diff --git a/gopher/The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt b/gopher/The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt index 3cbf348..c7fd7d0 100644 --- a/gopher/The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt +++ b/gopher/The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt @@ -1,13 +1,55 @@ -Kor begins working on a ship as it awaits eventual sale on the -planet [REDACTED]. The hyperdrive is non-stock, and Kor lacks the -necessary parts to adapt it for use with this freighter. The -unfortunate result of this is that the ship will need to be -constantly refueled until the correct parts are acquired. +After years of misadventures and close calls, keeping his head down +for over a decade after the Fall of the Empire, it was the year 14 +ABY. Kor had worked a string of pointless jobs on planets that all +started to look the same. Occasional word of Innominate will pop up +to vex regimes and corporations across the Galaxy, and they were +never caught. Only a few of those have ever met Kor, even fewer +connect the dots to the mysterious figure who helped expose +Imperial war crimes, and the everyman mechanic/engineer Kor +Novablast. Even the Novagold family had failed to reach out, due to +inability to find their sun or disinterest, perhaps they have their +own post-war problems, who knows? But perhaps now, after all these +years, Kor would be willing to embark on a renewed life of +adventure, should the right opportunity fall into his lap. -[UNKNOWN] +Kor had been the resident mechanic of a sleazy used ship salesman +on the planet Lantillies. Snuurrt, a Caaramon of ill-repute who +read a series of Holos on how to trick customers into thinking you +are agreeing with them while actually fleecing him, had tasked Kor +with fixing a ship that, by all rights, should never be shown to +customers. The Steel Lady -The Steel Lady was sold to Mad Man Mooney, the proceeds of this -transaction were used to purchase The Silver Falcon. Moments after -the transation took place, the faulty hyperdrive exploded, -completely obliterating Mad Man Mooney's asteroid and all -inhabitants. +A GX-1 short hauler built right there on planet Lantillies, it had +been upgraded with a Class-1 hyperdrive of questionable ethical and +legal origin - anything faster and it would undoubtedly be illegal +aftermarket modding. The hack job resulted in a rather significant +issue; the hyperdrive functions, but it pulls too much power from +the hypermatter fuel injector, requiring over-frequent refueling. +Also, it might explode? Probably not. But maybe. + +Kor had been working for days and nights on this ship to get it in +sellable condition, sometimes napping in the labyrinthian +engineering bowels of the ship, out of sight from perfunctory view. +Unbeknownst to him, this particular craft is a lost cause. + +One day Kor awoke with an all-too familiar feeling in his gut - he +was in space - somebody had taken The Steel Lady off-planet. He +soon found himself amongst new faces: + +Cyrus McCain - The Lady's new Captain. +Duhah - a blue-skinned mystic, hidden beneath a pile of robes +Liahra - a medic with a military past. +9D-88 - a large welding droid (who was soon enhanced by Kor's + deft hands) + +After jumping from planet to planet, making deliveries as The Lady +was tasked to do, and Kor desperately trying to hold the ship +together, the hyperdrive finally became in-operable. The ship lost +all power. Floating adrift through space, the crew had to think +fast. Soon an ancient statue was found gilded with enough gold to +repair the burnt-out wiring, they were able to pilot the ship to +Madman Mooney's used spaceship sales, located on a small asteroid +nearby. The Steel Lady was sold, the proceeds of this transaction +were used to purchase The Silver Falcon. Moments after the +transation took place, the faulty hyperdrive exploded, completely +obliterating Mad Man Mooney's asteroid and all inhabitants. diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 49e82ff..e3c95c7 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +0Hoffnung - we are still alive /Hoffnung/014.txt +0The Steel Lady - Historical Logs of the Steel Lady /The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt 0Tom - Quantum Communications Trial #5873 /Tom/0001.txt 0adrestia - unexpected dilation on approach /adrestia/dilation.txt 0Melvin P Feltersnatch - Please help /Melvin P Feltersnatch/001.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index c491c13..3c38bc5 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,91 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + Hoffnung - we are still alive + kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/014.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/014.txt + Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:50:57 GMT + + + + The Steel Lady - Historical Logs of the Steel Lady + kirch@cosmic.voyage (kirch) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt + Fri, 21 Dec 2018 02:09:57 GMT + + Tom - Quantum Communications Trial #5873 aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)