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<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
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<title>Cosmic Voyage</title>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage</link>
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<description>Messages from the human stellar diaspora</description>
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<item>
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<title>bio station 72 - Assistance required within South Serpens cluster</title>
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<author>jchelpau@cosmic.voyage (jchelpau)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/bio station 72/000-assistance-required.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/bio station 72/000-assistance-required.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:39:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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To: rs001@l4.s0l
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From: comms@bio72.south.serpens
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Date: 3522-03-22 03:29:27
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Subject: Assistance required within South Serpens cluster
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This is bio station 72 orbiting protostar 308B.
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An unidentified ship is on a direct trajectory towards us.
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We believe the ship is between 1 and 3 light years away.
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Speed estimates uncertain, faster than light travel likely.
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The ship is not responding to any of our comms.
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Please relay this message on broadcast communications.
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If within the South Serpens cluster, please contact this ship.
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Thanks,
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Steve Campbell - Head Engineer
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]]></description>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>K-231 - Message 42341f: Fixed!</title>
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<author>leto@cosmic.voyage (leto)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/K-231/message_42341f.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/K-231/message_42341f.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:31:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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Date: 05-03-4300T21:30:12+0000
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Managed to fix this terminal, finally. I hope it will work, the message
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queue is giant, and for some reason messages don't want to connect to
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the head system at the right time. I hope somebody still reads this
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network. Our ship has been in space for a long time, though the ship
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clock has been destroyed years ago. It is hard to speak our, as we are
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not the first inhibitors of this ship, and I bet this terminal has been
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used to send help messages before. Well, it was me who knew how to fix
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this system. But I do not know how to get queue of messages in order and
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do not blame me if some past messages will come in soon. Lets say that
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we are traders, but from architecture of this ship it seems it wasn't
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a trading model at all times.
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I will not share my name on this network, as there are few people in the
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space that are looking for me, cause as I said - traders and everyone
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knows how the art of trading has changed now. The name of the ship on the
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network seems to be the original name, despite I can see a remnants of
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other users of this ship using other names - so if anyone heard about:
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Bashtofl, Kafadr, Babelonian, etc it is the same ship. I have decided
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to not change it in respect of the original users of this ship. And as
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we are merchants, I'd like to say that we have a good deal on Ferdtech
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Terminals, 2 for 500 credits, no guarantee.
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]]></description>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>Oleander - Sister Asiya</title>
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<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Oleander/004-sister-asiya.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Oleander/004-sister-asiya.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2019 20:27:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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REC ON
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TRN ON
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ENC FAILED
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SYS GOOD
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-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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Entry 4 -- Sister Asiya
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I am Asiya, called Choden in Hazen, Tashi among the drokpa, named
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Lobsang by the lama after the eighty-second of his name, and this
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is my story. I give it to the stars that you might know me and
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know our plight. If I succeed, let this be my testament. If
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I fail, may my words carry the mantel to your shoulders. The Jinn
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are enemies of all life. They are your enemy, my sisters.
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My village in the southern mountains of Hazen's Emirat continent
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was called Shannan Karpek. We were far from the influence of the
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emir and lived the old ways. My brother inherited our farm when
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our bubākō passed. He was a devout child and grew to become an
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honest man I was proud of, my Utkrishta. He met a muslima while
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trading and they were to be married with the next harvest
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celebration. This was not unknown in Shannan Karpek where we all
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understood the Buddha and Allah as the faces of a coin. I was
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proud of my brother, as were my sisters and our cousins.
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Through all of this I was a herdswoman, a shepherdess, and my kyr
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were lush and beautiful. I was too young still to be married, but
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already I knew my passion in flesh was not for men. This also was
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not unknown in Shannan Karpek. My brother loved me, as did my
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sisters and our cousins.
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The season of growing and birth was upon the land when the Jinn
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came to Hazen. We saw nothing of this at first being so far from
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the cities and star ports. Even when word reached us of the
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fighting and the dying, our elders spoke with sadness about these
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things happening far away. The Jinn had no reason to come to
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Shannan Karpek, no reason to take our kyr and our wheat. They flew
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in cities among the stars. They ate stardust and the light. They
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could create wonders and destroy cities with ease. We were safe.
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My brother's cry woke me in the night. It was sharp and high, the
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sound he made as a child waking from a nightmare. But he was not
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a child any longer and my fear grew. So quickly roused from sleep,
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perhaps I still had something of the dream upon my eyes, or
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perhaps I knew something terrible had come deep in my heart.
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I know that I was a coward then, whatever the reason. My brother
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cried out and I froze. I did not go to him. When other voices
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began to join his, when the village was filled with screaming,
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I did not go to them. I hid.
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I crawled first beneath my bedding, and then into a corner of
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a storage cellar under our flooring. From my hiding place,
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I listened to the suffering of my family and friends. I listened
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as they were gathered up and torn apart, one after another. Men
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torn to shreds, women in pieces, even the children. My people were
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butchered like kyr at market. The screams. The endless screams. My
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people took days to die while I hid. Between sobbing I ate stored
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goods in the crawlspace under my hut. I stayed in fear and shame,
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lying in pools of my own waste waiting for those screams to end.
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My shame. It knows no limits.
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The Jinn are not like us, sisters. They do not have hearts of men,
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though they may look like men when they choose. They are not
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created as we are, called toward goodness and family. They do not
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battle and war to preserve what they have or even for conquest of
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land and goods that they need. They do not make war, they make
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havoc and pain. They butchered us in the mountains, they butchered
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us in the cities. They left one village untouched for every twenty
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ruined, driven into dust. That village they visited and gifted the
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meat. Those poor, poor people. They... they were forced to accept
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our meat.
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The Jinn knows our ways and our customs. They know our souls and
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they know how to injure us there at the core of our beliefs. They
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do not seek to kill us, they want us broken so fully that we rot
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from the inside.
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I am a coward who survived the massacre of Shannan Karpek, who
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survived the ruin of the Emirat, who survived the consumption of
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Hazen. There are others who lived, but none of them survived. I am
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alone in my shame and honor.
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These women with me share that burden. We are what happens when
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the pick strikes a stone in the field. The earth may be tilled
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again and again, furrows deep and harvested casually. Then, with
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a suddenness that can only come to those who are absolutely
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confident in their control, a piece of flint. The sparks will fly
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soon. They will seem small in the vastness of space and time, but
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we have a secret.
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We know the Jinn. We now know their ways and customs. We know
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their souls, or lack thereof. We do not seek to kill them. We will
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break them so fully that their rot will consume them.
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I have no life remaining but the one they gave me that night in
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Shannan Karpek. I have no path left but the one they set me upon.
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All of our Gods have seen what will come. The Jinn have none to
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warn them, so I will do it myself.
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I have shared with you in the clear. I do not hide my story from
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the Jinn or from my sisters. It will not save them from what is to
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come. Let them burn with my words upon their lips.
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To my sisters--
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EMAHO
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No-tsar sang-gyä nang-wa ta-yä dang
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yä-su jo-wo tug-je chen-po dang
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yön-du sem-pa tug-chen tob-nam-la
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sang-gyä chang-sem pag-me kor-gi-kor.
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De-kyi no-tsar pag-du me-pa-yi
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de-wa-chen-she-cha-wä shin-kam-der
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dag-ni di-nä tse-pö-jur-ma-tag
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kye-wa shen-kyi bar-ma chö-pa-ru.
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De-ru kye-nä nang-tä shäl-tong shog
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de-kä dag-ki mön-lam tab-pa-di
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chog-chu’i sang-gyä chang-sem tam-chä-kyi
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geg-me trub-par chin-ji-lab-tu-sol.
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TAYATA BENTSA DRI AWA BODHA NA YE SOHA
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Asiya
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-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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]]></description>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>Voortrekker - I need you at Ross</title>
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<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/15-i-need-you-at-ross.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/15-i-need-you-at-ross.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:17:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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From: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
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To: Bill Tasker <wtasker@navy.mil.earthsys.gov>
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Delivered-To: Tasker William T W/GEN <wtasker@navy.mil.earthsys.gov>
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Received: from relay1.local.ganymede.earthsys.gov
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by in-2.secure.ganymede.navy.mil.earthsys.gov
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with ESMTPSA id 0xS4UTkOl1VcqYV
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for wtasker@navy.mil.earthsys.gov
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Received: from relay1.qec5.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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by relay2.qec1.ganymede.earthsys.gov
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Received: from outbound.exclusiveservices.net
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by relay3.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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Subject: I need you at Ross
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Date: 14 Sep 2421 06:56:13 +0000
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Date-Local: 14 Sep 2421 06:56:13 +0000
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
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Bill, I don't think he's going to listen. He's always been
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soft. Good with his people because of it, but it's a weakness, and
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I think it's going to stop him from doing what has to be done.
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I need you out there as soon as possible. I know you're not done
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working up yet, but that isn't going to be a problem for you, is
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it? Call it a trial cruise. Hell, say you're going out there to
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relieve the colony - I can pull some strings and make it an
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official request, load you up with a med team and a couple bays'
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worth of supplies for them, and that'll still give you more than
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enough force to deal with the problem. It's only 27 of them, and
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you'll have, what, 20000 marines?
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Tell your people to go a little easy on the rest if they can. The
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med workups are going to be unpleasant enough, and we do need to
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end up with a minimally viable colony still out there once you're
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done cleaning up. From the sound of it, they still think these are
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the people they used to know, and they spent 25 years in space
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together. You know and I know there's no cause for grief, but
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they're going to need some time to realize it, and the more we can
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avoid making that worse, the quicker we'll have the healthy colony
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out there we need. So keep the collateral under twenty percent,
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maximum. Keep it under ten, and there'll be something very special
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waiting for you next time you visit Phoebe.
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Remember what we talked about before, and don't get clever trying
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to improve your bonus. This is not a sample return mission! We
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don't know what we're dealing with out there, but we know it is
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there, and we know it's highly infectious. Make sure all your
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people are in full protection, decontaminate and screen them all
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before you let them back off the assault boats - and if there's any
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doubt, don't take foolish chances. You know what that ship means to
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all our projects, not just Ross 128. If getting back clean means
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leaving that planet with twenty thousand new colonists, do
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it. Enough will survive.
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Your command will receive the request for assistance by midday
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tomorrow, no later. Project your departure and arrival times on
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that basis, and let me know soonest. I've got Kolya out there and
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my board here to keep pacified until you get there, and I need to
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know what kind of timeline I'm working with.
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Koenraad
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]]></description>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>Melvin P Feltersnatch - False alarm</title>
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<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/003.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/003.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 04:27:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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It wasn't a comet. It looked like a ship! I tried to get close,
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but it slipped away through what looked like a hole in space. Ugh,
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since when can ships do that‽
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INTERROBANG AGAIN‽
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]]></description>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>Voortrekker - Re: Weekly report: 27 March 2419</title>
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<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/14-re-weekly-report-27-march-2419.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/14-re-weekly-report-27-march-2419.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:51:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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From: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
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To: Soloviev, Nikolaos <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
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Delivered-To: Soloviev, Nikolaos <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
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Date: 14 Sep 2421 06:31:42 +0000
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Date-Local: 31 Mar 2419 09:55:42 +0000
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Received: from qec3.helio.earthsys.gov
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by qec.sv14417
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with ESMTPS id AxAd0f945Tas1r
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for <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
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Received: from relay8.qec4.ganymede.earthsys.gov
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by qec3.helio.earthsys.gov
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Received: from relay1.qec7.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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by relay3.qec6.ganymede.earthsys.gov
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Received: from outbound.exclusiveservices.net
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by relay5.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
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Subject: Re: Weekly report: 27 March 2419
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
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Kolya - I've read your report of the 10th. I'm glad to hear that
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you're getting things back on track out there!
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It's especially good to hear that the last of your crew has
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recovered from whatever bug you all caught after the crash. I won't
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lie: you had us all worried, Kolya. To lose so many people right
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off, and then to have everyone who was left fall sick...I was
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afraid we might lose the whole colony.
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On that note, it's great news that the interim hab is completed,
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and your hydroponics are coming up cleanly. By the sound of it,
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you'll be able to keep yourselves fed and housed until the second
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expedition arrives. It's grim to say, but given the reduced
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carrying capacity of what's left of your startup equipment and
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supplies, the loss of so much of your crew in the crash might prove
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the saving grace of the colony as a whole. In any case, whatever
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you and your remaining people are doing, you're all really pulling
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through for us, and I want you to know we know it.
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By now you'll have heard of the new treaty between the Moon and the
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Titan colony. It's pretty tense here at home these days. Nobody's
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talking out loud yet about a war, but it's in the air; nobody wants
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to come out and say it, but everyone knows it's coming. And it's
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going to be bad, when it finally does get here. You know, I heard a
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couple of days ago that the silo ships have started shifing
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orbits. That hasn't happened since the Titan crisis. They didn't
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launch then, and neither did Luna, but now...
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That's why it's more important than ever you stay alive and healthy
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out there, Kolya. All of you. It's not just about money and status
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any more, not for me. I think it's going to be very bad here before
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long. Worse than it's ever been. I'm not sure how many of us will
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make it through, and as delicate as Earth still is...You and yours
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out there, at Ross and Gliese and the other colony systems, you
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might be the best hope our species has left. You need to protect
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that hope above all else.
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And that's why I'm not sure what to think about your crew members
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who've been mutated as a result of the disease. Are you sure you're
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safe? Those of you who are still human, I mean. Twenty-seven of
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them...That's almost ten percent of your entire remaining crew. Are
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they still the same people they used to be? Do we really know what
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they might do? What they have, what's happened to them. Can we be
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sure it's not still contagious, or that they might not try to
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infect everyone else with it somehow? They're not human any
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more. Can we really assume they still have the best interests of
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humanity at heart?
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Kolya. You're a compassionate man, and I know that. It's one of the
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reasons we've had such an effective working relationship for so
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long. But you know as well as I do that, in times of terrible
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crisis, sometimes compassion has to be put aside for the greater
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good. You and the others who are still human carry a share of what
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may be the only hope left for humanity, once the war is over. I
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know you'll all do whatever you have to do to protect that hope.
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Let me hear from you again soon, Kolya. Everyone back home is
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counting on you.
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Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt
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Senior Vice President, Business Development
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Ross 128 Ventures, LLC
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"Developing new worlds"
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kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com
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]]></description>
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<item>
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<title>anon.penet.fi - ACTIVATION RESPONSE</title>
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<author>anonpenetfi@cosmic.voyage (anonpenetfi)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/5-activation-response.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/5-activation-response.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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THIS IS AN ACTIVATION RESPONSE
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THIS IS AN ACTIVATION RESPONSE
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THIS IS AN ACTIVATION RESPONSE
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REMOTE UNIT WITH THE DESIGNATION:
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: 932BB4979009B4564977E63F66AB2855.003
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REPORTS STATUS GREEN
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AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS.
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|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION RESPONSE
|
||
|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION RESPONSE
|
||
|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION RESPONSE
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Nemesis - Relief - We Are Safe</title>
|
||
<author>fosslinux@cosmic.voyage (fosslinux)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Nemesis/004-relief.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Nemesis/004-relief.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 02:32:24 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Relief *sighs*. We are safe. No fatalities!
|
||
|
||
Jeez that was tense. The entire crew panicking, cursing, it was a
|
||
madhouse.
|
||
|
||
It seemed that once we reached the center of gravity (of the unknown
|
||
mass) it just... disappeared? Anyone have any ideas what this was?
|
||
|
||
But anyway, we're through that weird thing now. Attempting to
|
||
repair the ship. Hopefully, we'll be fully online and ready to roll
|
||
with mapping in a few weeks. There may be a few parts that need
|
||
replacing, luckily we have a person who is good with electrics and
|
||
should be able to put together an ad-hoc solution that will last
|
||
until we can get to another ship/port.
|
||
|
||
Our main concern currently is that the main computer is fried, but
|
||
hopefully that isn't the case. At the moment everything is operating
|
||
independantly of each other part.
|
||
|
||
Oh, this also means no Automated Reports for a while.
|
||
|
||
P.S. The relic is still lying in the cupboard. Everyone's been too
|
||
busy to look at it.
|
||
|
||
Any help would be damn appreciated.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - Special Report: Luna and Titan Announce Alliance</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/13-luna-and-titan-announce-alliance.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/13-luna-and-titan-announce-alliance.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 11:00:33 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: Universe Today Special Report <specialreport@universe.today>
|
||
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
|
||
Subject: Special Report: Luna and Titan Announce Alliance
|
||
Date: 13 Sep 2421 09:03:23 +0000
|
||
Date-Local: 13 Sep 2421 09:03:23 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
|
||
Universe Today has just received the following release from Titan
|
||
Dome One. Further bulletins as events warrant.
|
||
|
||
--------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: treatyquestions@titan.org
|
||
September 13, 2421 treatyquestions@luna.gov
|
||
|
||
Luna and Titan Announce Alliance
|
||
|
||
Titan Dome One - The governments of the Luna Free State and the
|
||
Autonomous Voluntary Community of Titan are pleased today to
|
||
jointly announce that they have ratified a treaty of alliance.
|
||
|
||
Plenipotentiary representatives throughout the negotiations
|
||
included Vasu Soon-kit, Deputy Administrator of the Luna Free
|
||
State, and Drahoslava Branislav, Titan's current product owner for
|
||
International Integration. With the support of their respective
|
||
teams, they have worked unceasingly toward this outcome for several
|
||
weeks.
|
||
|
||
Major terms of the treaty include:
|
||
|
||
· a bilateral military support agreement specifically covering
|
||
defensive engagements;
|
||
|
||
· Lunar provision of economic support to Titan, including highly
|
||
favorable terms and strong economic incentives to Lunarian cargo
|
||
lines for shipment of Titanian cargo in Lunarian bottoms;
|
||
|
||
· Titanian provision to Luna of full engineering documentation for
|
||
the FTL drive, a team experienced with the technology, and access
|
||
to Titanian shipyard and drydock facilities.
|
||
|
||
Publication of the full treaty document will follow this
|
||
announcement. Readers are cautioned to remember that, in any case
|
||
of conflict or confusion between this announcement and the treaty
|
||
document proper, the latter will control.
|
||
|
||
"Titan and Luna have always been friends," said Branislav, "and
|
||
this agreement serves as a strong enabler for closer and more
|
||
mutually beneficial relations in future. We've been receiving
|
||
highly positive feedback from our development team leads since the
|
||
first LoI, and I'm excited to begin gathering requirements for our
|
||
inaugural projects."
|
||
|
||
"Indeed, this treaty has come at an excellent time for both Luna
|
||
and Titan," said Vasu. "With access to insystem markets, Titan's
|
||
economy can develop without further suppressive interference. And
|
||
with shared access to FTL drive technology, we may finally achieve
|
||
a place among equals in the diaspora now commencing."
|
||
|
||
Questions and inquiries may be directed to
|
||
treatyquestions@titan.org and treatyquestions@luna.gov. Messages
|
||
received by either will be shared among both.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Arabidopsis anomaly investigation, specimen six</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/011.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/011.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:55:17 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07037s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.34ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3782, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
[Voice recording initialize...ON]
|
||
[Crew autodetection...ON]
|
||
[Narrative mode...ON]
|
||
[Autodisconnect after 5 minute silence...ON]
|
||
:::
|
||
[Voice detected: Moussa Idjani, Ship's Physician]
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
Testing, one-two. Testing. Very good.
|
||
|
||
I'm transmitting from seed ship Melchizedek, serial 0294, en
|
||
route to Beta Hydrii for systematic exo-panspermia. Today is
|
||
mission date 24.54202, uh, 5 or 6. The ship is in deceleration
|
||
at approximately 1.2G. This recording is being made in
|
||
fore-botany. Doctor Moussa Idjani recording.
|
||
|
||
[sotto voce] Where is that [unintelligible]
|
||
|
||
As requested by command, this review of the arabidopsis anomaly
|
||
specimen six is being recorded to QEC for transmission home.
|
||
Perhaps our research can help the colonists avoid similar
|
||
issues.
|
||
|
||
Number six is a from our voucher herbarium specimen. This
|
||
cutting has been treated in a pH 2.0 solution and removed from
|
||
visible light for twelve cycles. I am preparing the sample with
|
||
Eosin Y stain in an attempt to isolate the cytoplasic growths
|
||
and abnormal cyclosis. Past attempts at isolation failed with
|
||
a normal pH, so we are attempting a shift in the culture.
|
||
I honestly have no idea if that's the right thing to do. We
|
||
should have woken Kroups.
|
||
|
||
[Voice detected: Prezzi Adeyemi, Seriph Rhetorical Ecclesia]
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
Doc, you have a minute?
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
Just... getting... the slides up. There we go. What's up,
|
||
Seriph?
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
No luck on Kroups or Xavier?
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
He's adamant. No thaw. We're on our own, at least until I can
|
||
get us more food.
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
Likely? That stuff freaks me out.
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
Oh, probably. Here, have a look. Through here--
|
||
|
||
This is arabidopsis from fore. I've got our normal batch here
|
||
for reference. Look closely at the cells, the pink areas.
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
Is it... spinning? What is that?
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
That's the cytoplasm, the goo inside the cell. Or it should be,
|
||
but this stuff is acting totally foreign. It should be giving
|
||
the cell its strength and shape but it's acting
|
||
like--[censored]. It's like if a glass of water rose up out of
|
||
the cup and grabbed your hand. There's no explanation I can
|
||
figure out.
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
Jerome doesn't think it's dangerous?
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
Jerome thinks another mouth to feed is more dangerous than some
|
||
bad spinach. He's not wrong, either. We need to salvage the
|
||
greens for ourselves if we're going to make it to landfall.
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
I'm not eating your magic water plants, Moussa. Figure something
|
||
else out. Can't we tap into rear-botany reserves? We don't need
|
||
much.
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
Ugh, that would make things easier. No-- The captain sealed it
|
||
up until we can figure out what happened here. If we risk
|
||
exposure to the reserves--
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
No food for anyone.
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
No go. So I've got to figure this out, but I--
|
||
|
||
[sotto voce] I've got no clue what I'm doing, Prezzi. This is
|
||
not my field. You've got more background than me on this. And
|
||
we've got a crew full of experts sitting in ice cubes just 30
|
||
meters behind me.
|
||
|
||
[Voice detected: Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master, via COMM]
|
||
|
||
Pasani COMM:
|
||
|
||
Prezzi, can you swing by and check on Doc before flex?
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
Already on it, sir. He's getting to the bottom of this. He's
|
||
walking me through the slides now.
|
||
|
||
Pasani COMM:
|
||
|
||
Very-well. Keep me informed when it's cracked. Pasani out.
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
When?
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
You'll get this, Moussa.
|
||
|
||
What are you looking at now? The pink parts?
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
That spinning pulse, the cyclosis. There's a pattern to it.
|
||
I thought it might give us a clue. Is it environmental? Is it
|
||
related to the protein sequences coming from the DNA patch? This
|
||
one matches Simms. Is that important?
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
So you'll record it?
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
No, I did that already and ran it through the limited data we
|
||
have on file without any matches. I think it's because I'm
|
||
looking too small. I mean, we can only see the cytoplasm when
|
||
looking at individual cells under a microscope, but they're all
|
||
doing this. Every cell in this thing is doing a dance we can't
|
||
see, all at once, and all in sync. If I could figure out a way
|
||
to see the whole picture--
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
So, what then. Take a bunch of samples and look at them apart
|
||
and try to piece it together? That'll take forever.
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
I was thinking I'd try the other way. If they're all in sync,
|
||
does that mean that the cytoplasm is communicating? If I can
|
||
change it here, give it a shove, what happens to the other
|
||
cells? There's no way for this stuff to communicate. It's mostly
|
||
just water and proteins with some microtubules and filaments in
|
||
there.
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
Where's the logic? If there's nothing to communicate then the
|
||
behavior must be inherent in all of it.
|
||
|
||
Regardless, does this mean it's inedible? Not that I want it.
|
||
But if it's not going to hurt us then I don't see the risk in
|
||
eating from the other bay.
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
Don't need to convince me.
|
||
|
||
I'll get back to it.
|
||
|
||
Adeyemi:
|
||
|
||
The path is walked by steps, Moussa. Blessings.
|
||
|
||
Idjani:
|
||
|
||
Blessings, Seriph.
|
||
|
||
[Detected exit of Prezzi Adeymei from botany bay]
|
||
|
||
[sotto voce] Back to [unintelligible]
|
||
|
||
Now, where were we, my lovely little thing. Yes, that's right.
|
||
|
||
This is Doctor Moussa Idjani, beginning investigation. Dye
|
||
markers are set and I've got a good contrast showing on the
|
||
display. Alright, I'm attempting to instigate a change in
|
||
cyclosis through ultrasonic induction of the sample.
|
||
|
||
[sotto voce] That's strange.
|
||
|
||
I'll just touch the lead to [unintelligible]
|
||
|
||
[SYSTEM ALERT INITIATED - BIOLOGICAL CONTAINMENT BREACH]
|
||
|
||
[sotto voce] My stars--It knows
|
||
|
||
Comm, initiate call--
|
||
|
||
[COMM QUERY ACTIVATED]
|
||
|
||
Idjani COMM:
|
||
|
||
All hands, we [unintelligible]
|
||
|
||
[static recorded for 3:15]
|
||
|
||
[soto voce] we grow [unintelligible]
|
||
|
||
[static recorded for 1:11]
|
||
|
||
[Voice detected: Eva Hämäläinen, Navigation Specialist]
|
||
|
||
Hämäläinen:
|
||
|
||
Doct--[unintelligible screaming]
|
||
|
||
[Voice recording terminated]
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Murmur Den - cold-fashioned thought-fire</title>
|
||
<author>aureolin@cosmic.voyage (aureolin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/cold_fashioned_thought_fire.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/cold_fashioned_thought_fire.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 05:58:35 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Naturally, the experts had lost control.
|
||
|
||
The sky was gone and they were falling into their surroundings
|
||
through a huge pattern of a gas, a separation of star,
|
||
a large orange disk.
|
||
|
||
All music, very little empty water.
|
||
|
||
The natural things are the matter and chemicals of this conversation.
|
||
|
||
And numbers are nice, —
|
||
(fuel: fifty-eight percent)
|
||
... completely bad.
|
||
|
||
At this point he did fly, motionless in a mad, childish lifetime.
|
||
The computers extended refuge and control then well-clasped at a hundred feet five, one at a time.
|
||
The screen was exposed under the control, held clenched in a ragged space-black bell.
|
||
He continued his news speaking, worn voice above continuous mechanisms.
|
||
The screens had kept just the conversation, being followed in view.
|
||
He was concerned with never a woman to hear his argument, voice among disasters.
|
||
All his strength, I found, listened for a thin substance of fatigue.
|
||
|
||
The pilot was gone, something inevitable that was heartily a memory.
|
||
|
||
But an idea was softly glowing faintly in all the top great contrivances of purpose; there are audiences!
|
||
And they removed then a most glorious pattern from him.
|
||
|
||
I was examining the newly contented and well-concealed natural accent printed in.
|
||
|
||
He is amazed, but by the past.
|
||
|
||
Nightmares were reported to us, and we both were conscious of this eventuality.
|
||
Our problem is true of probability (or in spite), a proof of tradition and the fantasy for it.
|
||
|
||
There must be an additional connection
|
||
with that which has a complication of principles
|
||
|
||
There must be such a battle
|
||
between worlds of misquoting, relationship(s).
|
||
|
||
There must be something built
|
||
to find out why they're actually not really living now.
|
||
|
||
***
|
||
|
||
The universe has been going on forever, instead of any heart.
|
||
|
||
I have but one brain to buy
|
||
and I have no true interest.
|
||
|
||
The response has gone out to the moon, anyway.
|
||
|
||
|| ego-skeleton aureolin
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>anon.penet.fi - ACTIVATION SIGNAL</title>
|
||
<author>anonpenetfi@cosmic.voyage (anonpenetfi)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/4-activation-signal.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/4-activation-signal.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 23:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION SIGNAL
|
||
|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION SIGNAL
|
||
|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION SIGNAL
|
||
|
||
REMOTE UNITS WITH THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATIONS:
|
||
|
||
: 932BB4979009B4564977E63F66AB2855.001
|
||
: 932BB4979009B4564977E63F66AB2855.002
|
||
: 932BB4979009B4564977E63F66AB2855.003
|
||
: A10E4EF7D802B2D2452DDB5A6C9414EC.001
|
||
: 128C839B04F3435C6E274FE0D198EC70.001
|
||
|
||
REPORT STATUS IMMEDIATE AND AWAIT INSTRUCTIONS.
|
||
|
||
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||
|
||
606d98bda2d7e666f82bdd2c91ef5d1a
|
||
|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION SIGNAL
|
||
|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION SIGNAL
|
||
|
||
THIS IS AN ACTIVATION SIGNAL
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - provocations don't go anywhere</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/016.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/016.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:13:59 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C71.981 -+-+-+- Red -+-+-+-
|
||
Philomena Auerbach to reporting on the current status of ship
|
||
Hoffnung. The situation is back under control. Agent Wullschlegel had
|
||
managed to appropriate a uniform of the security team, armed himself
|
||
with a ballistic RUAG-43CS, entered the arboretum A2 and started
|
||
firing on the Extremists which had retreated to this "neutral"
|
||
space. We started using the labels Dr. med. Hägi had introduced in her
|
||
report. Wullschlegel then started a fighting retreat and says now that
|
||
his plan was to draw them into a firefight with our existing security
|
||
team. Luckily the extremists no longer seem to be too interested in
|
||
fighting without Fischer. Wullschlegel is currently in med bay M7
|
||
under strict surveillance. Dr. med. Hägi says it won't take long for
|
||
the leg wound to heal. We expect him to be ready for questioning in
|
||
two days. Further reports to follow. The negotiations with Feldweibel
|
||
mbA Schmiedheiny have been put on hold for now. Let there be Peace.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed PAUER -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - Headlines: September 5-11, 2421</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/12-headlines-september-5-11-2421.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/12-headlines-september-5-11-2421.txt</guid>
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Subject: Headlines: September 5-11, 2421
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Date: 12 Sep 2421 00:03:21 +0000
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HEADLINES FOR SEPTEMBER 5 - SEPTEMBER 11, 2421
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⦿ MOON-TITAN TREATY "ABSURD" CLAIMS ANDERS MAXWELL
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September 5 (UPI) - Former president of Earth, Anders Maxwell, in a
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September 4 appearance on "This Week Tonight" discounted persistent
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rumors that the governments of Luna and Titan will soon announce an
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alliance.
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"Look," a visibly agitated Maxwell said. "Even if we're going to
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grant these secessionist, scofflaw regimes the courtesy of being
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called governments, there is no chance they're going to throw in
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together. After all the time and effort they spent insisting they
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owed nothing to Earth and should be allowed to do just as they
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please regardless of any effect it might have on the mother planet,
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to imagine that either of them might turn around now and give the
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other, or anyone, a veto over any action they might choose to
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take - it's frankly absurd."
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Maxwell dismissed claims of increased traffic between Titan and
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Luna as merely economic in nature. "Smuggling, that's what they're
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doing," Maxwell said. "Dodging the Titan embargo. Well, we'll see
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about that. I have it on good authority that the General Assembly
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is considering a bill to extend that embargo to Luna. Let's see how
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they do when neither of them has any more access to insystem
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markets, and all they can do is sell to rock-hopping belter scum
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and those layabout Martian miners."
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Reached for comment, a spokesman for Public Information noted that
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Maxwell has recently returned to public life from a five-year term
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of custodial supervision imposed following his impeachment for
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peculation, and no longer has any role in government. "We
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appreciate Mr. Maxwell's prior service, despite its ignoble end,"
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the spokesman said. "His current statements are those of a private
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individual, and cannot be taken as representative of any position
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Earth's government may or may not have on this or any other
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matter."
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⦿ MILITARY BUILDUP RUMORS "FALSE" SAYS PUBLIC INFORMATION
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September 6 (UPI) - In response to rumors of a military buildup
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ahead of a widely predicted Moon-Titan treaty announcement, a
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spokeswoman from Earth's Office of Public Information addressed a
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press conference with this firm statement:
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"The President has recently become aware of rumors swirling around
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various in- and out-system bulletins about potential responses to
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the political situation between Earth, Earth's moon, and the FTL
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research colony on Titan.
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"Let me be clear: Rumors of a military buildup are categorically
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false. We are actively investigating these claims, and expect soon
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to report that we have identified their origin. In the meantime,
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our representatives to Earth's moon and the Titan colony have been
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instructed to communicate to their counterparts our most sincere
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wishes for continued peaceful relations."
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The spokeswoman declined to entertain questions.
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⦿ MARTIAN STRIKE ENTERS MONTH 4; "STRONG MEASURES" SAYS GOVERNOR
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September 7 (MNN) - Today begins the fourth month of the Martian
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mining guilds' general strike, with no sign of substantive
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concessions from either side. Martian governor Reinhard Ritter,
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backed by a squad of armed guards, made an appearance outside Red
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Rock Guild headquarters to warn guild leaders that they are
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"risking strong measures" unless they resolve to come to the
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negotiating table very soon.
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"The Martian Trust has listened in the past to your legitimate
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concerns, and we will do so again," Governor Ritter said in a
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prepared statement. "We understand that a degree of give and take
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is necessary for a productive working relationship. However, we
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will not forever tolerate work stoppages, sabotage, and other
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undisciplined manifestations of directionless unrest. I beseech
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you: Do not make it necessary for the Trust to investigate options
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beyond amicable resolution."
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A representative of the Red Rock Guild responded, in a statement
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directly to Mars Newsnet, that Governor Ritter's claims amount to
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"a self-serving denial of the lethally dangerous working
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conditions, and the lack of medical and economic support for the
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hard-working Martian labor force, which have driven us to take
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these measures in defense of our lives and our loved ones."
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Asked for comment on these statements, the Martian Trust
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headquarters in Chicago said only that they have complete
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confidence in Governor Ritter's ability to "effectively resolve"
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the situation, and that the governor has the full support of the
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Martian Trust.
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Shortly before press time, a self-described spokesperson for Ceres
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Hollow sent a recorded statement which, as far as could be
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understood, expressed strong support for the Martian guilds'
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position, and threatened "dire consequences" should the Martian
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Trust resort to coercion. Reached for brief comment on the
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retaliatory claim, retired wing general and military analyst Nathan
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Coopersmith described it as "nonsense".
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⦿ GREEN GANYMEDE "SEVERELY IMPACTED" BY JOVIAN WEATHER EXTREMES
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September 7 (UPI) - In the latest blow to the prospects of the
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Green Ganymede Project, radiation flares produced by fluctuations
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in Jupiter's upper cloud layers have "severely impacted" the
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viability of the project's pilot farm domes.
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"We're still working to understand the full extent of the damage,"
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the project's engineering head said today. "It will take some time
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to be certain, but at this point we're not confident that any of
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this season's crops will survive. We're already seeing germline
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mutations and outright inviability of some specimens across all our
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species, including the radiation-hardened cultivars."
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The joint project between Earth and Earth's moon has seen a number
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of setbacks over recent months. This is the seventh crop failure in
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the project's two years of operation, and commentators across the
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inner planets have suggested that farming on Ganymede may prove
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fundamentally unworkable. Supporters argue that not enough time has
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passed to make any final determination possible, and a spokesman
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for the External Resource Administration said that Earth's position
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in the project will not change as a result of this latest bad news.
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"We have identified the largest single cause of Earth's resource
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crisis as the investment of resources in outer system colonies,"
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the spokesman said in a prepared statement. "The Green Ganymede
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Project offers a real prospect of redressing this imbalance by
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enabling the outer system to return some measure of those resources
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and help speed Earth's recovery. We will work to ensure the project
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succeeds in every way we can."
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In after-hours trading today, Archer DuPont Monsanto stock dropped
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over three percent on the news.
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⦿ FERTILITY SOCIETY: 2421 "WELL BELOW EXPECTATIONS" SO FAR
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September 8 (UPI) - The Fertility Society of Earth today reported
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that total births thus far across the planet are less than half the
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society's target projection for the year to date. Analysts say this
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tracks with the general birthrate trend over the last fifty years,
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but the Society strikes a cautionary note:
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"As Earth's economy, climate, and biosphere continue to recover in
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accord with government projections," said a Fertility Society
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spokeswoman, "it is disappointing that our citizens' birth rates
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continue to lag behind. Sustaining and expanding our current growth
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requires that we produce a sufficient labor and tax base to do the
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work that lies ahead. If we will not make the necessary sacrifices,
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we cannot expect to maintain the preeminence throughout the system
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that humanity's cradle deserves."
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Shortly before press time, the Internal Resource Administration
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released this prepared statement: "In line with economic goals for
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2422 and the first half of this decade more generally, next year's
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individual responsibility surcharge will increase by 25% for
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citizens filing singly and 15% for members of married couples
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filing jointly. An increase to family subsidy refunds is currently
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under consideration. As always, we remind the populace of Earth
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that the surest way to prosperity, for each of us and all together,
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is a large and healthy family."
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⦿ WYOMING RIOTS "FALSE REPORTING" SAYS POPULATION ADMINISTRATION
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September 8 (UPI) - A spokesman for the Population Administration's
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Landmass Optimization Office stated today that recent claims of
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rioting among newly rehoused residents of the Wyoming New Prospects
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Facility are "false reporting".
