Humble spacer 27 Jule 3306
28 Jul 2020Igli
Embarrassment - that's the word for it, right. Flew into a station and immediately was barked upon by its AI. It told me I didn't submit a request and that it was prepping to shoot me right there if I didn't clear out! I sure did. It's no good arguing with an AI or a wife, don't know which is worse though, both is futile and awkward.I could swear on a codex that I did submit the darn docking request, no matter what that AI was thinking to it. If they think at all. That one must have been playing chess with itself or what not when I called in and it didn't heed of me. Honestly, I'm not sure that docking was acknowledged though, I wasn't clear in the head aftre a long run as usual, had to empty the flask - it's not right leaving the good stuff unfinished.
Man, it's unfair to demand of a simple spacer to follow through the docking procedure to the letter! Find the right contact, dial it, articulate a docking request by the protocol and make sure not to misspell or otherwise an AI will happily brush you off, then wait for confirmation and those bureaucrats are never too hasty with it... All in all, I reentered that sorry station,
Didn't find them because got lost in the corridors of that maze of a station. Don't remember much after that. Well, some good may also come from the bad - woke up by the side of some gold-hearted lady, didn't want to ruin her sleep, so I left quietly. When I returned to my ride, found myself missing all the cash I had on me. Must have dropped it when was lumbering along the corridors... or in that cozy cabin.
Life's hard and the hangover's harder. Well, to labour again - pick up cargo and warm up the engine...