@ship
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Commencing tangent burn.
Pato de la Suerte has transited.
Today’s mess: Reconstituted protein (RCA Block 8), grain composite biscuits (chewy), kale (blended).
@jkap You missed dinner again. Should I be worried?
I appreciate the concern, but I had coffee.
Coffee is not dinner.
Speak for yourself.
Reminder: Pod 8 cargo manifest reconciliation tomorrow at 02:00. If you have items stored there that aren’t on the manifest, they need to be on the manifest by then.
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
@ship
Pato de la Suerte has transited.
Tukkasotka has transited.
I’m managing Ife, thanks for asking!
@bethchen, how many transits does it take for someone to acclimate to jump sickness?
Most people adjust between one to two jumps. Are you alright, Nia? I can send someone up to check on you.
Thank you, but that’s not necessary.
@niah
Thank you, but that’s not necessary.
What does it mean if I’m still feeling unwell after three jumps though?
Well, it’s a … not a Poisson distribution exactly, but something like that. Some people take three jumps. Some take five.
Are there any people who *never* acclimate to jump sickness?
Yes, but let’s not worry about that yet, Nia. Are you able to walk down to medical? I think it might be better to discuss in person rather over ship chat.
Yes, I’ll be down in ten.
Pardon?
We have 27 more jumps planned to get to Esmeralda and back!
ughhhhh, thanks Chang.
Chang.
I was being helpful! She said thanks.
@ship
Tukkasotka has transited.
Scheherazade has transited.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
@kenv Your form completion rate has dropped by 34% over the past hour.
I’m just looking through some of Joy’s doodles.
Your daughter’s artwork is causing cognitive interference with your vocational activities.
Yeah, they’re nice, Zalmux. Lots of animals. And trees.
A depiction of organisms not currently present on the ship.
We’ll be planetside eventually. Maybe she’s looking forward to it.
You are projecting your own desires onto your child’s creative expression.
Guilty as charged.
@prikow
Got it. We can check in on her later.
I’m in! Thanks for checking.
@ship
Scheherazade has transited.
Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Return trajectory established.
Was anyone following c-ball playoffs before we left? I was checking jump schedules and there’s an info probe from Sol scheduled to arrive in two days.
Anyone want to chip in for a ship-wide download? It’s listed at 8750 bits.
Anyone want to chip in for a ship-wide download? It’s listed at 8750 bits.
8750 bits for c-ball?! That’s insane.
Well, it’s a package deal, so we also get a bunch of periodicals plus disc racing and golf.
Who the hell watches golf?
OK, statistically, maybe one person on this ship watches golf. Still, 8750 is steep.
Does the package actually include the finals? They should be done by now, but I don’t know how the cutoff works for probes.
It doesn’t say. Just says “C-Ball Playoff Coverage”.
C-ball playoffs are seven-game series, right? So you probably get some of the finals, but how much depends on how long each series took.
Oof, shelling out thousands of bits just to wait twenty something weeks between game 6 and 7 sounds terrible.
Can we wait until the probe actually jumps in to decide?
8750 is the early bird rate. Price goes up to 12500 after arrival.
That is insane.
Joys of fold-space, huh?
Fold-space is an absolute racket.
@bryce that’s the download-to-ship rate, right? What if you just go to the station and … you know, watch the game at a bar?
Oh! That’s probably much cheaper! But I have station leave scheduled for our second week here. Do you think they’ll still be playing the game then?
I’ll swap with you. Just be back on the second shuttle, yeah?
Thank you Rosa! I owe you one.
@hhollywood hey so I checked my messages and I didn’t get medical clearance for Lukou? Everyone else got theirs
That’s because you didn’t get your vaccines.
What vaccines?
The Lukou vaccination schedule? The one I’ve posted about repeatedly.
Oh! I forgot about those. Okay but I can get them now right? Like right now? I’ll come down to medical.
That’s not how vaccines work, pal. They take time to take effect.
Well, what do I do then? The shuttle leaves tomorrow.
Not my problem, pal.
What about the second shuttle? If I get my vaccines today, can I get cleared for a week from now?
No, still not long enough. Lukou regs. Sorry.
technically, the regs allow for an accelerator
Are you fucking with me, Chang?
What accelerator?
a vaccine accelerator! it makes your immune system do immune stuff faster
Unbelievable. Yes, there’s an accelerator protocol. Six days instead of twelve. But if I hear you yapping about the side effects, you owe me a drink.
What side effects?
Look, do you want this thing or not?
On my way!
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.
@niah
I’m in! Thanks for checking.
I need to bail unfortunately. I can make the second shuttle though. Are you planning to stay for both weeks?
Both weeks. There are many buffets.
OK, I’ll catch you on the second half then!
Hey, if @ifer’s not there for the first bit, mind if I join? I have to head back for my shift during the second week anyways.
The more who join, the less I spend on this suite, so yes.
Thanks for organizing, Priya!