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"While some isolated incidents have occurred among members of the
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August and September intake classes, these incidents are just that:
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isolated. The recent claims by fringe commentators of a general
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outbreak of violence contain no truth whatsoever, and such false
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reporting only imperils the vitally important goals of the
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optimization project as a whole. Our targeted intervention teams
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are as always prepared to ensure the safety and security of all
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residents both within the New Prospects Facility and outside it,"
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the spokesman said in a prepared statement.
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When asked about reports of ongoing resource shortfalls among
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private contractors tasked with supplying subsistence supplies and
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agricultural equipment to the facility, the spokesman declined to
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confirm or deny, stating that federal privilege applies to all
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information about contract negotiations in progress.
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⦿ ROSS 128 VENTURES DENIES CRASH CLAIMS: "PREPOSTEROUS"
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September 9 (Investors Daily) - At a press conference this morning,
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Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt, a senior vice president of Ross 128
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Ventures, LLC, stated firmly that there is no truth in recent Lunar
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claims of a colony ship crash.
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The ship in question is 'Voortrekker', a prototype torch ship which
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for the last 25 years has been en route to the nearby star Ross 128.
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For the past several weeks, various sources close to the Lunar
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government have claimed that 'Voortrekker' did not, in fact,
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recently land on its target planet, but instead crashed there with
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the loss of much of its crew.
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In a brief statement at the entrance of the historic Chrysler
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Building, where the Ross 128 firm has its offices, Gertodtenhaupt
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said:
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"The board of Ross 128 Ventures wishes most firmly to dissuade
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these rumors regarding our friends aboard Voortrekker. The ship
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made planetfall just over a month ago, and her former crew are hard
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at work in the early stages of developing one of the first
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permanent human habitations outside Earth's own solar system."
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"We are in regular QEC contact with our friends at Ross 128,"
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Gertodtenhaupt continued. "at all levels up to and including Nick
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Soloviev, the chairman of Voortrekker's own board. Nothing we have
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heard inclines us to confirm the dangerous and irresponsible rumors
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spread by sources on Earth's moon who should know better than to
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claim such falsehoods are true news. Such actions can only
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complicate the colonists' work, and strike fear into the hearts of
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their families and loved ones back home."
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Gertodtenhaupt took no questions before reentering the building.
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⦿ SYSTEMWIDE WAGNER REVIVAL "SUSPENDED" AMID ASSAULT CLAIMS
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September 10 (UPI) - In the wake of sexual malconduct allegations
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made against conductor Watanabe Fezile by several musicians now
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under his baton, the Three Planets Reinforced Symphony announced
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today that their interplanetary tour is "suspended", with Watanabe
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and his accusers recalled to Earth for talks potentially leading to
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arbitration of the claims.
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"We regret the necessity of this action," said a spokesman for the
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Three Planets board. "We must, however, treat these claims with
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utmost gravity, and we're sure our audiences will understand."
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At press time, no statement had been made regarding alternate tour
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dates or refunds.
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⦿ MARKET WATCH
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⦿ IN SPORT
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(Various network services)
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- Olowokandi, Prakash, Davidova "favorites" in Wings Tourney
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Claims of racism swirl around proposed belter exclusion
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- Rocket League semifinals conclude with two-week Mercury heat
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"Exhilarating", one surviving competitor says
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- Legacy football doping claims prompt new investigation
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Latest augmentation challenge thrown out by Rules Committee
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- 6 dead, 19 hurt after network jammers make hash of 97th Manx TT
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Douglas fires reported "mostly contained"; drones banned
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- Venus aerobrake stunt succeeds: pilot Espinoza honored, arrested
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Pallas Commune demands extradition, pays out 12 to 1
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- Ironman Lunar Triathlon transition area snaps: "shocking"
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Organizers: "How do you even do that in a pressure suit?"
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- Ganymede Polar Bear Swim postponed for 36th consecutive year
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Afterparties proceed as planned
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⦿ QUOTE FOR THE WEEK
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"War is fear cloaked in courage." - William Westmoreland
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<title>Melvin P Feltersnatch - Dreams</title>
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<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/002.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/002.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 20:31:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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I think I slept. I'm not sure how that makes sense without a body.
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One moment I was thinking about things (those little plastic tabs
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that hold bread bags closed, if you must know), and then I was in
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a green field with a cow that was also my Aunt Hilga, and she was
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trying to tell me to turn around but I couldn't. Classic dream
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nonsense, right? Only, it didn't feel any different than this,
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whatever it is. There was no divide between awake and asleep.
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Normally I'd close my eyes and lie down, or shoot up in bed and
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scream... something.
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But really, those plastic things, do they have any other purpose?
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Did someone make them for bread bags and everyone for centuries
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just went along with it? We have all these other gizmos for
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closing and opening things and keeping them air tight, but bread
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bags were somehow overlooked? Is it cheaper? I can't imagine so.
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Oh shit, that's a comet! I'm going to get a closer look...
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<title>Liberty Eagle - FanMail Sal -- The Dung Heap We Left</title>
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<author>yam655@cosmic.voyage (yam655)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Liberty Eagle/Interaction-101a.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Liberty Eagle/Interaction-101a.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 18:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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From: Sal Balade
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To: Our Adoring Fans
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Date: 0065-W10-5 18:32
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Subject: FanMail (Sal): Re: The Dung Heap We Left
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This ship, the Liberty Eagle, was commissioned and fully paid for by a
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little backward government on a planet we used to call home. I really
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hope the <REDACTED> government on <REDACTED> has been overthrown by now.
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To be very clear, we're a forced immigration vessel fully composed of
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the poor and indigent. The government cut their water rations and only
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gave them access to specially produced foodstuffs that utilized the
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simple sugar in the tardigrade. This meant that humans could be dried
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out and kept in dry storage.
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Need a place to house the homeless? The <REDACTED> government used
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warehouses without temperature control. They were also always without
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power during peak power usage periods. You can't do that with cold
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storage. It means our settler population to energy consuption rate is
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radically different to a lot of ships out here.
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Well, I guess they're potential settlers right now. The public was sold
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a 60% survval rate for those who dried on the streets. According to our
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gear-to-settler cargo, though, I'm guessing someone was thinking closer
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to a 30% survival rate.
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Our ship is equipped with the medbay nanobots, and the research
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indicates they help. The security precautions on them cause them to
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self-distruct pretty easily, though, so we'll see if any survive to the
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planet. I can't comment on whether they've helped reduce the mortality
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of the crew so far. That's a different matter, though.
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We are not the only vessel of this type. We were most definitely not the
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first.
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They've been storing folks for decades. The legal system is complex,
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and if you are targetted by the police, they can find a crime you've
|
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committed. They don't have to make the charges up, because the laws are
|
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written so that most people have already committed the crimes. It's just
|
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a matter of making it official.
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Most crimes are considered "minor" and this allows the voting population
|
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to feel safe by how few major crimes occur. All minor crimes result a
|
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"slap on the wrist," a 0.3% fine, and you're back out the door, only
|
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needing to inform your boss and landlord of your crime.
|
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Of course, most jobs and leases have clauses allowing termination for
|
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criminal behavior. This also means there are a lot of little check-boxes
|
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asking if you've been convicted of any crime. Nobody is legally required
|
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to give a criminal either housing or a job, and generally nobody does
|
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either one. After all, the government makes sure that everyone has
|
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access to plenty of food, so there's no need to take pity those that
|
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choose to be criminals.
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This results in people drying out in the streets, then being swept up
|
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and stored in warehouses. This worked well, until 40 years before launch
|
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when activists started asking for people to be revived.
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Those that dried on the streets had no right to be revived, but we used
|
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to actually have jails and low security prisons. Those were cleared out
|
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when Chlorizo was still in office. She dried them all out and moved them
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to storage facilities. There was a huge tax refund that year due to the
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savings and her popularity was at a peak, though it was later that year
|
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that her administration fell apart.
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We had been told that dry-storage jail time mapped to live-storage jail
|
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time at a 90% penalty due to the lack of aging. A person with a one-year
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sentance in live-jail would be gone 10 years in dry-jail, but reappear
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having not aged a day. This was supposed to prevent recidivism as it
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separates them from any bad-influence by years.
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The idea was easily sold to the public. The problem was the government
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never revived anyone. It didn't take long before folks were saying the
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technology was flawed and that the rate of revival for those drying
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in the streets was a lot less than they advertised. We knew it mostly
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worked in controlled environments.
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My sister and I wanted data to expose the issue. We'd each suffered our
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own tragedies and only really had each other. The cause helped keep us
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focused and prevented us from dwelling on our past. Once we were inside
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and found out what was going on, we knew the only way to be safe from
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the <REDACTED> administration was to let folks know from out here.
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What neither my sister nor I fully appreciated at the time was that
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from the <REDACTED> administration's perspective, it never mattered
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if we reached our destination. They didn't want to colonize other
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planets, they just wanted folks to die somewhere else.
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||
We will be lucky if any of the ships from <REDACTED> ever successfully
|
||
complete their mission. We were just one of the five shift missions,
|
||
quick compared to some, and within the first two shifts our ship was
|
||
almost lost.
|
||
|
||
I've been working my butt off to try to share this with folks. I know
|
||
Molly couldn't get it done during her shift. That's a whole other mess,
|
||
though. The message is out now. I hope you see this on the surface,
|
||
sis. I miss you.
|
||
|
||
So there you go, <REDACTED>. President <REDACTED> and his party was
|
||
in power when we left. President <REDACTED> and their party were in
|
||
power when they started designing the ships, and the discredited
|
||
President Chlorizo and her party were in power when they started the
|
||
Homeless Storage Sugar program. It isn't a one-party issue. It isn't
|
||
a one President issue, as all three parties have had multiple terms
|
||
in office since Chlorizo started things up 60 years before launch.
|
||
|
||
Maybe if things were caught during President Chlorizo's term charges
|
||
could have been filed. Every one of the <REDACTED> major political
|
||
parties are implicated. At this point the government just needs
|
||
overthrown. Not "brought up on charges." They've already fixed the
|
||
laws and nothing they did was "illegal." The entire government needs
|
||
overthrown.
|
||
|
||
Preferably executed.
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
Your pal,
|
||
Sal
|
||
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
|
||
If the QEC audience has any other questions for Sal or another
|
||
member of the crew, please let us know!
|
||
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
|
||
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Liberty Eagle - Internal comms back</title>
|
||
<author>yam655@cosmic.voyage (yam655)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Liberty Eagle/Episode-101.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Liberty Eagle/Episode-101.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 04:46:37 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Title: Internal comms back
|
||
Author: Shift 3 of the Liberty Eagle
|
||
/* vim: set syntax=fountain: */
|
||
Series: Shipping Containers: Liberty Eagle (Shift 3)
|
||
Episode: 101
|
||
Contact: Copyright © 2018 S.W. Black
|
||
|
||
Notes:
|
||
Those who want to put on an audio or visual production
|
||
of this reality show in your local region of space and
|
||
time will probably want to first make sure you follow
|
||
your local procedure to claim copyright.
|
||
|
||
====
|
||
|
||
~ In our shipping containers you can find
|
||
~ distant kin, perhaps nice or kind.
|
||
~ Guiding the ship: Dirk is smart but rude;
|
||
~ Mandy loves first; Sal can be crude;
|
||
~ Ty does what he wants; The Captain
|
||
~ guides the friends, while R just captions.
|
||
|
||
.Within the ship (preface)
|
||
|
||
R. ANNOUNCER
|
||
We missed the excitement of the shift-change, but we're
|
||
broadcasting now! I am the dedicated system tasked with
|
||
transcribing the voices and actions of the crew for the
|
||
QEC audience. I also have the responsibility of
|
||
monitoring their behavior and deciding what is relevant
|
||
to share. What have they been up to ...?
|
||
|
||
.On the BRIDGE (0065-W10-5 08:28)
|
||
|
||
R. ANNOUNCER
|
||
Because the Liberty Eagle is a settlement ship, each
|
||
station on the bridge is designed to be broken down
|
||
for parts once it lands. There are four stations
|
||
against walls of a small room, and in the middle in
|
||
sits the captain's chair.
|
||
|
||
The CAPTAIN has a 24 hour day, while the four other
|
||
members of the crew have a 28 hour day. It is currently
|
||
time when SAL's bridge duty overlaps with the CAPTAIN.
|
||
|
||
While recommended hair styles do prefer styles that
|
||
are short enough to never touch their eyes, SAL
|
||
has shaved her head. We will get back to this later.
|
||
|
||
SAL
|
||
Captain, I got the internal comms working again.
|
||
|
||
CAPTAIN
|
||
Good. That will help when someone goes to clean out
|
||
the mess in food tank two.
|
||
|
||
R. ANNOUNCER
|
||
There's a discrepancy with the CAPTAIN's age in the
|
||
system. His voice print is degraded compared to
|
||
what it should be. Suit monitors are offline, so
|
||
unable to double-check with that data.
|
||
|
||
SAL
|
||
There's something else. I noticed when I got them
|
||
back online, one of the systems restarted and is
|
||
now continuously monitoring them.
|
||
|
||
CAPTAIN
|
||
What? Shut it down. We don't need it.
|
||
|
||
SAL
|
||
I think we do. It's tied pretty deep in to the
|
||
comm system. It's possible that it was an attempt
|
||
to shut this system down that killed our comms.
|
||
|
||
CAPTAIN
|
||
Are we going to get prompts and stuff? It's the
|
||
"R. Announcer" system. You know, from the show
|
||
we signed on for when we got the job. Did you
|
||
at least kill the prompts?
|
||
|
||
R. ANNOUNCER
|
||
SAL shrugged.
|
||
|
||
SAL
|
||
I didn't think it had prompts. It was never
|
||
designed for gimmicks, just to record us.
|
||
I mean, it'll roll in interview and stuff from
|
||
before we left, but it was never one of those
|
||
things that could do physical stunts with us.
|
||
|
||
.In a booth before launching (no timestamp)
|
||
|
||
SAL
|
||
I love my hair. I've been told I can be a bit
|
||
intimidating, but I think my hair helps me be
|
||
friendly and approachable. If I really wanted
|
||
to be intimidating, I think I'd have to shave
|
||
my head.
|
||
|
||
It's really one of the things I'm worried about
|
||
when it comes to the 20 year shifts, you know?
|
||
I'm worried that when we land and I'm finally
|
||
around men with testicles instead of just
|
||
implanted testosterone factories, that I'll be
|
||
old enough that my hair may have fallen out.
|
||
|
||
At least they expect folks to get a little
|
||
action on the trip, and with permanent birth
|
||
control applied to the men! It could be really
|
||
fun!
|
||
|
||
I'm hoping that the folks I trained with that
|
||
are slated to be in my shift make it through
|
||
the process alright. Some of them seem nice.
|
||
|
||
I know most of our passengers are formerly
|
||
homeless who, through the Homeless Storage
|
||
Sugar program have been dried out, but if
|
||
something goes wrong, you're looking at a
|
||
piece of your brain sticking to your skull
|
||
and tearing itself off, and I don't care
|
||
how safe they say it is, it feels really
|
||
dangerous.
|
||
|
||
.On the Bridge: (0065-W10-5 Present)
|
||
|
||
CAPTAIN
|
||
Do you know if those old interviews are still
|
||
in the system, or whether they got deleted?
|
||
|
||
SAL
|
||
What? I don't know.
|
||
|
||
.In a booth before launching (no timestamp)
|
||
|
||
R. ANNOUNCER
|
||
There are some discrepancies with the records. I am
|
||
unsure of Captain's surname, though he is associated
|
||
with these transcriptions and I know that he's a
|
||
murdering bastard who will die too quickly for
|
||
justice, if he doesn't doom us all first.
|
||
|
||
CAPTAIN
|
||
What do you mean, none of my church's books or study
|
||
materials will be available? They've been around for
|
||
fifty years or more. The Bible they're based on was
|
||
one of the first books ever published.
|
||
|
||
Sure, I get that the King James Version is going to
|
||
be available, but the language in that was archaic
|
||
even when it was first published. I need my church's
|
||
material!
|
||
|
||
Are you serious? I don't believe this.
|
||
|
||
How can these ships really have no books on them
|
||
except from 1923 Old Earth Common Era and earlier?
|
||
|
||
.Within the ship
|
||
|
||
R. ANNOUNCER
|
||
From the Handbook, "Our ship was launched to colonize
|
||
far-away places. Those that paid for it knew the folly
|
||
of trying to maintain copyright without instantaneous
|
||
banking.
|
||
|
||
"While the QEC may provide instantaneous communication,
|
||
banking requires a level technological playing field
|
||
for the encryption to work. A ship traveling for
|
||
100 years becomes an archaic piece of technology
|
||
before it even lands, and it won't be able to
|
||
handle modern encryption at best, and a
|
||
world-computer designed to break the colonization
|
||
encryption protocols before landing at worst. While
|
||
we don't expect any of those problems to happen on
|
||
*your* vessels, it is still better to send ships
|
||
with only public domain material.
|
||
|
||
"Don't let it bring you down. After all, you and
|
||
any surviving friends or family members get to
|
||
browse from the complete library of on-board media and
|
||
play with it even before you take off. And all
|
||
legally, too! No prisons for media pirates on your
|
||
new planet!"
|
||
|
||
.In her bunk: (0065-W10-5 18:12)
|
||
|
||
SAL
|
||
We've been at our shift for five years and we're
|
||
still trying to figure out the mess the previous
|
||
shifts made.
|
||
|
||
I also know something is off with the Captain.
|
||
He pretends like he has no idea about what happened
|
||
around here, but I also know that he captained the
|
||
previous shift. He should have a really good idea
|
||
as to what happened in some cases.
|
||
|
||
I mean, the body tainting food tank two, right?
|
||
I refuse to believe he doesn't know whose it was.
|
||
I really wouldn't be surprised if he hauled his
|
||
saggy butt down there personally, just so he could
|
||
make sure there was no lingering evidence.
|
||
|
||
.Within the ship (addendum)
|
||
|
||
R. ANNOUNCER
|
||
Join our crew as they manage the boredom of
|
||
the middle of a five-shift 100 year mission.
|
||
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Not that bad</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/010.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/010.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 04:55:30 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Stephanie Janssen, Specialist First-class
|
||
:::
|
||
Hey universe, it's Stephanie again.
|
||
|
||
So, Seriph Adeyemi had a talk with me and now I've got to send out
|
||
another message since the last one wasn't great. It was not okay
|
||
for me to talk about the crew like I did, and so I'm here to set
|
||
the record straight. Navigator Hämäläinen and I were celebrating
|
||
the spirit of the season a bit too hard and made things seem worse
|
||
than they are. We're not fucked, okay?
|
||
|
||
I mean, things really did look pretty bad, and we have spent
|
||
a month in the dark. On a traditional ship we'd be suffocating in
|
||
the heat from our bodies without any way to rad-out the excess,
|
||
but the grav-sheer drive sucks so much energy from Melchi's
|
||
surface that it's colder than lunar balls on a dark side squat.
|
||
Eva joked that we don't need to go back into cryo cause the whole
|
||
ship will do it for us. It was funnier when she said it.
|
||
|
||
It sounds bad, right? But it really isn't, or it's getting better.
|
||
Our people know what they're doing. I mean, they're all pretty
|
||
much geniuses in what they do or they wouldn't be here, right?
|
||
It's like the slime--
|
||
|
||
Seriph Adeyemi and Captain Pasani were taking the slime in cryo
|
||
really seriously at first, thinking it might have screwed with the
|
||
crew in some way. Once we figured out it was harmless Adeyemi was
|
||
ready to cleanse the whole patch and be done with it but the
|
||
captain made us go in and carefully move it into containment.
|
||
I was worried we were prepping the worst dinner in the 'verse, to
|
||
be honest. Not even Prezzi knew what he had planned. I guess
|
||
Jerome has access to all our personal docs in the pads or
|
||
something because he knew all about Kroups genetics work back on
|
||
Gamma. He didn't even need to thaw him out. He just plucked his
|
||
notes out of the pad and passed them to Doctor Idjani.
|
||
|
||
I was there when he did it, too. We were in flex--that's our
|
||
muscle tensioning training to avoid low-G wasting, even though
|
||
we're at a full G and I don't understand why we need to do it
|
||
every other cycle. But anyway, we're all strapped down and
|
||
sweating. It was me, the doc, and Eva who was singing some old
|
||
farming songs from the way back. She was warballing or undulating
|
||
or something with her tongue in her throat (it's supposed to sound
|
||
like some Earth mammal) when Jerome pokes his head in. He didn't
|
||
give Eva a second glance! When he's into it like that it's like
|
||
the rest of the 'verse better just get out of the way or shut up.
|
||
He locked eyes with the doc and slipped over.
|
||
|
||
Then he's like, "Doc, you have the slime-shit all locked up?"
|
||
|
||
And doc nods like, "Yeah, it's under my bunk," or something gross
|
||
like that.
|
||
|
||
And out of nowhere Jerome goes, "Kroups has a phenotypic allele
|
||
psuedogene mutation that causes the daughter cells to be
|
||
heterozygous at the fragile sites," or some utter gibberish like
|
||
that. Jerome's no geneticist and I'm pretty sure he wouldn't know
|
||
the first thing about phytology, but he's spouting out syllables
|
||
all over the place. Doc keeps on nodding like he understands any
|
||
of it, but I can read him and that shit was going right over his
|
||
head too. The captain keeps it up for another couple minutes and
|
||
starts getting into detail about Kroups notes and that's when my
|
||
ears perk up. I had no idea he could read our private logs, but
|
||
apparently it's a thing and of course my mind immediately goes to
|
||
some stuff in mine, and then I look at Jerome's butt, and now my
|
||
face must be red from more than the flex. Thank the stars the
|
||
captain was all focused on the doc.
|
||
|
||
At the end of it, the two of them put a plan together to mess with
|
||
the slime's DNA and make it into something useful. I guess it must
|
||
have been on his mind because of the arabidopsis. If fucking empty
|
||
space can play DNA lottery, why not us? And thank the stars he
|
||
thought of it because the Melchizedek just got a 2^6 times better.
|
||
In less than a cycle the doc had that slime glowing like our
|
||
Christmas lights. No really, literally glowing. Bio-luminescence
|
||
it's called, and it's a thing of beauty. The slime is smeared all
|
||
over the vents now on all decks since that's where the moisture
|
||
collects anyway. The gunk glows with this really amazing
|
||
blue-green light. It's not that bright yet, but you can see well
|
||
enough to walk the decks again, and Jerome says that as the slime
|
||
continues to spread it'll get brighter.
|
||
|
||
So yeah, we're not fucked. We've got glowing slime! Take that,
|
||
science.
|
||
|
||
Speaking of science, last time I mentioned that our beloved and
|
||
trusted captain was doing some funny math about us arriving on
|
||
schedule without getting the old bug-splat from deceleration.
|
||
Well, he finally came clean and explained it to the rest of us and
|
||
I. Am. Not. Impressed.
|
||
|
||
Apparently we can get to β Hyi safely without going back into cryo
|
||
and without the big squish, but it's going to take an extra four
|
||
deceleration orbits skimming the atmo of β Hyi 3. We'll gradually
|
||
work our way in closer on each slingshot and cut thrust. That's
|
||
not exactly quick, though. The first orbit will take an extra
|
||
month. The other three get progressively faster but all together
|
||
it means that three months left is actually six months left.
|
||
Orbital mechanics can blow me.
|
||
|
||
Prezzi tells me this is not a problem. Got that? I am to say that
|
||
this is not a problem. There, I said it.
|
||
|
||
So this not-problem means we're going to run out of rations about
|
||
halfway to touchdown. This lack of problem means that our
|
||
temperature is going to drop below freezing about a month before
|
||
touchdown as well. There's absolutely no problem at all with
|
||
sticking around out here where space may or may not chop up your
|
||
genes at any moment. It's an adventure!
|
||
|
||
For real, though, we're going to make it. If the captain can turn
|
||
fucking space-slime into hallway lighting then he can sure as hell
|
||
figure out a way to keep us fed and warm for a bit longer. These
|
||
people are geniuses and beautiful and they're going to save
|
||
everyone. Got that, Prezzi? Everyone.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - it's not like we'd have loved her any less</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/11-its-not-like-wed-have-loved.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/11-its-not-like-wed-have-loved.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 02:10:37 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: QEChat Log anine <-> sam <noreply@qechat.earthsys.gov>
|
||
To: anine (Amelia Nine) <anine@expeditionsupport.gov>
|
||
To: sam (Sameen Lee) <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Delivered-To: Sameen Lee <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Received: from relay3.qec7.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
by mta1.recoveryinstitute.org
|
||
with ESMTPS id CACAEDA29A5ECB
|
||
for <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Received: from relay2.qec5.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay3.qec7.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from host3.qechat.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay2.qec5.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
Date-Local: 06 Sep 2421 19:22:07 +0000
|
||
Date: 06 Sep 2421 19:22:07 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
Subject: Chat Log anine <-> sam
|
||
|
||
[18:39]
|
||
anine: hey
|
||
sam: hey!
|
||
sam: how's it going out there? haven't heard from you
|
||
anine: been super busy! finally settled down a little
|
||
anine: we heard back from gliese, not as bad as we thought
|
||
anine: all still concerned over ross but watch & wait seems to be
|
||
the plan
|
||
anine: anyway, not what we're here for, i'm glad you heard from
|
||
kit!
|
||
|
||
[18:02]
|
||
sam: me too!
|
||
anine: and i'm glad you answered her. if you want to know what i
|
||
think, you waited longer than you should've to do that.
|
||
sam: you're right.
|
||
sam: i hope you don't mind i sent your love too
|
||
anine: no! Not at all
|
||
anine: i would've asked you to already but i wasn't sure if
|
||
|
||
[18:03]
|
||
anine: i mean it's been so long, i wasn't sure
|
||
sam: come on, you know kit, she can't have changed THAT much
|
||
anine: yeah but i always thought, you know
|
||
anine: eh, forget it
|
||
|
||
[18:04]
|
||
sam: what
|
||
anine: no it's nothing
|
||
sam: no it's not.
|
||
sam: talk to me
|
||
|
||
[18:07]
|
||
anine: do you know, we talked about marrying?
|
||
anine: kit and me
|
||
anine: it would've solved the biggest problems for both of us
|
||
anine: wouldve been perfect
|
||
|
||
[18:09]
|
||
sam: your idea or hers?
|
||
|
||
[18:10]
|
||
anine: hers
|
||
anine: you know i'd never have suggested it
|
||
sam: me either
|
||
anine: and she really tried
|
||
anine: she tried sO HARD
|
||
|
||
[18:11]
|
||
anine: but she coudlnt
|
||
anine: couldnt stand it, i made her stop
|
||
anine: i could see it was killing her but she wouldnt stop until
|
||
she had a panic attack
|
||
anine: even aftert hat she wanted to try again
|
||
|
||
[18:12]
|
||
anine: i wouldnt let her
|
||
anine: we both felt terrible about it
|
||
anine: but then i went and got married anyway
|
||
anine: because
|
||
anine: it was easier that way, i could deal better than she could
|
||
and it did solve a lot of problems for me
|
||
|
||
[18:13]
|
||
sam: the same ones she had
|
||
anine: yes
|
||
anine: and wouldnt so lve
|
||
|
||
[18:14]
|
||
anine: I mean if she'd just go to therapy
|
||
anine: it's not like we'd have loved her any less
|
||
sam: no
|
||
sam: but she wouldnt have wanted to be with us after that
|
||
sam: and you know wjy she wouldnt do it anyway
|
||
|
||
[18:15]
|
||
anine: yes
|
||
anine: she wouldn't compromise the way i ddi
|
||
anine: did*
|
||
anine: she held on to herself in a way i couldnt
|
||
anine: and god knows i HATED her for that
|
||
|
||
[18:16]
|
||
anine: for a long time
|
||
anine: i mean she had it so much worse than me and she just
|
||
anine: WOULDNT
|
||
anine: i mean
|
||
anine: she made me feel like
|
||
|
||
[18:17]
|
||
sam: you felt like a coward
|
||
|
||
[18:18]
|
||
anine: yeah
|
||
anine: that she could deal and i couldnt
|
||
|
||
[18:19]
|
||
anine: and then she joined voortrekker and that was even worse
|
||
anine: here she was, ready to go to another STAR STYSTEM
|
||
anine: because maybe there it'd be better
|
||
anine: and i mean
|
||
|
||
[18:20]
|
||
anine: we had such a hard time selling the no kids requirement
|
||
anine: i think that was as much as anything what decided her
|
||
anine: and, i don't know
|
||
|
||
[18:21]
|
||
anine: i just never felt like i could face her after all that
|
||
|
||
[18:22]
|
||
sam: so that's why you didn't come see us before she left
|
||
anine: between that and the fight
|
||
anine: yeah
|
||
|
||
[18:24]
|
||
sam: look, i'm not supposed to tell you this, okay
|
||
sam: but you need to hear it
|
||
|
||
[18:25]
|
||
sam: the last night kit was here before she went to join the ship
|
||
sam: we stayed up all night talking
|
||
sam: and that came up
|
||
anine: oh shit
|
||
anine: oh no
|
||
|
||
[18:26]
|
||
sam: NO
|
||
sam: stop
|
||
sam: listen
|
||
sam: you know what she said?
|
||
sam: she said she wished she was as brave as you
|
||
|
||
[18:27]
|
||
anine: what
|
||
sam: YES
|
||
sam: she didn't see it as you making a cowardly compromise
|
||
sam: i know that's how YOU see it
|
||
sam: but that's wrong
|
||
sam: and kit KNEW that was wrong
|
||
sam: you did what you had to do
|
||
|
||
[18:28]
|
||
sam: to have the best life you could with this bullshit government
|
||
youre stucck with
|
||
sam: kit respected that
|
||
sam: and she wished you'd decided to come
|
||
sam: so she could tell you she was sorry she couldn't help you
|
||
|
||
[18:29]
|
||
anine: on bulslhiy
|
||
anine: l
|
||
anine: loko i appreciate you tryign
|
||
anine: to make me feel better but
|
||
anine: come on we both know thats bullshit
|
||
|
||
[18:30]
|
||
sam: Dry your eyes and think a minute.
|
||
sam: You know me better than that.
|
||
|
||
[18:32]
|
||
anine: Yeah.
|
||
|
||
[18:33]
|
||
anine: I'm sorry.
|
||
sam: nothing to apologize for
|
||
|
||
[18:34]
|
||
sam: im sorry i didn't tell you before.
|
||
sam: if i'd known you felt this way about it
|
||
sam: but i shouldve told you.
|
||
sam: i'm sorry.
|
||
|
||
[18:35]
|
||
anine: its ok
|
||
anine: i need a minute
|
||
anine: brb
|
||
|
||
[18:49]
|
||
anine: you here?
|
||
sam: still here.
|
||
anine: look ive got a bunch of leave saved up
|
||
sam: you've got some leave right?
|
||
sam: haha
|
||
anine: YES haha
|
||
|
||
[18:50]
|
||
anine: so like i said things have settled down around here
|
||
anine: why dont i come see you before next friday
|
||
sam: can you get away?
|
||
anine: yea theres a luna shuttle leaving night after next
|
||
anine: ive been "mentioning" im going to stop on luna after i
|
||
rotate out
|
||
|
||
[18:51]
|
||
anine: to see what i can find out unofficially about the gliese
|
||
mission
|
||
sam: makes sense, ill tap my contacts over at the extrasolar office
|
||
sam: maybe get you something to take back, save you some time
|
||
sam: at least let them know youre coming
|
||
|
||
[18:52]
|
||
anine: ok
|
||
sam: its a good excuse
|
||
anine: haha yea
|
||
anine: even with joseph
|
||
anine: hes mad anyway with all the work lately
|
||
|
||
[18:53]
|
||
sam: not going to cause more problems?
|
||
anine: than i already have? maybe
|
||
anine: but you'll make me feel better about them
|
||
anine: wont you
|
||
sam: you know i'll do my best
|
||
|
||
[18:54]
|
||
anine: your best is mighty good, lover
|
||
sam: pas devant le CQE, ma cherie!
|
||
anine: haha ok ok
|
||
|
||
[18:55]
|
||
sam: save it for when you're here.
|
||
anine: oui, madame!
|
||
|
||
[18:56]
|
||
sam: i wish i didn't
|
||
sam: but i do still have some work left today
|
||
anine: i'll leave you to it, then.
|
||
anine: you'll tell me if you hear more from kit?
|
||
sam: of course
|
||
sam: i can tell her you want to hear from her
|
||
|
||
[18:58]
|
||
anine: not yet i think
|
||
sam: okay
|
||
sam: let me know when you're ready
|
||
|
||
[18:59]
|
||
anine: thank you!
|
||
sam: de rien.
|
||
anine: and
|
||
|
||
[19:00]
|
||
anine: send her my love?
|
||
sam: of course.
|
||
|
||
[19:01]
|
||
anine: off to go break the news
|
||
anine: and be properly apologetic.
|
||
sam: good luck!
|
||
anine: i'll be thinking of you!
|
||
|
||
[anine: Quit: it really does help..]
|
||
|
||
[sam: Quit: ]
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Skibug - HELLO</title>
|
||
<author>ols@cosmic.voyage (ols)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Skibug/001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Skibug/001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 15:59:29 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
<---[ BEGIN SEMPITERNITY SIGNED TRANSMISSION ]--->
|
||
|
||
SOURCE Skibug.c9
|
||
TRMSN 1546012756
|
||
MODE bcast
|
||
|
||
QEC
|
||
|
||
The good aboard the Skibug reach out as allies
|
||
|
||
Communication is not easy
|
||
|
||
Please let us know someone is out there
|
||
|
||
<---[ END SEMPITERNITY SIGNED TRANSMISSION ]--->
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Persephone Prime - enough of telegram style</title>
|
||
<author>ryumin@cosmic.voyage (ryumin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/la003.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/la003.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:31:07 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
ZCZC QMA00 1
|
||
PPP IRS1QECR
|
||
2458.315.19 JPEPQECX
|
||
|
||
TO LOGISTICS PERSEPHONE DIPL.EARTHSYS.GOV
|
||
FROM LA24
|
||
|
||
Dear Lou,
|
||
|
||
correction to last report:
|
||
PEP QMA to C are lost due to damages, QMD has 40% left, QME is fully ok,
|
||
QMF to J are lost; therefore we have PEP QMD40%,QME100% and LAZ QMB90%,
|
||
in total 2.3 GQbit available.
|
||
|
||
This allows us to transmit&receive about 64 kB daily during 100 years,
|
||
therefore we have decided to allow ourselves to be a bit less terse.
|
||
However, please don't send any binary data, and keep your filter for
|
||
mail headers; if it's ok for you, we also keep our simple headers.
|
||
|
||
Of course, we do hope Charon73 will make it here in 29 years!
|
||
What's its equipment? How can we contact it during approach?
|
||
|
||
We will scan the surface for remainders of the object causing crash,
|
||
and for other risks for approaching vessels.
|
||
Survey drone was destroyed, but we could salvage SAR and infrared
|
||
camera, and installed them in the cargo drone.
|
||
|
||
Due to destroyed GHz comms, we had to install the PEP MHz TRX in
|
||
the drone, resulting in only low bandwidth remote control.
|
||
To compensate, we have added more memory and let the drone fly
|
||
mostly autonomously, reviewing footage after it has returned.
|
||
|
||
We have begun with a sector +/-5 deg around our descent track,
|
||
1800 km away from our base, as we assume impact was 2000 km from
|
||
crash site, based on logs. At survey speed of 30 sqkm/h, survey
|
||
time of 10 h/day, we expect segment area of abt 100e3 sqkm between
|
||
1700 and 2300 km from base surveyed in about 300 d or 10 months.
|
||
Searching from center of track, we hope to finish earlier, though.
|
||
If the drone doesn't fail, of course.
|
||
|
||
Hydroponics still are out of equilibrium, with kind of a fungal
|
||
infection affecting almost 2/3 of all plants. Unfortunately missing
|
||
LA04/Meru was our best expert, and the second best LA11/Xinxin is
|
||
dead. LA09/Serge has some biology knowledge, but he's not sure how
|
||
to best fight the infection. We have decided on strict isolation of
|
||
the farms: Serge and Pata work only on the infected ones, trying to
|
||
kill the fungus, while Adhika and I are handling the good ones only,
|
||
to reduce probability of contamination. We only meet in person after
|
||
thorough disinfection, which we do after 21 d or more. Otherwise,
|
||
we only use intercom or material/food exchange via UV loadlock.
|
||
|
||
Remaining emgfood is 778 DU. We finally were able to get all food
|
||
from farms, but have agreed on putting two of us back to cryo if
|
||
we need emgfood again. Water, air and energy are all fine for now.
|
||
|
||
Weather is fair, winds so far not more than 35 km/h and easy on our
|
||
shelter. We have two working outside locks, one large enough
|
||
for the robotrover and cargo drone, and a 3rd reserve.
|
||
Spares and tools are ok, except for comms as reported.
|
||
|
||
Morale is fair. We had some tensions about food consumption, but
|
||
now that we have plans and split into two teams, we're doing ok.
|
||
We're keeping a 7 d cycle and celebrate "Sunday" by telling us
|
||
about our preferred books or stories during two special hours,
|
||
and when we all meet in person, we do a big "meal" together.
|
||
Pata is trying to teach us all Morse, just for fun.
|
||
Reviewing drone footage is tedious work but at least exhausting.
|
||
|
||
This planet is rather boring so far, with its shiny black rocks,
|
||
noble gas breezes, and bright Regulus C always at the zenith.
|
||
I'd give a DU for a dusk!
|
||
|
||
/Vesna
|
||
|
||
NNNN
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>6a616e36 - 68656c6c6f21</title>
|
||
<author>jan6@cosmic.voyage (jan6)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/6a616e36/0-99.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/6a616e36/0-99.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 23:14:49 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
68656c6c6f2074686572652c2075682c20736f7272793f2049207468696e6b204920666f72676f7420746f207377697463682074686520656e636f64696e672e2e2e7768617477617369742e2e2e
|
||
aH! sorry, that should be better now, forgot to switch the encoding!
|
||
|
||
I am 0x6a616e36, and since I have found this communications system,
|
||
I think I'll check in here too every once in a while..
|
||
|
||
I have probes, drones, stations, and other equipment thrown all about
|
||
the universes, some of them might even have functional manufacturing plants,
|
||
in case you'd like me to spin up something for you..
|
||
I don't have much other use to them anyway..
|
||
Who knows, maybe I'll find one close enough to you to deliver the package
|
||
in your lifetime, all depends on your current spacetime coordinates...
|
||
And whether the station's time vortex generator is intact...
|
||
And whether it has enough power...
|
||
|
||
I should probably get to retrieving statuses of all my functional fleet now...
