diff --git a/gopher/HSV Syrinx/lostcarrier_3.txt b/gopher/HSV Syrinx/lostcarrier_3.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0b6cdf0 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/HSV Syrinx/lostcarrier_3.txt @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +From: Al Flintridge +To: Toronto Command +Message Id: {89eb44b8-d7fa-4e3c-b893-67eea2041802} +Subject: Destination Status Update #3 + +Transcript of audio recording from 2265-08-01 21:41:17 UTC: + + +Captain! +Captain? +Max, get a MedTech up here on the double! + + +Aye, Aye! + + +MedBay 2, we have an emergency on the bridge! +Repeat, we have an emergency on the bridge! +Report to the bridge, immediately! + + +On the way, XO! + + +Alright, status everyone! + + +Communications online, XO! +No damage on the board + + +GNS online, sir! +All navigation systems are functional + + +Lazlo, what's the status of the reactor? + + +Bypass completed! +Reactor is now back online, sir! + + +All propulsion systems are functional! +Hull integrtiy is nominal +Looks like everything is still intact, XO + + +Life support? + + +LSS and FRS are both fully functional +Plenty of air left in the tanks, sir! + + +What the hell happened, sir? + + +I don't know +All I heard is a crackling noise and then the Captain went down + + +Where's your emergency, sir? + + +Check the Cap... +What's that? +Max, what is THAT? + + +XO, I have no idea +Wait...radiation along the hull is spiking +Oh no! XO, we have a proble...T$0L +\$(L +T$0H +L$8L +D$@H +D$@H +L$8H +T$0L +D$@L +L$8H +T$0I +\$(H +\$(H +t$@H +L$HH +D$@L +L$8L +T$0L +\$(L +T$0H +L$8L +D$@H +D$@H +L$8L +T$0H +D$@L +L$8L +T$0L +\$(H +\$@I +\$(H +[]A\A]A^ \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/gopher/Star Destroyer Lovell/001.txt b/gopher/Star Destroyer Lovell/001.txt index b45a70d..58a8ba5 100644 --- a/gopher/Star Destroyer Lovell/001.txt +++ b/gopher/Star Destroyer Lovell/001.txt @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ to anybody. Out of all of the gang, he's the most forgivable. After all, he's 52. He's also super forgiving when I make mistakes, and is probably 65% of the reason I'm still on the Lovell to begin with. -But then there's the Liutenant Colonel. He's a massive, how do I put this? +But then there's the Lieutenant Colonel. He's a massive, how do I put this? Douchebag. Let's go with douchebag. He's as bad with technology as the good Colonel, but he's so much more of a jerk about it. Every time I have to fix his diff --git a/gopher/Star Destroyer Lovell/002.txt b/gopher/Star Destroyer Lovell/002.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d7f8714 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Star Destroyer Lovell/002.txt @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +[initiating transmission....................GOOD] +[encoding text to speech....................GOOD] +[translating message to Common..............GOOD] +[displaying text............................GOOD] + +Alright, I'm back. So, I was right, I've been promoted! I'm now officially +Captain Craig Kennedy, Technical Class, of the Star Destroyer Lovell. My +promotion is more than just an extra badge for my suit; it also gives me more +control over daily life on the Lovell. + +For instance, I decided to channel my inner BOFH. Some Privates were playing a +game of American football in the rec area, so I turned off the gravsim and +watched them try to hurriedly adjust to not having gravity. They seemed to +enjoy it, even if it was a hassle to get them close enough to the ground for me +to turn the gravsim back on. + +So, the Lieutenant Colonel managed to break his communicator, just before a big +training battle was to commence, and rather than tell me about it before the +training exercise, or postpone the training exercise, he called me on a +Private's communicator *after the exercise* to complain about me not fixing his +communicator. Apparently, being a Captain Technical Class means I'm supposed to +be clairvoyant. I don't remember getting future-vision recently. + +Anyways, I went down, and when I saw just how badly it was broken, I was +speechless. He had managed to physically snap the communicator in half, battle +shell and all. He wouldn't say what happened, but one of the Privates told me +he had shut it in a door. Many times. All because he had stubbed his toe and +needed to take it out on something. + +Needless to say, the communicator was totalled. I managed to get him a new one, +and I warned him to be careful with it. He ignored my warnings (as always), and +proceeded to trip down the stairs outside of my office carrying it. Karma's a +cruel mistress. + +One screen replacement later, and the Lieutenant Colonel was on his way. + +Meanwhile, the Seargant finally apologized to everybody about the bridge. Only +took him 16 hours. Imagine if he had destroyed a less-frequented area of the +base; he might not have apologized for a year or two. Anyways, the Colonel +finally stood up, and told the Seargant to run the drills in the battle sim or +to not run them at all. The Seargant seemed really upset, but he couldn't +disobey a direct order from his superior. + +Anyways, I'm gonna go to sleep now. I hope to write more, later, about our +misadventures here on the Lovell. For now, I'm Captain Craig Kennedy, Technical +Class, from the Star Destroyer Lovell, signing off officially! Talk to you all +later... + +[ending transmission........................GOOD] diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 4ff5c15..1f45b03 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +0Star Destroyer Lovell - MESSAGE 002 /Star Destroyer Lovell/002.txt +0HSV Syrinx - Transmission failur....lost carrier /HSV Syrinx/lostcarrier_3.txt 0Eventuality - SYSTEM START /Eventuality/SYSTEM_START.txt 0HSV Syrinx - transmission restor...lost carrier /HSV Syrinx/lostcarrier_2.txt 0SVERSYL - 00002 /SVERSYL/00002.