From ff3f647f51700294172359811e8a855c75c660e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Tomasino Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] backup --- gopher/RSS Revenant/1628.txt | 2 +- .../27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt | 156 +++++++++++++++++ gopher/adrestia/station-arrival.txt | 19 ++ gopher/listing.gophermap | 1 + gopher/rss.xml | 165 ++++++++++++++++++ 5 files changed, 342 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 gopher/Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt create mode 100644 gopher/adrestia/station-arrival.txt diff --git a/gopher/RSS Revenant/1628.txt b/gopher/RSS Revenant/1628.txt index fb83308..e6b259e 100644 --- a/gopher/RSS Revenant/1628.txt +++ b/gopher/RSS Revenant/1628.txt @@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ I found that none of us seemed too worried about mysterious beings bringing us to a dead planets. "There isn't anything else to discuss, is there?" Cranium asked, -there wasn't, and he pushed the button. +there wasn't, so he pushed the button. diff --git a/gopher/Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt b/gopher/Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7880e85 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +From: Vasu Soon-kit +To: Vasu Hui-lan +Delivered-To: Vasu Hui-lan +Received: from relay7.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov + by in-mta7.luna.gov + for vasu.huilan@luna.gov + with ESMTPSA id fkmzpwc10iqqzbg +Received: from qec.titan.org + by relay4.qec9.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov +Subject: I have finally convinced them! +Date: 22 Sep 2421 03:19:22 +0000 +Date-Local: 22 Sep 2421 03:19:22 +0000 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8" + +Embassy of the Luna Free State on Titan +Arrakeen Tower, Arrakis Planitia +Wednesday, 22 September, 2421 + +Dear Sister— + +Greetings from Arrakeen Tower! I trust you continue well, and that +our home remains more or less as I left it. + +As regards the joint endeavor whose possibility you and I discussed +at length last week, it pleases me at last to report success in +convincing what passes for a government here on Titan to +participate. Accordingly, we depart later today aboard their "And +Yet It Moves" - an absurd name for a ship, especially such an +impressively capable one. Sadly, I was not consulted in the matter. + +To be sure, I attribute this success in greatest measure to the +excellent work of our intelligence services, and in particular +Laporte's team debriefing the defector here. Had he failed to +recognize the import of her information and convey it directly to +me in person, I doubt I would have prevailed upon Branislav and her +government to consider our current project. As the matter stood, I +needed do little more than share with them the engineering drawings +and documents to demonstrate Earth's possession of a prototype FTL +capability. Blinkered as I've found their perception of +interplanetary affairs to be, even they found such a frightening +development impossible to ignore. + +You'll forgive me, dear sister, if I say that I have found my time +here somewhat trying. For all their impressive technological +acumen, and despite even their past recognition and exploitation of +the potentialities inherent in a moment of crisis, they are still +so utterly naïve! As if their wonderful machines were alone enough +to insulate them from the realities of the present crisis. There +are those among them not so susceptible to such wishful thinking, +and such voices seem to be achieving the ascendant in recent +weeks. But there are still so many of them who wish simply to hide +behind the methane mists of this rather unpleasant planet of +theirs, ignoring the worlds and by the worlds ignored. + +Had I known I would face such a trying task in convincing them that +Earth will not permit their comfortable isolation to continue, dear +sister...of course you know me too well to imagine that I'd have +sought to evade the assignment, for who else, after all, could you +have sent and hoped would do so well? But these people have taxed +my patience almost beyond imagination! + +But, dear sister, I can see your face as if I stood before you now, +and I know too well that expression of yours which tells me I tax +your own patience. You will of course wish to know the details of +our project and the reasoning behind my decision, and I will of +course provide them. + +You'll have received the same reports I have from our source on +Ganymede, regarding increased tempo of work in their experimental +systems yard. Combining that with the new information from the +Earth defector, my intelligence staff here believe with high +confidence that Earth