Today’s mess: Universal Protein 18, HyperPasta Shape 3B.
Attention all crew and passengers: Station egress to the Wandertaube will close in 6 hours. Please board via Dock 9b, Airlock 3.
Attention all crew and passengers: Station egress to the Wandertaube will close in 3 hours. Please board via Dock 9b, Airlock 3.
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
Attention all crew and passengers: Station egress to the Wandertaube will close in 2 hours. Please board via Dock 9b, Airlock 3.
@ifer Where are you? Are you on the ship?
@ifer are you there?
Hey @niah! Sorry! I was but I’m on the station now. I just have a last minute package to send to my folks.
OK! Just wanted to make sure you get back to the ship in time.
Attention all crew and passengers: Station egress to the Wandertaube will close in 1 hour. Please board via Dock 9b, Airlock 3.
Advisory: All systems nominal.
@niah
OK! Just wanted to make sure you get back to the ship in time.
Wait, you *have* a package to send? Meaning you’re still on your way to send it and not on your way back to the ship?
NO, YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES.
But the ship leaves at 08:00?
Attention all crew and passengers: Station egress to the Wandertaube will close in 30 minutes. Please board via Dock 9b, Airlock 3.
No, stations comms are kinda spotty. I only get some threads from the ship here.
YOU HAVE LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. Ship leaves at 08:00 but EGRESS CLOSES AT 07:00
oh shit
I’m still waiting for a tram.
Can you run?
It’s 2 kilometers!
@jkap Captain, can you please hold for one of my students?
We can’t leave him!
@jkap
We have a very tight departure window. I strongly suggest @ifer hurry.
But departure isn’t for another hour? Surely, we can keep the airlock open.
It’s not up to us. Station regulations require us to close an hour before departure.
@chef You have some perishable goods still being loaded, yes?
@kenv
It’s not up to us. Station regulations require us to close an hour before departure.
There must be something we can do.
@kenv give me a few minutes
Attention all crew and passengers: Station egress to the Wandertaube will close in 10 minutes. Please board via Dock 9b, Airlock 3.
@niah
We can’t leave him!
Shit, I’m still 20 minutes away.
Last minute delivery. Who and where?
Frank Lu is shuttling some beans to me. Uh, Dock 9d, Airlock 2.
@ifer
Shit, I’m still 20 minutes away.
@ifer, go to Dock 9d, Airlock 2 and tell Frank Lu that you’re with Lou Jones and here to help with the beans.
Attention all crew and passengers: Station egress to the Wandertaube will close in 5 minutes. Please board via Dock 9b, Airlock 3.
Yes YES. Beans got it.
Attention all crew and passengers: This is your final boarding call for the ISV Wandertaube, departing for SC-52d (Esmeralda) via FSNC-88 (Lukou / 路口). Station egress to the Wandertaube will close in 1 minute. Please board via Dock 9b, Airlock 3.
@ifer where are you?
Attention all crew and passengers: Egress is now closed. Please keep your communication pad nearby and have any exit documents ready for inspection.
OK OK I’m at Airlock 2. I don’t see any beans though?
Are you at Dock 9d?
D AS IN DAMMIT IFE
oh shit hold on
ok I’m here now -- there’s a lot going on here. Who am I looking for?
Frank Lu. Beans.
Got it. Hold on.
@murat Frank says he got him.
Oh thank god.
Anytime.
Yes, sorry for not giving you a heads up. I checked the manifest and we still have space.
OK, but says here your cargo is perishable and Pod 13 isn’t pressurized yet.
That’s fine. The container itself is pressurized.
@chef Can the cargo container be opened from the inside?
oh shit
@ifer DO NOT OPEN THE CONTAINER DOOR.
THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT SAFE.
@kenv You have an incoming call from Station Customs.
Send it to my pad.
@ship What’s the status of the container heading for Pod 13?
@murat
THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT SAFE.
@ifer Please reply.
@jkap
@ship What’s the status of the container heading for Pod 13?
Container GH2153L has arrived in Pod 13 and is being secured.
Acknowledged.
Oh, for fuck’s sake. I’m the captain.
@murat
@ifer Please reply.
Sorry! Yes, I see. Not opening the door until you tell me it’s safe.
Thank you Ife.
@bethchen Stand down. All clear.
Glad to hear it.
@jkap
Oh, for fuck’s sake. I’m the captain.
@xlbo Can we fix this?
That is a legal restriction hard-coded into @ship’s protocols, Captain. I do not advise altering them this close to jump.
Let’s talk about that offline Jo.
@kenv I’ll head down to fetch Ife once the pod’s pressurized. You have any paperwork you want me to take care of?
Read my mind. I’ll send it over in a sec.
Detaching from station.
Hi everyone, we’re currently detaching from station and will be accelerating towards the transit point shortly. This will take roughly 24 hours and might get a little bumpy.
It’s generally safe for you to move around, but please stay out of any areas of the ship marked as being hazardous during acceleration. And please minimize any time spent in accessways and other long corridors on the ship. Thank you.
@soomin You double checked the inertial counters, right?
Yes.
@ship
Detaching from station.
All connection points detached. Initiating cold thrust.
Minimum safe distance reached. Initiating counter thrust.
@jkap Confirm heading.
Heading confirmed: FSNC-12 (Sol-Jupiter L5)
Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Initiating forward thrust.
Yup, still alive.
At least until I get my hands on you.
I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that. Hang tight Ife. I’ll be there in a minute.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
@ship
Counter thrust complete. Initiating forward thrust.
Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Commencing deceleration burn.
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.