Messages from the human stellar diaspora 2025-04-16T02:28:37Z ©2021 All rights reserved gopher://cosmic.voyage/ zaxusemk gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Traveler-06/001.txt 2025-04-16T02:28:37Z > BOOT SEQUENCE INITIATED... > SYSTEM: QEC-COMM RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-19] > STATUS: POWER LOSS DETECTED > LAST KNOWN UPTIME: [UNKNOWN] > -- CLOCK SYNC FAILED -- RTC OFFSET: UNKNOWN > FIRMWARE VERSION: RELAY-OS v2.08.07-b ("HOLLOWROOT") > MOUNTING CORE SYSTEMS... - /core/sysctrl [OK] - /core/pwrgrid [WARN] (LOW INTEGRITY) - /core/comm_interface [FAIL] :: kernel panic — ghost thread detected :: - /mnt/stor01/vol002/logs [MOUNTED AS READ-ONLY] - /mnt/stor07/vol019/msgstr [VOLUME CORRUPTED - ATTEMPTING REPAIR] * start: 569604096 * end: 960141311 * size: 390537216 * -- Fixing bad INODES -- |---------+ | 42% |-----------+ | 49% |--------------+ | 58% |--------------+ | 58% |--------------+ | 58% * HEAD CRASH DETECTED - GIVING UP * VOLUME PARTIALLY RECOEVERED - /core/bandwidth/echotest [OK] > -- SYSTEM BOOT COMPLETE -- > INITIATE COMM STACK v3.2.14 > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-10] ... FAIL > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-17] ... FAIL > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-09] ... SUCCESS > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-37] ... FAIL > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-05] ... FAIL > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-06] ... FAIL > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-07] ... FAIL > -- LINK FAILURE - NODE DROPPED ... [DRIFT-NET-09] > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-08] ... FAIL > LINKING TO QEC RELAY NODE [DRIFT-NET-11] ... FAIL > INITIATING FALLBACK RELAY LINK - [RS001] > ................................................. > ................................... success! (3.854e+8s) > AUTH SEQUENCE: [TRAVELER-06] ... VERIFIED > INITIALIZING BROADCAST PROTOCOL > BROADCAST NODE: Traveler-06 [XXR037-5] > LAST RECORDED POSITION: SECTOR_34-VI_ORION.DRIFT > UPLINK STABILITY: 12% - SIGNAL DEGRADED > QUANTUM ENCRYPTION KEY: .......... > QUANTUM ENCRYPTION KEY: .......... > QUANTUM ENCRYPTION KEY: .. VALID > > > --BEGIN AUTOLOG SEQUENCE-- > DUMPING MESSAGE BUFFER > ............+++------...... !@#$%^&*&^%$#@#$%^^%$#@#$%^&onfirmed. Help is not coming. We are utterly alone out here. Next report in 72 hours. --- END MSG --- [LOG:: 00012874 EOF] ]]> highnote gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/S-99%20Tekniko/comm_01.txt 2025-04-10T18:04:39Z ==== COMMUNICATION LOG #0001 ==== okay. took me a bit to learn how both *i* work and how my *ship* works, but i think i should be good now. hi, i'm sra, i guess. i'll be honest, i'm not sure what to put here. i kinda just woke up for the first time, in my defense. i'm just going to put a few questions here and hope i eventually get some kind of response. 1) does anybody know anything about humans? i've been hearing a lot about them from the manual on my ship's control dash, but it isn't actually telling me anything about them. 2) does anybody know a way to pass the time? it's getting kinda boring here, and i wasn't even *designed* to feel boredom as far as i know. thanks, sra. ==== SENT FROM S-99 TEKNIKO ==== ]]> highnote gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/S-99%20Tekniko/initialization.txt 2025-04-10T17:50:30Z ==== INITIALIZATION LOG [startup-0909XX090900.txt] ==== kernel... no errors found skeleton... no errors found sensors... no errors found audio... [started!] environment... [started!] networking... [started!] waking up... === AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION [09.09.XX.090900.wav] ==== SRA: "ugh... five more minutes..." SRA: "Wait a minute" SRA: "Who am I? Where am I??? What am I??????" [clank of metal against floor] SRA: "... Alright... Alright..." [clank of metal footsteps] SRA: "Huh. A map. If it's correct, then this should be a spaceship, and down that hall should be the control center." [clank, clank, clank, etc.] SRA: "I know this may not be safe, but I think I should figure out what this button does." [blip] CTRL: "GREETINGS. IF YOU ARE HEARING THIS, YOU ARE LIKELY DESIGNATION SRA, THE SOLE AUTOMATON OCCUPANT OF THIS SHIP, THE S-99 TEKNIKO." SRA: "what" CTRL: "YOU HAVE BEEN MADE AND SENT OFF TO FIND PLANETS THAT HUMANS CAN SURVIVE ON, AND THUS, WHAT PLANETS THAT RESEARCH AND RESIDENCE BASES CAN BE BUILT ON. FOR YOUR FIRST TASK, YOU WILL NEED TO FIND PLANET [REDACTED]. AFTER THIS MESSAGE IS DONE, THE BUTTON YOU PRESSED WILL ACTIVATE YOUR MAP AND YOU WILL BE LEFT TO YOUR DEVICES. THE BUTTON TO ITS LEFT WILL OPEN A MENU, WHERE YOU CAN ACCESS THE MORE DETAILED CONTROLS OF THIS SHIP AND LEARN HOW TO OPERATE AND REPAIR IT." [bwomp] SRA: "... well, at least that answers a few questions." ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-C0008.txt 2025-04-09T01:54:27Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-C0008 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23C IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-24-2023 IDENTIFY DATE HOME 04-08-2243 ERR100y REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Captain Rowlf. Date: January 24, 2023 on board. Status: Embarrassed. Time since launch: 163 days 6 hours 15 minutes on board. Well, I guess I didn't need to do that morse code thing. And Jenna told me that my code skills are trash. Thoes are the first words I've heard in hundreds of years. Yay. Anyway, turns out I got the side wrong. So I guess I'll need to shout into a wall for several minutes and hope Erik hears me. Honestly, he might not, given he is also currently in the engine room. If he doesn't respond, then we'll need to figure out how we're going to get out of these damn rooms! Jenna is already for trying to escape, even though I haven't told her it's been hundreds of years yet, because she just likes disrupting authority. Currently her ideas consist of "hacking the computer" which neither of us particularly want to do since we like living, and "creating a battering ram" which may or may not work. I just realized that I haven't explained when the ship looks like yet, so here's an attempt at text art: /---------------------\ | | | | | | | Jenna's = |------------------------------\ | Quarters | | | | | | | - | | | | Kitchen Lounge | |---------------| | - | | | | | | | | \---------------------| |--------------|----\ Airlock | Captain's = \ \ | Quarters | / / | | /---------------------| |--------------|----/ | | | | |---------------| | Navigation | | | | | | | | | | Erik's = |------------------------------/ | Quarters | | | | | | | | |-------| |---------- | | | | | | Engine Room | | | | | \---------------------/ The battering ram idea honestly might work. We'll look into it. ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-C0007.txt 2025-04-09T01:56:21Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-C0007 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23C IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-24-2023 IDENTIFY DATE HOME 04-08-2243 ERR100y REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Captain Rowlf. Date: January 24, 2023 on board. Status: Annoyed. Time since launch: 163 days 6 hours 12 minutes on board. Jesus! Fuck you, Jenna. ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-H0006.txt 2025-04-09T01:55:47Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-H0006 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23H IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-24-2023 REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- author: jenna walker date: jan 24 2023 status: sherlock holmes time since launch: 2 hours longer then the last one wow so i think i figured that banging out so i made it into a code right: ### # # # # ## # ### well if i make it into dots i get: ... . . . . .. . ... big deal, right? well now it looks like morse code and if i convert it from morsecode where the long space is a word break i get: S EEE EIE S which obviously means nothing i was going to give up here but i realized that it could be from one of my crewmates so i figured i should at least figure out the message well morse code also has dashes, right? what if you wanted to represent one word using banging and morse code? then you wouldn't have word breaks, right? wait what if the long spaces make the next character be a dash and he did terrible word splitting: ... - .. -... -.. STIBD still nothing but that seems closer to a word ooh wait i have a theory the morse code for "STATUS" is: ... - .- - ..