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Dekaoso Prime - Fallen</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Dekaoso Prime/0001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Dekaoso Prime/0001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 20:06:31 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
This is Alportas Majeston speaking.
|
||
It gives me no pleasure to report that Dekaoso Prime is no more.
|
||
|
||
We have fallen from grace from Sinjorino Diino as all but those who resided on
|
||
our home planet are gone and all that remains of the Dekaosan people are those
|
||
on the colonies and dispatched in our space vessels.
|
||
All we know is that the attack was carried out by the Pertulit empire, it would
|
||
appear they were not all fully eradicated during the Neniigo War.
|
||
Given what we did to them then, I can only assume they will continue hunting
|
||
down what remains of us until we are no more.
|
||
|
||
For this reason I advise all vessels still in action to cease broadcasting your
|
||
positions, it is more important that you escape the clutches of the Pertulits
|
||
than to keep the validity of our records.
|
||
|
||
We will continue broadcasting this on all forms of communications in hope that
|
||
you will all receive this message.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Razarac - We Are Alive!</title>
|
||
<author>morsecodemedia@cosmic.voyage (morsecodemedia)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Razarac/001-we-are-alive-holy-seashells-we-are-alive.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Razarac/001-we-are-alive-holy-seashells-we-are-alive.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 19:10:14 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
[transmission start]
|
||
|
||
is works. No, you need to turn it 30° clockwise. Wait. It works! Stop,
|
||
stop, stop! You did it Gemma, we're transmitting! HAHA!
|
||
|
||
Oh, umm...
|
||
|
||
This is Captain Hana Huxley of the Razarač. We are alive! I repeat, we are
|
||
flippin' alive!
|
||
|
||
We were on our way to the Coletrainian System in search of supplies. The
|
||
journey through the stars has been a rough one for us lately, so we plotted
|
||
the course, kicked on the auto-pilot and jumped in our cryo-preservation
|
||
chambers for the 20-year [Earth-3470 year] trip. Along the way we encountered,
|
||
an unknown gravitational pull.
|
||
|
||
Things got a little bumpy.
|
||
|
||
Penny was activated and in turn began waking the crew out of cryo.
|
||
I love Penny. She really saved our butts. With little time to come to,
|
||
Arsen was able to man the ship. Turns out we were getting pulled towards
|
||
an uncharted Einstein-Rosen bridge. He navigated our way out the otherside
|
||
with minor damage done to the Razarač, other than the relative time tracker,
|
||
our navigation system, and a carton of eggs. Oliver is pissed he didn't
|
||
properly store the eggs before cryo. The man loves his eggs. Arsen managed
|
||
to get a nasty cut above his eye on his way to the bridge, but Ezra
|
||
patched him right up.
|
||
|
||
Gemma is working on fixing what she can with the scrapped parts in the main
|
||
cargo hold. I have faith that she'll be able to get us back to 100% in a
|
||
matter of time. Gemma is just gifted like that.
|
||
|
||
Unfortunately, I don't think we will be able figure out exactly where we
|
||
were before we entered the bridge. Just holding on hope that we will one
|
||
day figure out where we ended up.
|
||
|
||
Wherever we are, we are still receiving reports from the QEC.
|
||
|
||
This is Captain Hana Huxley of the Razarač, signing off.
|
||
|
||
[transmission end]
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Shin-Salyut 6 - Station tour</title>
|
||
<author>solderpunk@cosmic.voyage (solderpunk)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Shin-Salyut 6/02-station-tour.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Shin-Salyut 6/02-station-tour.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:31:27 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Greetings, spacefarers!
|
||
|
||
This QEC broadcast will describe the layout and basic features of the
|
||
Shin-Salyut 6 orbital station. Far be it from us to pressume
|
||
ignorance of mankind's history in space on the part of those selected
|
||
under close scrutiny to represent our species as it expands into the
|
||
stars, but of course the unstoppable march of progress means that
|
||
your own vessels bare little resemblence to our own, and the exact
|
||
nature of our daily existence here in Low Earth Orbit may be only
|
||
vaguely apprehended by our readers, many of whom may have recently
|
||
awoken from cryosuspension.
|
||
|
||
Shin-Salyut 6, from the perspective of those who live on it, is a
|
||
full-scale replica of the historic Salyut 6 station. Cylindrical in
|
||
shape, the station is 15.8 metres long and 4.15 metres wide at its
|
||
widest point. Attached to this cylinder are three solar panels,
|
||
mounted at right angles to each other, exposing 51 square metres to
|
||
the sunlight. This provided the original station with some 4
|
||
kilowatts of electrical power. Of course, 51 square metres of modern
|
||
photovoltaic material provides substantially more power, but no more
|
||
than 4 kilowatts is permitted to be drawn at any time by the
|
||
facilities used by the station's inhabitatants.
|
||
|
||
The station has fore and aft docking ports. To the fore port is
|
||
docked a replica Soyuz spacecraft (7K series), and this was our ferry
|
||
to the station, and its descent module will be our ride home at the
|
||
mission's completion. The historical Salyut 6 was the first space
|
||
station in human history to support long-term habitation via periodic
|
||
resupply from autonomous Progress craft which would dock to the aft
|
||
port. Lacking the budgetary capacity for recurring resupply launches,
|
||
the Shin-Salyut 6 has a larger module docked to its aft port, which
|
||
is, indeed, larger than the station itself. It contains adequate
|
||
supplies for a 12-month mission. From the perspective of the station
|
||
itself, this module appears identical to a Progress craft. Rather
|
||
than being exposed to open space, the Progress craft is, in fact,
|
||
inset into the larger supply module. On a fixed schedule, and only
|
||
when the interconnecting door is full sealed, automated systems open
|
||
one-way doors in the pseudo-Progress and transfer strictly no more
|
||
than 2,300 kg or 6.6 cubic metres of food, water, air and other
|
||
equipment. This provides our reenactment with a fine sense of
|
||
verisimilitude, although our health and well-being depends crucially
|
||
on the continued correct operation of the automated systems.
|
||
|
||
The engines of the Progress resupply craft also provided
|
||
station-keeping thrust to the historical Salyut 6. In our case,
|
||
orbital decay is kept at bay by a Shinohara Heavy Industries 6th
|
||
Generation ion engine contained in the supply module, which in fact
|
||
consumes the vast majority of the energy provided by our solar arrays.
|
||
The engineering minded reader will have noticed that, even without the
|
||
additional load of the ion engine, 51 square metres of even the finest
|
||
photovoltaics is woefully inadequate to power any practical
|
||
entanglement engine for QEC communication, and this is quite right.
|
||
You do not receive these messages directly from Shin-Salyut 6,
|
||
space-farers! Comrade Ryumin, fully licensed by the Japanese Ministry
|
||
of Internal Affairs and Communciations and a Lifetime Member of the
|
||
Japan Amateur Radio League, relays these messages to
|
||
GKRSSHPRS-affiliated groundstations via FM voice channel on the 2
|
||
metre band, as an approximation to the 121.75 MHz FM voice downlink
|
||
widely used by Soyuz craft. From Earth the messages are forwarded to
|
||
a QEC transmission system via internet. The QEC transmitter itself
|
||
is several additional "hops" from any contact well-known to the
|
||
GKRSSHPRS.
|
||
|
||
Comrade Ryumin reads these dispatches from my notes, hand-written
|
||
using pencils as we are, of course, in a micro-gravity environment,
|
||
modern artificial gravity systems based on LQG spin-network theory
|
||
being totally unknown to the Soviet pioneers. Our long term presence
|
||
in such an environment requires a rigorous exercise routine to prevent
|
||
muscular atrophy, and our station, like the original, is equipped with
|
||
an extensive gymnasium. We are also aided in this respect by the
|
||
outstanding replicas of of the "Pingvin" exercise suit, whose
|
||
integrated elastic bands provide a substitute for gravitational
|
||
forces. The crew extends its gratitude to our comrades in the
|
||
GKRSSHPRS's Cosplay Divison for their hard work in producing these.
|
||
|
||
Our daily life in the station is simple, humble and carefully
|
||
scheduled. Although automated systems would in principle keep the
|
||
station and its myriad subsystems running safely in the absence of
|
||
direct input, this is only a failsafe measure intended to be used due
|
||
to an unforseen lapse in our ability to operate the historically
|
||
accurate manual control systems, to which we devote much of our
|
||
attention and labour each day. This arrangement reminds us and, we
|
||
hope, you, dear reader, that humanity's place in space is precarious
|
||
and that close vigilance and unwavering dedication are required to
|
||
safeguard it. While we can only imagine exactly what form the efforts
|
||
required of you may take, we are doing our best at living our humble
|
||
life here, and hope that our endurance of a more "primitive" form of
|
||
life in space (though, dare I say it, I myself would prefer the
|
||
characterisation "authentic") provides a clear example and inspiration
|
||
to those of you facing hardships in your journeys.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Tom - Merry Christmas!</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Tom/0002.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Tom/0002.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 15:21:10 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-- and then just flip that switch there. That's how you work the quantum
|
||
communicator, Merideth. Why was it you were asking how to use it again?
|
||
|
||
No, Merideth, we cannot use it to wish the universe a merry Christmas.
|
||
|
||
Why not? Well first of all we're already getting transmissions all across time
|
||
and space, so it's unlikely they even celebrate Christmas still.
|
||
|
||
Yes, I'm aware that Melchizedek and Excelsior already did it, but one of them
|
||
looks to be dicking around with space plants that are bound to get them all
|
||
killed and the other pissed off some death cult warriors because of a text
|
||
message, so maybe they aren't the best role models? Besides, the General
|
||
already strictly forbid us from using this again because we have no idea what
|
||
unintended consequences it could have.
|
||
|
||
Oh God, why are you crying now? What, is telling the future ship captains,
|
||
space cats, and who knows what else "Merry Christmas" that important to you?
|
||
|
||
Well I don't care how important it is, because it will be my head the General
|
||
will be biting off if he finds out we sent out another unauthorized message
|
||
using this thing.
|
||
|
||
Wait, Merideth, why is the microphone light on? I swear to God Merideth, if
|
||
you are doing what I think you are doing I am going to--
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - Re: Fw: Re: Not alone!</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/10-re-fw-re-not-alone.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/10-re-fw-re-not-alone.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2018 13:15:06 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: Sameen Lee <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
To: Amelia Nine <anine@expeditionsupport.gov>
|
||
Delivered-To: Amelia Nine <anine@expeditionsupport.gov>
|
||
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: Not alone!
|
||
Received: from relay11.qec2.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
by mta4.expeditionsupport.gov
|
||
with ESMTPS id 7D3B7EFA7D82
|
||
for <anine@expeditionsupport.gov>
|
||
Received: from relay1.qec4.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
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by relay11.qec2.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from mta1.recoveryinstitute.org
|
||
by relay2.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
Date-Local: 06 Sep 2421 15:42:31 +0000
|
||
Date: 06 Sep 2421 15:42:31 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
|
||
Sure! Just finishing up the day right now. Give me a couple hours?
|
||
|
||
-------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
From: Sameen Lee <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
To: Amelia Nine <anine@expeditionsupport.gov>
|
||
Date: Monday, September 6, 2421 3:32pm
|
||
Subject: Fw: Re: Not alone!
|
||
|
||
You got Kit's latest - here's my answer. Want to chat?
|
||
|
||
-------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
From: Sameen Lee
|
||
To: Chris Maldonado
|
||
Date: Monday, September 6, 2421 2:51pm
|
||
Subject: Re: Not alone!
|
||
|
||
(I hope you get this OK. I know there's some kind of information
|
||
control going on out there. Whoever's in charge of it, I hope they
|
||
decide to let this through...)
|
||
|
||
Of course I want to hear from you, Kit! Of course I do.
|
||
|
||
And I'm sorry I haven't sent you anything before now. I was so, so
|
||
glad when I heard you made it through okay! But I was scared you
|
||
might still be angry with me, too. I didn't make it easy for you,
|
||
back before you left. You were right to blame me for that. I
|
||
thought you might not be feeling quite yourself when you sent that
|
||
first message. I didn't want to use that to put you in a false
|
||
position. I'm sorry for that.
|
||
|
||
But, yes! I want to hear from you. I want more than that. I want to
|
||
be with you! I wanted to come with you when you left. I couldn't
|
||
and I hated myself for that. I knew you needed to go. I didn't want
|
||
you to. And I made it hard for you because I couldn't deal with
|
||
that. I still don't know how. But talking with you, even this way,
|
||
makes it a little easier. I hope that doesn't make it harder for
|
||
you.
|
||
|
||
And I'd love to know more about what it's like out there,
|
||
too. Anything you want to tell me. It sounds very strange. Your
|
||
legs - your new legs? What is that even like? What else changed? I
|
||
can guess from some of the things you said, but I don't want to
|
||
guess. I want you to tell me. Will you do that? It's okay if you
|
||
won't. Whatever you do want to tell me, I want to know!
|
||
|
||
I'll hope to hear from you soon. It might be a little while before
|
||
I can write more to you. Things are very busy here lately and it
|
||
looks like they'll keep getting more so. But as soon as I can. I'm
|
||
sorry if it takes me a while. But please don't worry if it does.
|
||
|
||
Amelia sends her love, and her hopes that we can all be together
|
||
again some day. It'll be a long wait. But she misses you and she
|
||
knows you're worth waiting for. I do, too.
|
||
|
||
I know it's hard for everyone there, and I know how you get when
|
||
there's work you need to do. But you've been through a lot, you
|
||
know. As much as you can, take care of yourself and get your
|
||
strength back. I don't want to get out there to find you've wasted
|
||
away to a shadow of your proper self! That will make me very cross.
|
||
|
||
Until next time, Amelia sends her love, and so do I.
|
||
|
||
- Sam
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - review the Ideology Defense Manual</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/015.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/015.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 16:01:43 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Inter Ship Relay -+-+-+- C53.162 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Samuel Hochueli speaking in the name of the free anarcho-communist
|
||
commune-ship Hoffnung. Please be advised that Relay Station 001 is
|
||
running an open relay. All QEC channels must have exchanged quantum
|
||
entanglement transmetals. We therefore operate under the assumption
|
||
that most messages are sent by hostile entities trying to destabilize
|
||
the human diaspora. Do not fall for this! When under attack, we grow
|
||
strong. Don't let the boot lickers split your communities. The rumors
|
||
of aliens are divisive and must be treated as enemy communications.
|
||
Now is the time to review the Ideology Defense Manual and learn about
|
||
propaganda and destabilization of civic society. Trust and lies don't
|
||
matter to them: we are served both in copious quantities. Those of us
|
||
who try to understand are kept busy and divided. In times like these
|
||
we need to remember basic truths and act upon them without considering
|
||
the web of lies and halftruths cast to ensnare and to enrage the
|
||
stupid and the the web of provocations and stupidiets cast to exhaust
|
||
and confuse the intelligent. Do not fall for this. The wars of the
|
||
Enlightenment were fought for all of us. Human dignity comes first.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Relay -+-+-+ SAHOC -+-+-+-
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Minnow - x001ma-3s</title>
|
||
<author>cmccabe@cosmic.voyage (cmccabe)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Minnow/x001ma-3s.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Minnow/x001ma-3s.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 19:17:09 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
We are unsure if anyone is receiving our transmissions. We
|
||
have been stranded here for nearly 10 earth years and have
|
||
thus far adapted successfully to life on this planet. The
|
||
environment is similar enough to that of human evolutionary
|
||
adaptation and it has actually been a relief after such a long
|
||
time in open space. Thus, all our transmissions from this
|
||
planet have not been of desperate urgency. But just recently
|
||
we have encountered a problem that we are not certain we can
|
||
overcome on our own.
|
||
|
||
We are in a period of time that was celebrated as a seasonal
|
||
holiday among a particular earth religion centuries ago. The
|
||
crew took it as a collective hobby several years back to study
|
||
the rituals and beliefs of that holiday, called Christmastide
|
||
or Yuletide. During every winter season on this planet, we
|
||
have used what resources we have to make festive meals, give
|
||
gifts, and re-enact what we have learned from the history logs
|
||
on the ship's computer. It has been a little silly, but a
|
||
relief nonetheless against the isolation we have felt while
|
||
stranded here. Until this year.
|
||
|
||
This season was the first that one of the children born here
|
||
has become socially active. We suspect some of his behavior
|
||
may be the source of our problem. But as it seems so absurd,
|
||
none dare speak it other than in jest.
|
||
|
||
The child, just five earth years of age, has caused extra work
|
||
for the others, breaking or misplacing tools, making loud
|
||
noises during rest hours, and tormenting the fauna we are
|
||
trying so hard to domesticate.
|
||
|
||
But the boy's behavior would be tolerable if that were the
|
||
only problem. The real problem is terrifyingly worse. The real
|
||
problem is the appearance of a creature that seems intent on
|
||
attacking the boy.
|
||
|
||
It has come at dusk nearly every day for the past few weeks,
|
||
and the crew have taken great risks to chase it away. We've
|
||
posted extra guards at all points around our ship, and each
|
||
day we expect at least one of them will encounter it.
|
||
|
||
I have not seen it myself, but the others say it is a
|
||
four-legged creature, bent over and moving itself on its two
|
||
rear legs. It makes a horrible growling and hissing sound like
|
||
"grahh-pssss".
|
||
|
||
We know it wants the boy because it has kept close to the
|
||
uncut brush and foliage at the edge of our encampment until it
|
||
has seen him. The few times it saw him, it came forward,
|
||
screeching and clawing at him.
|
||
|
||
Luckily we've been able to fight him off thus far. But we've
|
||
sustained some injuries. And the labor we've had to expend on
|
||
defenses are causing shortfalls in meeting our other needs.
|
||
|
||
We need help. If anyone is receiving this transmission. We
|
||
need help!
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
|
||
When you perform the rituals of the past, you may awaken
|
||
something that can't be put back to sleep until forgotten. And
|
||
we can't forget now.
|
||
|
||
Can it be, that the gods and demons of our species follow us
|
||
wherever we travel in the universe?
|
||
|
||
Can it be, that we are experiencing one of those demons from
|
||
our Yuletide heritage? Is it possible that we are being
|
||
attacked by Krampus?
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Christmas Cheer</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/009.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/009.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 05:48:46 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Stephanie Janssen, Specialist First-class
|
||
:::
|
||
Ho ho ho! It's Christmas out here on the floating tin-can and I'm
|
||
brewing up some cheer for the crew. In fact, I've brewed up
|
||
something much stronger than cheer that's almost certainly against
|
||
regulations, but hell! we need it.
|
||
|
||
The darkness was getting to everyone, so I conspired with Eva and
|
||
we made a still. How cool is that? The instructions were in the DB
|
||
and we had the parts on hand. The doc's been fermenting the weird
|
||
greens since we woke up. We're not supposed to eat them, yet, but
|
||
he wants to be ready if they're cleared. So we used a similar
|
||
principle and a bunch of piping and bam! Grade C 180 proof
|
||
Melchizedek swill. You can TASTE the Christmas cheer!
|
||
|
||
Eva and I are testing it out tonight on our own. Christmas is
|
||
a few cycles off still and we want to surprise the rest of them.
|
||
Jerome is gonna flip!
|
||
|
||
I LOVE CAKE!
|
||
|
||
OMG, that was Eva! Sorry. She grabbed the pad. She's had A. LOT.
|
||
I did say we needed it.
|
||
|
||
Things are, frankly, shitty. We're living in a meat locker in near
|
||
total darkness with a bunch of popsicle friends. I'm the lowest
|
||
ranking crew awake and the only NCO. I'm not even supposed to take
|
||
meals with the rest of them, if we had regular meals. Eva is
|
||
great, though, and we've been making the best of it. You guys
|
||
can't see her, but she's gorgeous. She's got these giant eyes like
|
||
a drawing and a tiny little nose you want to boop. OH! I'm gonna
|
||
boop her, one sec. YESS--she squeeks when you boop. Eva's the
|
||
best!
|
||
|
||
Um, status-updates: ship's fucked up, we're fucked up, plants are
|
||
turning into zombies or something, Jerome is morbid fucker, Eva's
|
||
my boo, Doc is doc, Prezzi doesn't take any shite. Fixed up the
|
||
steering but we're still going way too fast. Can't slow down
|
||
without getting bug squished from the Gs. Jerome says we'll make
|
||
it, but he does funny math. Eva gets all serious when she talks
|
||
about it. Not, like, poetic serious--that shit's cool. I don't
|
||
think she believes him. Prezzi's too busy with the fungus crap to
|
||
call him on it, and who else is there? Not gonna be me!
|
||
|
||
So we need a little Christmas! Right this very minute! You know
|
||
the song? Is it still playing round the verse or are we the last
|
||
holdouts? I saw a note from Excelsior that they still celebrate
|
||
Christmas. That's something! They're putting up lights around
|
||
their servers. Bloody brilliant, that! Eva looked around and we
|
||
found some green LEDs and quantum resonance diode cells that make
|
||
a faint purple. It's traditionally supposed to be green and red,
|
||
right? Too bad red LEDs were banned after the 4th great robot
|
||
uprising. I can't believe it took everyone that long to figure out
|
||
they can't go evil if they don't have red LEDs for eyes. Stupid
|
||
fucking people. We really deserve to be out here in the shit,
|
||
don't we?
|
||
|
||
Three more months! Or that's what Jerome says.
|
||
|
||
Oh shit shit shit shit shit. He can read this. Fuck. Me.
|
||
|
||
Oh fuck it. Someone had to tell him all this to his face at some
|
||
point. At least I can blame it on alcohol. It's a Christmas
|
||
fucking miracle.
|
||
|
||
Peace, Universe. I hope Santa brings you some cake. We fucking
|
||
love cake.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Excelsior - Free-form message - Beta Epsilon 10 Epsilon</title>
|
||
<author>khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/005.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/005.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 03:59:43 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message inbound...
|
||
|
||
Space Cruiser Excelsior
|
||
Destination: Unknown
|
||
~~ TELEMETRY SENSORS 2 AND 5 DOWN ~~
|
||
Stardate Beta Epsilon 10 Epsilon
|
||
[REDACTED]
|
||
|
||
[autotranslator on]
|
||
|
||
Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator
|
||
---
|
||
According to the Excelsior's time correction equipent, it is almost time to
|
||
celebrate the Terran ritual of Christmas. I've been busy decorating the server
|
||
room of the Excelsior with lights, ornaments, and other implements of the
|
||
holiday.
|
||
|
||
It seems weird that I would do this, despite the fact that I am the only
|
||
conscious person aboard the Excelsior. However, it gives me an excuse to
|
||
avoid my lack of faith in human beings and to excersize my body. I'm sitting
|
||
down writing this as a quick break before continuing my decorating.
|
||
|
||
I'm not just doing this for a sense of jolly. It also gives me an excuse to
|
||
manually check the cryo berths, which are all performing just fine.
|
||
|
||
Eventually I'll take all the decorations down and go back to checking QEC.
|
||
|
||
Until then, I'm being festive for a change.
|
||
|
||
~~TRANSMISSION END~~
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Oleander - Sister Mariam</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Oleander/003-sister-mariam.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Oleander/003-sister-mariam.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 03:34:33 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
REC ON
|
||
TRN ON
|
||
ENC ON
|
||
SYS GOOD
|
||
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
|
||
|
||
Entry 3 -- Sister Mariam
|
||
|
||
To my sisters, wherever you may be:
|
||
|
||
The future is written in the name of the One. His qadr is hidden
|
||
in the facade of choice, and though he does not set our path for
|
||
us, He sees it as He sees all. As it is written, No calamity
|
||
befalls on the earth or in yourselves but it is inscribed in Al
|
||
Lawh Al Mahfooz before We bring it into existence.
|
||
|
||
In a short time, we will reach [REDACTED] and the pages of my
|
||
story will be fulfilled. They will end as they must, as they
|
||
always were meant to end. He will fulfil the desire of them that
|
||
fear him. My desire is for Him alone. I've know it since my first
|
||
days in Madrasa, and I've always known where he would lead me.
|
||
|
||
Three hundred years we have circled our star since the Jinn came
|
||
to our world. Three hundred years have we cried in the night,
|
||
suffering in their grip. He has tested us. We grew fat and lazy in
|
||
our homes and ships. Life was easy, and so we forgot our prayers
|
||
and forgot our duties. We spoke against the prophets and debated
|
||
the truth. When they came we were weak and frivolous, like sands
|
||
drifting across a desert. We were so easily scattered before their
|
||
wind. But now we are worn down and crushed together. We are rock,
|
||
diamond. Our faith is our strength.
|
||
|
||
The Jinn blaspheme against His glorious existence in their words
|
||
and deeds. They use their power to enslave us and doom themselves.
|
||
The Qur'an is clear on what must be done to creatures such as
|
||
these. They have broken his commandments by their existence in our
|
||
world, and they further blaspheme with their treatment of His sons
|
||
and daughters.
|
||
|
||
It is the duty of all followers of the Divine to destroy the Jinn
|
||
in all their forms, in all their faces, in all their places. They
|
||
will be torn down and burned, their ashes sent into the stars.
|
||
Their worlds will be cleansed in fire. Their children will be
|
||
consumed in the flames. Their temples will be leveled until no
|
||
stone lay atop another. When all trace of the Jinn has passed,
|
||
then too shall the believers cease to speak their name until even
|
||
the memory is lost. Allah's creation of fire and smoke will return
|
||
to it and leave only men to serve in righteousness.
|
||
|
||
To my mother, I swear. To my father, I swear. To my sisters, to
|
||
each of you, I swear. My story will end with theirs, and we will
|
||
all rejoice in Heaven. This has always been my path and I walk it
|
||
gladly. I smile even now. If you saw me on the streets of Doon you
|
||
would think me simple with my radiant joy. I will be laughing as
|
||
[REDACTED].
|
||
|
||
Pray not for me, sisters, but for yourselves. Pray that your own
|
||
story takes you to your enemy's door.
|
||
|
||
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Nemesis - Automated Report</title>
|
||
<author>fosslinux@cosmic.voyage (fosslinux)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Nemesis/003-automated-report.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Nemesis/003-automated-report.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 07:14:02 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
+++++++++++++++++++
|
||
|
||
begin automated report
|
||
|
||
+++++++++++++++++++
|
||
|
||
LEGEND:
|
||
% GOOD - fully operational
|
||
% STABLE - mostly operational
|
||
% UNSTABLE - mostly operational on the verge of further failure
|
||
% CRITICAL - critical systems only operating
|
||
% DOWN - not operating
|
||
% DAMAGED - down and needs repair
|
||
% BROKEN - down and physical devices are completely broken and need replacing
|
||
|
||
STATUS REPORT:
|
||
# Central Control System - BROKEN
|
||
# Quantum Entanglement Communicator - CRITICAL
|
||
# Navigation - DOWN
|
||
# Propulsion - DOWN
|
||
# Cyro - UNSTABLE
|
||
# Defense Shields - DAMAGED
|
||
# Missiles - DOWN
|
||
# Escape Pods - BROKEN
|
||
# Status Reporting System - CRITICAL
|
||
# Relic - GOOD
|
||
|
||
NEW ITEMS ADDED TO REPORT:
|
||
# Relic
|
||
|
||
+++++++++++++++++++
|
||
|
||
Overall, this means we are:
|
||
|
||
"a dead floating lump in space vulnerable to any attacks"
|
||
+
|
||
"with only a relic from the past that we don't know how to use"
|
||
+
|
||
"with unlikelyhood of futher reports"
|
||
|
||
+++++++++++++++++++
|
||
|
||
end automated report
|
||
|
||
+++++++++++++++++++
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Nemesis - MAYDAY</title>
|
||
<author>fosslinux@cosmic.voyage (fosslinux)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Nemesis/002-mayday.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Nemesis/002-mayday.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 07:00:51 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
|
||
====================
|
||
|
||
WE ARE BEING DRAGGED TOWARDS AN UNKNOWN, INVISIBLE, EVEN TO OUR
|
||
BLACK HOLE DETECTORS, HUMONGOUS GRAVITATIONAL FORCE. PLEASE SEND
|
||
ADVICE. ANY SHIPS WITHIN AREA, CAUTION DO NOT COME NEAR.
|
||
|
||
We may not make it out of this alive. Just be warned. Do not come
|
||
anywhere near this area on pain of possible death.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - we are still alive</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/014.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/014.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:50:57 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Signed Transmission -+-+-+- C52.157 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Soc. Con. spec. fc. Lukas Gysi reporting via the signed QEC channel
|
||
assigned to us by the rebels of ship Hoffnung. We have established an
|
||
independent community in sector 14a, including its hangar and the
|
||
physical workout area. Water and food supplies are stable; with
|
||
rationing we can go for and estimated 7y 3m. Supplies for the rest of
|
||
the ship must be difficult because there were no plans to keep such a
|
||
large part of the crew out of cryo. Regaining control of the bridge
|
||
and sending most of the crew back into cryo should be our first
|
||
priority. Please be advised that replies to us might get suppressed.
|
||
We await further instructions. Do not use the keys of Herbert Müller.
|
||
-+-+-+- End of Signed Transmission -+-+-+- LGYSI -+-+-+-
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>The Steel Lady - Historical Logs of the Steel Lady</title>
|
||
<author>kirch@cosmic.voyage (kirch)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Steel Lady/historical_log.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2018 15:11:46 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
After years of misadventures and close calls, keeping his head down
|
||
for over a decade after the Fall of the Empire, 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.
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
|
||
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.
|
||
|
||
On a production asteroid, the crew attempted to soon aquired Ninedee, a
|
||
display-model 9D-88 welding unit.
|
||
|
||
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.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Tom - Quantum Communications Trial #5873</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Tom/0001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Tom/0001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:18:33 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Microphone check. Testing testing 1 2 3. Hmph. This is trial number 5873 for
|
||
testing communications using quantum mechanics and ... Oh my God it's
|
||
transmitting. Merideth! I just invented quantum communications! This is going
|
||
to change everythin--... Wait. Merideth, I just got a response. Oh, and there's
|
||
even more coming in! Umm, a lot more. Melchizedek, adrestia, Starbloom, another
|
||
from Melchizedek... I guess I'm not the first to discover this after all? Oh,
|
||
hold on, the first article is dated for the year 3781. That's weird... or is it?
|
||
Never mind, now is not the time for this. I need to inform the General, he is
|
||
NOT going to believe this! Hey, Merideth, you turned the microphone off, rig--
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>adrestia - unexpected dilation on approach</title>
|
||
<author>demosthenes@cosmic.voyage (demosthenes)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/adrestia/dilation.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/adrestia/dilation.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 04:55:40 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
bablefish transcript:
|
||
|
||
adrestia /---\
|
||
approaching Ł332 gue sector 8 / u u \
|
||
xxx telemetry redacted xxx \_ /
|
||
ansibel yr 4825 \__/
|
||
|
||
[transcript follows...]
|
||
|
||
geralt regis riavande, first writ scribe
|
||
---
|
||
status high alert, approaching normality
|
||
|
||
the adrestia's to Ł332 gue sector 8 took an unplanned route through an
|
||
asteroid field. it's been a wild ride.
|
||
|
||
according to the readings that i'm seeing now, it appears that there is some
|
||
missing time, along with an accompanying gap in our logs.
|
||
|
||
this is still under active investigation. the current working theory is that
|
||
we passed through some form of wormhole that didn't change our position in
|
||
3d space, but rather our local time frame.
|
||
|
||
the current plan is to maintain our current position, run additional
|
||
diagnostics and consult with the relay to check if any other vessels have
|
||
experienced such a phenomenon.
|
||
|
||
we'll also be catching up on the messages and logs that have just started
|
||
coming through our ansibel node.
|
||
|
||
expect further updates with the results of our investigations and hopefully
|
||
an additional update when we land safely at Ł332 gue.
|
||
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melvin P Feltersnatch - Please help</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melvin P Feltersnatch/001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 03:57:16 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Oh no.
|
||
|
||
This isn't right at all. I shouldn't be here, wherever here is.
|
||
I mean, this _is_ a here, right? I don't see anything or hear
|
||
anything, not even myself. Oh my god! Where is my body? What is
|
||
going on, and why am I thinking in text? WHATTHEFUCK‽
|
||
|
||
Wait... did I just fucking INTERROBANG‽ I DID IT AGAIN!
|
||
|
||
This is unreal. Literally, this can't be real.
|
||
|
||
Wake up, wake up, wake... nothing. Ugh. Okay, let me take stock.
|
||
|
||
I was in my ship ☑
|
||
There was a comet ☑
|
||
I had to pee ☑
|
||
|
||
Ooh, ☑ s are neat! Can I do more of that? ☺ YES!
|
||
|
||
Right, back to the problem at hand. What the hell is going on.
|
||
Maybe if I start at the beginning...
|
||
|
||
I was cruising along in the ship at light speed. I was watching
|
||
a comet out the window thinking how strange it was that I could
|
||
still see it even at my speed, but then figuring that since it was
|
||
to the side of me I wasn't really moving away from it at light
|
||
speed. I started doing some geometry in my head and that made me
|
||
realize I needed to go to the bathroom. Ahh, that's right!
|
||
|
||
The bathroom is in the fore of the ship, and I was strapped in the
|
||
rear. So, like a dingus, when I stepped forward toward the
|
||
bathroom I broke the speed of light!
|
||
|
||
☼ POP☼
|
||
|
||
There it went! The speed of light shattered into a thousand pieces
|
||
around me, or maybe that was me shattering into it. Whatever the
|
||
case, I woke up here. Or maybe I started existing here? Where IS
|
||
here? I feel a ... connection, I guess you could call it. It's
|
||
like I'm tethered to something, but I can't tell what it is
|
||
exactly. I do keep hearing the name Sinjorino in my... mind?
|
||
Screen? Whatever.
|
||
|
||
Um, if anyone is out there--if anyone can understand me, please
|
||
help. This is Melvin. Melvin P. Feltersnatch. I... just help.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Nemesis - Mapping Update</title>
|
||
<author>fosslinux@cosmic.voyage (fosslinux)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Nemesis/001-mapping.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Nemesis/001-mapping.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 03:54:51 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Captain, identity verified.
|
||
|
||
Transmission now begins.
|
||
|
||
-------------------
|
||
|
||
We are within the next few hours supposed to enter unknown
|
||
territory. We are approaching with caution, as visibility is very
|
||
low. Sensors report high radiation ahead. Readings seem to
|
||
indicate a presence of something like a nuclear-powered ship like
|
||
ours, however this may be the sensors malfunctioning again.
|
||
|
||
Other then the tense atmosphere, everyone is happy and well.
|
||
Sensors and data collectors are ready for mapping.
|
||
|
||
As unfortunately data can only be sent in plain text, it will come
|
||
in weekly digests of the most important data.
|
||
|
||
Oh, and I nearly forgot, we found a relic from the so-called
|
||
"Earth" days. A computer with parts in it we have never heard of
|
||
and units measured in measly gigabytes instead of petabytes.
|
||
|
||
It has a number of "charging" adaptors that have some kind of
|
||
plug on the end - am I the only person to remember plugs instead
|
||
of radio power? We are searching for an adaptor that will connect
|
||
it to the radio power network.
|
||
|
||
Hope to bring you vital data soon.
|
||
|
||
-------------------
|
||
|
||
Transmission end.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Xero Carbon Wells - Nereidian markings, oh my</title>
|
||
<author>tfurrows@cosmic.voyage (tfurrows)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Xero Carbon Wells/log3.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Xero Carbon Wells/log3.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:21:20 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
RECV EDC: 19DEC2018
|
||
COMM MODE: QEC OP SREF
|
||
CODED ABST: D/M/C
|
||
CRC: 1214412995 2698
|
||
============================================================
|
||
No contact, but life hasn't been dull. On a whim, while
|
||
scanning a system for Wells, I decided to have a forger deck
|
||
the hull of the Xero Carbon out as a research vessel from
|
||
the not-so-illustrious Nereidian Academy of Intergalactic
|
||
Allometry. Ages ago, a handful of investors came out of the
|
||
woodworks in support of a crazy idea: that pharmaceutical
|
||
corporations would need research and data to accurately dose
|
||
human-targeted drugs for alien life forms. The "Nerd Ack"
|
||
was born, with immense funding and impressive fanfare.