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index 47d9194..c7bfb45 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,175 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + Star Destroyer Lovell - MESSAGE 002 + khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Star Destroyer Lovell/002.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Star Destroyer Lovell/002.txt + Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:03:36 GMT + +[initiating transmission....................GOOD] +[encoding text to speech....................GOOD] +[translating message to Common..............GOOD] +[displaying text............................GOOD] + +Alright, I'm back. So, I was right, I've been promoted! I'm now officially +Captain Craig Kennedy, Technical Class, of the Star Destroyer Lovell. My +promotion is more than just an extra badge for my suit; it also gives me more +control over daily life on the Lovell. + +For instance, I decided to channel my inner BOFH. Some Privates were playing a +game of American football in the rec area, so I turned off the gravsim and +watched them try to hurriedly adjust to not having gravity. They seemed to +enjoy it, even if it was a hassle to get them close enough to the ground for me +to turn the gravsim back on. + +So, the Lieutenant Colonel managed to break his communicator, just before a big +training battle was to commence, and rather than tell me about it before the +training exercise, or postpone the training exercise, he called me on a +Private's communicator *after the exercise* to complain about me not fixing his +communicator. Apparently, being a Captain Technical Class means I'm supposed to +be clairvoyant. I don't remember getting future-vision recently. + +Anyways, I went down, and when I saw just how badly it was broken, I was +speechless. He had managed to physically snap the communicator in half, battle +shell and all. He wouldn't say what happened, but one of the Privates told me +he had shut it in a door. Many times. All because he had stubbed his toe and +needed to take it out on something. + +Needless to say, the communicator was totalled. I managed to get him a new one, +and I warned him to be careful with it. He ignored my warnings (as always), and +proceeded to trip down the stairs outside of my office carrying it. Karma's a +cruel mistress. + +One screen replacement later, and the Lieutenant Colonel was on his way. + +Meanwhile, the Seargant finally apologized to everybody about the bridge. Only +took him 16 hours. Imagine if he had destroyed a less-frequented area of the +base; he might not have apologized for a year or two. Anyways, the Colonel +finally stood up, and told the Seargant to run the drills in the battle sim or +to not run them at all. The Seargant seemed really upset, but he couldn't +disobey a direct order from his superior. + +Anyways, I'm gonna go to sleep now. I hope to write more, later, about our +misadventures here on the Lovell. For now, I'm Captain Craig Kennedy, Technical +Class, from the Star Destroyer Lovell, signing off officially! Talk to you all +later... + +[ending transmission........................GOOD] +]]> + + + HSV Syrinx - Transmission failur....lost carrier + alchemyjones@cosmic.voyage (alchemyjones) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/HSV Syrinx/lostcarrier_3.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/HSV Syrinx/lostcarrier_3.txt + Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:14:13 GMT + +From: Al Flintridge +To: Toronto Command +Message Id: {89eb44b8-d7fa-4e3c-b893-67eea2041802} +Subject: Destination Status Update #3 + +Transcript of audio recording from 2265-08-01 21:41:17 UTC: + + +Captain! +Captain? +Max, get a MedTech up here on the double! + + +Aye, Aye! + + +MedBay 2, we have an emergency on the bridge! +Repeat, we have an emergency on the bridge! +Report to the bridge, immediately! + + +On the way, XO! + + +Alright, status everyone! + + +Communications online, XO! +No damage on the board + + +GNS online, sir! +All navigation systems are functional + + +Lazlo, what's the status of the reactor? + + +Bypass completed! +Reactor is now back online, sir! + + +All propulsion systems are functional! +Hull integrtiy is nominal +Looks like everything is still intact, XO + + +Life support? + + +LSS and FRS are both fully functional +Plenty of air left in the tanks, sir! + + +What the hell happened, sir? + + +I don't know +All I heard is a crackling noise and then the Captain went down + + +Where's your emergency, sir? + + +Check the Cap... +What's that? +Max, what is THAT? + + +XO, I have no idea +Wait...radiation along the hull is spiking +Oh no! XO, we have a proble...T$0L +\$(L +T$0H +L$8L +D$@H +D$@H +L$8H +T$0L +D$@L +L$8H +T$0I +\$(H +\$(H +t$@H +L$HH +D$@L +L$8L +T$0L +\$(L +T$0H +L$8L +D$@H +D$@H +L$8L +T$0H +D$@L +L$8L +T$0L +\$(H +\$@I +\$(H +[]A\A]A^]]> + Eventuality - SYSTEM START kayw@cosmic.voyage (kayw) @@ -621,7 +790,7 @@ than sleeping isn't it? khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm) gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Star Destroyer Lovell/001.txt gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Star Destroyer Lovell/001.txt - Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:43:21 GMT + Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:41:05 GMT [initiating transmission....................GOOD] [encoding text to speech....................GOOD] @@ -655,7 +824,7 @@ to anybody. Out of all of the gang, he's the most forgivable. After all, he's 52. He's also super forgiving when I make mistakes, and is probably 65% of the reason I'm still on the Lovell to begin with. -But then there's the Liutenant Colonel. He's a massive, how do I put this? +But then there's the Lieutenant Colonel. He's a massive, how do I put this? Douchebag. Let's go with douchebag. He's as bad with technology as the good Colonel, but he's so much more of a jerk about it. Every time I have to fix his