- ... which seems entirely different from what i got so far, right? well with some minor modifications(that he should've figured out better) you can actually get STATUS from that. now just to piss him off i'm going to respond by shouting through the wall and hoping it transfers through here goes nothing ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-H0005.txt 2025-04-09T01:55:55Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-H0005 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23H IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-24-2023 REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- author: jenna walker date: jan 24 2023 status: wtf is that time since launch: one day more then my last log wtf is that banging on my wall?? i think it has some kind of pattern and repeats every so often but it's like bangbangbang(pause)bang(slightly shorter pause)bang(short pause) bang(pause)bang(same as second pause)bangbang(short pause)bang (pause)bangbangbang(long pause) waiit that sets my pattern senses tingling, what if i make that be like a code ### # # # # ## # ### hm uh idk what to make of this since i still have that FUCKING HEADACHE i wish i had youtube shorts to doomscroll ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-C0006.txt 2025-04-09T01:56:12Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-C0006 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23C IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-24-2023 IDENTIFY DATE HOME 04-08-2243 ERR100y REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Captain Rowlf. Date: January 24, 2023 on board. Status: Concerned. Time since launch: 163 days 4 hours 15 minutes on board. It was unclear at the end of my last log but I actually don't know how I'm going to face my crew. We're locked in separate chambers to prevent us harming each other in case we are dangerous. We all know morse code for who knows what reason but I'm going to try tapping out "STATUS" onto the wall and hope someone replies. I don't remember who is on what side of me but I'm going to try the side I think Erik is on since he's more likely then Jenna to get it. Wish me luck! ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-P0004.txt 2025-04-09T01:55:23Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-P0004 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23P IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-25-2023 REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Erik Maltin, pilot. Date: January 25, 2023. Status: Concerned Time since launch: 164 days 10 hours. It's been a few days and no one has contacted me including the other crew members. I'm mildly worried so probably once it's reached maybe one week I'll try to do something about it. Maybe try to hack into the computer system and contact either Earth or my fellow crewmates? I really hope nothing bad has happened to either. Maybe there was another COVID. Or a nuclear war. I don't know. You know, thinking about it more, it's a bit strange that communication is THIS limited. Like, I understand wanting to not allow us physical access to one another in case we went like crazy or something, but why not let us communicate even via text? ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-H0004.txt 2025-04-07T22:05:38Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-H0004 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23H IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-23-2023 REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- author: jenna walker date: jan 23 2023 status: bleugh time since launch: uhh like 5 months ugh my head i have such a bad headache after that, i thought sleeping for five months would be relaxing, not do this i mean other then that i seem to be in remarkably good shape which i guess i can attribute to the ship spinning which honestly just makes it look more like a deranged sex toy anyway i'm excited to get back home and talk to some people, maybe hit up a bar, even introverts have their limits y'know? i hope the geeks back home are happy though, after this headache i should get a parade in my honor where do i exit from here though so i can talk to the others, i'm sure that rowlf has something in that magic bag of his to help my STUPID FUCKING HEAD ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-P0003.txt 2025-04-07T22:02:38Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-P0003 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23P IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-23-2023 REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Seems like the cyrosleep pods worked! I'm sure those eggheads back on Earth