Time to Orbit: Unknown

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “Okay,” I say. “Now that we have full access to the ship, we – ” “We don’t,” Tinera says. “We… don’t?” “Nope. Tal. Hey, Tal!” “Hmm?” “Tell the captain about the airlocks.” “Okay. I can’t open the airlocks.” I wait a few seconds, but … Continue reading 024: ACCESS

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> We take shifts talking to Denish. He dozes off a few times, but we always manage to rouse him. I start thinking, maybe it would be better to just let him sleep, and try to rouse him when it’s nearing time to take the … Continue reading 023: RETRIEVE

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> We have a crew of six, now. Five of us are in the safety of the back three quarters of the ship, with a nice livable atmosphere. Denish is locked in Chronostasis Ring 1 and Recreation and Medical Ring 1. He’s between two sets … Continue reading 022: SACRIFICE

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “He died in here?” I ask. “That can’t… I mean, the computer said he succumbed to his infection a few days after his rampage.” “Did it say where?” the doctor asks. “It looks like he was trapped in here. He wouldn’t have been able … Continue reading 021: EVACUATE

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> I sit back in my comfortable chair in Network and Engineering Ring 1, take a bite out of my tasty chocolate bar, and glance at the computer showing my crew hard at work. Denish lifts some kind of heavily modified piece of construction equipment … Continue reading 020: MASSACRE

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “I have plan for Chronostasis Ring 1,” Denish announces, apropos of nothing. The three new crewmates have been awake for less than twenty four hours, and while the doctor doesn’t want them to move too far (‘sudden respiratory or heart failure are possible side … Continue reading 019: PLAN

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> We don’t really have a process for the whole crew revival thing. The doctor wants to administer Adin’s medical tests right away; I want to fill the other two medbay beds as quickly as possible. I think that the sooner we wake people, the … Continue reading 018: CREW

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “Oh, no,” the doctor mutters, staring at the computer terminal. I look up from my coffee. It’s been a full day since we finished purging the air filtration system (or at least the part in out part of the ship) and obsessively sterilising every … Continue reading 017: DEGRADATION

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “Good morning, Captain Aspen.” “Mmmn?” I open my eyes and blink blearily at the person standing over me. The doctor looks a lot sharper without the drugs in its system. It’s cleaned up, shaved its matted hair a lot more neatly than I did … Continue reading 016: SUPPORT

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> Picking someone to revive shouldn’t be too difficult a task, really. There are three main requirements – they need a decent chance of surviving revival with little help (because I’m no doctor), they need to be better than me at doing this (not hard), … Continue reading 015: FRIEND