Hang in There
Coded transmission towards relative heading: RA 14 h 39 m 36.4951 s / Dec -60° 50′ 02.308″ Begin transmission: 2114 Hrs 06-05-35 LE Transmission series: LLS S…
Help Wanted
@THIS BULLETIN HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE CONTINGENCIES COMMITTEE OF THE PAN-HELIOSPHERIC CONFEDERATION. HIGH PRIORITY.@ *WANTED* Persons aged 18 – 35…
Leave It to the Engineering Corps
“What’s the point of dragging me out of bed at—what time is it?” “I need you to trawl the database. Project Orion. Spaceship propulsion.” “That? That’s…
Scientia Obruta
The rest of the table waited on him to speak. Chairman Hu pushed his glasses up on his nose before he began speaking. “The Baker Amendment allowed for the rump…
Panic Mode
“This Emergency Session of the Pan-Heliospheric Confederation is now called to order,” Bethony declared. Miteigi Suzuki raised his hand. “What are the facts,”…
Heat of the Moment
Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8460 Stupid. Someone here had the hare-brained idea of sending out a transmission to the boys back home, despite everything that’s…
Blink and You'll Miss It
This was the third time he had read this graphic novel, Lin noted. It was in his stash of his father’s personal effects the day the Earth exploded. It was the…
Message in a Bottle
Coded transmission directed to heading [manual fix] via blaster array Authority: Capt. C. Kettering Begin transmission: 2008 Hrs 9-16-34 LE (Ship’s Day 8459)…
Collision
Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8459 It looks like we’ve hit something, and it didn’t go out quietly. We all knew this was a risk but we thought it negligible…
More Wrong
Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8458 Trouble. I don’t know what exactly went wrong but half the ship’s been blown away. Happened about fifteen minutes ago. Right now…
The Return of Backyard Bob
Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8453 Great news today--Backyard Bob came out of his coma at about 1300. He was a bit disoriented and more than a bit stiff--after…
Response
Coded transmission directed to relative heading (179.98, 179.99) Authority: Capt. C. Kettering Begin transmission: 1608 Hrs 9-9-34 LE (Ship’s Day 8452) SSSS S…
Regards & Regrets
Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8452 We’ve received another missive from our friends back home. They’ve packed as much information into it as they could have, but it…
Reaction
Excerpt, Bishop Mallard’s prayer diary: O Lord, please let the bloodshed be ended. There are so very few of us, and we are so very far from home. Please, cover…
Killing the Spider
Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8251 We did it. We finally did it. We killed Tertius. We busted into the cafeteria at about 0300 hours, using various pieces of pipes…
Last Stop
Janek felt the hiss of the steam from the cryogenic suspension chambers as he gradually awoke. The hydraulics that operated the lid to the chamber opened…
Father Returns
Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8249 Can this get any worse? I was reviewing the recycling logs for two days ago when I noticed the numbers didn’t add up. This was a…
Tin Can
Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8247 Earlier I said everything went to hell. I was wrong. Everything went to hell today. The verdict was announced and a truly…
Ex Cathedra
Excerpt, Bishop Mallard’s prayer diary: Lord...I am in ruins. Justice has been done; penance made. But...penance. What is it, when taken into consideration…
The Matador
Excerpt, Bishop Young’s prayer journal: O Lord, You told us that we are to take great joy in times of trouble, because only through the testing of our faith…