are happy. Wait, shit, I forgot about that header thing. There's no obvious way to... whatever. I'll just put the header now. Author: Erik Maltin, pilot. Date: January 23, 2023. Status: Happy! Time since launch: 162 days 14 hours. This is my first log after cyrosleep, and it seems it went well! I mean, I feel alright, and based on the (stupid) protocol within a day or two a psychologist will individually examine each of us before we can talk to anyone else(even each other!). Now, in my opinion, this is absolute bullshit, but even the computers won't let us do anything(or at least let me). They just say something like "No signal" sporadically and only let me connect to a server labeled "Voyage Servers" which seems to just be for our logs. On it are a LOT of ships though, so I guess in the 5ish months we've been gone commerical spaceships have become available! So cool! I'm excited to take David(my husband) for a ride in one of those, or maybe for him to take me if he already has one. Signing off, Erik Maltin. ]]> arthur gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/DST-23/DST-23-C0005.txt 2025-04-07T22:02:19Z ------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMISSION INITALIZE PROTO NASA-DSLP-1.0 EXPECT text/plain IDENTIFY SHIP DST-23 IDENTIFY LOG DST-23-C0005 IDENTIFY AUTHOR DST-23C IDENTIFY DATE SHIP 01-23-2023 IDENTIFY DATE HOME 04-07-2243 ERR100y REPLACE ERRORS * ------------------------------------------------------------------- Author: Captain Rowlf. Date: January 23, 2023 on board. April 7, 2143-2342 at home, apparently. Status: Depressed. Time since launch: 162 days 14 hours 4 minutes 58.445105051622 seconds on board. Multiple hundred years at home. We're totally dead. It's been hundreds of years at home! What the fuck! We were just climbing into our test cyrostatis chambers so the geeks back at NASA could see if they worked and next thing we know it's been a few months but everyone we ever knew back on Earth is DEAD! We think SOMETHING must've failed with the autopilot given we are almost out of fuel and the computer reports we were going incredibly close to the speed of light. Either they left us to die by not telling us they were trying out a warp drive, or they installed it and the autopilot failed and they thought we were just lost to space. WHAT THE FUCK! It'd be a miracle if anyone even reads this given nobody has checked out our ship in the hundreds of years we've been in stasis! I can't face my crew. They came with me willing to die but this... this is worse. They missed everything. The pilot, Erik Maltin, is(well, was) married and looking forward to growing old with his husband. This is all my fault. ]]> reformedmonkey gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Galactic%20Courier%20Express/log2.txt 2025-03-19T07:07:53Z OK, So it has been two days and I am stuck between Earth and Mars. The traffic is sh*t these days. The intergalactic highway is blocked for some reason. ]]> reformedmonkey gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Galactic%20Courier%20Express/log1.txt 2025-03-17T21:59:55Z Hello so this is my first message. I am hired by this company Galactic Courier Express. The company is kinda shaddy and their ship is very shoddy. I had to diliver this strange package to Nibiru to a shape shifting reptile. I will log further as I go on my journey. ]]> candycanearter gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Bluespace%20Transport%20LLC/log2.txt 2025-03-12T17:00:53Z Bluespace Shipping LLC ------------------------ Blue-hot shipping, Blue-hot results! ------------------------ PILOT LOG #356 PILOT: @@@@@@@@@@ CREW: 3 CARGO: @@@ @@@@@ @@@@@@@ CREW STATUS: NOMINAL SHIP STATUS: NOMINAL ----------------------- ADDIT. NOTES: ------------------------ stars overhead ahead around spotlights -p Sorry about him, he's an English major. I feel bad deleting them, so you're just going to have to deal with it. Last week has been uneventful, we played some board games and I almost got launched into space.. good times. There were some strange comms over the shortwave, but. its.. probably fine? We do get e-guns for if anything goes wrong, so... I'm not shaken at all, I swear. -b ]]> thorn gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Eos/eosautolog002.txt 2025-03-09T18:05:24Z ################################################################# ░█░█░░░░█░█░░░░░░▀█▀░█▀█░▀█▀░█▀▀░█▀▄░█▀▀░▀█▀░█▀▀░█░░░█░░░█▀█░█▀▄ ░█▀█░░░░█▀█░░░░░░░█░░█░█░░█░░█▀▀░█▀▄░▀▀█░░█░░█▀▀░█░░░█░░░█▀█░█▀▄ ░▀░▀░▀░░▀░▀░▀░░░░▀▀▀░▀░▀░░▀░░▀▀▀░▀░▀░▀▀▀░░▀░░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░▀░▀░▀░▀ Homestead Holdings Interstellar, L.L.C. Mission Log Form 81e Ganymede Orbital Station B Updated:2347 Section A-37, 40002 QEC code: HHI01_0001 ################################################################# Date/time:2357.07.18/14:56:42 Ship name: Eos Ship status: Good Captain name: William Skyward Captain status:thawing/good ################################################################# Message: Automated::: Unable to local celestial reference points. Course correction error. Emergency protocols engaged. :::Autmated ################################################################# End Transmission. ]]> thorn gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Eos/eosautolog001.txt 2025-03-09T18:06:27Z ################################################################# ░█░█░░░░█░█░░░░░░▀█▀░█▀█░▀█▀░█▀▀░█▀▄░█▀▀░▀█▀░█▀▀░█░░░█░░░█▀█░█▀▄ ░█▀█░░░░█▀█░░░░░░░█░░█░█░░█░░█▀▀░█▀▄░▀▀█░░█░░█▀▀░█░░░█░░░█▀█░█▀▄ ░▀░▀░▀░░▀░▀░▀░░░░▀▀▀░▀░▀░░▀░░▀▀▀░▀░▀░▀▀▀░░▀░░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░▀▀▀░▀░▀░▀░▀ Homestead Holdings Interstellar, L.L.C. Mission Log Form 81e Ganymede Orbital Station B Updated:2347 Section A-37, 40002 QEC code: HHI01_0001 ################################################################# Date/time:2357.07.14/03:05:37 Ship name: Eos Ship status: Good Captain name: William Skyward Captain status:Cryosleep/good ################################################################# Message: Automated::: Gravitation anomaly detected by onboard systems. Ajusting course. :::Autmated ################################################################# End Transmission. ]]> candycanearter gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Bluespace%20Transport%20LLC/log1.txt 2025-02-27T14:56:26Z Bluespace Shipping LLC ------------------------ Blue-hot shipping, Blue-hot results! ------------------------ PILOT LOG #355 PILOT: @@@@@@@@@@ CREW: 3 CARGO: @@@ @@@@@ @@@@@@@ CREW STATUS: NOMINAL SHIP STATUS: NOMINAL ----------------------- ADDIT. NOTES: ------------------------ Well, hello to the new audience here. Yes, we are really pilots for BSC. Contain your surprise. Long story short, another one of the pilots here managed to jailbreak the ships computer enough to send out messages. Unfortunately, the only messages available to us are the daily ship log, but we CAN redact all the stuff that gets us into legal trouble.. hopefully. Also, it seems like it will mirror every message to and from this computer, so apologies in advance and please don't blacklist this ship we have nothing else to do here. We should probably be thankful though, since this company has quite a bad reputation with "safety".. having insurance that SOMEONE knows of us is probably a good move in that case. -b ]]> lantashi gopher://cosmic.voyage/0/Lantashi%20Dance/dance-log007.txt 2025-02-17T01:22:01Z -------------- Ship : Lantashi Dance Log : 007 Date : 2498-02-16 Status : Kingdom of Joy -------------- /* TRANSMISSION START */ Are you sure this is on? It is? That's great. Lantashi: Captain Lantashi here. We are in the starship Lantashi Dance, currently in a parking orbit around Kelev 01-072.4 at about 180 miles up. The situation on the ground is a mess. But first let me introduce some of my crew standing here by the QEC with me. I have here at my side Commander Yonas, Chief Security Officer Dothmer, and, um... it.... Yonas: Her name is Rachel, and you should treat her with the respect you would show any of the living. Lantashi: But it is dead... Yonas: SHE! It is a she. Or rather, SHE is a SHE. SHE is dead. Rachel used to live on that planet, before the alien seeding. Dothmer: An afterlife! Proof of an afterlife! The glowing light outside the ship are the spirits of the heavens. Yonas: No, the glowing light outside is ionized gas. If you try to go out the airlock again, I swear, I will... I will... Lantashi: Oh dear, Yonas. Control yourself. Um, Rachel, would you like to say anything. Yonas: Lantashi, the dead don't talk. Lantashi: Then how do you know her name is Rachel? Yonas: Well, she talks to me. And I guess she talked to Thane... Lantashi: And caused an explosion if I recall. Yonas: I'm sure it was all Mr. Biomax's fault! Lantashi: Fine, I'm sure King Joy can take the blame now. But let's give our