though. She definitely needs it. Hopefully she'll
+feel better next week and I can ask her more questions about the core
+during lunch. For some reason, I just can't get it out of my head. I
+realized that I really don't know that much about the Ases Voyager's
+engine. It seems like an interesting branch of engineering to get
+involved in.
+
+For now, I need to go to sleep. Maybe tomorrow I'll see what
+information the library has about the core.
+
+Stay curious, friends. Goodnight.
+
+**** END TRANSCRIPT
+
+**********************************************************************
+]]>
+Isla Ristol - La locura gravitacional de los marcianosenteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka)
@@ -989,161 +1228,6 @@ a ver com o facto de a Rússia ser eternamente fria. Sim, fria.
>EOT
-]]>
-
-
- monara - bye bye Ganymede! Log-File >> space$pirates
- seek@cosmic.voyage (seek)
- gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/monara/3-esso-logfile.txt
- gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/monara/3-esso-logfile.txt
- Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:51:33 GMT
-
-Source : Monara (swifter-f440p) QEC
-Type : log file
-Software : Log Manager v1.05
-User : Esso98
-State : sent
-Target : space$pirates
-Date : 22-12-3020
-Time : 15:25:18
-
-Hello there space pirates, hope you guys
-are doing just fine. Tomorrow I am going
-to start my flight to Callisto. So today
-I had to stop by a town called 'Hornsey'.
-It was a busy town. The streets were crowded
-so was the shops. Apparently they have
-an upcoming festival or something. I didn't
-have time to investigate those. But I found
-something interesting there, a nice mobile
-QEC. It was 10BC but I bought it. I mean I
-spent 17BC for weed, soo.
-It has this nice display and a real nice
-keyboard. I just love the keyboard. And it
-can voice type too, just like the fixed
-one in my ship. But the thing is its range
-is pretty low compared to the built in one
-in my ship. But pretty sure this will come in
-handy.
-
-And I went food shopping too, if you can say
-so. I bought a small handgun and a shotgun.
-And btw some canned food too with some canned
-drinks. The shot gun is a robust old school one.
-One shot and you head will just get reduced into
-some smaller parts of tissues and flesh.
-And the handgun is old too, but has some pretty
-cool features. It can shoot bullets and laser
-beams. So it will come in handy if I had to
-cut open some metal doors or robots. It's been
-a while since I could get my hands on some
-real gear.
-
-But you know that those are not the real deal,
-eh. I am saving up for the real deal. Maybe I will
-be able to make some bucks in Callisto. So if I
-am lucky, then I can get some artillery attached
-to Monara yummy. Oh and a machine gun too.
-
-And I attached a pretty strong flashlight to Monara,
-and bought few handheld flash lights too. I mean
-dudes we are heading to Callisto. The freaking whole
-civilization is just undergroung. Who knows if we will
-have to fly through some long and dark holes. But so
-far I have only heard of good stories about Callisto.
-As I heard the people are friendly, the tunnels are
-big, secure and lighted, the food is great but green
-ones are pretty expensive as they have to provide
-all conditions artificially. But I heard there are
-real good meat there. Apparently they have huge animal
-farms, not sure if I will see some animals I've never
-seen before. But whatever, now I am a free man and
-will do whatever I feel like doing.
-And right now I feel like I want to go to Callisto!
-So catch ya later folks, Esso out!
-]]>
-
-
- Isla Ristol - Polaris, super-polaris, bum y que no me pille
- enteka@cosmic.voyage (enteka)
- gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/a34.txt
- gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla Ristol/a34.txt
- Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:45:19 GMT
-
-Isla Ristol
-
-Entrada 34
-
-Estoy escribiendo en secreto. Papá no quiere que escriba nada
-más por aquí, porque QEC está lleno de criminales que me podrían
-leer y esperarme en algún sitio oscuro de un planeta raro y
-hacerme algo malo.
-
-Eso es lo que piensa, así que me lo ha prohibido, escribir aquí.
-Pero hoy no he escuchado más criminales (ni a nadie) así que no
-creo que pase nada.
-
-Otras noticias: Polaris está muy rara, según dicen desde Marte
-puede convertirse en supernova en cualquier momento. ¿Te imaginas
-que fuera el mismo día que llegara a Marte?
-
-4 días para Marte,
-
-*******************
-~ Enteka (enteka_a_fastmail:::com)
-]]>
-
-
- monara - Log-File >> space$pirates
- seek@cosmic.voyage (seek)
- gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/monara/2-esso-logfile.txt
- gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/monara/2-esso-logfile.txt
- Thu, 11 Mar 2021 16:44:18 GMT
-
-Source : Monara (swifter-f440p) QEC
-Type : log file
-Software : Log Manager v1.05
-User : Esso98
-State : sent
-Target : space$pirates
-Date : 19-12-3020
-Time : 22:03:11
-
-I decided to try a new log keeping software
-called Log Manager. It's not that I don't like
-Log Keeper, I find it annoying to use the same
-software too long.
-
-I bought some cannabis capsules, from some well
-known vendors in Vos. To be honest those are some
-good quality stuff, I only spent 13MC and I could
-buy two dozens of capsules. I am not very much into
-those stuff, so may be I will sell few capsules.
-
-And I just found out about this small social media like
-thingy called 'space$pirates'. It's a small community of
-sailors who are not bound to laws, so from now on I will be
-sharing my log files with them.
-
-It's hard to be in a small space ship all alone for months.
-So at least some virtual company like this feels a little
-better. I kind of feel like even my personality is now changing.
-May be I will buy a small bot next time I go to a big city.
-
-Now flying over a huge forest. It's been few hours since I left Vos.
-And I already passed few towns and deserts. It's soothing to
-see a forest like this, so I slowed down the ship intentionally.
-I am not in a rush. And anyway I am already almost in the next
-side of Ganymede. I should fix some good quality 'space boom boosters'
-so I can jump to hyperspce, when I went to Callisto.
-And I feel like it will be better to finish this Ganymede tour
-quickly and just start my journey to Callisto. Considering its present
-position, I will be able to get there in 3 or 4 days if I started
-my travel this week.
-
-I can worry about those later, now I gotta enjoy this nice forest.
-Damn humans made Ganymede a whole new place!
-
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