Cmdr D. James Totendost
Role
Explorer / Freelancer		Registered ship name
Vagabond Wakes		Credit balance
5,523,137,339 Cr
Rank
Elite IV		Registered ship ID
Asp Explorer ZHE-31		Overall assets
14,642,894,530 Cr
Squadron
Unit 242		Allegiance
Independent		Power
Independent

Personal content

Smith's Demise

29 July 3309 I sat "slowly" suspended above this pale blue dot as my engines hummed in supercruise. I tapped the UI with my hand and the comm trilled. The officer-on-duty picked up. An unfamiliar tenor answered, "Hello sir,...
29 Jul 2023D. James Totendost
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Twice was not coincidence.

03 May 3309 The SRV had just skid to a stop in the snow. There was another goddamn Thargoid sensor. 6th of the day and starting to point to a trend as I'd finally started closing out SA-1. I'd begun getting slightly annoyed at my earlier hope that...
04 May 2023D. James Totendost
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Three Times is Enemy Action

20 April 3309 "Commander. Geosynchronous orbit has been established in-system around the star as requested." "Thank you Sabrina. Have the yeoman page me if something happens in the night." "Aye aye, sir." As the...
27 Apr 2023D. James Totendost
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The New Dawn.

It's been a couple months since we began our new mission. It's been a couple months since the close of the last mission. Out here in the black we're carving through to a new home. The discoveries we're making are important. The crew is in good...
18 Apr 2023D. James Totendost
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Vagabond Wakes and Vistas

It's been one hell of a month but it's a relief to be where we are. To understand where we are you have to understand where we were. Just after the start of the new year I was brought into a meeting with some contacts and policymakers with The Company....
06 Feb 2023D. James Totendost
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Sword and Lash

Login:// Totendost, Daniel J., Commander, Unit 242 Date:// 16 December, 3308 Context:// Personal Criminals used to be the majority of my outside interactions before this thing with the Thargoids predictably kicked off. Now, because of that, it seems...
16 Dec 2022D. James Totendost
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5 Years of Remembrance - Loss of the Wilted Vision

By Kennedy Winslow for the Tau Ceti Free Press Pictured Above: Last known image of the Wilted Vision from camera feed. A half decade has passed since talks between the Sublime Order of van Maanen’s Star and industrial leaders from outside of Tau...
27 Oct 2022D. James Totendost
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Trouble in the voids between the living

The gaps in what I refer to as "living" are often ear-marked by apathy, malaise, or general disconnection from ones' mind. In a larger sense though it can also be defined by the vacuum that exists between points of matter. I also consider the...
24 May 2021D. James Totendost
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A shaky service.

I'm not sure I'll soon forget it. The shaky nature of the voice as I pulled into that lodge place in Celaeno. The Thargoids had hit the sector hard while I slept. The call went out to help push them back and pull out refugees. I happened to have a...
17 May 2021D. James Totendost
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EXCERPT // Remote Log // 242 briefing rooom

//VIDEO BUFFERING...// //SOUND INITIALIZING...// //FEED READY// "...that's not even mentioning that these are ships which will be much better equipped than the would-be pirates we normally fight." "Honestly, I'm surprised...
07 May 2021D. James Totendost
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