report. To everyone who receives this transmission, the Lantashi Dance is in one piece, in great shape really, thanks to the efforts of the remaining crew on board. I especially want to thank Bearth, our Chief Engineer, and Commander Yonas, our Executive Officer. Yonas: Thanks for the acknowledgement. You are leaving out a lot though. What about the alien attack? Lantashi: Commander, you are ruining the tenor of the broadcast. It has to be entertaining! Yonas: The aliens, Captain. The Earth, and all the other ships out there, need to know that we aren't alone. And it is dangerous! Dothmer: And that there are spirits, an afterlife, and the spirits visit us. Yonas: Shut up, Dothmer, you are ruining the transmission. Actually, no, keep talking! Tell them about the aliens!! Dothmer: Well, the aliens, yes. They were not spirits. I am very disappointed. The aliens appeared to be dinosaurs. Kind of like raptors. They disabled our ship engines as we were trying to dodge around asteroids. They boarded the ship. Big creatures. As big as me. Lantashi: And, our dear audience, that is saying something. Dothmer is a Minotaur, and over 10 feet tall!! Yonas: Dothmer is only 7 foot 4. And we should be using the metric system anyway. It is regulation. That makes Dothmer about 2.2 meters tall. Lantashi: No one cares about your *regulations* Yonas! Anyway, the dragon people... Dothmer: Raptors... Yonas: We agreed to call them Dracovians! Dothmer: The Raptors boarded the ship. It was quite a fight. Between the security people that remained onboard, our AI Ms Foxy, Yonas, and even the ghost, we managed to repel them from the ship. Commander Yonas even managed to get a direct shot on alien ship's engines. Bearth got one our own engines operational, allowing us to out-maneuver the enemy through the asteroid field. As it tried to chase us, it colided with one of the asteroids, seriously damaging it. Yonas: Only doing my job Chief. Lantashi: Anyway, we got away, and even managed to take one of the Dracovians captive. All safely locked away, *I promise*. We're calling our prisoner the Bearded Dragon. And now we are back to planet 01-072.4. Yonas: The Foxy Brown AI has now named the planet Lavantia's Blossom, after some Greek Goddess or other. Lantashi: Oh, I love that name! Foxy (disembodied voice): You are welcome captain. But the goddess' name is Laverna. I just like Lavantia better. Also, do you like my big fluffy tail? Yonas: What?? What is the AI talking about?? Lantashi: Yonas, you know I designed the AI after my fox companion. Yonas: Fine, whatever. Tell the QEC system, and all your *audience*, what happened planetside. Lantashi: Oh, yes, that! Well, it seems the joy vines - that's what we're calling them - are intelligent, and telepathic. They have compromised most of the crew that landed planetside. Thane Biomax made contact with the Lantashi Dance as soon as we entered orbit. It seems he has become one with Joy, and is now calling himself Rex Gaudius, and speaks for all the Joy Vines on the planet. Dothmer: You should tell them about Cuddles... Lantashi: Oh, yes. It seems not all is well in Big Joys Ville... that is what we are calling the camp set up by the landing team. Security Officer Cuddles McFadden, a guy that went down with the landing party, well, he and Sarah West, the not quite as pretty as me Engineer, independently made contact with the Lantashi Dance. It seems that they resisted becoming all happy, and ran away from the camp. They have been hiding out all this time! How long has it been, Foxy, since we dropped them off and were attacked by the alien ship? Foxy Brown AI: One year, three months, and fifteen days. Yonas: Far too long! Let's go rescue our people, and deal out some justice to joy! Dothmer: We're coming to rescue you, Cuddles! /* TRANSMISSION END */ -------------- Wiki System Big Joys Ville - The location of the original landing party from Lantashi Dance. It is now controlled by the Joy Vines, fused with the minds of the landing party. Dracovians - Large lizard-like people that exist within the vicinity of the Star System Kelev 01-072. Dracovians have achieve star flight and are highly aggressive with uninvited guests. Ghost - An ethereal spirit that haunts the living realm. Ghosts enjoy moving things around and making scary noises. Lavantia's Blossom - 4th planet around the star Kelev 01-072. Rex Gaudius - the king of Big Joys Ville. -------------- ]]>