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Crewmember records Log For worried Mother

15 Oct 2016DrShradre
[color=#cc3366]Oh, it's recording now?"  A young sounding voice says  The Image is fuzzy and for the first few minutes of the video log, all the viewer can see is  pale top of some young man's forehead with hair, white as snow, cut very short.  The color of the hair and the nature of the haircut gives away the kid's identity. He is from  Oluf II where, 15 years ago, a high tech industrial accident  caused all of the the hair of tho that dwell there to turn white.  And stay white.  THe kid is young, maybe 16 tops.  It is not uncommon to see even younger boy working on ships speeding this way and that through the galaxy.    "Hello Mother!  I am safe and well and I hope you are too.  How; is Father and uncle Joynnezr? I hope dad is not still mad.  I had to go.  If I was stuck on Oluff II one more season I would have probably gotten Lynxie pregnant or something and I know he and you wouldn't want that.  So...Umm..how isss....OH!! " The kid picks up the cam and pans it about a very very depressingly small room, no bigger than a closet, with just barely enough room to actually stretch the thin mat across the floor.  There is a square window that looks out into the vast blackness of spacewhile cosmic rays that are briefly v isable at the front of each ship in Frame Shift stream by in their rainbow hues.  Off in the vast distant a yellow sun speeds by as it is left behind by the fast moving ship.  
"This is my room, mom.  It's not much but I'm not in here much.  Just six hours of sleep and that's it.  Who would want to sstick around in this room anyway?    I just got off my shift 20 minutes ago, and I'm about to hit the mat.  I just thought I would send you a little line.  We are....two days out of Oluf city.  We've made at least ten stops.  I'm not exactly sure where we are in relation to Olluf but we have pulled into Robert's Terminal at Smethells 119 four times already so we must not be too far...well..relatively speaking.  Yesterday It was my turn to help unload the cargo we were bringing  to sell.  I got to work a Autoloader. It was great!!  Smethells 119 is beautiful too, just like you and dad said.  I see why you guys wanted to honeymoon there.  I  Wish I could go down to the surface.  Oh, speaking of surface, Captain Max told me  that our next stop will be back in Smethells system. to some moon.  A planetary outpost named...uhh...Napier Arena.  Captain Max told me that he would be giving the crew of the Christina a 12 hour liberty.  I can't wait!  He says it's a fairly large planetary city.  Not the biggest by far, he said, but still, pretty big.  The Christina is a great ship, too, mom.  She is sturdy and Capn' max keeps her in great shape.  He spares no expense.  She's a python..  I heard they were old but this one looks nearly brand new!  It's fast, and its big!  Capn' Max calls them RILAF Cruisers. .....well...I got to go to bed.  I am probabloy the most tired Ive ever been. Its not easy keeping  up with my work duties every day.  But its okay.  I like it.  Look...mom?  I know you are upset.  I know that you miss me and that you are worried.  I had to do my part, though, mama. The Empire is at War...and I will do my part for Her Highness..  Just like my father, and uncle did  And just like my brother did.  please try not to worry.  We are a logistics unit.  we haul around junk  and wehardly ever get close to the combat zones, or so the Boatswain says.  AndCapn' max is a genius too. He wont let us get into trouble.  My tour will be up in six months. I will see you then for a couple of days before I resign.  Don't worry yourself to death!  When I come back I will have nearly 30 grand, mom.  Tell dad I miss him and try to convince him that I had to do this, just like he did.  I will send you audio every night before I hit the mat.  take car mom.  I love you.
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