intends an assault of some kind, within the +next twenty to forty days, on their own Ross 128 b colony. I concur +in this assessment, despite the lack of further corroboration from +our Ganymede source, from whom ForInt confirms we have received +nothing in the last several days. + +In light of such a provocative development, Ross 128 b has +decisively eclipsed Gliese 581 g in my estimation of potential +intervention sites. Recent word from Ganymede has been that the +scope of Gliese's supply and medical problems has been considerably +overestimated, and while I remain confident in the success of an +eventual diplomatic mission to Gliese 581, the Ross 128 colony's +highly precarious situation, and apparent disfavor in the eyes of +its own sponsors and home government, argues conclusively in favor +of its selection for our pilot project. + +Success in this endeavor requires, of course, that we outpace or at +least match Earth's own mission, lest we arrive to find a marine +division already in possession of the planet. From a purely +military perspective, this problem would be hardly insoluble, even +with the relatively small ground force we're bringing along; every +estimate agrees that Titan's ship is vastly better armed than +Earth's. However, I doubt our allies would face such action with +our own sangfroid. And even did I desire so to test our young +alliance, dear sister, you and I are of one mind in the criticality +of Earth not only initiating the coming war, but being seen by all +to have done so. Thus our hasty departure; though we may risk +leaving behind some person or element vital to the success of our +mission, I judge the risk of certain failure through delay far +greater. + +Despite my earlier complaints about the Titans' isolationist ways +and adorable foolishness regarding interplanetary concerns, I must +admit I have found my opposite number refreshingly open to the idea +that we must act, and act now. Indeed, despite the ambassador's +apparent lack of enthusiasm for this enterprise - even she, even +now, not grasping the desperate importance to both our worlds of +developing a substantial position beyond Earth's direct influence - +her actions since our most recent conversation have been such as to +justify my considerable respect for her initiative and dispatch. + +Draha may not yet fully understand the urgency of the actions we +now take, but she does understand the mutual benefit and sheer +necessity of our alliance, and she has acted with commendable +celerity to implement our decision to intervene. I have some hopes +that, by the time of our return, both the situation and I may have +succeeded in improving her grasp on the realities of interplanetary +affairs. + +Dear sister, I am bringing almost my entire mission with me, +leaving only my third attaché, Olivia Arzel, and her assistant to +continue our local mission and address any matters which may +arise. Given Titan's relative isolation and the multiple +necessities currently dividing Earth's fleet, I doubt there will be +much for her to do, even if the war does begin while I am +out-system. In any case, I expect at no time save during FTL +travel, which I understand interrupts the signal somehow, to be +unreachable via QEC, and Olivia has the good sense to consult me +should she find herself in need. Our interests will be well +represented in my absence. + +Of the Titans, in addition to their own diplomatic contingent under +Draha, we bring as full a medical and scientific establishment as +they are able to assemble in something less than a day, as well as +a few ground forces to supplement our diplomatic security +staffs. We have the reports of some sort of disease, native to the +planet, having somehow affected the colonists; I am assured that, +at minimum, we will be able to avoid either becoming ourselves +infected, or carrying some alien contagion back to Sol with us. + +As I mentioned in opening, we depart Titan later today aboard And +Yet It Moves. The uncertainties of FTL travel, I am told, prohibit +too precise a determination of our arrival date, but I gather the +various projections suggest we can expect to arrive on or about +October 15. I will communicate with you as I can, dear sister, and +certainly no later than upon our date of arrival. + +In the meantime - oh, you already know everything I'd say to you +now! I won't waste your time with flowery professions of philiary +love, or in imploring you to look after our people, as I know you +will. + +With love, and for Luna, I remain, your dear brother— + +Soon-kit. diff --git a/gopher/adrestia/station-arrival.txt b/gopher/adrestia/station-arrival.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4bb5db2 --- /dev/null +++ b/gopher/adrestia/station-arrival.