diff --git a/gopher/Ases Voyager/02_lunch.txt b/gopher/Ases Voyager/02_lunch.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3dd29a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Ases Voyager/02_lunch.txt @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +********************************************************************** + _ _ + _ __ ___ | |__ ( ) ___ + | '_ \ / _ \| '_ \ |/ / __| + | | | || __/| |_) | \__ \ + |_| |_| \___||_.__/ |___/ + + _ _ + _ __ __ _ __| |(_) ___ + | '__| / _` | / _` || | / _ \ + | | | (_| || (_| || || (_) | + |_| \__,_| \__,_||_| \___/ + + _ _ + ___ | |__ ___ __ __ / \ + / __|| '_ \ / _ \ \ \ /\ / / / / + \__ \| | | || (_) | \ V V / /\_/ + |___/|_| |_| \___/ \_/\_/ \/ + +********************************************************************** +**** 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 + +********************************************************************** diff --git a/gopher/Hisaishi Satellite/003_astrometrics.txt b/gopher/Hisaishi Satellite/003_astrometrics.txt index 61baae8..6d1bd1a 100644 --- a/gopher/Hisaishi Satellite/003_astrometrics.txt +++ b/gopher/Hisaishi Satellite/003_astrometrics.txt @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ were accurate enough to determine the death of a star within a year. I am more impressed with the formulae than the feat of building and guiding this Moon to orbit through all the parsecs and centuries. To constrain the supernova set of H1N0T from only faint stellar surveys, I hope this will be remembered as one of -the greater products of astronomical minds. +the great products of astronomical minds. It is strange, to accept something such as death before it is even confirmed. But we had faith in this star, enough to send this sacrificial Exploratory Moon diff --git a/gopher/Isla Ristol/b6.txt b/gopher/Isla Ristol/b6.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..089c78e --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Isla Ristol/b6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +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) diff --git a/gopher/atom.xml b/gopher/atom.xml index cddace8..fd6b179 100644 --- a/gopher/atom.xml +++ b/gopher/atom.xml @@ -4,9 +4,254 @@ Messages from the human stellar diaspora -2021-03-20T12:34:07Z +2021-03-21T17:31:28Z ©2021 All rights reserved gopher://cosmic.voyage/ + + Isla Ristol - El terror de la adolescencia + + enteka + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/b6.txt + 2021-03-21T17:31:28Z + +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 + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt + 2021-03-21T10:42:38Z + + +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 + + + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Ases%20Voyager/02_lunch.txt + 2021-03-21T01:58:34Z + +********************************************************************** + _ _ + _ __ ___ | |__ ( ) ___ + | '_ \ / _ \| '_ \ |/ / __| + | | | || __/| |_) | \__ \ + |_| |_| \___||_.__/ |___/ + + _ _ + _ __ __ _ __| |(_) ___ + | '__| / _` | / _` || | / _ \ + | | | (_| || (_| || || (_) | + |_| \__,_| \__,_||_| \___/ + + _ _ + ___ | |__ ___ __ __ / \ + / __|| '_ \ / _ \ \ \ /\ / / / / + \__ \| | | || (_) | \ V V / /\_/ + |___/|_| |_| \___/ \_/\_/ \/ + +********************************************************************** +**** 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 marcianos @@ -1026,167 +1271,6 @@ a ver com o facto de a Rússia ser eternamente fria. Sim, fria. >EOT -]]> - - - monara - bye bye Ganymede! Log-File >> space$pirates - - seek - - - gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/monara/3-esso-logfile.txt - 2021-03-12T10:51:33Z - -Source : Monara (swifter-f440p) QEC -Type : log file -Software : Log Manager v1.05 -User : Esso98 -State : sent -Target : space$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 - - - gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Isla%20Ristol/a34.txt - 2021-03-11T16:45:19Z - -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$pirates - - seek - - - gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/monara/2-esso-logfile.txt - 2021-03-11T16:44:18Z - -Source : Monara (swifter-f440p) QEC -Type : log file -Software : Log Manager v1.05 -User : Esso98 -State : sent -Target : space$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! - ]]> diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index b377df9..1c97b8c 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +0Isla Ristol - El terror de la adolescencia /Isla Ristol/b6.txt +0orestes - Happy to be among them /orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt +0Ases Voyager - Lunch /Ases Voyager/02_lunch.txt 0Isla Ristol - La locura gravitacional de los marcianos /Isla Ristol/b5.txt 0Isla Ristol - Sangre con lentejas y almejas /Isla Ristol/b4.txt 0Isla Ristol - La humanidad ha perdido a su amiga /Isla Ristol/b3.txt diff --git a/gopher/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt b/gopher/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f7175a --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/orestes/04_happy_to_be_among_them.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ + +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. +---------------------------------------------------------------- + diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index 6a5f3e1..c4e3b59 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,245 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + 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 + +********************************************************************** + _ _ + _ __ ___ | |__ ( ) ___ + | '_ \ / _ \| '_ \ |/ / __| + | | | || __/| |_) | \__ \ + |_| |_| \___||_.__/ |___/ + + _ _ + _ __ __ _ __| |(_) ___ + | '__| / _` | / _` || | / _ \ + | | | (_| || (_| || || (_) | + |_| \__,_| \__,_||_| \___/ + + _ _ + ___ | |__ ___ __ __ / \ + / __|| '_ \ / _ \ \ \ /\ / / / / + \__ \| | | || (_) | \ V V / /\_/ + |___/|_| |_| \___/ \_/\_/ \/ + +********************************************************************** +**** 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 marcianos enteka@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! - ]]>