The Colonia Letters #3
09 Mar 2024Kira Eyre
Dear Lhorndra,I’m beginning to doubt whether the decision not to take the Colonia Highway was the right one. I can handle the Hauler and the neutron stars alright, but the prolonged loneliness is getting to me. I’m used to people, and even a small outpost offers more social interaction than a COVAS.
Also, I don’t know how often a spaceship like this should be serviced. Lise appears to be in good shape, except that the paint is peeling off. Does that matter? I don’t want to find out the hard way.
On the bright side: I’ve seen things I couldn’t even imagine! Yes, space is black, but damn, when it’s not, it’s bloody beautiful! I found bark mounds near the Traikeou Nebula. Well, at least that’s what my scanner calls them.
Oh, and get this! I saw huge metallic crystals in a Lagrange cloud. Just floating around in the vaccuum, you know, as one does. What are these? Are they alive? You never told me anything about what’s out there.
Speaking of huge: I visited the absolutely humongous Traikeou Goliaths as well. My COVAS pointed them out to me, so I took a quick detour. Utterly incredible. The radius of the secondary star is over 450 times larger than that of Sol. Four. Hundred. And. Fifty!
So yeah. If it weren’t for the isolation, I could almost get used to space. I think.
Yours,
Kira