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t+1 On Our Way
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We have left orbit but that's not exciting.
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It seems exactly the same as being in orbit.
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Unless you peer out a view port and notice the Earth is smaller.
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But two things are exciting.
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One is official, one is personal.
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The Captain came by my cabin.
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I was floored.
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Never expected to see him here.
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He put me in charge of the QEC.
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Seems his comm guys are more like technicians.
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None of them have had any physics.
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As a Nexialist I have been thoroughly versed in all the sciences.
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Also I don't think he really cares about the QEC.
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When I inquired about my duties he said check it out and make sure it works.
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When I asked what I should send he said he didn't care.
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I think he's looking at it as an emergency backup.
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Which it is, for the next 1000 days or so.
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If he were well versed in Physics he would realize that eventually
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the QEC will be all the comm we have.
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So I have to verify that it's working and I have to check it daily.
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I don't have any other responsibilities right now
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and I have no access to the official reports so
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I am going to send my log daily as a check report.
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So if you are reading me please reply.
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On the personal excitement front KaTanne came by as soon as the Captain left.
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Either she was waiting not wanting to disturb us.
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Or she was checking up on what the Captain wanted.
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Or it was a coincidence.
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That's logic.
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But I think it was the last because she asked me about the book I was reading.
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So I showed her, The World Of Null-A, by A.E. VanVogt.
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That made her excited.
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She said she really liked VanVogt.
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Reading him gave her a funny feeling.
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Like she was in the novel.
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I told her that was funny.
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Since many of his novels had no girls in them at all.
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She said when she read his stuff she felt just like a man.
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Not like a girl at all.
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So I don't know if she was trying to turn me off.
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Or come on to me in a weird way.
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And I don't care.
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I'm just glad I have someone to talk to about something.
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And so now I can talk to KaTanne about A.E. VanVogt.
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And I can talk to all of you out on the QEC.
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Exciting!
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