@ship
30 minutes from departure aperture.
10 minutes from departure aperture. We are five minutes from the commit point.
I am 99.989% confident that the Pato de la Suerte is clear of the arrival envelope.
@ship Commit.
Acknowledged.
Assuming control.
All hands, we’re jumping in 5.
All hands, stand by for jump.
@zalmux
Assuming control.
We have reached the departure aperture. Transiting.
Resuming control. Dispatching confirmation probe.
Probe dispatched.
Today’s mess: Protein cutlets (PCA Texture D), HyperPasta Shape 3B.
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
@ship
Probe dispatched.
We have exited the arrival envelope. Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Commencing tangent burn.
Tukkasotka has transited.
Alert: System variance detected.
Pod 6, Decks 9-10 power grid stability of 72% below nominal.
ope
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you might wanna sit down, captain.
I don’t like the sound of that.
weird, neither do i
@ship
Tukkasotka has transited.
Anomaly: Scheherazade has not transited.
@zalmux, explain
We are conferring. Stand by.
Who is “we” here?
The Perceptible Intelligences on the other ships in the convoy. I advise you do the same with the other captains.
Already on it.
@ship
Anomaly: Scheherazade has not transited.
@ship, advisory: Anomaly presents no immediate risk to ship. Continue on present course.
Acknowledged.
@jkap
Already on it.
We have conferred. The Tukkasotka perceived Scheherazade entering the aperture. Based on available data, we conclude that Scheherazade is no longer present at FSNC-1024.
“No longer present” doesn’t tell us where Scheherazade is though. Did they miss the box?
A “miss” presents as a marginal misalignment. The present situation suggests something substantially more severe.
Shit.
An appropriate sentiment.
@kenv, we have a situation. I need you to pull up the convoy contract.
What’s going on?
Oh shit. On it.
@ship
Pod 6, Decks 9-10 power grid stability of 72% below nominal.
Pod 6 power grid now nominal.
Attention all crew and passengers: As some of you are aware, Scheherazade did not arrive at FSNC-1210 with the rest of the convoy. We have no further information on their status at this time. The convoy will be holding position while we wait for Scheherazade to rejoin.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
@jkap
Attention all crew and passengers: As some of you are aware, Scheherazade did not arrive at FSNC-1210 with the rest of the convo…
How long will we be holding position?
We are contractually obligated to hold for a full beat. This will put us about two weeks behind schedule. After they return, that’s another few days to dump heat and resync, but that’s already factored into the schedule.
Can they attempt a corrective transit sooner?
We don’t know their status. But even in the best case scenario, they have to wait for a clear window to jump in. Unscheduled jumps raise an unacceptable risk of collision.
And if it’s not the best case scenario? How long are we waiting?
We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.
Captain, I appreciate the uncertainty of the situation, but please be aware that many of us have plans contingent upon when we arrive. We may need to make adjustments to those plans.
We’ll keep you posted, Mr. Abara.
Thank you, Captain.
Hello everyone. I just want to let everyone know that I have a fresh batch of cinnamon rolls ready, and if you need someone to talk to about … things, I’m here as well.
Alert: Pod 10 atmospheric pressure of 1.02 atm exceeds nominal.
@jkap, Captain, a three week delay is absolutely unacceptable. We are in a race to get to that artifact on Esmeralda. The course of human history could very well depend on it.
It is a minimum two-week delay. And Professor, I understand your concern, but my priority as captain right now must be the health and well-being of other human beings. History will have to wait.
But history doesn’t wait! And what difference does it make for us to stick around? Either the missing ship is lost or it isn’t and it arrives later on its own.
We are waiting in case we need to render aid if and when the Scheherazade returns. Your concerns are noted, but if you have additional feedback, please route it through @kenv.
@scrabtree, we could honestly use the time. The non-spatial subnets need more work.
We can rush that if we have to.
All the same, I’d rather we not.
Pierre is on Scheherazade.
We know, Chali. Ships come back from missed transits. It happens.
But the convoy, can’t we do something?
If we can, we will. But there’s not always something to be done, Chali. Sometimes the point of a convoy is just to bear witness.
recovery rate is 78.4% though! those are good odds
I think I would rather not know the odds, Chang.
sorry
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.
@ship
Acknowledged.
Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Return trajectory established.