Her name was Heather Pt.6Part 5 It was freezing on the bridge, even through the heating coils in the loaned Remlok suit I now wore. My original flight suit was left behind in Bahcall Settlement’s decompression pod, and was consequently vaporized when the outpost blew, if...
Her name was Heather Pt.5Part 4 The vision in front of me was unmistakable. Clad in a silk and lace negligée, a painite necklace, and little else, Princess Aisling Duval looked at me with glazed, droopy eyes. A strange sight, seeing such effects of impairment on a person...
On My Rotation Back into "Civilized" Space.12NOV3303 14:19 Today is my birthday. That is, the back-date on this entry is my birthday, as I haven't had the time to sit back and properly flesh out my thoughts on the recent past. On the seventh of November, at the helm of my Anaconda, with...
Her name was Heather Pt.4Part 3 Good. You and Heather will fly out with the Los Angeles to human space in forty-eight hours. If you two have any special preparations, now would be the time to see them through. A wise man once wrote that time is relative to the observer....
Her name was Heather Pt.3Part 2 It’s 3301. At least, I think it is. Things have been moving so fast after finding out who I was, and what I am destined for. Heather and I have become closer than ever: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Even though we...
Her name was Heather Pt.2Part 1 Growing up Out There, in the lawless black just outside the bubble, where my father taught me to pull myself up by the bootstraps, despite our enormous wealth. It was like he hated us for it, and despised the fact that I knew about it, much...
Her name was Heather Pt.1Her name was Heather. She was my neighbor, my schoolmate, my tutor, my mentor, my muse, my rock, my love. She and I were inseparable, immutable, unstoppable. We had a plan once we graduated. We would grab the largest, most heavily-armed ship we...
The Sky is Going Dark.17OCT3303 05:33 I am writing this entry currently in supercruise, several dozen jumps away from Waypoint Bravo at Gagarin Gate, Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31, currently en route to Sacaqawea Space Port in Skaudai CH-B d14-34. Why is the sky going dark? I...
The Way Back.16OCT3303 08:37 Some good news, and some bad news, and some great news. It's been a long time since I put words to paper, and I figure now is as good a time as ever. The USS Constitution II is safely berthed in Polo Harbour, within the Boewnst...