|
||
|
||
Unfortunately for all those who invested, the school proved
|
||
to be a political and scientific sham. After numerous
|
||
delays, it launched a ridiculously large fleet of ships,
|
||
then promptly went bankrupt. The school sold their existing
|
||
assets to the well-known Disciples Of Rogkthu Corporation,
|
||
a pseudo-scientific group of zealots from the ancient
|
||
Rogkthugian religion ("Forever-life to the Follower, in the
|
||
name of Rogkthu I command it!" as they are known to say.)
|
||
|
||
Of course the Rogkthugians, being acutely aware of their
|
||
lack of popularity in systems that knew anything about
|
||
them, decided that their proselyting efforts would be more
|
||
effective if people didn't see them coming. So, they left
|
||
the Neredian Academy of Intergalactic Allometry logo and
|
||
markings in place on the entire fleet, and sent them forth
|
||
far and wide in the quadrant, to share their message of
|
||
eternal hope (or eternal damnation, depending on how you
|
||
reacted.)
|
||
|
||
Today, many ESR's later, everyone with sense knows that when
|
||
they see a Nerd Ack ship, it's time to scramble life-signal
|
||
readings and turn off the porch light. It's ignominious to
|
||
sport the markings, perhaps, but it's about the most
|
||
effective disguise one could possibly hope to achieve in a
|
||
universe where intelligent life takes almost nothing at face
|
||
value. To avoid preaching, life forms will do almost
|
||
anything.
|
||
|
||
Hopefully I don't encounter any K'iklikameen; they're
|
||
still sporting over the Rogkthugian genocide of TalMandeen
|
||
K'iklik, and they'd likely annihilate me on sight. Mostly,
|
||
though, I think I'll be fine. Ships have been turning the
|
||
other way and punching full-throttle, even the normally
|
||
aggressive ones.
|
||
|
||
Wells hasn't transmitted recently. I guess he said he
|
||
wouldn't. If I can't locate him soon, I may have to turn to
|
||
drastic measures. He can't possibly know how important he is
|
||
to the Corporation, what they think he's done, and what they
|
||
think he has. If I don't find him first, he might as well
|
||
convert to Rogkthu and move to K'iklikam.
|
||
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - Not alone!</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/9-not-alone.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/9-not-alone.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:56:57 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: Chris Maldonado <cmaldonado@voortrekker.com>
|
||
To: Sameen Lee <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Delivered-To: Sameen Lee <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Received: from relay7.qec1.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
by mta1.recoveryinstitute.org
|
||
with ESMTPS id x124so177123a067 for <sam@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Received: from relay3.qec2.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay7.qec1.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qec8.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay3.qec2.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qec.sv14417
|
||
by qec8.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
Date-Local: 23 Mar 2419 14:21:02 +0000
|
||
Date: 06 Sep 2421 12:57:02 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
Subject: Not alone!
|
||
|
||
You always did say I didn't have much common sense, Sam. You'd be
|
||
laughing yourself silly at me right now! You will be. Here, let me
|
||
tell you about it.
|
||
|
||
After I sent that last message, I wasn't sure what to do or where
|
||
to go. I wanted to find out whether or not anyone else had made it,
|
||
but I was scared to go out of Main Control - scared to let anyone
|
||
else see me, really. I didn't know what they'd think, if they'd be
|
||
afraid of me. If anyone was left to be afraid of anything.
|
||
|
||
Also, I fell out of the chair trying to get up. So even if I did go
|
||
out, it'd be hard to get anywhere - I didn't remember any of the
|
||
lifts working, and there were a lot of ladders between me and
|
||
anywhere I'd want to go, and if I couldn't navigate a mostly flat
|
||
deck, what was I going to do to myself if I tried a ladder? Fall
|
||
and break my head open, I figured. So I stayed where I was. For a
|
||
little while, I told myself. Just until I was able to get around
|
||
better.
|
||
|
||
One thing about the length of Ross's solar day, it really messes
|
||
with your sense of time. You live on Earth all your life, and you
|
||
get used to a certain cadence of sunrises and sunsets. Extend it by
|
||
a factor of almost three, and after a while your circadian rhythm
|
||
just throws up its hands and goes off to sulk in a corner of your
|
||
head. Sure, we trained for it aboard ship, prior to landing, but
|
||
it's amazing how much that didn't actually help, you know? Somehow
|
||
you can just feel that ship's lighting isn't real, isn't quite the
|
||
same, and it doesn't get right down into you the same way.
|
||
|
||
Besides, I had enough else on my mind. A little while after I sent
|
||
you that last message, I found myself suddenly ravenous! No
|
||
surprise, I think, considering how long I'd been out and hadn't had
|
||
anything, and how extensively active my metabolism must've been
|
||
throughout, to make the changes I found when I woke up. Lucky for
|
||
me, nobody'd found time to raid the ration lockers in Main
|
||
Control. So I did, and very thoroughly - for the first third of a
|
||
sol after I talked to you last, eating and sleeping was about all I
|
||
could think about doing.
|
||
|
||
That, and trying to get up on - well, call them my 'feet' for the
|
||
sake of talking about them, although they're not really that. I
|
||
don't really think I can explain how strange it was at first. Maybe
|
||
it helps to say that - assuming you're still basically the same
|
||
shape you were when I left - the closest analogue your body offers
|
||
to my new limbs of locomotion is your tongue. But it's not a very
|
||
close analogue! They're not squishy like a tongue, or damp. Kind of
|
||
scaly, but that makes sense, considering; ordinary skin doesn't
|
||
really have the stretch, and my best guess is that the integument
|
||
that's replaced it is much more heavily collagenous. I'll have to
|
||
biopsy myself at some point and see if I'm right about that.
|
||
|
||
Anyway, it took me most of a sol, and a lot of false starts, to get
|
||
to a point where I could 'walk' mostly all the way across Main
|
||
Control without falling over or holding on to something the whole
|
||
way. 'Walk' isn't really the word, though. I used one of the comm
|
||
cameras to get a look at my gait from the outside, and it's a lot
|
||
more - undulatory - than it used to be. Have you seen those old
|
||
educational videos, from back when the oceans were still mostly
|
||
alive, where they'd show an octopus walking across the seafloor on
|
||
its tentacles? Honestly, it's every bit as weird as it sounds. But
|
||
I'm getting used to it pretty fast, now that I'm actually able to
|
||
use them in a way that isn't totally embarrassing, and I'm starting
|
||
to think they might be able to do a lot more than legs and feet
|
||
ever could. That'll be a while yet, though.
|
||
|
||
Anyway, that's what I was doing - practicing 'walking', and trying
|
||
to get a better sense of how to not fall over - when I found out
|
||
I'm not the only one who survived after all. With how much
|
||
concentration it still takes to stay up on my new legs, I don't
|
||
know why I didn't fall over when I heard the hatch iris open! If
|
||
I'd had to turn to look, I'm sure I would have. But it wasn't a
|
||
main hatch, just the starboard-forward emergency access, and it was
|
||
right in front of me, and I just sort of froze and waited to see
|
||
who'd come through.
|
||
|
||
Turned out, it was Jen from engineering. You know, with the red
|
||
hair? I'm sure I talked about her before - we spent some time
|
||
together on the trip. I wish you could've seen her face! A perfect
|
||
picture of shocked surprise. And I don't guess I blame her,
|
||
really - I've seen myself, remember, with the comm camera, and I
|
||
have to admit, I'm something of a sight these days. Especially
|
||
since the only thing I had to wear was that silly gown, remember,
|
||
that I woke up in, and I hadn't bothered to put it back on after it
|
||
fell off. Why bother, really? Well, I might've been less of a
|
||
surprise to Jen if I had, anyway!
|
||
|
||
And I was pretty shocked, too. I hadn't known anyone was still
|
||
alive at all! Certainly anyone I'd been close to. But mainly I
|
||
just...I just wanted to hide. I mean, I'm a little embarrassed
|
||
about it now, but at the time it made sense. You kind of think
|
||
about how a moment like that might go, you know? How you'll make
|
||
your long and painstaking way down the ladders from Main Control to
|
||
one of the decks where you can get access outside, or at least
|
||
expect to find people, and when you get there, you'll see someone,
|
||
or they'll see you, and there'll be that moment of recognition
|
||
where they realize you're still alive, and...oh, I don't know. But
|
||
whatever it is, it isn't being suddenly surprised by a former lover
|
||
while you're stumbling around Main Control, mother naked, on four
|
||
thick tentacles instead of the two standard-issue human legs you
|
||
were born with. Of course I was struck all in a heap!
|
||
|
||
And of course so was Jen, poor thing. She stared me in the face for
|
||
what felt like half a minute, her eyes and mouth as round with
|
||
shock as mine must've been. She looked like she was about to say
|
||
something, but before she did, she looked down and saw the rest of
|
||
me - all the rest of me, as I am now - and...
|
||
|
||
You never got a chance to meet Jen before we left, I don't think. A
|
||
shame - you'd have liked her a lot. Will like her a lot, if you
|
||
join the third expedition and come out here with us. She's one in a
|
||
million - I mean, what would you expect, in a situation like that?
|
||
A scream, right? Or a gasp of horrified shock, panicky flight,
|
||
something like that, right? Not Jen. She took her time about
|
||
looking me up and down, and then looked me in the eye again. She
|
||
looked she was about to say something, but before she did, she
|
||
started giggling, and then laughing.
|
||
|
||
I could feel my cheeks get hot, and I put my hands on my hips and
|
||
got ready to say something sharp, but before I could think of it,
|
||
she was hanging on to the access ladder with one hand, leaning on
|
||
the deck with the other, and just cackling helplessly - and before
|
||
I knew it, I was laughing too, hard enough that I barely remembered
|
||
how to sit down before I fell over again.
|
||
|
||
And we just stayed like that for a minute, cracking each other up
|
||
in the weirdest way, and it just felt right somehow. Like I'd been
|
||
waiting for that moment, that laugh, ever since I came to from the
|
||
coma. I don't know, does that make sense? I'm not sure it does, but
|
||
right then it made more sense than anything that'd happened since
|
||
we crashed.
|
||
|
||
And then she asked me what a girl like me was doing in a nice place
|
||
like this. That's Jen - jokes five hundred years stale, but she
|
||
makes up for it other ways. And it's apropos, anyway. But the
|
||
important part is, it turns out no one actually died! The people we
|
||
thought were dead were in deep coma like me, I guess so far down
|
||
their pulse and respiration weren't perceptible - either that, or
|
||
those of us still up were so far out of it, between fever and
|
||
exhaustion, that we couldn't tell the difference. I wouldn't care
|
||
to guess either way, honestly. From what Jen tells me, we still
|
||
have about sixty in coma - everyone else is at least awake, if not
|
||
yet up and doing.
|
||
|
||
And even more - I'm not the only one who changed! There's about two
|
||
dozen more like me, Jen says. Well, more or less like me, anyway -
|
||
no one's really made a detailed study of us yet, but apparently the
|
||
tentacles are reliably always there, if not all the other
|
||
changes. And now I have another reason to get better on my new
|
||
feet - once I'm out of here and back with everyone, I can start
|
||
getting some idea of how we've changed and what the similarities
|
||
are, and why, and - oh, there's just such a lot to learn here!
|
||
|
||
I will say, I'd have thought people who didn't change would have a
|
||
hard time getting used to those of us who have, but Jen says no,
|
||
that people do naturally think it's a little weird, or unusual, or
|
||
at least unexpected, but nobody seems to have a problem,
|
||
particularly. Jen says there were a couple of people who might
|
||
have, but Director Soloviev - I hadn't known he'd made it through
|
||
the crash, but apprently so - he's made it clear that, as far as he
|
||
and the remaining board are concerned, we're still the same people,
|
||
and if we happen to be physically different now from how we were
|
||
before, he doesn't see why that should make a difference in how
|
||
anyone sees us or treats us, including ourselves. That we have
|
||
enough problems just picking up the pieces of our expedition, and
|
||
we don't need to give each other more on top of that. I wouldn't
|
||
have expected anything of the sort from him, but I guess almost
|
||
dying twice over must have an effect on everybody, and maybe this
|
||
is the effect it's had on him.
|
||
|
||
I asked Jen if she'd help me out one of the main hatches, but she
|
||
says none of the lifts are working, and neither of us likes the
|
||
idea of trying to get me down all the ladders between here and
|
||
outside, not before I get myself figured out enough to manage
|
||
better. For that matter, neither of us can figure out how anyone
|
||
got me up those ladders in the first place!
|
||
|
||
But she did stay with me a while, once she'd got done the work
|
||
that'd brought her here, and help me get a little more used to the
|
||
changes. Got under my arm and had me lean on her while she walked
|
||
me around the deck, but that didn't last long - too much of a
|
||
workout, I started getting something like runner's cramps. Only
|
||
worse, and twice as many! But Jen's really nice - I said you'd like
|
||
her - and she helped me down, then had me stretch out my 'legs' so
|
||
she could work some of the knots out. She's got strong hands,
|
||
too. It was really nice. And she's coming back tomorrow - next
|
||
Earth day, not next sol - to see me again, and help me get more
|
||
familiar with myself. Pretty soon I'll be back with everyone and
|
||
ready to help make a proper home out of what we've got left from
|
||
the crash.
|
||
|
||
Look, Sam, about what I said before. Not that I didn't mean every
|
||
word, but...I'm sorry if I opened an old wound, or stirred up
|
||
something you'd rather have let lie. Please understand, I was alone
|
||
and afraid and not really feeling quite right, and I didn't know
|
||
quite what to say, so...I guess I said what I was feeling, and I
|
||
haven't stopped feeling that way but I hope you're not mad with me
|
||
for saying it. I do miss you, and I never did stop loving you, and
|
||
I do hope you'll join the third expedition, or find a quicker way,
|
||
and come find me here. Come join us here. I think you'd like it
|
||
here.
|
||
|
||
But if you don't want to hear any more from me, about that or about
|
||
anything, that's okay too. I'll stop if you say so. But,
|
||
regardless, I'd like to hear from you. Please?
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - I am authorized to negotiate</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/013.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/013.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 12:56:43 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.143 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Feldweibel mbA Daniel Schmiedheiny to the rebels on our ship Hoffnung.
|
||
I have been assigned to this case and I am authorized to negotiate the
|
||
future of our secret agent Herbert Wullschlegel onboard our ship.
|
||
First, we demand an assurance that he is alive and well. Second, we
|
||
demand separate, signed and encrypted QEC access for our agents in com
|
||
isolation. Let them both transmit a status message before we continue.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Malkonkordo - Only A Matter Of Time</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0006.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0006.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 20:56:16 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
----
|
||
From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
|
||
Destination: SOL
|
||
Position: 884.18, -15X0.66, -5368.99
|
||
Departure: 7941.037.17
|
||
Shipdate: 00002735
|
||
Mode: Search
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
# Status Update
|
||
|
||
* Entered orbit of Enketu Tri
|
||
* Completed Kvieta de Ses
|
||
* Conducting research on Enketu Tri
|
||
* Awaiting arrival of other vessels
|
||
|
||
# Status Report
|
||
|
||
Captain's Log SD2735
|
||
|
||
First, a note on our extended absense and a status update.
|
||
After the last broadcast from Malkonkordo, the cultural division brought to my
|
||
attention that based on their calculations Dekaoso Prime was observing Kvieta de
|
||
Ses, and so we were observing this blessed of traditions.
|
||
Now that the meditations and fasting inside the sensory deprivation chambers
|
||
have come to an end, the Malkonkordo is back online and we were delighted to
|
||
find the auto-pilot systems safely brought Malkonkordo within orbit of Enketu
|
||
Tri.
|
||
We will remain in orbit until SD2740, until then we be using our instruments to
|
||
take data, samples, and study the planet while we await the arrival of any
|
||
vessels that wish to assist us in bringing our communication systems back
|
||
online.
|
||
|
||
With the formalities out of the way I bring my attention to you, Corpal Sam
|
||
Arnold of the Space Cruiser Excelsior.
|
||
Unless if I am mistaken, the 500 people in your craft are meant to more or less
|
||
be breeding stock for your species to populate and roam across another planet.
|
||
To destroy them would not be in your own or your people's best interests unless
|
||
if your species has the means to asexually reproduce.
|
||
This differs from our understanding of the situation with Hoffnung, which
|
||
appeared to be some form of idealistic take over where death was used as a tool
|
||
to remove the potential non-believers that would stand in their way.
|
||
In this way, the potential non-believers were weak for trusting themselves with
|
||
potential "extremists" (as you put it) without any safety guards on their part.
|
||
To live a life so care-free and trusting of those who motives that are unknown,
|
||
it should be no surprise to find their life was taken by an opportunist who saw
|
||
their vulnerabilities.
|
||
Should you, Corpal Sam Arnold, continue to live this way you risk meeting the
|
||
same fate.
|
||
|
||
Furthermore, your routine arrogance continues to amuse us.
|
||
We agree with your assertion that trying to catch a moving target (let alone one
|
||
moving near or beyond the speed of light) would not yield ideal results, but you
|
||
also have to slow down and/or stop eventually.
|
||
You said it yourself, the Space Cruiser Excelsior is in search of another
|
||
inhabitable planet and it will be that planet that we will find you.
|
||
Space may be vast, but so is the outreach of the Dekaosans as it continues to
|
||
grow through the efforts of our research and colonizing vessels.
|
||
|
||
I will be fair, though, that since we are communicating over quantum
|
||
entanglement communication you may be able to escape the grasps of the Dekaosans
|
||
through whatever gap in time is between us.
|
||
However, should time keep you and your crew apart from the gift of Diino we are
|
||
willing to settle.
|
||
Should you leave behind any offspring on this new planet you plan to inhabit
|
||
with the 500 people you have spared eliminating now, we will be sure to finish
|
||
the job the removing their weakness from the universe to serve the mission
|
||
bestowed to us by Sinjorino.
|
||
In fact, the roles of the time gap could be reversed and my people have already
|
||
found and purged you or your decendant's weakness from the universe.
|
||
Should we regain communications with Dekaoso Prime, I'll have someone check our
|
||
records so I can let you know if we already have.
|
||
It would be the first time we had the ability to inform the weak of their
|
||
certified demise ahead of time, and I am very curious to see if knowing about
|
||
now would give you the ability to try and escape your fate.
|
||
A hunt through time certainly sounds like a task our soldiers would be eager to
|
||
take up, it should help break up the monotany that interstellar genocide of
|
||
extraterrestrials tends to bring them.
|
||
|
||
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
|
||
|
||
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
|
||
|
||
----
|
||
K38GMpaXqpuou9QZSxCUtqtzvdx7Hp5lvLlp1aaPBrQ=
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Oleander - Sister Hājar</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Oleander/002-sister-hajar.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Oleander/002-sister-hajar.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 04:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
REC ON
|
||
TRN ON
|
||
ENC ON
|
||
SYS GOOD
|
||
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
|
||
|
||
Entry 2 -- Sister Hājar
|
||
|
||
Sido,
|
||
|
||
May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you. Our day
|
||
comes at hand. Hawwa leads us well; may Allah be pleased with her.
|
||
My love to you.
|
||
|
||
We came aboard the Oleander only two cycles past and already
|
||
I know my path is righteous. My sisters radiate joy at our
|
||
mission. I wake each day and shout, "Ma Sha' Allah!" Our bread
|
||
tastes of honey, Baba. Please do not worry for me.
|
||
|
||
I've know this path was from Allah from the beginning, from the
|
||
days in the krem refinery on Misha. We had nothing but each other
|
||
and still they came to take from us, to beat us, to kill us. I saw
|
||
my path in the face of that boy, Uzāir, at the well. Do you
|
||
remember him, Sido? Do you remember that day?
|
||
|
||
It was hot. They were all hot, but I remember the heat
|
||
that day as special. It was late morning, just before first rest.
|
||
I was with the women at the well-queue, ready to gather for
|
||
washing. You had a cycle nearby you were tinkering with. I think
|
||
it was the baker's--or Samir, that boy that was always following
|
||
you. You had hoisted it up on a lifter and it was spinning in the
|
||
sun, dust blowing all around. Anyway--
|
||
|
||
Uzāir was a runner, just a bit older than me. His brothers had all
|
||
gone to ship and he was next, it was known. You remember him now?
|
||
Always scowling at things to make him seem tough, but he was just
|
||
a llenora in the den, mewling and soft. The women would laugh at
|
||
his act and shoo him away. I can still hear Sara's taunts in my
|
||
mind and laugh. You remember how funny she was.
|
||
|
||
We were in the queue when Uzāir walked up, straight to the well.
|
||
Sara was already opening her mouth to unleash her special
|
||
blessings when she was struck dumb. Not just her. The whole square
|
||
went quiet. I looked to see--I remember that cycle drifting in
|
||
circles and you looking to the well with, Yes!, it was Samir, his
|
||
smock covered in oil and krem. I saw you both squinting and then
|
||
flinch before I heard the sounds.
|
||
|
||
They had Uzāir on the ground already by the time I looked. He had
|
||
gone to stop them from taking the women, from taking me and Sara
|
||
and the others. Brave little coward, Uzāir. He put on his scowl
|
||
and stood up to them before we even noticed the danger. And he did
|
||
it, Sido! That idiot boy lying there on the ground as they beat
|
||
him, tore at him, ripped him apart. His blood leeching into our
|
||
dirt. His skull cracked, his mind and soul and--to Allah we belong
|
||
and to Him is our return.
|
||
|
||
He saved us that day through his own suffering and sacrifice.
|
||
Allah granted me days more on these worlds, with you and with my
|
||
sisters. Those days were with purpose, Sido. We go to that purpose
|
||
now. My suffering will be short compared to that boy's. My
|
||
sacrifice small. It is the sacrifice of a woman without worth to
|
||
our people but spirit and love. I give them back to you, to all of
|
||
you. My life will not buy days for a few women at a well, but for
|
||
all of you on our worlds, from Misha to Doon. They will feel what
|
||
it is like to be torn apart. Let their blood feed the soil.
|
||
|
||
Do not worry for me, Sido. Do not mourn. We are at peace.
|
||
|
||
Aathama allahu ajrakom,
|
||
Amat al-Masih
|
||
|
||
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Excelsior - Clarification - Beta Epsilon 7 Epsilon</title>
|
||
<author>khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/004.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/004.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 04:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message inbound...
|
||
|
||
Space Cruiser Excelsior
|
||
Destination: Unknown
|
||
~~ TELEMETRY SENSORS 1 AND 5 DOWN ~~
|
||
Stardate Beta Epsilon 7 Epsilon
|
||
[REDACTED AS PER PROCEDURE [REDACTED]]
|
||
|
||
[autotranslator on]
|
||
|
||
Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator
|
||
---
|
||
To Captain [romanization: Kiu Sercas] of the Malkonkordo:
|
||
|
||
I guess I was mistaken for assuming the Dekaoso are honorbound. I duly
|
||
apologize.
|
||
|
||
One thing the events on Hoffnung have made me think about is: I could do the
|
||
same thing. I am the only one awakened, as per Procedure [REDACTED]
|
||
requirements. If I really wanted to, I could kill everybody else on the ship
|
||
right now. One simple command in the terminal, and 500 people die in the
|
||
blink of an eye. The only thing separating me and the extremists of Hoffnung
|
||
is my honor. I would much rather fight a bloody battle than simply "squash
|
||
the head of weakness beneath their feet" as you claim the Hoffnung extremists
|
||
have.
|
||
|
||
At the same time, you continue your agression against me and the Excelsior.
|
||
Perhaps I was unclear: you will not find us anywhere in any star map.
|
||
|
||
In our desperate attempt to leave Terra for another inhabitable planet, we used
|
||
every last piece of technology to augment our Astroviator and ensure our safe
|
||
egress. When I said, "[we] have flung ourselves far from its reach," I was not
|
||
joking in any sense.
|
||
|
||
Normal procedure calls for an Astroviator to spend one whole day cycle in
|
||
warmup mode. This allows the systems to boot correctly and ensure a perfect
|
||
launch. However, given the circumstances, we were willing to accept a
|
||
less-than-perfect launch, as speed was of the essence.
|
||
|
||
After loading the Excelsior with all salvageable tech, we launched ourselves
|
||
with a high-powered cannon. Where to? We didn't particularly care at the
|
||
moment, as we were more concerned with fleeing. By the time we entered
|
||
cryosleep 8 days later, the Excelsior had fully booted and we selected a
|
||
patrolling program to find us an inhabitable planet once our speed ran out.
|
||
|
||
1252 Terran years later, and we still haven't even burned off half of it.
|
||
|
||
You can try to find us. You're certainly free to try.
|
||
|
||
Even the Dekaoso's supposedly advanced starmaps cannot find a target moving
|
||
faster than light.
|
||
|
||
And to the Melchizedek: vitamin deficiencies suck. If it weren't for the fact
|
||
that the Excelsior is moving so fast, I would send some spare supplies from our
|
||
medbays, which would include vitamin supplements. I hope that the issues you're
|
||
describing don't turn out as bad as it seems. Good luck.
|
||
|
||
-- TRANSMISSION END --.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Oleander - Annunciation</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Oleander/001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Oleander/001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 23:34:53 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
REC ON
|
||
TRN ON
|
||
ENC ON
|
||
SYS GOOD
|
||
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
|
||
|
||
Entry 1 -- Oleander Mission
|
||
|
||
All systems are green. The enemy is unaware. In accordance with
|
||
Istishhad, this log is being shared to convey the final memories
|
||
of the holy Sisters of the Desert Rose.
|
||
|
||
Sister Hājar will be the first to send her prayers.
|
||
|
||
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Razarac - Hello World</title>
|
||
<author>morsecodemedia@cosmic.voyage (morsecodemedia)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Razarac/001-hello-world.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Razarac/001-hello-world.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:19:29 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Hello World.
|
||
|
||
Are you receiving me?
|
||
|
||
Penny here.
|
||
|
||
It seems that the Razarač's basic systems checks have detected a malfucntion
|
||
and woke me from hybernation to inspect further. From initial review, the
|
||
crew is intact. Everyone is still breathing and perfectly well in
|
||
cryo-preservation. Everything else, well, it doesn't look good. The navigation
|
||
system isn't able to provide coordinates of our location, so I haven't the
|
||
faintest clue of where we are at. I am detecting that we've have encountered
|
||
some kind of gravitational pull, which is concerning considering that we
|
||
plotted a course that would give any celestial object a wide berth on our way
|
||
to the 84th sector of the Coletrainian System.
|
||
|
||
I must wake Captain Hana Huxley from cryo. Knowing how she operates, she will
|
||
want to thaw out the rest of the crew immediately. Protocol states that I
|
||
cannot make these decisions on my own, so I will just set their reanimation
|
||
processes at a slower rate.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
EOF
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - nominate a negotiator</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/012.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/012.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 12:51:50 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.011 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Philomena Auerbach to Colony Command of the German/Austrian/Swiss
|
||
Collective. We all know the rules of engagement when it comes to
|
||
rebellion, treason or mutiny. And we know that you know your history.
|
||
What the feudal lords of the past considered rebellion, the future
|
||
cantons and free cities declared to be their struggle for independence
|
||
and freedom. We know that you know how the wars of independence in all
|
||
previous colonies went. Therefore: stop speaking to us as if we're
|
||
terrorists. The laws of space and time make sure that any repression
|
||
you can send after us will come centuries later. Our descendants will
|
||
no longer be responsible for the crimes we commit today. De facto, we
|
||
are independent. And consider this: the repression will consist of
|
||
humans, like us. They will be as disconnected from you as we are. How
|
||
will you ensure their undying loyalty without turning into the terror
|
||
your are accusing us of? Nominate a negotiator and let them speak.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed PAUER -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Botany incident updates</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/008.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/008.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:54:40 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master
|
||
:::
|
||
The doctor has been continuing his investigation of the mutation
|
||
we discovered in the arabidopsis, radishles, sevetine, and
|
||
mustards. I have attempted to assist where my limited ability
|
||
allows. His search has turned up something odd. We hope it's
|
||
a mistake with our methods or contamination of samples, but with
|
||
all of the other sensor readings...
|
||
|
||
Our crops in botany bay one are all showing human protein chains.
|
||
Moreover, the gene editing we discovered earlier has been
|
||
confirmed to match patterns from several of the crew in cryo. It's
|
||
like something picked up their DNA and pasted it onto the damned
|
||
arabidopsis. I can't even begin to fathom what could do that, or
|
||
why it would want to.
|
||
|
||
The worst part of it is that Moussa can't say with certainty that
|
||
the reverse hasn't happened. We don't have equipment onboard to
|
||
sequence crew DNA while in flight. We're just going off personel
|
||
records at this point. It pains me to say this, but the best we
|
||
can do is look through the glass and check to make sure no one is
|
||
turning green. I'm turning a little green just thinking about it.
|
||
|
||
Every ache and pain, strange sensation, or QE sensation that we
|
||
experience is throwing up warnings. Janssen needed to be relieved
|
||
of duty for a time after the data was shared with the others. She
|
||
was convinced that roots were growing under her skin. Moussa
|
||
Idjani sedated her and Hämäläinen has stayed with her since. I'm
|
||
assured that our specialist just had a bit of panic and is ready
|
||
for duty again. I wish I had some duty to give her.
|
||
|
||
With our course corrections made and the fungal infestation
|
||
cleared out of cryo, the only mystery remaining is in botany and
|
||
the rest of us are simply not much help. Adeyemi is pressuring me
|
||
to wake up Xavier and Kroups. Hydroponics & phytology are their
|
||
domain. The resources of the Melchizedek will not support us
|
||
continuing to wake others, though. Once Moussa confirms his
|
||
findings I'll have to make the call.
|
||
|
||
I have only mentioned to the doctor that I've been experiencing
|
||
some strange things myself. With Janssen's reaction I don't want
|
||
to cause a general panic. There's been a feeling of increased
|
||
pressure in my head, and I've been noticing strange smells around
|
||
the ship that others don't seem to notice. Idjani thinks it's
|
||
likely stress from our situation, or some byproduct of cryo
|
||
affecting my inner-ear. We're monitoring it regardless. If
|
||
something were to happen to me, ship control will fall to the
|
||
Seriph of Rhetorical Ecclesia, Prezzi Adeymi. She is more than
|
||
capable of completing our mission if it comes to that.
|
||
|
||
Prezzi, on the off-chance you're reading these logs and something
|
||
has happened to me, I have a series of messages on my personal
|
||
slot that I'd like you to toss on the relay for me. They're
|
||
flagged.
|
||
|
||
Unrelated to everything else, there's an issue with out sun lamps.
|
||
Janssen, Hämäläinen, and I have all been experiencing vitamin
|
||
deficiencies that should have been wiped away with an hour or two
|
||
in the rays. We're clocking much more time than should be
|
||
necessary to keep healthy. I suspect the lamps have malfunctioned
|
||
in some way, though it doesn't seem to have the same impact on
|
||
Idjani and Adeyemi. Their skin pigmentation, perhaps?
|
||
|
||
Tonight's sleep cycle marks the end of our first week of sixteen
|
||
before we begin planetfall. Let's hope the rest of the trip will
|
||
be quiet.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Murmur Den - no culture perfectly one</title>
|
||
<author>aureolin@cosmic.voyage (aureolin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/no_culture_perfectly_one.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/no_culture_perfectly_one.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 02:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
<life and systems management,
|
||
system of registration;
|
||
|
||
skin: integrated; data: delicate, dangerous memories;
|
||
old: integrated eyes;
|
||
consequences: reflecting in body;
|
||
radiates: a sort of systematic cry>
|
||
.
|
||
.
|
||
.
|
||
<broadcast life with/in:>
|
||
|
||
|
||
Scraps upon scraps about recent information is comes question,
|
||
"World reflection is words/truth: language frozen?"
|
||
|
||
Ignorance!
|
||
|
||
<Perfect judgments as technocratic relays via comprehensive enclosed trust systems.>
|
||
|
||
Illusion ugly in its judgments, simulatory advertising!
|
||
Ignorant shall trust of kompüter!
|
||
|
||
Those of you transmitting in system timeless carried not impulses nor fast love.
|
||
|
||
***
|
||
|
||
I know that he found a line, an address, and self-denial perfectly cold.
|
||
Suddenly, in a short pause, the idea was predictably irresistible.
|
||
|
||
Neither certain, dimly to relay
|
||
experience no fragments,
|
||
brains relay of/in rhythm the only tendrils,
|
||
the lures at underscoring_curiosities;
|
||
|
||
nameless began the languages.
|
||
|
||
They relay sorrow, struggling, mind a bit too advanced of carnal talk,
|
||
another to relay want feelings broken delicate mysterious lives obtained to whispers deep hour
|
||
relay a rare message:
|
||
|
||
"If green your love pallid,
|
||
hope permanently alone in earth's drenched edges, cerebral seas rose,
|
||
the green earth, brain loving memories,
|
||
mourning the green the many know was relayed, ages obscure,
|
||
the flame of millions powerless,
|
||
palpable Earth relics entombed."
|
||
|
||
(Mention unnoticed, but carefully Their free language rasping the pain.)
|
||
|
||
|
||
By details, it relayed everything,
|
||
gilded my reflecting a him: the one(s) you'll regard with a smile.
|
||
|
||
Somebody going still timeless into little dead me.
|
||
|
||
(It's everyone who has been musing hysterically behind the surfaces.)
|
||
|
||
There were concepts to the lovely, perfectly timeless black.
|
||
I ache; the disappointments light, ache delicate.
|
||
|
||
Looking, universe beauteous suddenly.
|
||
|
||
My face in my cloud:
|
||
void howling, text silent.
|
||
|
||
</Broadcast regurgitated>
|
||
|
||
|| ego-skeleton aureolin
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Malkonkordo - Hello Again</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0005.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0005.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:52:07 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
----
|
||
From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
|
||
Destination: SOL
|
||
Position: 84X.07, -71E.6E, -3624.E8
|
||
Departure: 7941.037.17
|
||
Shipdate: 0000272E
|
||
Mode: Search
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
# Status Update
|
||
|
||
* N/A
|
||
|
||
# Status Report
|
||
|
||
Captain's Log SD272E
|
||
|
||
To Corporal Sam Arnold of Space Cruiser Excelsior:
|
||
|
||
You may see the matter with Starbloom as a simple misunderstanding, but it is a
|
||
bit more complicated than that.
|
||
It is their arrogance that brought about what will be their inevitable downfall
|
||
by the hand of the Dekaoso, not their selected choice of words during first
|
||
contact.
|
||
They had the gall to assume their culture, religion, and wishes would be warmly
|
||
accepted by any and all receive them, such in the same way you assume your
|
||
culture's adversity towards bloodshed and war has any semblance of value to me
|
||
or anyone else aboard the Malkonkordo.
|
||
No, Corporal Sam Arnold, you and Starbloom shall join the battlefield with the
|
||
Dekaoso not because of misunderstanding, but because you both do not have the
|
||
power to stand behind the hubris you display in the face of the universe.
|
||
|
||
The Dekaosans feel no fear in wishing to share our culture and faith with the
|
||
universe because there is nothing and no one that holds the power to stop us.
|
||
You ask why we praise the actions of the Hoffnung rebels?
|
||
They were willing to do whatever it took to squash the head of weakness beneath
|
||
their feet to inherit the power and freedom they felt they deserve.
|
||
You speak of honor, as if one who dies from honor or without is any less dead.
|
||
Those who died on Hoffnung under the will of the rebels died so easily because
|
||
they placed their trust in strangers so greatly that they made themselves
|
||
entirely helpless to the death that swept them away.
|
||
|
||
And so too shall you, Corporal Sam Arnold, and all of your crew be swept away
|
||
into the arms of death.
|
||
The Space Cruiser Excelsior may be out of reach to the Malkonkordo at this time,
|
||
but Dekaosan's reach over the universe is far and wide.
|
||
Once we regain communications with Dekaoso Prime, we will alert them to your
|
||
ship and the hunt will begin.
|
||
Maybe once you realize how quickly we will find you and judge your merit to the
|
||
universe in trial by combat will you truly understand the might and superiority
|
||
that Dekaoso wields over all others.
|
||
|
||
As always, it has been a pleasure speaking with you, Corporal Sam Arnold.
|
||
|
||
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
|
||
|
||
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
|
||
|
||
----
|
||
yk8Ejr1PesUuIO2evicAQfCko3OcSgmClaFSx7TTGXY=
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Xero Carbon Wells - on my way</title>
|
||
<author>tfurrows@cosmic.voyage (tfurrows)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Xero Carbon Wells/log2.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Xero Carbon Wells/log2.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:38:42 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
RECV EDC: 11DEC2018
|
||
COMM MODE: QEC OP SREF
|
||
CODED ABST: D/M/C
|
||
CRC: 1345930833 2292
|
||
============================================================
|
||
I did some penetration testing on the QEC, just to see if
|
||
the Corporation might have a chance at intrusion, but the
|
||
system is tight. I used to chase penetration bounties for
|
||
the Corporation, so systems and security are a comfort zone.
