Author: Derin

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> I’m checking our various hardware supplies on a terminal in Network and Engineering Ring 1 later that day when our new psychologist walks in. “It’s Aspen, right?” “Sure is. How are you doing, Renn?” His grimace makes his perfectly symmetrical cheekbones stand out even … Continue reading 056: HISTORY

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> By the next morning, everyone’s awake, registered, and well enough to (at Captain Sands’ insistence) attend a morning meeting at our usual picnic table, even though there’s no way we could all fit. (Everyone except Zale and Clover, our two failed revivals who are … Continue reading 055: ICEBREAKER

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> Sunset moves in her bed, and the Friend quickly shoos us all out. “Go and inform the captain,” it says, which… okay, yes fair, he should be informed, but I still can’t help but feel annoyed. If I was still captain, I – well, … Continue reading 054: RECORD

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> The first of our new crewmates to wake is the doctor, Celi Tate. The doctors are insistent about kem not being crowded, so it’s a few hours before I’m allowed to see kem. Ke blinks up at me from the hospital bed. “Captain Sands … Continue reading 053: AUTONOMY

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> All eight of us crowd around the chronostasis pod. It doesn’t take the entire crew to revive someone; we could work a lot faster if we split off into groups of three, but no one, event he captain, has suggested doing that. It’s not … Continue reading 052: EXPAND

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> The video in question is from the two cameras on Denish’s space suit. I watch him exit the ship through the pod launch ring 3 airlock, wait for the giant lens to be cycled, through, then help Tinera down. “All good?” Adin asks through … Continue reading 051: HULL

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “Well, this isn’t great,” Lina says as we pluck beans for dinner. It’s less than ten minutes after my meeting with Captain Sands, and the two of us are alone in Greenhouse Ring 1 – the captain had said not to tell the rest … Continue reading 050: SELECTION

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “Alright,” Captain Sands announces, wiping coolant off his arm with a rag as he strolls into Recreation and Medical Ring 1, “the coolant system’s as fixed as it can get. Tal, go turn on the oxygen.” Tal shoves one last piece of pancake into … Continue reading 049: SAFETY

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> The doctors shoo us all out of the room pretty quickly so they can run tests. About an hour later, I’m let back in alone. Keldin is significantly more awake, sitting up in bed and sipping some of that disgusting protein broth that we … Continue reading 048: ADAPTATION

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> I glance around at the variously apprehensive, upset, and thoughtful faces of my crew. Nobody looks happy. “Thoughts?” I ask. “What is to say?” Denish throws his hands up. “We need best engineer to not die. He is best engineer. Even if he is … Continue reading 047: HELP