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +bablefish transcript: + +adrestia /---\ +approaching Ł332 gue sector 8 / u u \ +xxx telemetry redacted xxx \_ / +ansibel yr 4824 \__/ + +[transcript follows...] + +geralt regis riavande, first writ scribe +--- +status abnormal, readings fluctuating + +we're not out of the woods yet. + +uh oh + +another + diff --git a/gopher/listing.gophermap b/gopher/listing.gophermap index 45e55b2..7167083 100644 --- a/gopher/listing.gophermap +++ b/gopher/listing.gophermap @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +0Voortrekker - I have finally convinced them! /Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt 0Quartz - Automated Ship /Quartz/007.txt 0Voortrekker - Love from Esperance /Voortrekker/26-love-from-esperance.txt 0Quartz - Hidden Memories /Quartz/006.txt diff --git a/gopher/rss.xml b/gopher/rss.xml index 13dd06d..a8a05b6 100644 --- a/gopher/rss.xml +++ b/gopher/rss.xml @@ -2,6 +2,171 @@ Cosmic Voyage gopher://cosmic.voyage Messages from the human stellar diaspora + + Voortrekker - I have finally convinced them! + alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis) + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt + gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/27-i-have-finally-convinced-them.txt + Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:00:32 GMT + +From: Vasu Soon-kit +To: Vasu Hui-lan +Delivered-To: Vasu Hui-lan +Received: from relay7.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov + by in-mta7.luna.gov + for vasu.huilan@luna.gov + with ESMTPSA id fkmzpwc10iqqzbg +Received: from qec.titan.org + by relay4.qec9.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov +Subject: I have finally convinced them! +Date: 22 Sep 2421 03:19:22 +0000 +Date-Local: 22 Sep 2421 03:19:22 +0000 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8" + +Embassy of the Luna Free State on Titan +Arrakeen Tower, Arrakis Planitia +Wednesday, 22 September, 2421 + +Dear Sister— + +Greetings from Arrakeen Tower! I trust you continue well, and that +our home remains more or less as I left it. + +As regards the joint endeavor whose possibility you and I discussed +at length last week, it pleases me at last to report success in +convincing what passes for a government here on Titan to +participate. Accordingly, we depart later today aboard their "And +Yet It Moves" - an absurd name for a ship, especially such an +impressively capable one. Sadly, I was not consulted in the matter. + +To be sure, I attribute this success in greatest measure to the +excellent work of our intelligence services, and in particular +Laporte's team debriefing the defector here. Had he failed to +recognize the import of her information and convey it directly to +me in person, I doubt I would have prevailed upon Branislav and her +government to consider our current project. As the matter stood, I +needed do little more than share with them the engineering drawings +and documents to demonstrate Earth's possession of a prototype FTL +capability. Blinkered as I've found their perception of +interplanetary affairs to be, even they found such a frightening +development impossible to ignore. + +You'll forgive me, dear sister, if I say that I have found my time +here somewhat trying. For all their impressive technological +acumen, and despite even their past recognition and exploitation of +the potentialities inherent in a moment of crisis, they are still +so utterly naïve! As if their wonderful machines were alone enough +to insulate them from the realities of the present crisis. There +are those among them not so susceptible to such wishful thinking, +and such voices seem to be achieving the ascendant in recent +weeks. But there are still so many of them who wish simply to hide +behind the methane mists of this rather unpleasant planet of +theirs, ignoring the worlds and by the worlds ignored. + +Had I known I would face such a trying task in convincing them that +Earth will not permit their comfortable isolation to continue, dear +sister...of course you know me too well to imagine that I'd have +sought to evade the assignment, for who else, after all, could you +have sent and hoped would do so well? But these people have taxed +my patience almost beyond imagination! + +But, dear sister, I can see your face as if I stood before you now, +and I know too well that expression of yours which tells me I tax +your own patience. You will of course wish to know the details of +our project and the reasoning behind my decision, and I will of +course provide them. + +You'll have received the same reports I have from our source on +Ganymede, regarding increased tempo of work in their experimental +systems yard. Combining that