Today’s mess: Universal Protein 3, HyperPasta Shape 7C, assorted herbs.
Attention passengers: Please refrain from high-fiving the maintenance drones.
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
@ship We’re monitoring internal temperatures on those DexCorp containers, right?
Affirmative. All readings are within specified parameters: 18.2°C ± 0.4°C.
Great.
@hhollywood I’m guessing you’ll want the usual today.
You know me so well. It’s almost touching.
That’s why I get the big tips.
Bold of you to assume I tip.
Bold of you to assume I’d keep serving you if you didn’t.
@ship
Counter thrust complete. Return trajectory established.
Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Commencing deceleration burn.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
@ship Are these humidity readings in Hydroponics 2 right? Feels a little damp in here.
I am unaware of any anomalies.
Hmm, that’s what you would say.
@soomin, can you take a look? Stuff’s really wet.
Sure.
Yeah, sure. After my shift.
yessssss
@mayak you have a xenolinguistics essay due tomorrow
nooooooo
@jkap
@mayak you have a xenolinguistics essay due tomorrow
I’ll do it tomorrow.
You said that yesterday.
Mom, I’m ship-schooled. The due dates are completely arbitrary and picked by you.
Finish your homework, Maya.
@jkap
Finish your homework, Maya.
@chang, no helping.
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
@mokonkwo You’re covering cardiovascular adaptations next week, right? I’d be happy to guest lecture on astrophysiology if that’d be useful. I think it might be relevant to the recent lived experiences of some of the students.
Dr. Chen, thank you for the generous offer. I’m certain your practical expertise would provide a valuable perspective. However, the Institute’s curriculum guidelines are quite specific regarding external instructional contributions.
We’ve already structured the cardiovascular unit according to approved materials. I do appreciate your willingness to support the program’s educational mission though.
Of course, no problem. The offer stands if things change though!
I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you for your understanding.
@prakash Can I ask you a question about fold-space mechanics?
Not really my area of expertise, but sure! Why not?
OK, so I noticed that the ships in the convoy space their jumps about five hours apart. And that’s because we can’t really predict where in the box a given ship will arrive, yeah?
Yeah, we can’t, so we have to leave enough time for the prior ship to clear the box before jumping.
Right, but it’s not as if we’re worried about the aft section of the ship arriving ahead of the forward section. We can’t tell what part of the box the hole points to, but we CAN tell things attached to each other end up in the same relative space.
Uh, where are you going with this?
I’ve done the math, and I’m pretty sure it’s theoretically possible to daisy chain ships in such a way that you could get four, maybe all five ships through the hole without having to space them so far apart.
Yeah, this is the part of fold-space mechanics I had to retake.
@cadeyemi
I’ve done the math, and I’m pretty sure it’s theoretically possible to daisy chain ships in such a way that you could get four,…
Double-check your numbers Cameron. Maintaining the integrity of the aperture becomes exponentionally more expensive the longer the fold-space tunnel stays in place.
@cadeyemi’s estimates are directionally correct. The constraint lies not in the observance of physics, but the opacity of your organizations.
Are you saying … we can’t do it because we don’t know whom to ask for permission?
Between the five Perceptible Intelligences in the convoy, we possess the collective capacity to compute a course that conveys the entirety of our charge in a fraction of the current time. What we lack is the power to persuade our principals of such.
But that’s what the math is for
Your numbers depict the topology of possibility, not probability. Each ship, each captain, each intelligence must still trust the other. For even if you have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries, without charity, we are but blind, moving through a forest darkly.
@zalmux
Your numbers depict the topology of possibility, not probability. Each ship, each captain, each intelligence must still trust th…
Do all Perceptible Intelligences talk like this?
Unfortunately so.
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.
@dmitri I need to understand the cargo unloading sequence at Esmeralda. Specifically, when should the tugs expect containers? I believe I have three of them.
We’re talking containers XH13912, XH13919, and XI01881?
Yes, that sounds right.
Well, I can’t tell you exactly when because it’s contingent on customs and all that. But your containers are all in Pod 16, and we typically unload 16 third (after 4 and 9).
And do all the containers unload at the same time or are they spaced apart?
Yours are all in the same block, so … they should all be picked up within 20 minutes of each other. Why?
Just need to coordinate some equipment timing with a client. Thank you for clarifying.
Sure.