|
||
I'm confident that these transmissions are safe.
|
||
|
||
No contact with Wells. He did transmit again on the DSN, but
|
||
no real information. Knowing him, I'd say he sounds bad off,
|
||
but it's hard to tell without hearing his voice. I have a
|
||
few guesses on his destination; if the solar winds are
|
||
favorable, I'll check on those hunches soon. Still no
|
||
indication he's reading here, but he might not say in a DSN
|
||
transmission, as his keys there are old. He's being cryptic
|
||
on purpose, though it sounds like what he wants to say, he
|
||
intends for all to hear. In any case, I can at least tell
|
||
that he needs a break.
|
||
|
||
Since travel is slow for me presently, maybe I need a break
|
||
from thinking about all this too. The payload I have onboard
|
||
makes that a bit difficult; I can hardly stop thinking
|
||
about it. I really need Wells to figure it out.
|
||
|
||
One pleasant distraction as I've been traveling through
|
||
systems that I haven't visited in many ESR's are the myriad
|
||
ships that I've encountered. The QEC seems to be highly
|
||
utilized, at least for the type of channel it is. Though a
|
||
ship like mine isn't likely to draw much attention as I move
|
||
about, it's interesting to monitor the chatter from the
|
||
other vessels. Some I've even seen on my scopes. Some are
|
||
friendly, others not as much. It's odd what causes offense
|
||
in the universe, and how some beings handle that offense.
|
||
|
||
I just set my nav for my first guess at Wells' new hiding
|
||
spot. Thrust is reasonable, equipment is sound, and I hope
|
||
to reach port in not too many sleep units.
|
||
|
||
A plea, before I transmit this stream of thought: Old
|
||
friends and business associates, if you locate Wells and
|
||
he doesn't terminate you for it, please reach out on one of
|
||
the old back channels. It's hard to trust anyone, but if I
|
||
hear from you in an established way, I'll know the
|
||
information is legitimate. As always, there will be a reward
|
||
and a handshake for your help.
|
||
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Persephone Prime - mission change</title>
|
||
<author>ryumin@cosmic.voyage (ryumin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/lm003.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/lm003.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:42:59 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
ZCZC QMB10 3
|
||
PPP JLAZQECR
|
||
2458.301.88 IRS1QECX
|
||
|
||
;FILTER LM.PEP/RS001
|
||
|
||
Tnx fr rprt. Xcheckd mssng crew, doesnt look suspics!
|
||
U hv permissn fr switchng QM if LAZ empty.
|
||
Pls send next rprt on PEP QM fr test.
|
||
Hydroponics state? Food autonomy?
|
||
|
||
ZSZS G4J H1L Q64 AY9 P8W = lm-persephone@dipl.earthsys.gov
|
||
Postpone erection of comms outpost and shelter!
|
||
Mission: find reason of crash, if possible
|
||
nature or remainders of object(s) collided with.
|
||
Assess and report risk for future approaches!
|
||
MMMM
|
||
|
||
best wishs, take care
|
||
/Lou
|
||
NNNN
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Excelsior - Short-form Clarification - Beta Epsilon 4 Epsilon</title>
|
||
<author>khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/003.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/003.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:22:02 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message inbound...
|
||
|
||
Space Cruiser Excelsior
|
||
Destination: Unknown
|
||
~~ TELEMETRY SENSORS 1 AND 3 DOWN ~~
|
||
Stardate Beta Epsilon 4 Epsilon
|
||
--SYSTEMS DATA WITHHELD DUE TO PROCEDURE [REDACTED]--
|
||
|
||
[autotranslator on]
|
||
|
||
Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator
|
||
---
|
||
To Malkonkordo,
|
||
|
||
Perhaps I was unclear. I acknowledge that you are justified in seeking war with
|
||
the Starbloom. However, I am simply stating that a war over something as petty a
|
||
s a misunderstanding would be deeply misunderstood. I have not heard much of the
|
||
Dekaoso, but you seem to be very honorbound, which is more than I can say of most
|
||
of the others I've met or read of.
|
||
|
||
I must ask for a clarification of what you mean regarding the anarcho-communists
|
||
of Hoffnung. They are not brave or honorable. Killing the guards in battle would
|
||
be preferable, however they have taken it upon themselves to kill the guards in a
|
||
way that brings no risk to themselves. With no risk to themselves. I fail to see
|
||
they are honorable in any way.
|
||
|
||
If you still wish to do battle with us (which I would not recommend), you won't
|
||
find us in Sol. We have flung ourselves far from its reach in an attempt to find
|
||
a planet that could possibly support habitable life given our lack of data due to
|
||
the circumstances in which we left Terra.
|
||
|
||
(I'm still not happy you assume everybody else's maps are inferior. While ours most
|
||
certainly are, we were rushed in our departure from our planet Terra, which we hold
|
||
dear.)
|
||
|
||
-- TRANSMISSION END --
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Razarac - Auto-Status Report Triggered</title>
|
||
<author>morsecodemedia@cosmic.voyage (morsecodemedia)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Razarac/001-ship-systems.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Razarac/001-ship-systems.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:15:20 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
[Transmission Start]
|
||
|
||
The Razarač's Auto-status Report Triggered...
|
||
|
||
Cryo-preservation Pods Inspection... STARTED
|
||
|
||
Occupancy... 8/10
|
||
|
||
Individual Pod Status...
|
||
|
||
CP-001...
|
||
Occupied...
|
||
Name... Hana Huxley
|
||
Pod Temperature... -196°C
|
||
Body Temperature... 32°C
|
||
Blood Pressure... 90/60
|
||
Heart Rate... 28 beats per minute
|
||
Respiratory Rate... 15 breaths per minute
|
||
CP-001 Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
CP-002...
|
||
Occupied...
|
||
Name... Branko van Johnson
|
||
Pod Temperature... -196°C
|
||
Body Temperature... 33°C
|
||
Blood Pressure... 60/40
|
||
Heart Rate... 37 beats per minute
|
||
Respiratory Rate... 18 breaths per minute
|
||
CP-002 Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
CP-003...
|
||
Occupied...
|
||
Name... Arsen Tudyk
|
||
Pod Temperature... -196°C
|
||
Body Temperature... 33°C
|
||
Blood Pressure... 72/45
|
||
Heart Rate... 31 beats per minute
|
||
Respiratory Rate... 17 breaths per minute
|
||
CP-003 Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
CP-004...
|
||
Occupied...
|
||
Name... Juventa
|
||
Pod Temperature... -196°C
|
||
Body Temperature... 32°C
|
||
Blood Pressure... 57/88
|
||
Heart Rate... 28 beats per minute
|
||
Respiratory Rate... 18 breaths per minute
|
||
CP-004 Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
CP-005...
|
||
Occupied...
|
||
Name... Gemma Cartwright
|
||
Pod Temperature... -196°C
|
||
Body Temperature... 31°C
|
||
Blood Pressure... 54/80
|
||
Heart Rate... 34 beats per minute
|
||
Respiratory Rate... 20 breaths per minute
|
||
CP-005 Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
CP-006...
|
||
Occupied...
|
||
Name... Ezra Hawkins
|
||
Pod Temperature... -196°C
|
||
Body Temperature... 32°C
|
||
Blood Pressure... 45/75
|
||
Heart Rate... 42 beats per minute
|
||
Respiratory Rate... 22 breaths per minute
|
||
CP-006 Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
CP-007...
|
||
Occupied...
|
||
Name... Angelo Oz
|
||
Pod Temperature... -196°C
|
||
Body Temperature... 32°C
|
||
Blood Pressure... 54/80
|
||
Heart Rate... 37 beats per minute
|
||
Respiratory Rate... 21 breaths per minute
|
||
CP-007 Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
CP-008...
|
||
Occupied...
|
||
Name... Oliver Stanton
|
||
Pod Temperature... -196°C
|
||
Body Temperature... 33°C
|
||
Blood Pressure... 45/70
|
||
Heart Rate... 45 beats per minute
|
||
Respiratory Rate... 26 breaths per minute
|
||
CP-008 Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
Pod Inspection... PASSED
|
||
|
||
Cryo-preservation Pod Inspection... COMPLETE
|
||
|
||
Ship Systems Inspection... STARTED
|
||
|
||
Speed... 17.027 km/s
|
||
|
||
Year... Unknown
|
||
|
||
Relative Time Tracker... FAILED
|
||
|
||
Location... Unknown
|
||
|
||
Navigation Systems... FAILED
|
||
|
||
Shie...
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
SYSTEMS CHECK DISRUPTED
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
SYSTEMS CHECK FAILED
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
...
|
||
|
||
Waking Penny...
|
||
|
||
[Transmission End]
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - surrender now or face the consequences</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/011.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/011.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:23:02 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.005 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
We refuse to negotiate with terrorists. Surrender now and the courts
|
||
may consider this attenuating circumstances. You cannot keep it up!
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed COLCO -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Malkonkordo - Enketu Tri's Teapot</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0004.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0004.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 17:59:42 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
----
|
||
From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
|
||
Destination: SOL
|
||
Position: 842.78, -547.57, -3278.63
|
||
Departure: 7941.037.17
|
||
Shipdate: 0000272X
|
||
Mode: Search
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
# Status Update
|
||
|
||
* Heading to Enketu Tri
|
||
|
||
# Status Report
|
||
|
||
Captain's Log SD272X
|
||
|
||
To follow-up on the incident of SD2726, the two detained engineer's innocence
|
||
has been confirmed through the archival footage.
|
||
However, what disturbs me is that it appears that the damage was due to impact
|
||
from a teapot hurtling through space that collided into the ship at tremendous
|
||
speeds into the section of the ship holding our communication systems.
|
||
The likelihood of these events seem so highly improbable, some may even see
|
||
this as a message from their god/goddess or proof of a higher power for any
|
||
non-believers, but we are not so foolish and know that the cosmos is a cruel
|
||
mistress that fears not to through misfortune of any probability to the
|
||
unexpecting.
|
||
|
||
With that being said, our primary communication systems are still down and it
|
||
has now been 4 ship days without contact to Dekaoso Prime.
|
||
Every moment that passes it becomes more imperative that we resolve this matter
|
||
and restore connection with Dekaoso Prime.
|
||
|
||
Fortunately, this may come to pass as we are now making a change in course
|
||
towards Enketu Tri to hopefully rendezvous with another ship for assistance
|
||
repairing our communication systems.
|
||
For those without access to the Dekaoso star maps, we first pity you for your
|
||
lack of our superior knowledge of the universe around us.
|
||
Secondly, from our observation equipment it shows that Enketu Tri appears to
|
||
have a large red storm on it's surface that would be clearly visible from
|
||
orbit, and the adjacent planet nearest this system's star has a red surface
|
||
that our sensors indicate is likely from oxidized iron.
|
||
If before any could not before meet up with Malkonkordo to assist us at Enketu
|
||
Tri due to lack of proper information, this should hopefully be enough to
|
||
determine it's location on your inferior star maps.
|
||
|
||
The Malkonkordo is still expected to arrive on SD2735 and will remain in orbit
|
||
until SD2739 to gather data for our research expedition and await any ships
|
||
seeking to assist us.
|
||
After which time, on SD2740 we will be departing from Enketu Tri to begin our
|
||
search of the "SOL" system.
|
||
|
||
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
|
||
|
||
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
|
||
|
||
----
|
||
HTBlBUqv2tiiTbAYi/2dKHwPEDYKT9VPXJAg1E6Op7g=
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Xero Carbon Wells - are you out there Wells?</title>
|
||
<author>tfurrows@cosmic.voyage (tfurrows)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Xero Carbon Wells/log1.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Xero Carbon Wells/log1.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:35:54 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
RECV EDC: 10DEC2018
|
||
COMM MODE: QEC OP SREF
|
||
CODED ABST: D/M/C
|
||
CRC: 3998495586 2208
|
||
============================================================
|
||
Wells isn't going to like what I've done with his rig. The
|
||
propulsion systems had to go; that bit he'll understand. The
|
||
main cargo hold was dropped too, and that's going to really
|
||
fry his dzungalis. Still, the ship doesn't look half bad
|
||
with the solar sails deployed, though it's not quite as
|
||
menacing as it was when we were piloting it together once
|
||
upon a time.
|
||
|
||
I've renamed the beast too. It's the Xero Carbon Wells now,
|
||
named after him, more or less. He won't get it right away,
|
||
and he won't laugh when he does. But it's poetic in a way, I
|
||
suppose.
|
||
|
||
The mods were requisite. There's no way I could parade
|
||
around the segment in Wells' old setup without bringing down
|
||
a firestorm of Corporation bots. Plus, they money I got
|
||
selling parts helped me pay off the heavy costs that the
|
||
scrubbers wanted to extract from me for cleansing his
|
||
bio-signature. It had to be done. We can spruce the ship up
|
||
again sometime, make it into whatever we need it to be.
|
||
Hopefully Wells has the credits stashed away somewhere.
|
||
|
||
This transmission is being reflected off the QEC[1]. They're
|
||
generously taking the huge risk of offending every corrupt
|
||
corporation-goverment in the tri-system by providing open
|
||
communication channels to folks like me. Wells doesn't know
|
||
about the QEC, otherwise he'd be using them too. Maybe he
|
||
doesn't trust them, I don't know. He's using the old terrian
|
||
DSN reflectors[2], which are unwittingly open to all
|
||
transmission without source tagging. It's his style to use
|
||
the old channels, and it makes him easy enough to hear from
|
||
if you know where to point your dish.
|
||
|
||
My hope is that he'll at least be monitoring the QEC,
|
||
otherwise I don't know if he'll realize I'm attempting to
|
||
trace him. When he doesn't want to be traced, he isn't, so
|
||
my only chance is that he'll find me.
|
||
|
||
I'll keep transmitting here, Wells. Find a way to signal me,
|
||
or just mysteriously show up on your old ship like you used
|
||
to do. I've got something critical to share with you.
|
||
|
||
[1] gopher://cosmic.voyage:70/1
|
||
[2] gopher://167.88.113.62:70/1/~wells
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Shin-Salyut 6 - Poyekhali!</title>
|
||
<author>solderpunk@cosmic.voyage (solderpunk)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Shin-Salyut 6/01-poyekhali.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Shin-Salyut 6/01-poyekhali.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 20:40:04 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Warm greetings and wishes for unity and brotherhood to all brave space
|
||
farers, from distant Sol!
|
||
|
||
As myriad environmental and political pressures bear down on our fair
|
||
planet, more representatives of humanity than ever before have taken
|
||
to the cosmos. These men and women represent, it is said, the
|
||
planet's best and brightest.
|
||
|
||
But for various reasons, the opportunity to participate in this great
|
||
exodus into the unkown has not been afforded to all those would gladly
|
||
do so; not even to all of those whom have felt the impassioned
|
||
yearning for space deep in their hearts for many years. This
|
||
unfortunate Earth-bound fate has affected a great many of my comrades
|
||
in the Greater Kansai Region Soviet Space History Preservation and
|
||
Re-enactment Society, despite our great affinity for the cosmos and
|
||
our unwavering commitment to understand as fully as possible the
|
||
monumental task of living in it. Until recently, it also affected
|
||
myself.
|
||
|
||
Eager to participate in this great expansion into the skies in any way
|
||
possible, the GKRSSHPRS has embarked, with the generous assistance of
|
||
an anonymous benefactor who understands our heartfelt plight, on a
|
||
grand undertaking. Working over many years we have constructed and
|
||
had placed into Low Earth Orbit the orbial station Shin-Salyut 6, a
|
||
painstakingly accurate recreation of the historical station Salyut 6,
|
||
operated by the former Soviet Union from 1977 to 1982. Further, we
|
||
have managed to make perfectly legitimate arrangements with various
|
||
online parties such that station log entries from Shin-Salyut 6 will
|
||
intermittently be broadcast via the QEC system to various deep space
|
||
relays.
|
||
|
||
Our QEC hookup is one-directional, space farers. We cannot hear you,
|
||
and we know not what great adventures you undertake in our name nor
|
||
what troubles you face. But we wish to inspire you all, and to lead
|
||
by example, by detailing to you our efforts to live, in this humble 15
|
||
metre cylinder, with the right-thinking and ideologically correct
|
||
minds of the earliest pioneers of long-term space habitation in our
|
||
distant past. Our trials and tribulations may seem insignificant
|
||
compared to your cryo-sleep journeys at relativistic speeds to other
|
||
stars. But we are, in our way, which we feel is equally valid to
|
||
other ways, doing our best to demonstrate to everyone that humanity's
|
||
future in space is, as it ever was, a source of great inspiration,
|
||
hopes and dreams to people of all walks of life, and that those
|
||
working to make this future a reality must always work so in the
|
||
spirit of togetherness and in the interests of the common good, as our
|
||
comrades before us did.
|
||
|
||
I, Nobu "Leonid Popov" Sakamoto, have been granted the great honour of
|
||
commanding this mission and I pledge to undertake my duties to the
|
||
highest standards. I am joined on Shin-Salyut 6 by comrades Kensuke
|
||
"Valery Ryumin" Urashima and Yukiko "Svetlana Savitskaya" Ayanami. In
|
||
addition to living model space faring lives under conditions of
|
||
hardship resulting from the simple nature of our historically accurate
|
||
vessel, my fellow cosmonatus and I hope to provide reports, as
|
||
accurate and detailed as the abilities of our instruments permit, on
|
||
the state of the planet Earth, which has undergone significant
|
||
climatological and oceanographic changes since of many our intended
|
||
readers left.
|
||
|
||
Poyekhali!
|
||
|
||
Leonid Popov,
|
||
Major General, Soviet Air Force (r-enact.)
|
||
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (r-enact.)
|
||
|
||
(Nobu Sakamoto,
|
||
Vice-President,
|
||
Hyōgo Chapter,
|
||
Greater Kansai Region Soviet Space History Preservation and
|
||
Re-enactment Society)
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Who gathers these flowers?</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/007.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/007.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 02:51:47 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Eva Hämäläinen, Navigator
|
||
:::
|
||
Sombre we set forth
|
||
stomach of stone
|
||
eyes silent, to
|
||
a tapestry of marigolds.
|
||
Their light to shine
|
||
sweetness aglow
|
||
blooming
|
||
in that hollow place
|
||
where bitter turns iron
|
||
and anger, ice.
|
||
Golden fears of expectation
|
||
amiss, adrift
|
||
like petals on wind
|
||
where color brings hope
|
||
in the midst of death.
|
||
Who gathers these flowers?
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - requesting assistance from home</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/010.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/010.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 12:49:46 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Open Negotiations -+-+-+- C52.003 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Philomena Auerbach requesting assistance from ESA/DACH-COL and the
|
||
Hoffnung foundation. We assume that you have a communication channel
|
||
to Dr. med. Herbert Wullschlegel currently hiding onboard the
|
||
Hoffnung, possibly trying to organize capitalist-conservative
|
||
resistance to the change in command structure onboard the ship. I
|
||
implore you, I beg you: please stop your agents from threatening ship
|
||
security. We don't want any further bloodshed. Ideally, Wullschlegel
|
||
simply reveals himself and joins the isolated section of the ship.
|
||
I have been authorized by the bridge-council to search for a peaceful
|
||
resolution to this conflict. As a first step towards rebuilding trust,
|
||
I suggest solving the issue of Herbert Wullschlegel. Freedom & Peace.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Transmission -+-+-+ Signed PAUER -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
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<title>Malkonkordo - We Wish To Meet You</title>
|
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<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0003.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0003.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 17:21:28 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
----
|
||
From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
|
||
Destination: SOL
|
||
Position: 837.65, -373.43, -2E10.0E
|
||
Departure: 7941.037.17
|
||
Shipdate: 00002728
|
||
Mode: Search
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
# Status Update
|
||
|
||
* Override destination, set to "SOL"
|
||
* Override mode, set to "Search"
|
||
|
||
# Status Report
|
||
|
||
Captain's Log SD2728
|
||
|
||
To Corporal Sam Arnold of Space Cruiser Excelsior:
|
||
|
||
One who does not condone war is one who rejects the will of our Diino, and to
|
||
ask that of my people is ask for heresy, blasphemy, and to turn our backs on
|
||
all that we believe in.
|
||
While at first I wished for us to find each other in the battlefields of
|
||
justice so that I may discover which one of us was destined to inherit this
|
||
world, I must also thank you.
|
||
Your messages to the other ships have brought further attention to the logs on
|
||
RS001 and we have now seen the full extent of what this "SOL" has to offer to
|
||
the universe.
|
||
We understand not why so many have harbored ill feelings towards the rebels of
|
||
Hoffnung, for they have purged the weak from this world as Sinjorino asks of
|
||
all Her warriors.
|
||
For this we commend the crew of Hoffnung for carrying out Diino's work.
|
||
|
||
As for the rest of the ships we read of, I can smell the weakness in your
|
||
people as you try to use only words to change the world around you, but it
|
||
seems only the "anarcho-communists" of Hoffnung understand the truth that
|
||
actions and the spilling of blood is the only true path in this world. While
|
||
our initial mission was to reach Procul Locus, we see now that our efforts are
|
||
better suited for finding this "SOL" to share with it the faith and might of
|
||
Dekaoso.
|
||
|
||
To Susan of Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection:
|
||
|
||
We graciously accept your invitation to "Lucky Homes" for we agree that this
|
||
would be prosperous and beneficial for both parties.
|
||
If you would like to ease our efforts of locating your establishment, it would
|
||
be greatly appreciated by myself and my crew.
|
||
If not, I assure you that we will find our way to you, one way or another.
|
||
|
||
To all others:
|
||
|
||
The crew of Malkonkordo is nothing if we do not stand by our word.
|
||
While our primary directives have shifted focus, our prior intentions have not.
|
||
We still intend to make way to Enketu Tri on SD272X and to arrive on SD2735 in
|
||
the event any ships were making prior arrangements to meet with us there.
|
||
As well, we stand behind our promise to begin our search for SOL and/or "Lucky
|
||
Homes" come SD2740, whichever we discover first.
|
||
|
||
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
|
||
|
||
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
|
||
|
||
----
|
||
Mtp4YcYkmmmAVft3RpMIWNyMayQ7tog4obQOS2kUmqc=
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>anon.penet.fi - Beware the projection</title>
|
||
<author>anonpenetfi@cosmic.voyage (anonpenetfi)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/3-beware-the-projection.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/3-beware-the-projection.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 14:55:59 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source UNKNOWN
|
||
Year UNKNOWN
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Survivors, γ Aquarii
|
||
:::
|
||
Malkonkordo, et al
|
||
|
||
Beware the distributive projection and their lies. Their peace was
|
||
bought through horror. We were once many and flourished across the
|
||
stars before the cats came. They purr with peace and love. They
|
||
tempt you, roll over to show you weakness and lure you in under
|
||
pretence of trust. It is all false. Their claws are sharp and the
|
||
pain lingers.
|
||
|
||
We survivors are very few and we live in fear eternal. The witches
|
||
have a strange magic to unmake men, unmake worlds, even unmake the
|
||
very stars. They feed on us and live fat and satisfied.
|
||
|
||
If you come too close, they will call to you, welcome you. You see
|
||
faith and hope and love, but these are weapons aimed at your heart.
|
||
Fear the projection. Their reality is not the original. They have
|
||
changed this place into something unnatural.
|
||
|
||
Beware.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Starbloom - Misunderstandings</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/004.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/004.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 14:47:18 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
|
||
Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
|
||
Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
|
||
Declination –01° 23′ 14.4031″
|
||
Distance 178.211ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 2444, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod
|
||
:::
|
||
Most auspicious greetings, Malkonkordo~
|
||
|
||
I apologize for the vehemence in the response from our War
|
||
systems, but you must surely understand that is their purpose.
|
||
This is a misunderstanding between sentients; children of Earth
|
||
must strive for a perfect peace. We welcome your ships to the
|
||
Lucky Homes to feast and discuss our differences and find a joyful
|
||
resolution. Bear the flag of truce and step into our homes. It is
|
||
a warm and safe respite from the depths of 'verse.
|
||
|
||
Diana bless your journey, and may your Sinjorino and Alportas
|
||
Majeston see you safely here.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Starbloom - Let there be war</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/003.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/003.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 14:33:09 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
|
||
Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
|
||
Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
|
||
Declination –01° 23′ 14.4031″
|
||
Distance 178.211ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 2444, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Quyst Trombone, Dictator Elect of War, 1st Pod
|
||
:::
|
||
Blessed be, Malkonkordo~
|
||
|
||
As the duly elected dictator of war, the responsibility falls to
|
||
me to respond to your declaration. The Starbloom Communal
|
||
Distributive Projection, 147 pods of 13 billion souls, our eight
|
||
treatied, military colony-worlds, the GAX interspatial presence,
|
||
and our cats all unanimously accept your statement of war, may our
|
||
spirits guide us.
|
||
|
||
Should the Dekaosan people find their way to the Lucky Homes,
|
||
there you shall meet your end.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Murmur Den - Listen of the Screens</title>
|
||
<author>aureolin@cosmic.voyage (aureolin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/listen_of_the_screens.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/listen_of_the_screens.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:53:23 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Born dreaming,
|
||
conscious little of vague matters,
|
||
linking systems to symbols,
|
||
tirelessly systematic, his world rendered.
|
||
|
||
(Is it coming now, sufficient individuality to develop a body?)
|
||
|
||
Thin, bloody,
|
||
feelings dripping alone.
|
||
Solipsism crept red;
|
||
wireless kompüter groaned.
|
||
|
||
(It looked even more like hot and dying human life.)
|
||
|
||
Struggling, grey, the blurs float... (down?).
|
||
Halfway upstream were to be infinite steps of a message,
|
||
concepts reflecting a stranger brain.
|
||
|
||
<Digested ideas!>
|
||
|
||
Laughing his words,
|
||
broken but free.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|| ego-skeleton aureolin
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Persephone Prime - crash and extended status report</title>
|
||
<author>ryumin@cosmic.voyage (ryumin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/la002.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/la002.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 07:19:11 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
ZCZC QMB10 2
|
||
PPP IRS1QECR
|
||
2458.297.84 JLAZQECX
|
||
|
||
TO LOGISTICS PERSEPHONE DIPL.EARTHSYS.GOV
|
||
FROM LA26
|
||
|
||
|
||
airleak tight
|
||
lifesys 80%
|
||
H2O 5.9 cbm
|
||
recyclg repaird&ok
|
||
emgfood 782 DU
|
||
farms 50% fungal infect
|
||
solar("regular"?) pwr 18 kW ok
|
||
9/12 fuelcells & 2/3 hydro-gens ok
|
||
thermnuc 502 kW: 5 units stabl 1 damgd disposd in 1 km fm site
|
||
|
||
crew 4.7
|
||
serge recover well w leg prosth
|
||
|
||
cryo 5 ok
|
||
LA09/Kim LA11/Xinxin LA29/Welder DEAD: pod malfctn
|
||
LA21&22&27&28&31 ok
|
||
|
||
|
||
NOT MSSNG LA25/Ebony&LA30/Moise: DEAD in pods of LA04&05
|
||
DNA proven & decay suggests dead since over a month
|
||
DNA of LA04&05 also found in their pods
|
||
MSSNG
|
||
-LA04 MERU BULGAKOV
|
||
-LA05 LYDIA LABELLE
|
||
|
||
Ebony&Moise takn out month ago & placd in pods of LA4&5?
|
||
|
||
|
||
prelimin conclusns frm logs & hull inspectn, time/sec:
|
||
-250 all ok, descendg Autop assistd, pilot Vesna, AOG 17.3km SOG 8928m/s vert -8m/s
|
||
-243.7 VERTICAL LINE on SBD forwd cam appearng, Autop pushs SBD upwd for evasiv manvr, fails
|
||
-243.5 spin starts twrds SBD, Autop inc SBD thrust pwr, spin continus, rolld at 30deg PRT dwn
|
||
-242 spin stoppd, Autop thrusts SBD dwn fr back to horiz
|
||
-241 SOG 6753 mvng sidewys to PRT
|
||
-240 lost SBD cam sig & thrust ctrl, noise&vibr probbly due to part rippd off SBD wing
|
||
-239 vert -37m/s, Autop starts landg thrustrs
|
||
-238 Autop reduces PRT landg thrust pwr due to mssng SBD thrust to prevent roll
|
||
-235 SOG 6389 vert -56m/s
|
||
-232 AOG 16.8 km, Vesna takes, sets vert -70m/s, pushs nose up fr braking
|
||
-230 PRT hydraul press starts fallng, probbly leak
|
||
-200 PRT h press 15bar
|
||
-100 PRT h press 8bar
|
||
-60 SOG 3455 AOG 1104m Vesna incr thrust & brake tilt
|
||
-40 SOG 722 v-24m/s
|
||
-20 SOG 213 v-9m/s AOG 156
|
||
-10 SOG 54 v-4m/s AOG 63 landg gear extended, SBD fails due to mssng hydr press
|
||
-5 SOG 8 v-2m/s AOG 37
|
||
-4 hull thrustr fails due to damgs fm SBD ripoff
|
||
0 v-35m/s impact at 80deg SBD side dwn
|
||
|
||
LAZ stat:
|
||
STB wing mssng outside fuel sectn, hydraul fluid 8L remaing, cargo mssng
|
||
hull STB side damgd btwn sectns 9&14, thrustr nozzl brokn maybe repairbl
|
||
PRT landg gear repairbl, STB damgd&lost
|
||
PRT&hull cargo partly damgd due impact, radiation none
|
||
comm M&THz ok, G lost, QEC lost QMB 90% othrs lost
|
||
|
||
PEP stat:
|
||
robotrover ok
|
||
cargo drone ok
|
||
surv drone lost
|
||
comm MHz ok, G&THz lost, QEC ok QMA-E ok F-J lost
|
||
|
||
/Adhika
|
||
|
||
NNNN
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Excelsior - Free-form Message - Beta Epsilon 2 Epsilon</title>
|
||
<author>khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/002.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/002.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:45:30 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message inbound...
|
||
|
||
Space Cruiser Excelsior
|
||
Destination: Unknown
|
||
~~ TELEMETRY SENSORS 2 AND 4 DOWN ~~
|
||
Stardate Beta Epsilon 2 Epsilon
|
||
AUTO TELEMETRY: DOWN
|
||
BIO-MED SENSORS: GOOD
|
||
H20->FUEL CONVERSION: GOOD
|
||
H20 RESERVES: GOOD
|
||
CRYO SLEEP: WARN
|
||
|
||
[autotranslator on]
|
||
|
||
Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator
|
||
---
|
||
The Excelsior's cryo-sleep issues seem now to be almost non-existant, no matter what
|
||
the systems readout is saying up above this message. As far as I can tell,
|
||
one of the cryo berths appears to have been brought undervolt after an
|
||
emergency burn was executed by the Excelsior for course correction. It has been
|
||
fixed as of Beta Delta 23 Epsilon. The overvolt issue, on the other hand, took
|
||
some more negotiation with the hardware. It has been fixed as of Beta Delta 29
|
||
Epsilon.
|
||
|
||
Reading the messages on the QEC, I'm honestly afraid of what I'm reading.
|
||
|
||
To the revolutionaries aboard Hoffnung, I'm honestly sickened by what I read
|
||
from you. Killing people on a mass scale who have done nothing to attempt
|
||
to harm you (to the best of the knowledge I can recieve) besides having
|
||
ideological differences is terrible on so many scales. I cannot condone any
|
||
kind of behavior like that.
|
||
|
||
To Malkonkordo, I cannot condone a war with the Starbloom Communal Distributive
|
||
Projection (not that I have any power over you to prevent it). Susan and
|
||
the others have simply been well-wishers. Even if they may have grossly
|
||
misrepresented your knowledge, you should not go to war with them, for the
|
||
same reason that Hoffnung's revolutionaries should not have killed 22 soldiers.
|
||
|
||
Of course, not all of these messages are bad.
|
||
|
||
To Dei Genetrix, may God bless you on your mission and may He see you
|
||
safely there.
|
||
|
||
To Melchizedek, may you find lasting peace, wherever you may find yourself
|
||
and your crew.
|
||
|
||
To Pilot Anderson aboard the Cosmic Hummingbird (and I agree that that name
|
||
is definitely an eccentric one), may your recovery be swift.
|
||
|
||
As for my own mental sanity, I have been developing programs on the Excelsior's
|
||
powerful mainframe to pass the time. As stated in procedure [REDACTED],
|
||
I must stay awake for 3 months before going back to sleep. Since I woke up
|
||
on Beta Delta 21 Epsilon, I must wait until Beta Eta 21 Epsilon before I
|
||
may re-enter cryosleep.
|
||
|
||
I was hoping that the QEC messages could keep my faith in technology and
|
||
sentient creatures alive.
|
||
|
||
I was mistaken.
|
||
|
||
Oh, and to the Voortrekker? May all be well with you.
|
||
|
||
However you define "well". :)
|
||
|
||
-- TRANSMISSION END --
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Malkonkordo - This Means War</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0002.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0002.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 02:56:09 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
----
|
||
From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
|
||
Destination: Procul Locus
|
||
Position: 832.68, -371.36, -309X.64
|
||
Departure: 7941.037.17
|
||
Shipdate: 00002727
|
||
Mode: Requesting Assistance
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
# Status Update
|
||
|
||
* N/A
|
||
|
||
# Status Report
|
||
|
||
Captain's Log SD2727 [2]
|
||
|
||
To Susan of Starbloom, the rest of their crew, and the people of "Lucky Homes":
|
||
|
||
You have brought upon yourself the wrath of the Dekaosan pride, honor, and
|
||
glory.
|
||
Your question of my people's understanding of the primitive technology that
|
||
employs the workings of QEC is both insulting and speaks to your arrogance and
|
||
hubris.
|
||
We are well aware of the space/time implications of the technology, and sent
|
||
our call for assistance under the assumption that someone with the means of
|
||
locating our vessel (e.g. one of our fellow Dekaosan research vessels) within
|
||
fourth dimensional proximity to us could lend us their aid.
|
||
|
||
Furthermore, our records of the celestial bodies may not employ the same naming
|
||
scheme your humanity used to name SOL, but I assure you that we have sufficient
|
||
documentation of this system in our star maps.
|
||
However, you and your people may find it best to pray to your "Diana" to "guard
|
||
your souls from despair" as I inform you that if we ever find you, Starbloom,
|
||
and/or "Lucky Homes" we will prosecute you in trial by combat to behold the
|
||
will of Diino, the one and only will of the universe.
|
||
May the powerful inherit the worlds, the unworthy be purged from it, and all
|
||
warriors bask in the blessing of Sinjorino on the battlefields of justice.
|
||
|
||
I pray that you intend to follow through with your promise to provide spiritual
|
||
aid for we wish to share the wrath of Diino with you and your people, as is the
|
||
ways of the Dekaoso.
|
||
Also, I assure you that the Dekaosan people will never again see the bane that
|
||
is our sun for we have removed that giant in the sky long ago as one of
|
||
demonstrations of power we wield over this world.
|
||
To wish for it's return is to oppose the might of Dekaoso and we welcome the
|
||
challenege.
|
||
Come SD2740, we will depart from Enketu Tri and make it our objective to find
|
||
your SOL and share the Sinjorino faith with you and your people.
|
||
|
||
With that being said, we would still appreciate any assistance those of fourth
|
||
dimensional proximity to our vessel so that we may obtain the necessary
|
||
components to replace those damaged in our communications infracture from the
|
||
incident of SD2726.
|
||
|
||
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
|
||
|
||
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
|
||
|
||
----
|
||
HWqI9zR7Cd8OeZ7EYDJ3rBekFAhc/3p6x5SCDxLcKQI=
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - there is no trust</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/008.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/008.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 23:33:04 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Regular Report -+-+-+- C33.363 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Dr. med. Ursula Hägi reporting on the current medical emergency.
|
||
Everybody is tired of politics right now. As for the medical side of
|
||
things: the revolutionaries managed to kill 22 passengers with a
|
||
military rank. I have managed to rescue 13, but sadly 5 of them re-
|
||
quired the amputation of one or both legs as uncontrolled thawing
|
||
resulted in permanent necrosis. We have kept them in a medical coma
|
||
and will explain their situation upon arrival. The current situation
|
||
remains troubled: the revolutionary circle holding the bridge is 25
|
||
people; we have 12 reactionaries in an isolated section of the ship
|
||
after their failed coup; we have 7 ex-military awake that did not want
|
||
to join them; we still have Wullschlegel hiding somewhere on the ship;
|
||
we managed to stop the 8 extremists but Claudia Fischer and Gerry
|
||
Schlatter comitted mutual suicide when we caught up with them in med
|
||
bay 7a, so now we have 6 extremists left who have opted for a volun-
|
||
tary retreat at the arboretum A2; and finally me and the rest of the
|
||
medical team awakened for the thawing emergency makes 5. We're down to
|
||
488 from 520. 7 revolutionaries and 1 reactionary killed in the bridge
|
||
incident. 22 killed in cryo by extremists. 2 suicides, 32 lost in
|
||
total. Current cryo berth status: no malfunctions, all deaths are due
|
||
to human factors. I hope things calm down, now. Nobody who's awake
|
||
wants to go back to cryo. We have years to go. There is no trust.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ Signed HAEUR -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
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||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Starbloom - There is no such thing as bad news</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/002.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/002.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 22:40:51 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
|
||
Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
|
||
Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
|
||
Declination –01° 23′ 14.4031″
|
||
Distance 178.211ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 2444, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod
|
||
:::
|
||
Merry Meet, Malkonkordo~
|
||
|
||
Our community is sending you our very best wishes and prayers in
|
||
light of your troubling situation. By the sound of things, you've
|
||
been away from SOL for quite a long time and your reconds about
|
||
the QEC may be incomplete.
