Starlog - Entry 12 - 22 September, 3304
22 Sep 2018Thalikor
<Ship's Audio//Now Playing: Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run>
Been a while since I've uploaded any logs. Ever since Hollins... Just had to get away from everything for a while. Spent most of my time at the bottom of a bottle, or several. Picked up a few more AI systems to keep Orion company, hopefully help protect the ship in case of another software attack. Carina is in charge of my operations, she seems alright, kinda moody sometimes. Vega is in charge of Engineering, he tends to get distracted and spout off useless info randomly. Dark is my "science officer", claims he's Vulcan, still not sure how an AI can think it's any race of being but he does his job well enough. And then there's Eli... Eli is in charge of Tactical but seems to think I appointed him the ship "Asshole" cause that's all he ever is. Guess when I'm out in the black I need someone to check me every once in a while, wish he wasn't such a dick about it all the time though.
Been running cargo lately, supplying the micro controllers and robotics that Supratech is asking for. Boring work, and it's not because I believe in their product or anything. Just need to get away and think for a while, while still earning a living. Eli claims I'm sulking because I realize how worthless I really am letting a friend of mine die. Then he started laughing when I punched the console calling me an idiot and something about "I'm an Artificial Intelligence, you can't strike me!". He quit laughing and promised to behave when I told Orion to prepare to flush the tactical computers and reset to factory defaults...
Maybe he's right and I am just sulking, driftin' around out here feelin' sorry for myself. It's different seeing other men and women die. Different when it's a friend, someone you've known for years. It shouldn't be, and there'd be a lot less deaths and the black would be a much better place... but it's different. Can't forget the look on his face... He looked right at me. Looked at me and it almost looked like he was trying to say some... Wait. Orion do we still have the inter-ships' comms from when Chris was killed? Well did you make a backup before the FSA took the logs? Ugh... Orion we're gonna have a long talk after we get those logs back from FSA HQ, set a course for Sol. And shut off the l...
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