with the new information from the +Earth defector, my intelligence staff here believe with high +confidence that Earth intends an assault of some kind, within the +next twenty to forty days, on their own Ross 128 b colony. I concur +in this assessment, despite the lack of further corroboration from +our Ganymede source, from whom ForInt confirms we have received +nothing in the last several days. + +In light of such a provocative development, Ross 128 b has +decisively eclipsed Gliese 581 g in my estimation of potential +intervention sites. Recent word from Ganymede has been that the +scope of Gliese's supply and medical problems has been considerably +overestimated, and while I remain confident in the success of an +eventual diplomatic mission to Gliese 581, the Ross 128 colony's +highly precarious situation, and apparent disfavor in the eyes of +its own sponsors and home government, argues conclusively in favor +of its selection for our pilot project. + +Success in this endeavor requires, of course, that we outpace or at +least match Earth's own mission, lest we arrive to find a marine +division already in possession of the planet. From a purely +military perspective, this problem would be hardly insoluble, even +with the relatively small ground force we're bringing along; every +estimate agrees that Titan's ship is vastly better armed than +Earth's. However, I doubt our allies would face such action with +our own sangfroid. And even did I desire so to test our young +alliance, dear sister, you and I are of one mind in the criticality +of Earth not only initiating the coming war, but being seen by all +to have done so. Thus our hasty departure; though we may risk +leaving behind some person or element vital to the success of our +mission, I judge the risk of certain failure through delay far +greater. + +Despite my earlier complaints about the Titans' isolationist ways +and adorable foolishness regarding interplanetary concerns, I must +admit I have found my opposite number refreshingly open to the idea +that we must act, and act now. Indeed, despite the ambassador's +apparent lack of enthusiasm for this enterprise - even she, even +now, not grasping the desperate importance to both our worlds of +developing a substantial position beyond Earth's direct influence - +her actions since our most recent conversation have been such as to +justify my considerable respect for her initiative and dispatch. + +Draha may not yet fully understand the urgency of the actions we +now take, but she does understand the mutual benefit and sheer +necessity of our alliance, and she has acted with commendable +celerity to implement our decision to intervene. I have some hopes +that, by the time of our return, both the situation and I may have +succeeded in improving her grasp on the realities of interplanetary +affairs. + +Dear sister, I am bringing almost my entire mission with me, +leaving only my third attaché, Olivia Arzel, and her assistant to +continue our local mission and address any matters which may +arise. Given Titan's relative isolation and the multiple +necessities currently dividing Earth's fleet, I doubt there will be +much for her to do, even if the war does begin while I am +out-system. In any case, I expect at no time save during FTL +travel, which I understand interrupts the signal somehow, to be +unreachable via QEC, and Olivia has the good sense to consult me +should she find herself in need. Our interests will be well +represented in my absence. + +Of the Titans, in addition to their own diplomatic contingent under +Draha, we bring as full a medical and scientific establishment as +they are able to assemble in something less than a day, as well as +a few ground forces to supplement our diplomatic security +staffs. We have the reports of some sort of disease, native to the +planet, having somehow affected the colonists; I am assured that, +at minimum, we will be able to avoid either becoming ourselves +infected, or carrying some alien contagion back to Sol with us. + +As I mentioned in opening, we depart Titan later today aboard And +Yet It Moves. The uncertainties of FTL travel, I am told, prohibit +too precise a determination of our arrival date, but I gather the +various projections suggest we can expect to arrive on or about +October 15. I will communicate with you as I can, dear sister, and +certainly no later than upon our date of arrival. + +In the meantime - oh, you already know everything I'd say to you +now! I won't waste your time with flowery professions of philiary +love, or in imploring you to look after our people, as I know you +will. + +With love, and for Luna, I remain, your dear brother— + +Soon-kit. +]]> + Quartz - Automated Ship jebug29@cosmic.voyage (jebug29)