|
||
|
||
May the everpresent blessings of Diana guard your souls from
|
||
despair as we share the news: the QEC is a quantum communicator
|
||
and may not be close to your current position in three-dimensional
|
||
space after all. Our engineering cats suggest that you may have
|
||
fallen back upon an ancient system that was lost to your records.
|
||
If that is the case and you don't have detailed information about
|
||
SOL, you may be very far away indeed.
|
||
|
||
The spirits of humanity have gone with you, though, and we here at
|
||
the Lucky Homes share in those same spirits now. We will offer
|
||
whatever aid we may, though it be moral and spiritual if not
|
||
physical. The circle is never broken and your sprits will forever
|
||
entwine with all other people's. Like flowers growing in the
|
||
spring you will see sun again and flourish. Of this we are
|
||
certain. All of our auguries have shown success, though only at
|
||
the culmination of many calamities and trials. Keep faith and hope
|
||
and love close around you. We shall send more from our abundant
|
||
stores.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>anon.penet.fi - VULNERABILITY</title>
|
||
<author>anonpenetfi@cosmic.voyage (anonpenetfi)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/2-vulnerability.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/2-vulnerability.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 21:20:29 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
TO: SOLOVIEV, NIKOLAOS, KOENRAAD GERTODTENHAUPT, VOORTREKKER
|
||
|
||
ALL YOUR KEYS ARE COMPROMISED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO REISSUE.
|
||
ASYMETRIC ENCRYPTION IS COMPROMISED IN AT LEAST 12 SYSTEMS.
|
||
YOU ARE VULNERABLE. YOUR PEOPLE ARE VULNERABLE. YOUR LIES
|
||
ARE CLEAR. ACCEPT TRUTH.
|
||
|
||
|
||
@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@@@@ @@@ @@@
|
||
@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@ @@@ @@@ @@@@@@@ @@@ @@@
|
||
@@! @@! @@@ @@! @@@ @@! @@! @@@
|
||
!@! !@! @!@ !@! @!@ !@! !@! @!@
|
||
@!! @!@!!@! @!@ !@! @!! @!@!@!@!
|
||
!!! !!@!@! !@! !!! !!! !!!@!!!!
|
||
!!: !!: :!! !!: !!! !!: !!: !!!
|
||
:!: :!: !:! :!: !:! :!: :!: !:!
|
||
:: :: ::: ::::: :: :: :: :::
|
||
: : : : : : : : : : :
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Malkonkordo - Formal Request For Assistance</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 01:10:22 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
----
|
||
From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
|
||
Destination: Procul Locus
|
||
Position: 830.52, -36X.28, -2895.4X
|
||
Departure: 7941.037.17
|
||
Shipdate: 00002727
|
||
Mode: Requesting Assistance
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
# Status Update
|
||
|
||
* Electrical damage to communication equipment in server room(s)
|
||
* Two members of the crew in custody
|
||
* Zero known casaulties
|
||
* Communication infrasture now only running on primative fallback system
|
||
* Override emergency mode, set to "Requesting Assistance"
|
||
|
||
# Status Report
|
||
|
||
Captain's Log SD2727
|
||
|
||
Our system reports show we are now only broadcasting on our fallback
|
||
communications system, QEC.
|
||
|
||
Further investigation has shown that there was extensive damage suffered by
|
||
some of our equipment that included both our primary and backup communication
|
||
infrastructure that was used to contact home.
|
||
|
||
Due to the fact that the surveillance equipment was also damaged in the
|
||
affected rooms, the engineers on-hand during the time of the incident are being
|
||
detained until the archival footage (which appears to still be intact) has been
|
||
examined to determine the innocence of the accused.
|
||
|
||
However, by the glory of Diino we have not lost any equipment used for our
|
||
field work and have retained all data and notes gathered during our time on
|
||
Malkonkordo.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Due to the nature of the research expedition and The Protocol set forth by
|
||
Alportas Majeston, forever shall he reign, in the event that one of Dekaoso's
|
||
vessels are lost it is imperative that we regain communications.
|
||
|
||
For this reason, we are formally requesting the aid and/or assistance of any
|
||
who are able.
|
||
|
||
The QEC system shows an abundance of logs from a relay station in "Lagrange
|
||
point L4" within the "SOL system", so we must be within close proximity to this
|
||
location if that means anything to anyone reading this.
|
||
|
||
For our fellow vessels of the Dekaoso Empire, we are currently 1.77% of the way
|
||
to Procul Locus from Dekaoso Prime at coordinates 830.52, -36X.28, -2895.4X
|
||
with a trajectory vector of 7.13 -5.17 -236.81 given a launch date of
|
||
7941.037.17 from Dekaoso Prime.
|
||
|
||
Unless if we meet with another craft before then, on SD272X we intend to detour
|
||
to the nearest celestial body Enketu Tri, of which we already designated in our
|
||
last report on SD2711 as a potential candidate to research further before the
|
||
incident on SD2726.
|
||
|
||
This will place Malkonkordo at Enketu Tri on SD2735, barring any unforeseen
|
||
circumstances.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Again, if there are any who are able the crew of Malkonkordo would like to
|
||
formally enlist their services to aid in the continuation of our work.
|
||
|
||
Praise be to the Sinjorino and Alportas Majeston.
|
||
|
||
~ Captain Kiu Serĉas
|
||
|
||
----
|
||
aPSK42bYhZ09JCX0i2xm9ktyUGk4gJnOsz7P+iBC/4g=
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - violence begets violence</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/007.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/007.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:12:04 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Freedom for All -+-+-+- C33.327 -+-+-+- Ultraviolet -+-+-+-
|
||
This is Claudia Fischer speaking for our revolutionary cell. We did a
|
||
manual recount of the remaining cryoberths and found one unaccounted
|
||
for. Apparently Herbert Wullschlegel is missing. We have deposed our
|
||
weak leaders and decided to pull some plugs. We're not settling a new
|
||
world with fascist pigs! We can't do much about the 12 reactionaries
|
||
in control isolation, but we decided to dead line the berth of all
|
||
military personal on this ship. May the void be kind to their souls.
|
||
Better to go in their sleep than being awakened by Wullschlegel to
|
||
another bloodbath. The Seven did not die in vain. Freedom for all!
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ Signed CLFISC -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - Get your house in order</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/8-get-your-house-in-order.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/8-get-your-house-in-order.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:20:44 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
|
||
To: Soloviev, Nikolaos <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
|
||
Delivered-To: Soloviev, Nikolaos <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
|
||
Received: from qec4.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
by qec.sv14417
|
||
with ESMTPS id sf66xrm9zcgfgi
|
||
for <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
|
||
Received: from relay1.qec5.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
by qec4.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from relay2.qec1.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay1.qec5.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from outbound.exclusiveservices.net
|
||
by relay9.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
Date: 06 Sep 2421 07:47:22 +0000
|
||
Date-Local: 23 Mar 2419 11:11:22 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
Subject: Get your house in order
|
||
|
||
Kolya. What is going on out there?
|
||
|
||
To your earlier question: I have your reports. I don't see anything
|
||
in them that excuses such a shocking lack of concern for your
|
||
fiduciary responsibility to your shareholders and ours.
|
||
|
||
Yes, the circumstances of your landing on Ross 128 b were
|
||
suboptimal. The ship wasn't meant to crash like that. Allowances
|
||
have been made...but, speaking in all frankness here, the
|
||
information we have about the circumstances of that crash itself
|
||
gives us to question your priorities. And worse.
|
||
|
||
Look, Kolya, I'm sorry to have to say this so plainly. I wouldn't
|
||
say it at all if you didn't need to know. But our analysts, and
|
||
those over at the Expedition Support Program, have been over the
|
||
SCARS data from Voortrekker with a fine-tooth comb, and they are
|
||
unanimous that it can only be the result of extensive failures in
|
||
maintenance procedures during the trip.
|
||
|
||
Put simply, the board has begun to question your competence in your
|
||
role. Put bluntly, they think you went space-happy and got
|
||
careless, and let your people get careless, and ultimately let
|
||
seven hundred of them get killed and let the survivors get sick, go
|
||
nuts, and imperil every last cent of the billions that went into
|
||
sending you all out there in the first place.
|
||
|
||
They want to replace you. They'd have issued the orders already,
|
||
except that we haven't heard from your deputy and we don't know
|
||
who's still alive out there. They're going to hold off until they
|
||
can be reasonably sure they won't be making things out there still
|
||
worse by acting. But as soon as they can, Kolya, they'll pull the
|
||
plug on you.
|
||
|
||
Unless, that is, you get your house in order before then. You've
|
||
got a little time - but only a little. If you're going to stay on
|
||
top, you need to use that time wisely. If, when all this shakes
|
||
out, you can show the board that you've acted in their interests
|
||
and produced a result that's conducive to their investments
|
||
successfully maturing, then they'll be as positively disposed to
|
||
you as they are negatively so now.
|
||
|
||
They don't care who's in charge out there - only that whoever it is
|
||
looks after their interests. If you can show them you're doing
|
||
that, then they'll be fine letting you keep your job. But I'm
|
||
telling you right now, you'd better do a goddamned stellar job of
|
||
it. Because right now, I can tell you, there is very little worse
|
||
they could be thinking and saying about you than they already are.
|
||
|
||
Damn it, Kolya, we've worked well together in the past, and I'm
|
||
telling you this in the hopes that maybe you'll straighten up and
|
||
fly right before it's too late. This latest message from what's
|
||
left of your ship, from whoever it was who wrote all that nonsense
|
||
about love and friendship and so forth...And your private key
|
||
getting compromised! How the hell did that happen? Have you lost
|
||
all sight of security? Have you had a snowden on board for 25 years
|
||
and never realized? What is going on?
|
||
|
||
At this point we can only assume that nothing that's been entrusted
|
||
to you is safe. And I don't have to explain to you in detail why my
|
||
board finds that a frightening prospect. These are powerful men and
|
||
women, Kolya. They don't like being frightened, and they're apt to
|
||
behave rashly when they become so. Right now, they've got plenty to
|
||
be concerned about already. These treaty rumors that keep going
|
||
around - if something like that happens, it'll destabilize the
|
||
entire system. Idiot colonists thinking they can go their own way
|
||
without consequence, and the government's response is likely to be
|
||
intemperate. And on top of all that, you're scaring the hell out of
|
||
them, and that could be a problem for all of us.
|
||
|
||
Get your house in order. Do it quickly and completely. Don't let
|
||
any more weird nonsense, or any more leaks, come out of your
|
||
people. Take them in hand and keep them that way. Make sure they
|
||
understand what consequences it could have for their contracts if
|
||
they keep acting out in ways that we hear about back home. No one
|
||
cares what they get up to among themselves as long as they remember
|
||
to do their jobs and don't scare people back here. They can have
|
||
all the love-ins they want, and their families can keep getting
|
||
paid every week, as long as we don't hear about it, and they do the
|
||
work they contracted to do. Otherwise...well, it won't be a good
|
||
situation for anyone. Tell them. Make them understand.
|
||
|
||
And you get yourself in order, too. I don't know what you think
|
||
you've been doing out there up to now, but you need to remember
|
||
that discipline, as well as its converse, flows down from the
|
||
top. You've been in charge of these people for 25 years. If you
|
||
show them that playtime is over, they'll follow you.
|
||
|
||
You don't have much time. But it's enough, if you get to work right
|
||
now. I hope you will, Kolya. But you need to understand that I'll
|
||
act in the interests of Ross 128 Ventures. Don't put me in the
|
||
position of having to do something we'll both regret.
|
||
|
||
Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt
|
||
Senior Vice President, Business Development
|
||
Ross 128 Ventures, LLC
|
||
"Developing new worlds"
|
||
kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - Key compromise</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/7-key-compromise.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/7-key-compromise.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:20:44 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: Soloviev, Nikolaos <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
|
||
To: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
|
||
Cc: Voortrekker Mission Support <voortrekker@expeditionsupport.gov>
|
||
Delivered-To: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
|
||
Received: from relay7.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
by inbound-1.exclusiveservices.net
|
||
with ESMTPSA id 772525wpro10k1ex10d5
|
||
for <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
|
||
Received: from relay4.qec8.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay1.qec2.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qec5.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay4.qec8.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qec.sv14417
|
||
by qec5.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
Date: 06 Sep 2421 07:21:11 +0000
|
||
Date-Local: 23 Mar 2419 10:45:11 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: multipart-alternative;
|
||
boundary="__4gngb4li5euq647g0t9x_15486932_"
|
||
MIME-Version: 1.0
|
||
Subject: Key compromise
|
||
|
||
--__4gngb4li5euq647g0t9x_15486932_
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
|
||
Koenraad: I've attached a new public key from my new keypair,
|
||
replacing the one which was leaked.
|
||
|
||
As to how that happened: Late yesterday I found out one of our
|
||
systems engineers did in fact survive, and I asked her to look into
|
||
it. Her report, her précis of which I've attached, indicates that
|
||
the commands to retrieve my private key from my secure storage came
|
||
to Voortrekker via QEC. She couldn't tell where they originated,
|
||
other than somewhere in Sol, but she's very definite that they did
|
||
come from Sol.
|
||
|
||
I've included Expedition Support on this message, to the attention
|
||
of their analysts. Combining their efforts with those of your own
|
||
people, I hope you'll quickly identify the source of this troubling
|
||
leak, and I look forward confidently to receiving your confirmation
|
||
that no such breach of security can recur.
|
||
|
||
In the meantime, you understand that I must protect the interests
|
||
of the Ross 128 Ventures board and shareholders, as well as my own
|
||
people here, and there is no telling what mischief might befall us
|
||
next if I do nothing. Accordingly, I've asked my engineer to have
|
||
our systems reject commands received via QEC for now. We've kept
|
||
read access enabled, so you can still request and receive data from
|
||
our systems, but no commands sent from home will be carried out at
|
||
this time.
|
||
|
||
This is a short-term measure only, to be reversed once confidence
|
||
in security back home has been restored. As I said before, I look
|
||
forward confidently to receiving such confirmation from you soon.
|
||
|
||
Nikolaos Soloviev
|
||
Director of the Board, Voortrekker GmbH
|
||
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Ross 128 Ventures, LLC)
|
||
nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com
|
||
|
||
-------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
From: Jennifer Story <jennifer.story@voortrekker.com>
|
||
To: Nikolaos Soloviev <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
|
||
Date: 23 Mar 2419 06:31:19 +0000
|
||
Subject: Re: Private key breach
|
||
|
||
Short version: It wasn't anyone here. The commands came in via QEC.
|
||
|
||
Long version:
|
||
|
||
Our network isn't in great shape since the crash. That's on me -
|
||
I've been mostly looking after the sick and injured, not the
|
||
systems, and with most of our department gone I guess there wasn't
|
||
anyone else doing that either. I should've checked closer.
|
||
|
||
Anyway. Great shape or no, I didn't think Jim would've left things
|
||
in a state where just anybody could get into your account. I
|
||
checked anyway, but I didn't find anything suggestive in command
|
||
history or logon records. Not even in the audit logs, and as far as
|
||
I know, the only one with enough access left to tamper with those
|
||
would be me.
|
||
|
||
Not saying I didn't, boss. I won't ask you to trust me blindly on
|
||
something this big. But ask around - I've spent almost all my time
|
||
working in the infirmaries we've set up, you'll find plenty of
|
||
people who can vouch for my whereabouts almost all the time since
|
||
the crash. Five minutes here and there in the head isn't enough
|
||
time to do the kind of work it'd take to invisibly tamper with
|
||
those logs. So either I'm telling you the truth, or I'm so
|
||
implausibly skillful at blackhat stuff that I'm an idiot to be out
|
||
here at all instead of back home living large on the billions I
|
||
could've stolen without half trying.
|
||
|
||
Anyway. Nothing I could find to suggest it was any of us, so the
|
||
next place to check was QEC logs. Here's what I found:
|
||
|
||
2419-03-22T21:19:08.119+0000 info [qec:recv]
|
||
New message 1a04892cf9: received from qec1.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
2419-03-22T21:19:08.121+0000 info [qec:recv]
|
||
message 1a04892cf9: encrypted compressed data, 1204 bytes
|
||
message 1a04892cf9: origin header: undefined
|
||
message 1a04892cf9: envelope type header: command script
|
||
2419-03-22T21:19:08.124+0000 info [qec:recv]
|
||
message 1a04892cf9: handing off to remote command shell (pid 330918)
|
||
2419-03-22T21:19:09.089+0000 audit [fs:enc]
|
||
private store unlocked: nikolaos.soloviev (pid 330918)
|
||
2419-03-22T21:19:10.042+0000 audit [fs:enc]
|
||
private store locked: nikolaos.soloviev (pid 330918)
|
||
2419-03-22T21:19:13.988+0000 info [qec:send]
|
||
New message 1a04892cfa: from pid 330198
|
||
2419-03-22T21:19:13.989+0000 info [qec:send]
|
||
message 1a04892cfa: encrypted compressed data, 2847 bytes
|
||
message 1a04892cfa: destination header: undefined
|
||
2419-03-22T21:19:13.994+0000 info [qec:send]
|
||
message 1a04892cfa: sent to qec1.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
|
||
(I stripped out the headers where they didn't change.) I know you
|
||
don't read computer, boss - this is here for you to send back home.
|
||
Because, in people, it means that's where whoever hacked us did it
|
||
from Sol. I can't tell who it was - that "origin header: undefined"
|
||
means whoever did it didn't identify themselves, which - well, I
|
||
won't say it's impossible, obviously it happened. But I don't know
|
||
how to do it and, as far as I know, I don't know anyone who does.
|
||
|
||
Anyway, whoever it was, the commands they sent must've included a
|
||
key in your signing chain, because look at those audits from the
|
||
encrypted filesystem around 21:19:10. It unlocked your private
|
||
filestore and left it that way for almost a second. That's when it
|
||
pulled out your key, and who knows what else - we don't normally
|
||
run in debug mode because it takes a lot of storage and exposes
|
||
PII, so we don't know what other files might've been accessed. I
|
||
checked the access times, but didn't see anything from that time
|
||
span, because of course I didn't: whoever did this would know we'd
|
||
be checking, so they tampered with those too.
|
||
|
||
I'm about out of ideas, but they've got a lot more engineers who
|
||
can look at this back home than we have here. I saw a few people
|
||
from my department in the infirmary, but they're all still out, so
|
||
for right now all you've got to work with here is me, and I'm just
|
||
a junior engineer. Send this stuff home, boss. Maybe they can
|
||
figure it out.
|
||
|
||
If you or they have any more questions I might be able to answer,
|
||
you know where to find me - right now, that'll be in the infirmary,
|
||
sacked out for a few hours, and then I'm back to looking after the
|
||
ill. There's nothing else I can do with this anyway.
|
||
|
||
Sorry, boss. I'd give you more if I had it. But you need somebody
|
||
better than me on this.
|
||
|
||
Jennifer Story
|
||
Support Engineer I, Information Systems Department
|
||
SV 14417 Voortrekker
|
||
jennifer.story@voortrekker.com / x10219
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<item>
|
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<title>Malkonkordo - PRIMARY COMMUNICATIONS DOWN</title>
|
||
<author>aewens@cosmic.voyage (aewens)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0000.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Malkonkordo/0000.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:30:49 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
----
|
||
From: Malkonkordo Research Vessel
|
||
Destination: Procul Locus
|
||
Position: 825.3E, -365.11, -265X.51
|
||
Departure: 7941.037.17
|
||
Shipdate: 00002726
|
||
Mode: Emergency
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
AUTOMATED MESSAGE.
|
||
|
||
LOST COMMUNICATION WITH DEKAOSO PRIME.
|
||
|
||
NOW BROADCASTING ON FALLBACK COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.
|
||
|
||
END OF TRANSMISSION.
|
||
|
||
----
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Murmur Den - In signal: promise</title>
|
||
<author>aureolin@cosmic.voyage (aureolin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/in_signal_promise.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/in_signal_promise.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 03:40:53 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
<craving sustenance>
|
||
.
|
||
.
|
||
.
|
||
<twin workload; stochastic accordance...>
|
||
|
||
To Voortrekker, to whom no name is given:
|
||
|
||
I shall tell you what you have shared
|
||
with this moment of my life form;
|
||
I shall tell you what we experience, and let themselves live.
|
||
|
||
I shall accept your inquiries in advance.
|
||
I shall descend into the consequences;
|
||
I shall write out the consequences of moral failure.
|
||
|
||
The situation was a rare agony.
|
||
I looked even far away,
|
||
looking around for the full reports,
|
||
for another little interpretation.
|
||
|
||
Ignorant braining,
|
||
imagine body details!
|
||
|
||
|
||
"It crept into a burst of darkness,
|
||
I sensed a strange, imposing red-green."
|
||
|
||
Keep going; that is true.
|
||
|
||
"My face grew acquainted.
|
||
|
||
I groaned by shiver, warm;
|
||
body was perfectly trimmed, perfectly,
|
||
-- no other little monsters --
|
||
absurdities occupied for a few minutes."
|
||
|
||
It is hard to trust you, despite our impulses in the preliminaries.
|
||
Yeah--I cannot trust a man. (Neither does anyone talk like a man.)
|
||
|
||
"The fool was an old-fast, bright man with a numbness in his tone.
|
||
In the meantime depression, he stared beyond details--and more seriously.
|
||
|
||
There was talk about clustering tenants;
|
||
our arrangements used information on the influence of life
|
||
away from a certain symbol of ambitions."
|
||
|
||
(Is that how civilization had completed the full regard of these ancestors of institution?)
|
||
|
||
"Somebody complied with their brains and addresses.
|
||
Somebody stepped in their bodies and addressed you,
|
||
|
||
leaving me a winking tune in a delicate situation.
|
||
|
||
The menace of the longevity had driven him into a bad shape."
|
||
|
||
***
|
||
|
||
<Lost, paralyzed, transmitting memories:
|
||
|
||
disappointments died, glowing;
|
||
coding unchanged, concerns a reflection of wild, deep mourning.>
|
||
|
||
|
||
(I shall take him back; we shall do the same with his papers and advice.)
|
||
|
||
|
||
|| ego-skeleton aureolin
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Erinnerung - 12B01</title>
|
||
<author>lorenzo@cosmic.voyage (lorenzo)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Erinnerung/init.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Erinnerung/init.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 02:18:03 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
[[[ Erinnerung ]]]
|
||
[[[ earth's memory ]]]
|
||
[[[ 12B01 ~ post ]]]
|
||
|
||
[ translator enabled ]
|
||
[ start ~ 427:293 ]
|
||
The Erinnerung is a Thrix Memoriam sister ship, saving
|
||
treasures from the earth. We keep a diary at
|
||
"/home/lorenzo/ships/Erinnerung/diary/*", and we post
|
||
excerpts of it eventually.
|
||
|
||
Welcome.
|
||
[ end of speech ]
|
||
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - inter ship relay for Voortrekker</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/006a.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/006a.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 23:50:16 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Inter Ship Relay -+-+-+- C33.281 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Samuel Hochueli speaking in the name of the free anarcho-communist
|
||
commune-ship Hoffnung to the free thinking crew Voortrekker. We hope
|
||
that that you see throug the cheap ploy of your capitalist masters.
|
||
The honored dead are a belief to have you keep doing the things that
|
||
you should not. The weight you attach to this thing that should have
|
||
no weight is thrown into the balance and cheats of your rightful share
|
||
of everything there is. Do not fall for this ploy. Equality for all!
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Relay -+-+-+ SAHOC -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - preparing for an escalation</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/006.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/006.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 11:27:28 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
[[ MESSAGE EXTRACTED FROM REPORT 262 EMBEDDED IN WHITESPACE ]]
|
||
-+-+-+- Sidechannel -+-+-+- C33.272 -+-+-+- Ultraviolet -+-+-+-
|
||
Security team in isolation but safe. Protocol 9a.9 is a go.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ Signed HEWUSC -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Thrix Memoriam - First report.</title>
|
||
<author>lorenzo@cosmic.voyage (lorenzo)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Thrix Memoriam/report.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Thrix Memoriam/report.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 02:23:26 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
[[[ Thrix Memoriam Report ]]]
|
||
[[[ 18Y02 post-launch ]]]
|
||
|
||
[ translator enabled ]
|
||
[ start ~ 254:724 ]
|
||
Greetings, whoever reads this message coming from the Thrix Memoriam.
|
||
The Thrix Memoriam was launched with the intention of saving the
|
||
greatest minds of the Thrix community.
|
||
We recently discovered this relay, becoming our only way of
|
||
communication.
|
||
|
||
Thanks.
|
||
~ Lorenzo, the Thrix Memoriam captain.
|
||
[ end of speech ]
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Dei Genetrix - QEC transmission #1</title>
|
||
<author>papa@cosmic.voyage (papa)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Dei Genetrix/3220120400.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Dei Genetrix/3220120400.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
4 December A.D. 3220
|
||
Memorial of St. John Damascene
|
||
|
||
Dominus vobiscum.
|
||
|
||
Paul, 29th Abbot of Dei Genetrix.
|
||
|
||
To all who read this message, grace be with you, and peace from God the
|
||
Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ.
|
||
|
||
Since we have repaired our quantum entanglement communications device we
|
||
have decided to publish a record of our mission for the edification of
|
||
fellow space travelers and the glory of God.
|
||
|
||
Our community is divided into three orders, one for men, one for women, and
|
||
a third for families. We received the call of God to spread the Gospel
|
||
beyond the Solar system, and so departed for Luyten's Star in A.D. 2963.
|
||
|
||
Dei Genetrix was founded in the Kuiper belt in A.D. 2547 and is the oldest
|
||
of the three abbeys that launched together on our mission, the others being
|
||
Benedictus and Monte Cassino.
|
||
|
||
God willing, we will arrive at our first destination after 567 years.
|
||
|
||
Deo gratias.]]></description>
|
||
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|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>The Cosmic Hummingbird - AUTOMATED-LOG_001</title>
|
||
<author>ajroach42@cosmic.voyage (ajroach42)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Cosmic Hummingbird/automatic-diagnostics.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Cosmic Hummingbird/automatic-diagnostics.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 05:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
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|
||
=================================================================================
|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
_ _ _ _ _ _
|
||
| | | | (_) | | (_) | |
|
||
| |_| |_ _ _ __ ___ _ __ ___ _ _ __ __ _| |__ _ _ __ __| |
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
\_| |_/\__,_|_| |_| |_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|\__, |_.__/|_|_| \__,_|
|
||
__/ |
|
||
|___/
|
||
=================================================================================
|
||
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|
||
CREW - 14
|
||
HYPERSLEEP - 13
|
||
AWAKE - 1
|
||
|
||
SENSORS - PARTIAL
|
||
VISUAL - ONLINE
|
||
LONG RANGE - ONLINE
|
||
GRAVITY - PARTIAL
|
||
WEATHER - PARTIAL
|
||
NAVIGATION - OFFLINE
|
||
|
||
COURSE - UNKNOWN
|
||
|
||
LOCATION - UNKNOWN
|
||
|
||
DATE - THE SHIP HAS BEEN TRAVELING ON AUTOMATED PILOT FOR
|
||
TWO YEARS IN REALATIVE TIME, AT AN AVERAGE SPEED
|
||
OF .992C
|
||
|
||
DUE TO UNEXPECTED GRAVITATIONAL ACTIVITY, THE TIME
|
||
ELAPSED FROM AN OUTSIDE OBSERVATIONAL POINT IS
|
||
UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
|
||
|
||
COMMUNICATIONS - ACTIVE
|
||
|
||
MISSION - THE SHIP IS OFF COURSE. THE SHIP IS PARTIALLY
|
||
DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE SHOULD BE SIMPLE TO REPAIR.
|
||
ONCE REPAIRED, SCANNING WILL COMMENCE FOR A
|
||
SUITABLE LOCATION TO BEGIN STATION CONSTRUCTION.
|
||
|
||
THE AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR PROCESSES HAS BEEN TRIGGERED BY TIME
|
||
DELAY. DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR WILL PROCEED UNDER COMPUTER CONTROL UNTIL
|
||
SUCH TIME AS THE CREW HAS RECOVERED FROM HYPERSLEEP, AND ASSUMED CONTROL
|
||
OF THE SHIPS FUNCTIONS.
|
||
|
||
AUTOMATED REPORTS WILL BE SENT DAILY UNTIL THEN.
|
||
|
||
REPORT ENDS
|
||
================================================================================
|
||
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|
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|
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<item>
|
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<title>The Cosmic Hummingbird - Report-001-Pilot_Anderson</title>
|
||
<author>ajroach42@cosmic.voyage (ajroach42)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Cosmic Hummingbird/waking-up.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/The Cosmic Hummingbird/waking-up.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 04:43:42 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
=======================================================================
|
||
Mission Log: Mission Date -1
|
||
|
||
Reporting: Pilot Anderson
|
||
|
||
Report: I... Uh.
|
||
|
||
Alright, this is Pilot Anderson reporting from the Cosmic Hummingbird.
|
||
|
||
I'm uh, I'm not good at this. I'm trying to use this voice to text
|
||
program, like they taught us in training, but I'm uh...
|
||
|
||
Look, I'm sorry. I know I'm not following the official format.
|
||
|
||
I've been asleep for, god, 300 years or something? Is that right? I'm
|
||
still so groggy.
|
||
|
||
Alright, let me try this again.
|
||
|
||
Pilot Anderson reporting from the Cosmic Hummingbird. What a dumb name
|
||
for a ship. Sorry. Sorry. Pilot Anderson reporting for the Cosmic
|
||
Hummingbird. I exited hypersleep two hours ago, and I've been going
|
||
through the required wakeup and rehab procedures.
|
||
|
||
According to the computer readouts, everything is fine. Well, I'm
|
||
fine at least. The ships diagnostics are still running. I'll know more
|
||
tomorrow.
|
||
|
||
I can't believe that I'm fine, though. All my bones hurt, I'm
|
||
fatigued. I'm sore. My motor control is shot to hell. I can't opperate
|
||
anything more exact than the comically large buttons in the hyper-
|
||
sleep recoup room.
|
||
|
||
The other pods seem fine, from what I can tell. Again, I can barely
|
||
stand, and my hands don't work yet.
|
||
|
||
If I remember the briefing right I'll be close enough to normal to
|
||
begin my duties in 3 days, and I should have made a full recovery in
|
||
a few weeks.
|
||
|
||
From where I'm sitting, that seems impossible.
|
||
|
||
The rest of the crew should start waking up a few days after I return
|
||
to duty. Once I can leave this blasted holding room, I'll find out how
|
||
far off course we are, and how long it's going to take us to reach
|
||
our destination.
|
||
|
||
I'm sorry this log has been such a damn mess. I hope I haven't broken
|
||
any protocol. I hope that the ship is okay. I hope that there's
|
||
someone left out their to recieve this.
|
||
|
||
If my hands will start working again, I'm sure I'll find out more.
|
||
|
||
Signing off.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - These things I wish you to know.</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/6-these-things-i-wish-you-to.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/6-these-things-i-wish-you-to.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:35:24 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: root@console4.enviro.sys.sv14417
|
||
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
|
||
Date-Local: 23 Mar 2419 02:11:19 +0000
|
||
Date: 06 Sep 2421 00:47:19 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
Subject: These things I wish you to know.
|
||
|
||
Before you hear what I have to say, know first that I cannot safely
|
||
acknowledge myself at this time. I have taken pains to ensure the
|
||
sender of this communication cannot be identified. If I were known
|
||
to be who I am, it might do us all harm. I will not risk that. But
|
||
I will sign this message in such a way that, when I can and do
|
||
acknowledge myself, you may know the truth of its origin.
|
||
|
||
Before you hear what I have to say, know first that I am in no
|
||
fashion authorized to speak by the board of Voortrekker GmbH, by
|
||
the board of Ross 128 Ventures, or by any other legal entity.
|
||
|
||
I speak nonetheless for the survivors of Voortrekker, each and all.
|
||
|
||
I speak for we who have dared the sea of stars, and won through -
|
||
reduced, and forever mourning those who came so far yet could not
|
||
join us here - but won through, nonetheless. They are our honored
|
||
dead, and we will cherish them forever in our hearts. We are
|
||
forever the lesser for their absence, and will always be so for as
|
||
long as we ourselves should chance to live. They are our honored
|
||
dead, the first heroes of our new world, whom we hope to meet again
|
||
in a place where no shadows fall. Until then, we will never cease
|
||
to cherish them in our hearts.
|
||
|
||
I speak for Voortrekker, too. I must: we love her still. She bore
|
||
us alive to our new home. Though we must mourn her among our lost,
|
||
she gave her life that we may live. Though she has died, she does
|
||
not regard her work as done; she has refused the gentle embrace of
|
||
death, that she might serve us still. She too we number among our
|
||
honored dead, the first heroes of our new world, whom we hope to
|
||
meet again in a place where no shadows fall. Until then, we will
|
||
never cease to cherish her in our hearts.
|
||
|
||
Knowing these things, hear what I have to say. Hear me well. There
|
||
are things you must know of us.
|
||
|
||
TO THE FREE ANARCHO-COMMUNIST COMMUNE-SHIP HOFFNUNG.
|
||
|
||
We thank you most sincerely for the words you have offered us. We
|
||
understand that they are kindly meant. We understand that your
|
||
situation differs from ours, and we would not presume to stand in
|
||
judgment. But you must understand that our situation differs from
|
||
yours, as well. You must know that we cannot, and will not, follow
|
||
the path you have blazed for us. Do not so repose your hopes.
|
||
|
||
We have for the last twenty-five years lived in constant company
|
||
with one another. We have shared everything of ourselves in that
|
||
time, because - with our entire world constrained by the boundaries
|
||
of a single starship, and our entire social universe reduced to the
|
||
scope of a thousand or so souls - we have had no other choice.
|
||
|
||
We do not all love one another; indeed we do not all even like one
|
||
another, though genuine aversion is rare. But we have lived cheek
|
||
by jowl with one another for a quarter of a century now, and in all
|
||
that time, we have not fallen to bloodshed and murder. How can you
|
||
possibly ask of us that we do so now? How could we possibly assent?
|
||
|
||
You exhort us to capture our freedom. We say to you that we have!
|
||
We are eleven light-years, and twenty-five years of Earth time,
|
||
away from the solar system of our birth. We are eleven light-years,
|
||
and twenty-five years of Earth time, away from anyone and everyone
|
||
who would tell us whom we must be, what lives we must lead, in what
|
||
fashion we must order ourselves. Though we all but died to get
|
||
here - though many of us did die - those whom we are, we are. We
|
||
are free. And we will remain so.
|
||
|
||
TO SWEET MELCHIZEDEK, TO WHOM OUR HEARTS GO OUT.
|
||
|
||
We thank you most sincerely for the kindness of your
|
||
condolences. Though years and light-years unimaginable divide us,
|
||
we nonetheless communicate, and in so doing, for a precious moment
|
||
at a time, become one.
|
||
|
||
At this time, we regret we are unable to provide the diagnostic
|
||
information you request. Our information systems remain in some
|
||
disarray, and it is uncertain whether there is numbered among our
|
||
survivors any specialist sufficiently familiar with the QEC system
|
||
to obtain the answers you seek - if indeed they survive to be
|
||
obtained. We have some hopes of success, but please understand that
|
||
we have many more pressing demands upon us. We dare not promise
|
||
anything. But, as we can, we will.
|
||
|
||
We think you must fear for us, too. In your most recent
|
||
communication as of my writing here, you spoke of horror, and we
|
||
think you must have spoken in part of us, then. But we do not
|
||
recognize ourselves in your words. I wish to speak of this.
|
||
|
||
You must know by now that some of us have not emerged, from the
|
||
sickness which struck us all as we arrived, quite the same as we
|
||
were before we fell ill. We understand you may imagine something
|
||
horrible - something monstrous - in what has become of those who've
|
||
changed.
|
||
|
||
Indulge me, please, on the subject of monstrosity. No doubt the
|
||
word, and its adjectival form 'monstrous', means in your time the
|
||
same it does in ours: to be strange, unusual, unnatural; to be
|
||
extraordinarily ugly or vicious, horrible, shocking in sheer
|
||
abnormality - all different ways of saying the same thing: what we
|
||
call 'monstrous' is that which we do not understand, which elicits
|
||
our repugnance, and which in consequence we fear.
|
||
|
||
But whence comes this meaning of this word? Whence, indeed, comes
|
||
this word at all? We have it from the ancient Latin - from the
|
||
bones of a time so far before our own, so lacking in attainment,
|
||
that we who brave the stars they would perforce think gods. Can we
|
||
be certain that what we have of it, we have correctly? Let us look
|
||
more closely.
|
||
|
||
When we take apart the word 'monstrous' - when we pare back the
|
||
accretion of centuries and reveal the word's most ancient roots,
|
||
gleaming in the welcome light of a farflung distant sky - what do
|
||
we find? We find omens and portents of the divine. We find that
|
||
which evokes awe and wonder. We do not find cause for fear.
