The Shuffle+++incoming message+++ Jake! How's things going with the colonies? I hope the answer is "brilliantly" because there's new orders for you. Start your preparations to move position to that new colony, Wotsit will be heading out to replace you...
Brave New Worlds, Part Two+*+ communications log +*+ Tyy'sun Eson electronically signed the authorization tickets that appear on his desk back in his office on the AIRV Song Of Azura in orbit around New Azura. Inwardly the director is satisfied to see the former system evacuated...
Brave New Worlds, Part One+×+log incoming+×+ "Huh, it's saying I'm on a shipping lane. Wow, that's kinda cool." Jacob was in supercruise heading to Distant Horizons, returning home from his latest survey mission. His last expedition has raked in nearly half a...
The Cursed World, part 8"Well Commander, sensors show that there were *no* gravitational anomalies that could explain the ships sudden drop *at that time*. However there are 3 geological sites on A1 that might warrant further investigation" Comp announced. "Three?...
The Cursed World, part 7."I don't understand, run it again" "I've run full diagnostics four times already Commander. If there's anything to find, I would have done so by now" Comp snapped "all systems were in full working order. No mechanical or...
The Cursed World, part 6.It was 3 days before the doc let me leave the sickbay, once the epidermic gel treatment had soothed my skin back to health, and the delirium from the heatstroke had cleared. I was getting to a point where I would walk into that damned star if it cleared...
The Cursed World, part 5"Jake?" "I'm sorry Commander, was that too personal?" "Well...I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that, but...well..." Just then, I heard the unmistakable sound of a ship coming in. Is this the rescue party? "If...
The Cursed World, part 4"Commander. Commander! We've got a reply!" Comp chirped, sounding almost excited. "Playing it now, Commander" “Commander Jacob Church, this is Commander StrayWolf78 of the mining/rescue carrier Spuren von Leben. I’m currently...
The Cursed World, part 3"Commander, it appears we have a response coming through. Patching it through now, it's a bit garbled though." A voice started to crackle through the last remaining speaker "Co...nd..r ..rch.....read you...ver...ead us?....riang...ate...r....position....pl...se...pond...er" ...
The Cursed World, part 2"Commander...Commander? Jacob?" The ships computer had never called me by my name before. "JAKE!" I woke and sat bolt upright, hitting my head on the girder that I'm sure wasn't there before...or meant to be there. "Ow!...
