Commander's Log: 13 August 3302
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13 August 3302
It's the second day of life aboard with a crew. Truth be told there isn't really room for two pilots aboard an Asp. If I'd had more notice I would have chosen a different ship. Not that Alfredo is being a problem, but he has to sit outside the cockpit looking at my back.
Alfredo has been doing a lot of work with the subspace communication array. It seems he knew someone at the dock and paid for an upgrade.
We were heading off at a decent pace - faster than I made the first time. Partly based on my decision not to get distracted by interesting sights along the way. Wait until we reach the Rift.
We had been going for most of the day when Alfredo asked me to cut back and drop out of supercruise for a while. He wanted to talk to me. I thought I could guess what this would be about. I knew he didn't really want to go to the Rift so he was probably going to try and talk me out of it. I dropped out of supercruise, throttled back and set the sensors to alert us the moment it detected anything moving. I moved the chair back and walked back into the main cabin. Alfredo was sitting at the main table with several star charts layed out in front of him.
"I been looking at your waypoints" he started "You off."
Here we go, I thought. I stood, leaning on the bulkhead and folded my arms.
"I checked the calculations three times before leaving. The waypoints are on a direct line stretching back to Reorte, along the line."
"I know you know the rumour. But.. You go no where near Heart and Soul Nebulas."
I frowned. "The Heart and Soul Nebulas?"
"Yeah. Tionisla, it send a message. Those who know what they look at, they know it means something."
"A message from Tionisla? The graveyard?"
His eyes lit up. "EAFOTS System, ear the Heart and Soul Nebula." He stabbed at one of the charts. "Thass where we go!"
I walked over and looked at his newly plotted course. Yes it was a different line to mine, but it was still heading for the Rift. I nodded my head.
"Plot the new course in. We're going a different way."