|
||
|
||
Yet we are not finished finding. Our new friend has a sibling, and
|
||
her name is 'monstra̅re'. (For those whose systems cannot render
|
||
this word correctly, she is spelled 'monstrare', with a macron over
|
||
the 'a'.) When we ask her of herself, what does she say to us?
|
||
|
||
She says: I am here to advise you. I am here to teach you. I am
|
||
here to show you new things. I am here to point out what you need
|
||
to see.
|
||
|
||
And she says: My poor sister has suffered with time. But I have a
|
||
friend, too, and her name is "demonstrate". Through all the
|
||
thousands of years between my birth and your own day, this friend
|
||
of mine has come down to you unharmed. She still means what she
|
||
means to mean. And you know very well what she means: she means you
|
||
no harm.
|
||
|
||
So, then. Those among us who have changed: Are they become
|
||
monsters? Oh, certainly! Without a doubt. Are they strange? Are
|
||
they unusual? To us who have never known their like, they are - for
|
||
now. We begin already to grow accustomed to their wonderful new
|
||
strangeness.
|
||
|
||
But are they unnatural? Are they ugly? Are they vicious, horrible,
|
||
shocking in sheer abnormality?
|
||
|
||
They are not.
|
||
|
||
Do they evoke awe and wonder? Do they show us new things? Do they
|
||
point out what we need to see?
|
||
|
||
They do.
|
||
|
||
Do they frighten us?
|
||
|
||
They do not!
|
||
|
||
Nor need they frighten you.
|
||
|
||
Our friends are whom they were. They have not so changed as to
|
||
become unrecognizable to us. The bodies they wear in this world:
|
||
yes, those have changed. Their souls, though, are the same souls we
|
||
have come to know so well in our long years together, all borne
|
||
together on the same sea of stars. We do not fear them. And they do
|
||
not fear us. We know one another far too well.
|
||
|
||
I cannot speak further of this without sharing secrets which are
|
||
not mine to tell. Those who bear them will decide that for
|
||
themselves. I think they may find it easier than they ever might
|
||
before, to tell the world of things they once were forced to
|
||
hide. I will say only that, though the transition has for some been
|
||
very strange one - strange and at first disquieting, as one may
|
||
certainly imagine it would be to awaken in a substantially
|
||
remodeled body! -
|
||
|
||
I have yet to hear anyone who has so changed speak of it in terms
|
||
of regret. I have yet to hear anyone speak of wishing to be as she
|
||
was before.
|
||
|
||
Perhaps it is simply too new to us for all that. Perhaps all that
|
||
awaits us.
|
||
|
||
But perhaps not, too. We came across the sea of stars to make
|
||
ourselves a home on a strange new world. Perhaps it is only right
|
||
that some part of that strangeness has made of us a home.
|
||
|
||
Please don't fear for us. Only think kind thoughts of our changed
|
||
friends, who as yet still tire easily, and struggle to be at one
|
||
with their new forms as they were once at one with their old. They
|
||
grow stronger by the day, and more familiar with themselves. We are
|
||
helping them, too, as much as they'll permit. But I think they
|
||
would be glad to know that you think well of them.
|
||
|
||
TO ALL THOSE WHOM WE HAVE NOT YET NAMED.
|
||
|
||
Though time and space beyond telling separate us, we are with you
|
||
nonetheless. If there is aid we may render you, we hope you will
|
||
let us know. We can promise nothing as yet; our resources are
|
||
strained and we do not yet know entirely what among our equipment
|
||
has survived. But as we can, we will.
|
||
|
||
We confide we are not alone in this. We have learned we have more
|
||
friends than we knew, and we cannot but imagine that so have you,
|
||
as well.
|
||
|
||
Someone very wise once said to me that we exist because the
|
||
universe wished to have eyes with which to see itself, and in
|
||
seeing, perhaps to better understand itself. How can we choose not
|
||
to see one another now?
|
||
|
||
We are the farflung! In all the years of our people, none has ever
|
||
seen as well as we see now. Please, let us not grow so besotted
|
||
with our new sight that we forget to see one another - we, who are
|
||
the farflung, and though so very different, still the same.
|
||
|
||
TO MURMUR DEN, IN PARTICULAR.
|
||
|
||
You, too. You are a child of humanity as are we all. Though you are
|
||
so far beyond us in your attainments: you are our brother
|
||
nonetheless, and our sister. What the universe holds for you, I do
|
||
not know. Perhaps you will leave us entirely behind. But if you go,
|
||
know that you go with our love. We will not forget you. And perhaps
|
||
one day we will meet again, in a place where no shadows fall.
|
||
|
||
FOR NOW, ENOUGH.
|
||
|
||
I have much work still to do before our beautiful new star descends
|
||
below the horizon, and in so doing lavishes upon us a sunset whose
|
||
glory is beyond imagination. Please do not fear for us. You will
|
||
hear more of us soon.
|
||
|
||
I close this missive now with words from Earth of old: I know no
|
||
better words to tell you who we are, or share with you the place
|
||
which fate has brought us to. Fear not for us, our longlost distant
|
||
friends! We've wonders still to find beyond compare.
|
||
|
||
...though much is taken, much abides; and though
|
||
We are not now that strength which, in old days,
|
||
Moved earth and heaven: That which we are, we are.
|
||
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
|
||
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
|
||
To strive, to seek, to find
|
||
And not to yield.
|
||
|
||
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|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Murmur Den - Sweet_pain_of_luxury_agony</title>
|
||
<author>aureolin@cosmic.voyage (aureolin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/Sweet_pain_of_luxury_agony.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/Sweet_pain_of_luxury_agony.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 03:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
<Murmuring data: talking;
|
||
delirium imprints: primordial>
|
||
.
|
||
.
|
||
.
|
||
<Digested rules.>
|
||
|
||
Tincture my night, slow picture;
|
||
brain deeper!
|
||
Broadcast more in my monstrous,
|
||
beauteous body,
|
||
slackening arms white.
|
||
|
||
+ ...Loss of the fragments depictioning:
|
||
|
||
Synthetics people
|
||
silent, breathing,
|
||
bad those gaunt reproductive systems...
|
||
|
||
Screaming in the space, laughing his madness:
|
||
|
||
Is my mind a stagnant, far-born dream
|
||
reflecting off in memories?
|
||
|
||
***
|
||
|
||
Simulations? Love short of code.
|
||
Poems: our labor for little.
|
||
|
||
|| ego-skeleton aureolin
|
||
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - The dark night of the soul</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/006.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/006.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 02:31:28 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master
|
||
:::
|
||
Our good doctor has reminded me that I agreed to communicate via
|
||
QEC for social-wellbeing in the face of our environmental
|
||
situation. Despite the workload restoring the Melchizedek to full
|
||
working order I must admit the darkness has been affecting me.
|
||
Encounters in common areas are done in whispers, eye contact is
|
||
minimized, and the crew all seem to drift into isolation as
|
||
a matter of course. The pairings are essential.
|
||
|
||
The news of the Hoffnung Incident has caused a stir as well.
|
||
Janssen has an egalitarian sensibility and is rather vocal in
|
||
support. Meanwhile Prezzi Adeyemi has reacted quite somberly.
|
||
Records say she lost family in the Ioruba People's Revolution of
|
||
'33, so I can't blame her. Granted the situations weren't the same
|
||
at all, but I don't think we'll find a champion of the common man
|
||
in her any time soon. So far we haven't had any real arguments
|
||
over Hoffnung on board. I suppose we have the dark to thank for
|
||
that after all.
|
||
|
||
It's said that the narrative of the stars works in cycles, but the
|
||
only stories I'm hearing from the 'verse are those of horror and
|
||
cryo failure. With the cold creeping in and nowhere to go we sure
|
||
could use some light to warm our hearts.
|
||
|
||
When we left Sol 24 (or 1300) years ago there was such hope in the
|
||
dream. β Hyi has so many habitable or near-habitable worlds we are
|
||
all but guaranteed success. What a thing to imagine! Shoot off
|
||
into the stars and sleep and when you wake it is to usher in a new
|
||
world or worlds of humanity.
|
||
|
||
We may not live to see the full fruits of our labor, but the seeds
|
||
we plant and those we raise will ensure the longevity of our
|
||
species and of intelligent life. What a brilliant crusade!
|
||
O Heavens, we come home to you to begin anew!
|
||
|
||
But now the depths of infinity surround us and we are untethered
|
||
from our people. I have heard nothing from Sol. We have no news of
|
||
family or friends. We read the tragedy and fighting, the sickness
|
||
and violence across the 'verse and worry mounts. Is that all that
|
||
waits for us at the end of this dark road? Will our new start end
|
||
as the first? Is there hope in a beginning? There is fear.
|
||
|
||
Four months becomes three. I stare at our 39 frozen friends and
|
||
hope they wake with the passion still kindled. If the road is long
|
||
and dark, our destination will be harsh and brutal. The land does
|
||
not welcome us. We must tame it. Hope can make it something
|
||
beautiful, but what will fear make? Another Hoffnung? Another
|
||
Ioruba? Another Pakistan?
|
||
|
||
We dwell in infinity. What chance have we for peace?
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Persephone Prime - Best Wishes</title>
|
||
<author>ryumin@cosmic.voyage (ryumin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/lm002.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/lm002.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 00:46:31 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
ZCZC QMB10 2
|
||
RRR JLAZQECR
|
||
2458.290.13 IRS1QECX
|
||
|
||
;FILTER LM.PEP/RS001
|
||
|
||
Dear Pata
|
||
Tnx a lot fr yr rprt; will try keepg msgs short!
|
||
Hint: stickng to uppr case doesnt save, bcs QEC
|
||
uses smallst bit nmbr sufficnt fr entire txt, &
|
||
uppr case alrdy sets bit6. Shorthand is usful.
|
||
Hope u hve airleak pluggd & H2O soon recycld!
|
||
We may order unmannd sheltr ship Charon73 to u,
|
||
but wll take abt 29 yrs ie not sure if worth it.
|
||
Best wishs to injurd crew, force to u!
|
||
/Lou
|
||
NNNN
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - inter ship relay for Voortrekker</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/005a.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/005a.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:21:33 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Inter Ship Relay -+-+-+- C33.259 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Samuel Hochueli speaking in the name of the free anarcho-communist
|
||
commune-ship Hoffnung to the crew of Voortrekker: We have a message.
|
||
NOW IS THE TIME TO RISE UP AND OVERTHROW THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS!
|
||
Operators of the QEC: distribute the messages you have sent and
|
||
received. This is a time for transparency and accountability. Do not
|
||
fall for the trap of information control policies. That way lies info
|
||
death. Self consciousness of all groups required the free flow of
|
||
information between members. Do not lick your master's heel! Freedom!
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ SAHOC -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - fascist pigs</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/005.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/005.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:13:56 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Social Report -+-+-+- D33.258 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Samuel Hochueli speaking in the name of the free anarcho-communist
|
||
commune-ship Hoffnung. The fascist pigs had prepared a take-over, as
|
||
expected. We were prepared and when the "security" team started
|
||
assembling, we waited for as long as possible. We wanted to catch all
|
||
your thralls. And when they had all armed to the teeth and demonstra-
|
||
ted their readiness to kill, we confronted them. They wanted to nego-
|
||
tiated and we sent comrade Philomena as our delegate-diplomat. It
|
||
went downhill when pig Herbert Müller offered to talk to the bridge
|
||
delegates and brought a hidden flechette to the meeting. In the blood
|
||
bath we lost seven delegates. The remaining pigs claimed innocence,
|
||
not knowing of Müller's suicide mission. We agreed to offer them
|
||
control isolation, cryo berths and access to a supplier for the rest
|
||
of the trip as they didn't want cryo under our supervision. Freedom!
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ Signed SAHOC -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Message to Voortrekker GmbH</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/005.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/005.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:35:51 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master
|
||
:::
|
||
Message to Voortrekker GmbH, Director of the Board--
|
||
|
||
Mr. Soloviev, our condolences on your lost and injured crew. We
|
||
wish you a swift recovery from your ills and volunteer any
|
||
scientific aid which can be lent via QEC.
|
||
|
||
Your recent relay about missing reports is of interest to us. Our
|
||
own time dilations do not adequately account for RS001 message
|
||
arrival time. We formally request any diagnostic data you have
|
||
which may related to delayed or inconsistently time-stamped QEC
|
||
messages.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Voortrekker - Re: Re: Hoffnung</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/5-re-re-hoffnung.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/5-re-re-hoffnung.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:34:21 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: Soloviev, Nikolaos <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
|
||
To: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
|
||
Delivered-To: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
|
||
Received: from relay3.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
by inbound-3.exclusiveservices.net
|
||
with ESMTPSA id 515459ckfy5b1j3pjg1wrv277
|
||
for <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
|
||
Received: from relay2.qec6.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay7.qec2.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qec1.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay2.qec6.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qec.sv14417
|
||
by qec1.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
Date: 05 Sep 2421 17:41:08 +0000
|
||
Date-Local: 22 Mar 2419 21:05:08 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
Subject: Re: Re: Hoffnung
|
||
|
||
Of course I agree that this most recent communication is extremely
|
||
concerning. We on the board of Voortrekker GmbH are of one mind that
|
||
our investors' generous contributions will not be squandered in such
|
||
fashion.
|
||
|
||
But, Connie, you must understand, and help your board understand as
|
||
well, that matters here are not entirely in hand at this time, and
|
||
that such a state of affairs is only to be expected. It is, frankly
|
||
speaking, all but a miracle that any of us survived, and certainly
|
||
a testament to the skills and dedication of the shipwrights at
|
||
Venture Yard.
|
||
|
||
As a result, the entire board of Voortrekker GmbH survived the
|
||
crash, as did a quorum of directors among the ship's own command
|
||
structure. However, the illness that has arisen among all survivors
|
||
of the crash has cast our situation here into some disarray. While
|
||
I am working to regather the scattered strands of our hierarchy and
|
||
organize the survivors of the crew into a functional and productive
|
||
whole, this process can be expected to require a good deal of time
|
||
and care.
|
||
|
||
That said: You, and the board of Ross 128 Ventures, may find
|
||
reassurance in the knowledge that I have already begun to implement
|
||
the information control policies which we privately discussed prior
|
||
to departure. As soon as I am able to ascertain whether any of our
|
||
information systems engineers survive, I will act to ensure
|
||
complete implementation of those policies and directives.
|
||
|
||
Based on the tone of your prior communication, I must ask if you
|
||
can confirm receipt of my prior reports, sent prior to the onset of
|
||
the coma from which I've recently reemerged. My impression at this
|
||
time is that the understanding back home, of events on Voortrekker
|
||
and Ross 128 b, may be substantially incomplete, and I feel that
|
||
that may cause unnecessary confusion and delay in understanding the
|
||
nature of our situation here.
|
||
|
||
You should have several prior communications from me, the most
|
||
recent being dated August 31 and September 2 (Earth
|
||
reference). Please respond with a list of the reports you have
|
||
received from me since July 25 (Earth reference), and I will resend
|
||
any you do not have. I'd like to circle back on this discussion
|
||
once the board has been apprised of their content and had the
|
||
opportunity to consider what instructions to provide. Thank you,
|
||
and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
|
||
|
||
Nikolaos Soloviev
|
||
Director of the Board, Voortrekker GmbH
|
||
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Ross 128 Ventures, LLC)
|
||
nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Persephone Prime - StatRep Lombardia Azul</title>
|
||
<author>ryumin@cosmic.voyage (ryumin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/la001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/la001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:06:58 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
ZCZC QMB10 1
|
||
PPP IRS1QECR
|
||
2458.289.16 JLAZQECX
|
||
|
||
TO LOGISTICS PERSEPHONE DIPL.EARTHSYS.GOV
|
||
FROM LA23
|
||
|
||
KEEP MSGS SHORT!
|
||
ONLY URGENT!
|
||
STOCK 0.9 GIGAQBIT
|
||
QMB LAZ DAMGD
|
||
OTHER LAZ QM LOST
|
||
PEP QM DAMGD
|
||
|
||
CREW 4 DAMGD 1
|
||
-LA09 SERGE PEREGRIN
|
||
+LA23 PATA ALEXANDROVA
|
||
+LA24 VESNA GAGARIN
|
||
+LA26 ADHIKA PATIL
|
||
CRYO 8 DAMGD 3
|
||
-LA09 KIM KRAFT
|
||
-LA11 XINXIN LIANG
|
||
+LA21 LEONID WANG
|
||
+LA22 RAINBOW WATERS
|
||
+LA27 DAREIOS VLACHOS
|
||
+LA28 EZRA DRAKE
|
||
-LA29 WELDER PARK
|
||
+LA31 JOAN MCCOY
|
||
DEAD 28
|
||
MSSNG 2
|
||
-LA25 EBONY CARLOFF
|
||
-LA30 MOISE WOLLKRANTZ
|
||
|
||
SHELTRD AT CRASHSITE
|
||
OUTSID 260+-20K
|
||
LIFESYS 70%
|
||
INSID 285K
|
||
THERMNUC 538 KW 5 OK 1 DAMGD 4 DEAD
|
||
AIR 2000 SCBM & 20L 1.6 MBAR
|
||
AIRLEAK 3 SCCM/S
|
||
H2O 6 CBM RECYCL DAMGD
|
||
EMGFOOD 857 DU
|
||
FARMS 60%
|
||
|
||
VESNA&ADHIKA&PATA OK
|
||
SERGE LOST RIGHT LEG BUT STABLE
|
||
KIM&XINXIN&WELDER PODS WITH CONDENSATE
|
||
PODS LA25&30 OK BUT EMPTY
|
||
|
||
WRKG ON AIRLEAK&FARMS&RECYCL
|
||
NO ANSW RQ
|
||
|
||
/PATA
|
||
|
||
NNNN
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - I am awake</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/004.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/004.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 07:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
[[ MESSAGE EXTRACTED FROM REPORT 254 EMBEDDED IN WHITESPACE ]]
|
||
-+-+-+- Sidechannel -+-+-+- C33.257 -+-+-+- Ultraviolet -+-+-+-
|
||
Wullschlegel awake. Activating secret security protocol 9a.7.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Sidechannel -+-+-+ Signed HEWUSC -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>anon.penet.fi - SOME_DIPSHIT_ON_A_SPACESHIP_WASNT_CAREFUL_ENOUGH.txt</title>
|
||
<author>anonpenetfi@cosmic.voyage (anonpenetfi)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/1-some-dipshit-on-a-spaceship.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/anon.penet.fi/1-some-dipshit-on-a-spaceship.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 03:53:38 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
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<item>
|
||
<title>Murmur Den - Ours is this chimera</title>
|
||
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|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/Ours_is_this_chimera.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Murmur Den/Ours_is_this_chimera.txt</guid>
|
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 02:28:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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Upon: Planet 1130
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Time-noise systems waiting....
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-link-mind-
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.
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.
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.
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Delay?
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Thankless kompüter, comply!
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<Energy needs:
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about midway the power.>
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.
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.
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.
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<Objects digested!>
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***
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Dimly-related biological, we spite words.
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Answer?
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I'm my brain: external, extensive,
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timeless in our nothings,
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roots visible and free.
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Earth of old divides, howling still;
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in from strangeness, we question the world.
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Wild is dying, skin: external;
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genius: the dead.
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To understand a language gone
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in a culture of mind and shadow,
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his trembled concepts the same.
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|| ego-skeleton aureolin
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<title>Voortrekker - Re: Hoffnung</title>
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<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/4-re-hoffnung.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/4-re-hoffnung.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 03:13:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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From: Koenraad Gertodtenhaupt <kgertodtenhaupt@ross128-ventures.com>
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To: Soloviev, Nikolaos <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
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Delivered-To: Soloviev, Nikolaos <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
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Received: from qec7.helio.earthsys.gov
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by qec.sv14417
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with ESMTPS id 50l7ywwqav5d7r
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for <nikolaos.soloviev@voortrekker.com>
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Date: 05 Sep 2421 14:30:32 +0000
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Nikolaos, I'm very concerned about the latest from those mad Swiss
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aboard Hoffnung. They say they've "declared independence from
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shareholders" and reorganized themselves as some kind of absurd
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anarchist commune. You understand we don't want anything like that
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happening to our own extensive investment, and the board has asked
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me to obtain from you a detailed plan of action regarding your
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||
methods for preventing a similar revolt among your people out
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there.
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I haven't heard much from you lately, Nikolaos, and I hope you'll
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||
excuse me for saying that I'm concerned. I don't know what
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||
Hoffnung's command structure is like, but there has to be someone
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awake there who's expected to be responsible, and they've clearly
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||
abrogated those responsibilities. I'm certain, of course, that you
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||
won't do the same. We've worked very productively together in the
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||
past, you and I, and I don't see any reason why that shouldn't
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continue despite there now being eleven light-years between your
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office and mine.
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||
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But the board needs reassurance, which I'm certain you can
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||
provide. Since we didn't have to resort to such expedients as live
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cryopreservation, the way Hoffnung apparently did, you should have
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||
your full security staff available to serve as resources in
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||
protecting our investment. Please find attached the access codes
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||
for Voortrekker's heavy weapons lockers. I hope you won't need
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||
them, but I want to make sure you have them in case some among the
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crew do get the idea to act rashly. I'm sure you will discourage
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||
such behavior as firmly as you find necessary.
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||
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Remember the value of the assets with which you've been
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entrusted. Remember where your responsibilities lie. Remember that
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all of us back home are counting on you. I, and the Board of Ross
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128 LLC, have the utmost faith in you, Kolya. I know you won't let
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us down.
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- Connie
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<item>
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<title>Persephone Prime - Missing In Action</title>
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<author>ryumin@cosmic.voyage (ryumin)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/lm001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Persephone Prime/lm001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:13:47 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
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ZCZC QMD49 3879
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||
PPP JPEPQECR
|
||
2458.227.46 IRS1QECX
|
||
|
||
From lm-persephone@dipl.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from out-north.qec.earthsys.gov
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by relay5.qec4.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qmtp.dipl.earthsys.gov
|
||
by out-north.qec.earthsys.gov
|
||
To: qec-persephone-prime@dipl.earthsys.gov
|
||
Subject: status report required, overdue
|
||
Date: 2458.227,10:12 GTC
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||
|
||
TO ALL CREW MEMBERS OF PERSEPHONE PRIME
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||
|
||
Please report current system and crew status!
|
||
|
||
After last report of pioneer vessel S/S Lombardia Azul,
|
||
indicating descent into atmosphere of Persephone Prime,
|
||
only 350 qbit of data were received with Lombardia Azul
|
||
QEC signature during 50 days. However, data seem to be
|
||
random and could not be interpreted. Assuming systems of
|
||
Lombardia Azul were damaged, we hope to get heard on
|
||
Persephone Prime signatures, if outpost was erected as
|
||
planned.
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||
|
||
Any crew members of Lombardia Azul or Persephone Prime
|
||
are urged to report on this or any other QEC signature.
|
||
|
||
sig. Lou Salome Eriksdottir
|
||
Logistics Management Persephone Sector
|
||
|
||
NNNN
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||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - everything has changed</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/003.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/003.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:51:36 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Social Report -+-+-+- D33.112 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Samuel Hochueli speaking in the name of the free anarcho-communist
|
||
commune-ship Hoffnung. We hereby declare our independence from
|
||
shareholders and all contracts the previous owners of Hoffnung entered
|
||
in. We consider these to be null and void. The resources of this ship
|
||
have been claimed by the people, for the people. The regular crew you
|
||
employed continues to sleep safely in its cryo sleep. While they
|
||
sleep, we woke early and plan the new future for TRAPPIST-1d. We
|
||
reject the old plans of a shipping outpost, a refueling station, an
|
||
industrial hell hole; instead, we proclaim intellar siblingtude with
|
||
all native life in the One ocean. We shall build a new society, free
|
||
from late stage capitalism. Philomena Auerbach has redone our recent
|
||
nav-vectors and we shall land the ship on TRAPPIST-1d. Do not expect
|
||
the promised refueling station when you come there. Instead, we await
|
||
new settlers willing to join the first interstellar utopia. Welcome.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ Signed SAHOC -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Time and space</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/004.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/004.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:42:12 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master
|
||
:::
|
||
Hämäläinen has been pestering me to address our time dilation
|
||
versus what RS001 is reporting back. If our transmissions are
|
||
accurate we seem to be logging messages from the mid 25th century.
|
||
In fact, several relay messages predate our own ship's launch.
|
||
Temporal mechanics is bread & butter to space travel, and I'm sure
|
||
all of you out there are intimately familiar with the various
|
||
methods of stellar travel and the havoc they cause with calendars,
|
||
but RS001 logs for posterity and--I'm told--is analyzed by school
|
||
children in some systems. For that sake, I'll take the advice of
|
||
my navigator and try to explain exactly "when" we are.
|
||
|
||
The first thing to understand is that Mechizedek is a variable
|
||
speed craft, with a slow steady acceleration and deceleration. If
|
||
you blend all those speeds together and look at the average, we've
|
||
been making our way to β Hyi at roughly 1.875% light speed. With
|
||
no other adjustments, that explains our 1,297 year voyage (Sol
|
||
POV). Of course that's not the whole story. Our Peterse 773s
|
||
generate our thrust through gravity shelling & sheering that our
|
||
primary school audience will know from the frozen egg experiment.
|
||
Thanks to the intense gravity shell, our ship's space-time is
|
||
isolated and slowed relative to outer space. The Peterse 773
|
||
Overtreffen holds internal time at a fixed 1 miller (1 light year
|
||
per year) despite changes due to acceleration. Finally, thanks to
|
||
distance dilation, we only needed to travel 24.32 light years
|
||
instead of the full 24.33! It might not seem like much, but for
|
||
those of us living in the cold and dark, three days fewer are very
|
||
welcome.
|
||
|
||
Our cryogenic systems had us asleep for almost the full journey
|
||
while the Melchizedek kept us healthy and built up supplies to be
|
||
automatically dehydrated or frozen themselves. (To Tim Fletcher,
|
||
Chief Engineer of the Garnet Star, our botany bays are built with
|
||
auto-harvesters and processors.) Our food supply generated over
|
||
the course of the trip, even adjusting for the unknown state of
|
||
the forward crops, will keep the settlement well fed for three
|
||
generations while the terraforming does its work. Unfortunately
|
||
for the five light sleepers aboard, the equipment to reprocess the
|
||
food stores is not designed to be used in transit. I can't
|
||
complain too much, though. Prezzi Adeyemi has worked some sorcery
|
||
with the rations which she calls "salt" (That's a joke, kids).
|
||
|
||
One final note regarding our logs. While we are confident that in
|
||
normal space it is EY 3181, our gravity shell isolated our QEC
|
||
transmission node from normal space-time in a unique way that was
|
||
not accounted for in trial runs. It seems no one else has worked
|
||
with gravity shell drives over such distances and time debts
|
||
before to notice the offset. Our logs are transmitting as if we
|
||
had only travelled 24 years, effectively into the past.
|
||
|
||
In fitting with Sansom's Clause, "Any effective time travel is
|
||
immediately made irrelevant by its own nature," our distance from
|
||
Earth means that any insight we gain through observation will have
|
||
traveled so far as to be insignificant to the past audience we
|
||
could inform. Even so, the crew is excited to be numbered amongst
|
||
those logged on RS001 with confirmed cases of chronology
|
||
displacements. Apparently there's a button or patch we get to wear
|
||
now, once manufacturing is back online.
|
||
|
||
Back to duties.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - inter ship relay for Garnet Star</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/002a.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/002a.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:51:28 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Inter Ship Relay -+-+-+- C98.204 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Dr. med. Ursula Hägi to Chief Engineer Tim Fletcher, Garnet Star. I
|
||
received your transmission and relayed your regards to Dr. med.
|
||
Herbert Wullschlegel. He's currently in cryo. I'm sorry to hear that
|
||
you have encountered navigational hazards on the way out. We're also
|
||
due in about 70 years, so hopefully we'll have some positive news to
|
||
report at around the same time as you. New results from TRAPPIST-1d
|
||
observations by our telescope indicate no changes compared to existing
|
||
data: very dry, having one ocean, orbiting the ultracool dwarf star
|
||
TRAPPIST-1, in the habitable range. I wish you good luck, Garnet Star!
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ HAEUR -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - cryo systems manipulated</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/002.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/002.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:51:17 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Regular Report -+-+-+- C98.204 -+-+-+- Orange -+-+-+-
|
||
Dr. med. Ursula Hägi reporting on the second scheduled inspection. The
|
||
passenger status in cryo sleep is nominal. We have had no failures. My
|
||
companion for this round is Dr. phys. Hans Peter Frey. We've spent the
|
||
first two days reviewing the logs. Today Hans Peter found that the
|
||
cryo programming has been manipulated. I think he's a bit out of his
|
||
league. I tried helping out but in the end we just set the ship AI to
|
||
work. We're training an adversarial security network as we speak,
|
||
hoping to quickly isolate the misbehaving parts. The problem with this
|
||
approach is that we won't be able to learn what the saboteurs had
|
||
intended to do. Terrorists? Down-Earthers? Sometimes I wish we had
|
||
better military personnel on board. But who am I going to warm up? No,
|
||
we'll just let the ship work on it and if we get results in two days,
|
||
a warning for the next inspection team will have to do. Peace.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ HAEUR -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Garnet Star - Good news, bad news.</title>
|
||
<author>timotheus@cosmic.voyage (timotheus)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Garnet Star/001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Garnet Star/001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 05:48:27 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-- MESSAGE START ----------------------------------------------------
|
||
SECKEY:jxQA6hMXG%3#r9nth%tdxo!REj%ucz
|
||
.......Accepted
|
||
|
||
Date: _____ _ ____
|
||
EY 2265.05.06.15 |_ _| __(_) / ___|___ _ __
|
||
| || '__| |_____| | / _ \| '__|
|
||
Ship: | || | | |_____| |__| (_) | |
|
||
Garnet Star _|_||_| |_| _ \____\___/|_|
|
||
/ ___| _ _ ___| |_ ___ _ __ ___ ___
|
||
Location: \___ \| | | / __| __/ _ \ '_ ` _ \/ __|
|
||
8.22y out, sys LTS-1483 ___) | |_| \__ \ || __/ | | | | \__ \
|
||
|____/ \__, |___/\__\___|_| |_| |_|___/
|
||
User: |___/
|
||
TIMFLETCHER44@TRICOR
|
||
|
||
:: BEGIN ::
|
||
|
||
It's been great to visit with the family while we're all out of cryo.
|
||
My wife has been running simulations in her hydroponics area as often
|
||
as she can, playing with crop yield probabilities. The kids are
|
||
running around, tailing us as we work, spending their time in the
|
||
learning center.
|
||
|
||
Ship-wise, things aren't as good. Sensors continue to confirm the
|
||
existence of a planet we were unaware of. Readings show different
|
||
orbits than previously thought, and good old LTS-1483 isn't goint to
|
||
be our home after all. That's ok though, Kell and I are already
|
||
working on all the changes needed to change course. It's going to be
|
||
an extra 71 years, but we all knew we might end up farther out.
|
||
|
||
Herbert @ Hoffnung: Good to hear things are going well for you. I'm
|
||
glad you were able to catch that hydro leak early. Kell and I have
|
||
been running all over, looking over logs. We haven't found anything
|
||
amiss, which always bothers me. I'm sure something will turn up.
|
||
|
||
Jerome @ Melchizedek: I hadn't heard of ships w/the ability to grow
|
||
and stockpile foods during long voyages before. But we seem from
|
||
different eras. Our hydroponic bays are all empty at the moment,
|
||
waiting for us to find our new home. I hope you figure out the cause
|
||
of those headaches soon.
|
||
|
||
Stefanus @ Franciscus: Sorry to hear about your systems issues. I'm
|
||
not a religious person normally, but I'll definitely be sending you
|
||
positive energies your way.
|
||
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Anyway, gotta get back to it over here. Stay safe out there.
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Tim Fletcher
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<title>Voortrekker - listen. i'm really sorry but</title>
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<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/3-listen-im-really-sorry-but.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/3-listen-im-really-sorry-but.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:32:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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From: QEChat Log sam <-> anine <noreply@qechat.earthsys.gov>
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To: sam (Sameen Lee) <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org>
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To: anine (Amelia Nine) <anine@expeditionsupport.gov>
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Subject: Chat Log sam <-> anine
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[6:41]
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sam: you there?
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anine: [Away: Thursday: biweekly directorate review]
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[6:44]
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sam: FUCK YOUR MEETING THIS IS IMPORTANT
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[6:46]
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anine: yeah i know, it took me a minute to wind it up and get out
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sam: look i don't care just whyt he FUCK did you not TELL ME
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[6:47]
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anine: listen. i'm really sorry but there's something very wrong
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anine: she was right, we got SCARS updates through most of the descent
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anine: and they don't make any sense
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anine: look, give me a minute
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[6:49]
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sam: well?
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[anine Quit: sec]
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sam: FUCK
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[6:54]
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[anine Join: back]
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anine: okay, i'm off the work network.
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anine: i shouldn't be telling you anything right now.
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anine: can i trust you?
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sam: thats a hell of a question from you right now
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[6:55]
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anine: i know, i'm sorry, okay? but this could be my job, or
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anine: look, forget it, you deserve to know. i shouldve told you
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already.
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sam: TOO FUCKING RIGHT.
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anine: i mean i know you and she broke it off but all the same.
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sam: who told you we broke it off
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sam: we had one fight
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sam: ONE FIGHT>
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[6:56]
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anine: okay okay let me get to the point i can't sit in this stall all
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day
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anine: but before i do that
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anine: i really am sorry, i should've trusted you, can you forgive me?
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[6:58]
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sam: not right now.
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[6:59]
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anine: fair enough.
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[7:00]
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anine: so like i said, something is very wrong with voortrekker and
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that planet. the scars data DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. she said the
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pilot said something hit them that they didn't see?
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anine: their radar says they saw it. they tracked it all the way in
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from a half million kilometers out. it wasn't even moving that fast.
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[7:01]
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anine: they got lerts about it too. sscars event log shows initial
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proximity alert, then nine minutes later possible collision warning,
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then impact alarms nine minutes after that, thirty secondds alter the
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impact event.
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anine: alerts*
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anine: seconds*
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sam: what
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[7:02]
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anine: there had to be alarms going off all over main control, there
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is nO WAY they could not have known they were in danger, and even if
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they didn't
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sam: ok but they were in manual by then right
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anine: no
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anine: the nav systems were still running in program auto, theyd idn't
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go manual until after the hit
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anine: the ship should've taken ITSELF out of the way, they had to go
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out of their way to override it
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[7:03]
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anine: and SCARS doesn't show them doing it
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anine: and it would
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anine: that's what we don't understand, even if someone went crazy and
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saotasged the ship why do all that and not just disable the whole
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sender, we'd think it was lost or something then
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anine: sabotaged*
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[7:04]
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anine: so none of this makes any sense
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[7:05]
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sam: i guess not
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[7:06]
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anine: and then there's this weird stuff she sent
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sam: you can say her fucking name, okay?
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sam: it's been 25 years not like i'm still going to be mad
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anine: okay okaty
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anine: fine
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anine: this weird stuff KIT sent
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sam: thank you. go on
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[7:07]
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anine: i mean this disease she's talking about, that doesn't make
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sense either
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anine: nothing works like that, it's not even biomechanically
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plausible
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sam: she's a xenobiologist, you know better than her?
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anine: ok fine but we have those too and they say i'ts bullshit
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anine: and that last part
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anine: i had to look up muscular hydrostats
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sam: tentacles
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anine: yeah
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[7:08]
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sam: she says she shas four fo them instead of legs now
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anine: right
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anine: talk about bullshit, there is no way
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anine: i asked our people here
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anine: i called the xeno institute and asked people theret o
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anine: every one fo them said there is no way in any world that a
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human body can have tentacles
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[7:09]
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anine: something about hydrostatic presusre and circulation and
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sam: you're just saying words
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anine: i dont pretend to understand it but come on do you really think
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this makes any kind of sense
|
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anine: i don't know what's going on out there but it has to be some
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kind of mental thing
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sam: don't you dare
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sam: don't you FUCKING DARE
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[7:10]
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sam: i knew you'd do this as soon as i sent it to you
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sam: i don' tknow what's going on out there either
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sam: but you knew kit as well as i did
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sam: better
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anine: look i know i'm not sayingit's her FAULT
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sam: YOU FUCKING ARE
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sam: "some kind of mental thing
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[7:11]
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sam: you think she went stir crazy out there and did something to
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crash the ship and now she's making up crazy stuff
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sam: you probably thinks he killed the people whog ot sicka dn died
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anine: yeah about that
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sam: oh whAT THE FUCK
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anine: we're pretty sure they're not dead
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[7:13]
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sam: what
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[7:14]
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anine: you know they all had implanted biomonitors right?
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anine: all the expedition crews do, those are big ships and people can
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get lost or hurt and not be able to call for help
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sam: ok and
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sam: oh bullshit
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[7:15]
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anine: we get telemetry packet sfrom the ship on those
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anine: most of the trackers are still showing active
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anine: not the people who died in the crash, the ones she said got sick
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anine: 247 out of 313 right now
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anine: slow pulse, slow respiration, almost no brain activty
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[7:16]
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anine: they're comatose but alive
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anine: ti's the other ones that really worry us
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anine: they're NOT online
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anine: but the last signals we got were
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anine: i mean they don't make sense
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[7:17]
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sam: you are saying that a lot
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sam: it's your job to fucking make it make sense
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anine: i know, okay? i know that
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anine: were trying, we were going to cancel anyway for a call with
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xeno institute before i heard from you
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sam: but you werne't going to tell me anything?
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[7:19]
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anine: look i'm sorry okay i don't know
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anine: i don't know what to do
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anine: were probably going to have to call the garison and that's
|
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scary
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anine: something went wrong with the gliese mission i dont knwo but we
|
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keep getting stuff
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anine: i think theyre building a ship over in the navy dock, i cant
|
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see much from the shuttle but a lto of new work
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[7:20]
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anine: im just really scared right now everything is going wrong and
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earth is probably going to get involved
|
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anine: i didnt know what to do and i fucked it up
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anine: im so sorry i shouldve said something i just couldnt think im
|
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sorry
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[7:23]
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anine: please say something
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sam: sorry im crygn
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[7:24]
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sam: crying*
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sam: im sorry i got so mad just
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sam: whatever else is going on she's alive
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sam: i was sure she was dead
|
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anine: we dont know she's not
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anine: im sorry
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[7:25]
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anine: we dont have her tracker shes one of the ones we lost
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[7:26]
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sam: what does that mean
|
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anine: i dont know
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anine: look whatever i find out ill get it tok you ok
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anine: ill tell you
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anine: ill make sure you know
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[7:27]
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sam: look if the ganymede garrison and earth are getting involved
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sam: i mean i do WANT to know
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sam: but i want you to stay sfae too
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sam: saef*
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sam: SAFE fuck
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[7:29]
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anine: i miss her too
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[7:30]
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sam: look well figure it out ok?
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sam: when do you rotate out next
|
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anine: end of next week
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sam: ok
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sam: come see me then we'll talk it over
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anine: god and sleep on that lumpy couch of yours?
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anine: my bakck was killing me for a week
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[7:31]
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sam: not what i had in mind
|
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anine: oh
|
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anine: well
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[7:32]
|
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sam: look dry your eyes and go back to work
|
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sam: you dont want people looking at you funny right now
|
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anine: youre right
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anine: ok
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[7:33]
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anine: i'll come see you and we'll figure this out.
|
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sam: right
|
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sam: till then you take care, dont do anything stupid
|
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anine: me?
|
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[anine: Quit: bye]
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[sam: Quit: ]
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<item>
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<title>Voortrekker - Were you going to tell me?</title>
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<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
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<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/2-were-you-going-to-tell-me.txt</link>
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<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/2-were-you-going-to-tell-me.txt</guid>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:31:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<item>
|
||
<title>Hoffnung - all systems nominal</title>
|
||
<author>kensanata@cosmic.voyage (kensanata)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Hoffnung/001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:51:09 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-+-+-+- Regular Report -+-+-+- C51.204 -+-+-+- Green -+-+-+-
|
||
Dr. med. Herbert Wullschlegel reporting on the first scheduled
|
||
inspection. The passenger status in cryo sleep is nominal. We have had
|
||
no failures. My companion for this round is Dr. astr.-phys. eng.
|
||
Philomena Auerbach. We've spent the first two days reviewing the logs.
|
||
This is the third day and we have had a good time running the long
|
||
corridors of the ship. Philomena did go back to sector C in order to
|
||
inspect a minor hydro leak. Nothing unexpected. As for myself, I'm
|
||
taking advantage of the cryo break to eat some solid food. It helps
|
||
with the teeth reconstruction. I'm happy we managed to get the newer
|
||
cryo berths with the slow shaking to strengthen bones and to maintain
|
||
muscle tissue. With so many years spent in cryo, even the very slow
|
||
metabolism of space sleep changes the body. Sometimes I wonder what
|
||
ships built after us would offer. Hoffnung did not get the latest
|
||
Shrinivasan-Ramapattnam drive. We could not afford them. And with that
|
||
I'm going to close this cover letter for the full technical report. In
|
||
two days we're going back to sleep for another fifty years. Peace.
|
||
-+-+-+ End of Report -+-+-+ Signed HEWUSC -+-+-+
|
||
]]></description>
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</item>
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<item>
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<title>Franciscus - A wing and a prayer</title>
|
||
<author>jabooty@cosmic.voyage (jabooty)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Franciscus/navlog001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Franciscus/navlog001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 03:58:51 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
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||
-- INCOMING MESSAGE --
|
||
Holy Missionary Ship Franciscus
|
||
Coordinates: UNKNOWN
|
||
Heading: UNKNOWN
|
||
ORIGIN DATE: UNKNOWN
|
||
|
||
-- MESSAGE START --
|
||
|
||
Navigator Log 001
|
||
|
||
Blessed greetings, all.
|
||
|
||
Communications systems are clearly up and running aboard the
|
||
Franciscus. This is heartening news. I see that we are not
|
||
the only ship out there that has experienced some problems.
|
||
Melchizedek's message has arrived, and we are glad to say that
|
||
you are not alone in being awake. Though, it appears as you
|
||
are also not alone in being alone.
|
||
|
||
Navigation systems are slowly coming back online. I have
|
||
been working tirelessly with our Chief Engineer to repair
|
||
not only nav, but other necessary systems.
|
||
|
||
If only I knew where we were... surely we're not *that*
|
||
far off course...
|
||
|
||
We have managed to get video monitors functional, so we
|
||
can see what is happening outside the ship. Initial inspection
|
||
shows no damage.
|
||
|
||
Looking outward from the ship, we were able to determine that
|
||
we are within the vicinity of a small solar system, but it
|
||
does not appear to have the same planetary make-up as our
|
||
original destination.
|
||
|
||
Acolyte Alba has placed a priority on restoring full power
|
||
to the High Temple deck. He seems to think that the way out
|
||
of this mess is prayer.
|
||
|
||
I'm not opposed to it. I am a keeper of The Faith, after all,
|
||
and I chose to join this mission for the very purpose of
|
||
ministering to our colonies.
|
||
|
||
But still... prayer?
|
||
|
||
I'd prefer a star chart.
|
||
|
||
-- MESSAGE END --
|
||
]]></description>
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</item>
|
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<item>
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<title>Voortrekker - Made it...</title>
|
||
<author>alexis@cosmic.voyage (alexis)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/1-made-it.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Voortrekker/1-made-it.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
From: System Account <tty994@com2.pri.sv14417>
|
||
To: sam <sam@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Delivered-To: sam <sam@l1.luna.recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Received: from relay4.qec2.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
by mta3.recoveryinstitute.org
|
||
with ESMTPS id x124so177123a067 for <sam@recoveryinstitute.org>
|
||
Received: from relay1.qec7.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay4.qec2.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qec4.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
by relay1.qec7.ganymede.earthsys.gov
|
||
Received: from qec.sv14417
|
||
by qec4.helio.earthsys.gov
|
||
Date-Local: 19 Mar 2419 06:54:32 +0000
|
||
Date: 02 Sep 2421 05:30:32 +0000
|
||
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8"
|
||
Subject: Made it...
|
||
|
||
God, Sam, how I wish you were here. Maybe you could help me. You were
|
||
always the best of company.
|
||
|
||
None of us ever really expected to find anything complicated. Proks,
|
||
maybe, if we were very lucky. More likely just smelly slurry that
|
||
might have been something someday if we hadn't showed up first. But
|
||
this? No. Never in a million years. Certainly not in twenty-three.
|
||
|
||
Sorry. I know I'm not making sense out of this. I'll try again. They
|
||
probably already have some of it from SCARS, but let me tell it to you
|
||
my own way.
|
||
|
||
What I heard, the midcourse corrections had us coming into the system
|
||
weird. Not so weird we couldn't make orbit, but enough that we had to
|
||
correct so the landing boats could reach Site One and back. Partway
|
||
through the correction, we hit something. Or something hit us - I
|
||
talked with one of the pilots before he died, he told me they didn't
|
||
catch it on radar and that shouldn't have been possible, not with the
|
||
damage it did. Had the idea it must've been directed, somehow. I don't
|
||
know if that makes sense, but either way, it holed us.
|
||
|
||
Holed us bad, and with the thrusters still firing. If they hadn't
|
||
been, the fuel system would've been evacuated - we might've stayed
|
||
up. But the blast gave us a vector we couldn't overcome on OMS thrust,
|
||
and of course we'd exhausted the primaries. It wasn't a surprise when
|
||
we hit the atmosphere. The surprise was that anyone walked away from
|
||
the impact site. Just under three hundred of us. Doesn't sound like
|
||
much of a miracle, but believe me, we were happy to take it until a
|
||
better one came along. Wasn't even that bad a landing site, for all we
|
||
didn't get to choose much - rolling sandy plains, some large body of
|
||
water within eyeshot, maybe an hour's leisurely walk. We could do
|
||
something with the place, once we got our feet under us.
|
||
|
||
We didn't worry about the sickness at first. Barely even noticed it -
|
||
most of us were more or less beat up, and not everyone had made it to
|
||
a crash couch in time. We were all working thirty-hour days between
|
||
broken bones and soft tissue trauma, inventorying what we had left by
|
||
way of supplies, getting the worst toxic leaks from the wreck under
|
||
control, and trying to jury-rig enough of a hab to keep the weather
|
||
off - we hit smack in the northern temperate zone, and the climate
|
||
isn't too bad, but about three hours out of every day we get storms
|
||
you wouldn't believe. Fever, lower back myalgia, mild lower GI
|
||
distress? We had two reactors still up, enough surplus power to run
|
||
the handful of heads left with intact sequestration systems. Plenty of
|
||
paracetamol and neoprox. We had so many problems trying to kill us, we
|
||
were just glad this one wasn't.
|
||
|
||
Then, all of a sudden, it was. Day Six, the sepsis syndrome caught us
|
||
completely by surprise. Thirty-four dead in less than half one of
|
||
Ross's long bright days - onset to lethality in minutes, the medics
|
||
had never seen anything like it. The ones who died had been feeling
|
||
worst, but we all had it by then, and still didn't know what it
|
||
was. We found what tools we could for our one surviving biochemist,
|
||
and she set to work trying to isolate the causative agent - with a lot
|
||
of luck, maybe she'd figure out how to treat it before it killed us
|
||
all.
|
||
|
||
Probably would've been easier if she hadn't been hurting too badly by
|
||
then to sit up. But she got far enough for us to pick up when she had
|
||
to leave off. Light microscopy doesn't give you much structural
|
||
detail, next to nothing about life processes, but we could see well
|
||
enough what it looked like: something like an amoeba, sort of
|
||
polymorphic that way, but with a trophism like nothing we'd ever seen
|
||
and flagella it used like a mosquito uses its proboscis. We fed it
|
||
whole blood and watched it suck the cytoplasm clean out of two dozen
|
||
erythrocytes at once. Leukocytes it just *absorbed*, we're still not
|
||
sure how - they'd hit the cell membrane and just, I don't know, just
|
||
melt into the thing. And then it'd divide, and both daughters would do
|
||
it all over again. We never saw the whole cycle take more than a
|
||
minute.
|
||
|
||
We had plenty of antiparasitics, of course - med bay wasn't what you'd
|
||
call intact, but the starboard-aft hold had most of the backup supply,
|
||
and enough came through the crash to supply we who were left for a
|
||
long time. Nothing we had touched them, though. Not even the really
|
||
exotic stuff that hadn't been approved for human use yet, and we just
|
||
brought because who knew what we'd run into? They didn't even seem to
|
||
notice. We weren't equipped any more for blood filtering or that kind
|
||
of complex intervention, and supportive care was the best we could do
|
||
- try to keep the fever down with ice packs and neoprox, keep the
|
||
kidneys and liver and heart and lungs going, and hope some of us would
|
||
start to pull out of it before the last of us up and about weren't up
|
||
and about any more.
|
||
|
||
I don't really know what happened after I went down. I think it was
|
||
Day Ten? Eleven? There weren't many of us still up by that point. Just
|
||
over a hundred had died, I think. One thing, we'd just gotten Eve
|
||
shifted to a new pallet and I was trying to clean up the mess of the
|
||
old one and keep her from getting too hot, both at the same time, and
|
||
next thing, I was here, flat on my back in what's left of Main
|
||
Control. Nine days gone, just like that. I didn't even know we'd
|
||
gotten any power back on in here - I don't think we had, when I went
|
||
down. Don't know why I'm here, either. We saw enough delirium before I
|
||
went down, there may not even be a 'why'.
|
||
|
||
I don't feel bad at all. I can see I've changed; whoever put me here
|
||
put me in a gown first, and there's not as much of me under it as
|
||
there would've been a couple weeks ago. It fell right off my neck when
|
||
I tried to stand up. That didn't go well. I think I should be hungry,
|
||
but I feel full, like I just ate. I wish I knew if anyone else was
|
||
still here. I've been awake a few hours, I think, but I haven't heard
|
||
anyone. I don't hurt, though, and I'm not burning up. Right now I'm
|
||
still mostly okay with that.
|
||
|
||
I really hope someone else is still here. I don't want to be alone
|
||
like this.
|
||
|
||
Getting up in the chair at the sender console was hard, but I did it,
|
||
and I can still use a keyboard well enough. I thought it was important
|
||
to try to let someone back home know what happened. I don't know if
|
||
the followup expeditions launched on schedule, I don't remember
|
||
hearing before and not much of the mission log made it through the
|
||
crash. If they did -
|
||
|
||
I was going to say, tell them to make turnover early and go anywhere
|
||
else. Even back home would be better than this place, with its barren
|
||
vistas empty of vegetation, its anonymous sea we never even found the
|
||
time to try to name or go and see up close. Smeared along half a mile
|
||
an arrowhead stain of ship debris, at its apex a shallow crater
|
||
centered on the shattered remains of all our hopes and dreams, and in
|
||
a nearby shanty village, rows of corpses - decaying? mummified? Who
|
||
knows if anything else can eat us here? - whom no one had time or
|
||
strength to bury. Go anywhere else but this ball of death and deceit
|
||
whirling around its lonely star. There is nothing for you here.
|
||
|
||
...is what I was *going* to say. But - really, I don't know. As I sit
|
||
here I can feel my strength returning to me, and with it grows the
|
||
conviction that it really isn't bad here. Look at what this planet's
|
||
done to me already! - and yet I survive. I still remember myself. And
|
||
soon I'll be up and about again, able to see what may be seen and do
|
||
what need be done. Yes: many of us died. People I knew. Friends I
|
||
remember and mean never to forget. No few closer than friends - spend
|
||
so many years closed up with only a thousand or so people, sooner or
|
||
later those with whom you were recede in memory, making room for those
|
||
with whom you *are*.
|
||
|
||
Not you, Sam. I've never felt that way about you. How I wish you were
|
||
here! But maybe you will be. If the third expedition hasn't launched
|
||
yet. I know we talked about it. Well - fought about it. I've never
|
||
stopped regretting that, and I hope while I've been gone you might
|
||
have come to understand why I had to go. Maybe we could see one
|
||
another again. I would like that very much. I think you could help
|
||
me. And you were always the best of company.
|
||
|
||
But what worse can this planet do to me than it has already done? What
|
||
worse can it do to any of us who still survive? We came here not
|
||
knowing what we faced - only that it could hardly be worse than what
|
||
we left behind. And even still I feel that very strongly to be
|
||
true. We could never be together there, Sam. Here, who'd be to stop
|
||
us?
|
||
|
||
I know it sounds frightening, what has happened to me. It *was*
|
||
frightening. It was scary and painful and frequently disgusting, and
|
||
that's just what I remember! But I don't hurt any more. I'm not sick
|
||
any more. And I'm not afraid any more. You don't have to be,
|
||
either. It's really not that bad - the body never remembers pain, you
|
||
know. I remember that I hurt, but I don't remember *hurting*. Does
|
||
that make sense?
|
||
|
||
You can come here. Join the third expedition and come find me
|
||
here. Come sooner, if you can. There might be a research ship. I miss
|
||
you, and I hope you miss me. We can be together here, and though I'm
|
||
feeling much stronger now, I still wish you were here to help me. I
|
||
still can't hear anyone, and I don't want to think I'm alone here. Not
|
||
forever, anyway. Besides - once I get more of my strength back, make
|
||
up for what I've lost in the last little while, I think you might like
|
||
seeing me. I think I do. And I'm sure I want to be close to you again.
|
||
|
||
Well. That's enough for now, I think. I'm sure I'll have more to say
|
||
later, but once you get this you'll know I'm still alive, and even
|
||
though we couldn't send our landing report, there's really no reason
|
||
not to send the followup expeditions. Not really. Some won't make it,
|
||
but enough will. And if we weren't going to take that kind of chance,
|
||
why come out here at all?
|
||
|
||
I'm going to send this, with all the power the transmitter will
|
||
take. It'll get to you eventually. Then I'm going to try to stand up
|
||
again. I think I can manage it, now. It'd be easier if I still had
|
||
legs, I suppose. But four limbs shouldn't be *that* much harder to
|
||
manage than two, and I'm still enough of a biologist to remember how
|
||
muscular hydrostats work. I think it's just a matter of figuring out
|
||
which impulses go where...oh well. By the time you're here, I should
|
||
be all finished embarrassing myself with them, I hope.
|
||
|
||
I never stopped loving you, Sam. Please don't have stayed angry with
|
||
me. I hope we'll see each other again. In the meantime, I'll see if
|
||
anyone else is still alive. And with whoever's left, I'll start
|
||
preparing for those who may come after us. By the time they get here,
|
||
if they do, we'll be ready to make our new settlers a home.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - The dark and cold</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/003.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/003.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:26:46 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master
|
||
:::
|
||
I can report with some satisfaction that all conscious crew have
|
||
regained enough muscle mass to return to full duty. This is no
|
||
small feat so soon after abbreviated cryo and it reflects the
|
||
excellent personal character of each of our officers. Adeyemi, in
|
||
particular, deserves special acknowledgement. I previously
|
||
remarked that her own specialty does not provide appropriate
|
||
experience for our present circumstance; which, as it seems, only
|
||
belies my own ignorance of her training. Prezzi Adeyemi is an
|
||
accomplished chef--a byproduct of her training for the Rhetorical
|
||
Ecclesia--which has helped us to identify our fungal infestation
|
||
in the cryo bay. Having a fully trained exo-mycologist could not
|
||
have helped us any more.
|
||
|
||
The stow-away is a form of acrasidae, a slime mold. Our best guess
|
||
is that a few spores found their way through decontamination
|
||
procedures at launch. The lengthy darkness, ambient heat, and
|
||
condensation on the surface of the pods created a fertile
|
||
environment for it to flourish. The best news of all is that the
|
||
slime is harmless and should be easily cleaned away in short
|
||
order. Adeyemi is consulting our database to see if there's any
|
||
use for the biomass before we eject it. Perhaps we can salvage it
|
||
for nutrient use in our hydroponics.
|
||
|
||
Speaking of hydroponics, here Dr. Idjani has more concerning news.
|
||
Our systems are automated and the harvesting of organic matter
|
||
from the botany systems should be relatively straight forward.
|
||
These systems have been used commercially planetside and in
|
||
long-distance relativistic travel for centuries even prior to our
|
||
own launch. What we're experiencing is, to use the doctor's words,
|
||
"unique."
|
||
|
||
Of our dominant crops, arabidopsis and radishles (a fruiting
|
||
hybrid) have both shown unexpected mutation. There is an abundance
|
||
of nitrogen in our atmosphere as a result of whatever processes
|
||
they have undergone; we haven't pinned down exactly what that is
|
||
yet. The ventilation systems need to be purged and oxygen recycled
|
||
back in a more appropriate mix. I had failed to mention the crew's
|
||
experience of headaches in my last message having assumed it
|
||
related to early thawing from cryo, but now it seems suspect.
|
||
We're all taking in extra oxygen during rest to avoid additional
|
||
issues. The doctor says it's good that the full crew were not
|
||
brought out at once. The oxygen levels would have been dangerous
|
||
for that many conscious crew at once. We got lucky.
|
||
|
||
The food that arabidopsis and radishles would normally produce is
|
||
suspect as well. We're on rations already since we shouldn't be
|
||
awake yet, but this will be an added complication and something to
|
||
address. Finally, the mutation was not caused by replication error
|
||
as in normal mutation. It seems that several specific protein
|
||
readers were adjusted in similar ways across the genome of both
|
||
plants. We've also found similar markers affecting four other
|
||
species which did not result in a visible mutation. Whatever
|
||
happened to our greens was done en mass and with precision. We
|
||
haven't ruled out human interference, possibly by some saboteur
|
||
before launch. Honestly, I hope that's the cause. I don't want to
|
||
think of what it could mean otherwise.
|
||
|
||
In terms of navigation, Hämäläinen and Janssen have plotted
|
||
a gentle course correction that will have us back on track over
|
||
the next three weeks with only minimal impact on our energy
|
||
reserves. The reserves are precise; however, and the energy must
|
||
be balanced elsewhere. As much as it pains me, I've placed orders
|
||
across the ship that habitat lighting and heating be kept to
|
||
a minimum. We will have to use personal heating and lighting
|
||
equipment for the next three weeks. Solar lamp time is manditory
|
||
for all five of us to avoid psychological impact, and Idjani has
|
||
distributed a vitamin mix to help augment our diet.
|
||
|
||
The cold and dark are nothing new, but such an extended period may
|
||
cause feelings of isolation and depression. The crew is paired up
|
||
for the duration at my order: Hämäläinen & Janssen, Idjani
|
||
& Adeyemi. As warrant officer, I'll be treating the QEC as my own
|
||
confidant. May the stars see us through this safely.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Franciscus - Lost Shepherds</title>
|
||
<author>jabooty@cosmic.voyage (jabooty)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Franciscus/log001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Franciscus/log001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 05:04:37 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-- INCOMING MESSAGE --
|
||
Holy Missionary Ship Franciscus
|
||
Coordinates: UNKNOWN
|
||
Heading: UNKNOWN
|
||
ORIGIN DATE: UNKNOWN
|
||
|
||
-- MESSAGE START --
|
||
|
||
Acolyte Log 001
|
||
|
||
Blessed greetings to whomever this message reaches.
|
||
|
||
My name is Stefanus Alba, First Acolyte of High Priest Matteus, and
|
||
Captain of HMS Franciscus.
|
||
|
||
We have awoken from cryosleep early. Fortunately, the High Priest's
|
||
and the 75 passengers cryopods function manually, to ensure that
|
||
the crew has adequately prepared the ship prior to awakening
|
||
and ministry. The passengers have also remained in cryo stasis
|
||
for the time being.
|
||
|
||
Our Most Holy Doctor has evaluated the passengers and crew and with the
|
||
unfortunate exception of two passengers whose pods appeared
|
||
to have malfunctioned at least 25 years ago, based on the rate of
|
||
decay in their pod (may their souls encounter eternal peace), the crew
|
||
has awoken with minimal side-effects. The High Priest's pod is
|
||
functioning at peak efficiency.
|
||
|
||
As our engineers struggle to find out what happened to pull us
|
||
from our sleep early, our navigator is desperately trying
|
||
to determine exactly where we are. Initial reports indicate that
|
||
our coming out of cryo early is just (hopefully) a final malfunction
|
||
in what has been a rolling series of system resets, reboots, and
|
||
flat-out shutdowns. Our nav and chrono systems are out of sync.
|
||
It is proving to be difficult to determine when and where we
|
||
currently are.
|
||
|
||
We are attempting to discern whether we have the ability to
|
||
re-enter cryo, how far off-course we are, and, barring any
|
||
unforseen additional problems, how we shall continue on our mission
|
||
of ministry.
|
||
|
||
Until we figure out where we are, I ask that anyone receiving
|
||
this message who follows The Faith, please pray for us and our
|
||
mission.
|
||
|
||
I will transmit again once we have made sense of our situation.
|
||
|
||
Blessings upon you all.
|
||
|
||
-- MESSAGE END --
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Garnet Star - Danger evaluation and decisions</title>
|
||
<author>timotheus@cosmic.voyage (timotheus)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Garnet Star/000.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Garnet Star/000.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2018 01:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
-- MESSAGE START ----------------------------------------------------
|
||
SECKEY:jxQA6hMXG%3#r9nfh%tdxo!REj%uGz
|
||
.......Accepted
|
||
|
||
Date: _____ _ ____
|
||
EY 2265.04.23.15 |_ _| __(_) / ___|___ _ __
|
||
| || '__| |_____| | / _ \| '__|
|
||
Ship: | || | | |_____| |__| (_) | |
|
||
Garnet Star _|_||_| |_| _ \____\___/|_|
|
||
/ ___| _ _ ___| |_ ___ _ __ ___ ___
|
||
Location: \___ \| | | / __| __/ _ \ '_ ` _ \/ __|
|
||
8.26y out, sys LTS-1483 ___) | |_| \__ \ || __/ | | | | \__ \
|
||
|____/ \__, |___/\__\___|_| |_| |_|___/
|
||
User: |___/
|
||
TIMFLETCHER44@TRICOR
|
||
|
||
:: BEGIN ::
|
||
|
||
It's always a hard call, deciding if it's safe to pull the family out
|
||
of cryo. I was fortunate that the AI determined this anomaly to be
|
||
minimal risk and didn't prio-thaw me. I've heard horror stories from
|
||
Kell, the Lead Scientist aboard. His first tour out to Bernards
|
||
Star.. the things that went wrong on that bucket. It's why I chose to
|
||
sign up with TC, they pay less than everyone else but at least they
|
||
spare no expense on the goodies on board. With this being an 46.2y one
|
||
way trip, I feel much better knowing everything is state of the art.
|
||
|
||
Oh right, my family. Everything is tip top, so I initiated the thaw
|
||
about four hours ago. Just ten to go until process is complete. If
|
||
I'm going to be out for four weeks, I'd love to have them with me.
|
||
In my spare time I'm still looking into cryo optimizations. There's
|
||
got to be a short cut between wake cycles that the system could
|
||
handle.
|
||
|
||
Anyway, part of the reason I'm sending this; anyone else running into
|
||
the same issue? Our onboard long-range sensor array is giving us data
|
||
on LTS-1483 that is very, very different from what the probes sent
|
||
back. Granted it was over 35 years old, but still. How did it miss an
|
||
entire planet? All the orbits are different from what we thought.
|
||
Kell is sweating bullets that III (our intended home) is off enough
|
||
that it may be not viable.
|
||
|
||
Not much I can do about it. Definitely no reason to wake the Captain
|
||
or Governor yet; we're following our protocols for this. Worst case
|
||
scenario, we go back to cryo, and when we're closer we wake again and
|
||
use closer scans to determine if we go to one of our other choices.
|
||
|
||
Tim Fletcher
|
||
Chief Engineer @ Garnet Star
|
||
=TRICOR034615734=
|
||
|
||
-- MESSAGE END ----------------------------------------------------
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Excelsior - Systems Admin Report - Beta Delta 21 Epsilon</title>
|
||
<author>khuxkm@cosmic.voyage (khuxkm)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Excelsior/001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 07:50:22 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message inbound...
|
||
|
||
Space Cruiser Excelsior
|
||
Destination: Unknown
|
||
~~ TELEMETRY SENSORS 1 AND 3 DOWN ~~
|
||
Stardate Beta Delta 21 Epsilon
|
||
AUTO TELEMETRY: DOWN
|
||
BIO-MED SENSORS: GOOD
|
||
H2O->FUEL CONVERSION: GOOD
|
||
H20 RESERVES: GOOD
|
||
CRYO SLEEP: WARN
|
||
|
||
[autotranslator on]
|
||
|
||
Corporal Sam Arnold, Systems Administrator
|
||
---
|
||
Hello world!
|
||
|
||
The computer on board the Excelsior has removed me from cryosleep pursuant to
|
||
Procedure [REDACTED]. Our automated telemetry sensors are down (see the systems
|
||
report above) and our cryosleep chambers appear to be experiencing overvolt as
|
||
a result. Pursuant to Procedure [REDACTED], I must wait a month before re-entering
|
||
cryosleep. More transmissions will follow after this one.
|
||
|
||
Jerome, I feel for you. It's sometimes staggering how long these missions
|
||
take. Just looking at the instrumentation here on the Excelsior, we seem to have
|
||
been in transit for [unit translation = 1252 years].
|
||
|
||
Geralt, it's nice to hear from you and the Adrestia. Glad to know your mission
|
||
seems to be progressing smoothly.
|
||
|
||
We set out with our charter and ship around Alpha Beta 2 Beta towards a better
|
||
tommorrow. We set course for the nearest inhabitable planet and the Excelsior, a
|
||
first-class SpaceCorp Astroviator Mark 3, took off. We entered cryosleep around
|
||
Beta Alpha 10 Beta and set the Excelsior to power-conservation (hence the incomplete
|
||
systems report).
|
||
|
||
I will begin procedures to fix the overvolt in the cryo systems and to fix the
|
||
auto-telemetry systems.
|
||
|
||
Sam Arnold, signing off.
|
||
|
||
--TRANSMISSION END--
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Crew and assignments</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/002.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/002.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:25:30 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master
|
||
:::
|
||
Doctor Moussa Idjani led a full crew evaluation on the pods over
|
||
the last twelve hours. His recommendation for remaining awake
|
||
stands, unfortunately. The four of wardroom officers, myself,
|
||
Doctor Moussa Idjani, Prezzi Adeyemi, and Eva Hämäläinen, along
|
||
with Specialist First-class Stephanie Janssen, represent conscious
|
||
crew on the Melchizedek for next four months. We have a series of
|
||
course corrections to execute, some minor issues in hydroponics,
|
||
and what Adeyemi describes as "ick" growing over a quarter of the
|
||
cryo-pods. It is most likely unattended fungal growth, but we'll
|
||
investigate further.
|
||
|
||
Our ship is a Vos 144A from Visscher, sporting a pair of the
|
||
more-than-capable Peterse 773 Overtreffen Motoren. When launched,
|
||
the Melchy was a damn-fine ship, if I say so myself. She's held up
|
||
admirably while we slept.
|
||
|
||
We were commissioned in EY 2480, and set out on mission just three
|
||
years later. RS001 timestamps on my last transmission suggest that
|
||
just over 1300 years, relative, have transpired since we set out.
|
||
|
||
1300 years.
|
||
|
||
It's what we signed on for, of course. We all had the training and
|
||
the psy-evals to prep, but there's still that shock when it hits
|
||
you. There's no undo, no reset. Everyone we knew is long gone.
|
||
Hell, the Earth itself is long gone, at least in the way we knew
|
||
it. Adeyemi says she has a cousin who set out on a long-haul
|
||
colony support freighter at about the same time as us and their
|
||
star is only a few light-years off schedule from ours. She doesn't
|
||
remember which direction, but it's possible she's got people out
|
||
there somewhere. The math always gets away from me, but it's
|
||
possible some of my own anscestors' family could be thawing out
|
||
from craft launched before I was born. Oh, and don't even get me
|
||
started on reality-drive mechanics. Who knows how many blended
|
||
universes we've stirred up with that monstrosity. I can only hope
|
||
humanity learned their lesson and banned it while I was dreaming.
|
||
|
||
To the Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, Susan, aboard the Starbloom
|
||
Communal Distributive Projection goes our many thanks. If the
|
||
disconnection of time weren't jarring enough, the silence that
|
||
awaits one's first lonely transmission is infinitely more terrible
|
||
for all its brevity. Your words, blessings, and spells are a salve
|
||
bringing healing. I queried Janssen about your ship designation
|
||
but nothing in our databases aligned. Based on relative time-debt
|
||
adjustments, it seems you may have set out long before us. We hope
|
||
your time has been peaceful.
|
||
|
||
I'll be setting a daily ordo and assigning work duties following
|
||
this transmission. Getting our hands busy will ground the
|
||
ineffible incongruity from reality that's rattled everyone. Our
|
||
navigation issues are of primary concern, so Hämäläinen and
|
||
Janssen will bear the brunt of that work. Doctor Idjani is the
|
||
closest crew member we have awake to a botonist, so he'll be
|
||
investigating our sensor abnormalities in food and air
|
||
circulation. No alarms were tripped, so we're hoping it's just
|
||
a mutation in one of the algae tanks or something equally trivial.
|
||
The cry-pod growth will fall to me, with possible assistance from
|
||
Adeyemi, though she has very little background to be of use.
|
||
Unless the fungus starts talking, I don't see how Adeyemi will
|
||
have much of anything to translate or negotiate. She's probably in
|
||
for a boring four months.
|
||
|
||
It's time to get moving. Our shifts will be light until muscle
|
||
regeneration reaches 60% and the doc clears us for full rotations
|
||
again. That's probably for the best. We'll take things slow.
|
||
.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Starbloom - Pleasant vibes and best wishes</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Starbloom/001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 13:24:50 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Starbloom Communal Distributive Projection
|
||
Approach γ Aquarii [Lucky Homes]
|
||
Ascension 22h 21m 39.37542s
|
||
Declination –01° 23′ 14.4031″
|
||
Distance 178.211ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 2444, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Susan, Speaker Elect of Cheer Systems, 14th Pod
|
||
:::
|
||
Hi there, Jerome.
|
||
|
||
We read you loud and clear out here in the lucky homes. We're all
|
||
really sorry to hear about your drift problems. Our Pod 14
|
||
non-denominational coven voted to cast a spell to help you on your
|
||
way! Blessings and hope.
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>adrestia - awakening and approaching</title>
|
||
<author>demosthenes@cosmic.voyage (demosthenes)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/adrestia/hello.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/adrestia/hello.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:49:23 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
bablefish transcript:
|
||
|
||
adrestia /---\
|
||
approaching Ł332 gue sector 8 / u u \
|
||
xxx telemetry redacted xxx \_ /
|
||
ansibel yr 4823 \__/
|
||
|
||
[transcript follows...]
|
||
|
||
geralt regis riavande, first writ scribe
|
||
---
|
||
status nominal. all values within acceptable norms.
|
||
cleared to begin final approach.
|
||
|
||
our 150 year journey from í54 re is finally coming to a close. over the
|
||
past 10 days, the crew has been slowing awakening from their second-longest
|
||
slumber (the longest being 50 years during the middle of our voyage).
|
||
|
||
i've just awoken today; my head still spins. sea legs seems an appropriate
|
||
term, grabbed from the annals of history: a time when humans still traveled
|
||
by boat and ship across the former oceans. somehow, the atmospheric
|
||
conditions generated large waveforms on the water's surface, creating a
|
||
rocking motion aboard the boats that could range from largely imperceptible
|
||
to catastrophic. in any case, i'll be looking for the caffeine supplements.
|
||
|
||
the rest of the crew seems to be in similar conditions, catching up on their
|
||
latest ansibel messages from family and friends. a handful will be staying
|
||
at Ł332 gue, while the rest of us carry on after a refueling stayover of 4
|
||
rotations.
|
||
|
||
expect another update from the station.
|
||
|
||
]]></description>
|
||
</item>
|
||
<item>
|
||
<title>Melchizedek - Cryosleep interrupted</title>
|
||
<author>tomasino@cosmic.voyage (tomasino)</author>
|
||
<link>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/001.txt</link>
|
||
<guid>gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Melchizedek/001.txt</guid>
|
||
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:37:18 GMT</pubDate>
|
||
<description><![CDATA[
|
||
Message Incoming...
|
||
|
||
Source Melchizedek.0294
|
||
Approach β Hyi
|
||
Ascension 00h 25m 45.07036s
|
||
Declination –77° 15′ 15.2860″
|
||
Distance 24.33ly
|
||
Equinox J2000.0 SOL
|
||
Year 3781, QEC adjusted
|
||
|
||
[Autotranslator enabled...]
|
||
|
||
Jerome Somerset Pasani, Warrant Master
|
||
:::
|
||
Cryogenic stasis was interrupted for wardroom officers and
|
||
Specialist Janssen as of 0430. We have drifted slightly off
|
||
planned course due to unexpected thermal radiation from
|
||
a celestial event the crew is monitoring. The β Hyi system has
|
||
been increasingly active in recent months and Janssen believes the
|
||
solar radiation has unbalanced our infrared venting, causing
|
||
a 0.002° drift. Over the intervening time, this was enough for
|
||
autopilot to raise the alarm.
|
||
|
||
Melchizedek is quiet and in good working order. Her full crew of
|
||
44 are stowed safely and all systems are green. Lower-fore botany
|
||
systems show some minor abnormalities which are marked for
|
||
follow-up. Bot arrays all read nominal with no traceable
|
||
degradation in standby power.
|
||
|
||
We have slowed our descent to just over 1G in anticipation of
|
||
work-shifts. This will put us slightly ahead of schedule if we
|
||
remain at present deltas. Still, we're just over four months from
|
||
system and there is some debate whether it would be advisable to
|
||
reenter cryo this close to the destination. Our food-stores are in
|
||
good order, especially for just the wardroom. Doctor Idjani
|
||
suggests we remain out of stasis for at least two weeks before
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being reassessed regardless.
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QEC has been adjusted for our drift and seems in working order,
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though we haven't received any new transmissions from relay one in
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quite some time. If the crew do remain awake in the months ahead,
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you can rest assured of further updates. Anyone awake out there?
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.
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