Today’s mess: Phish Pflakes, grain composite biscuits (flaky).
Ship time is now 04:00. Now commencing alpha shift.
Advisory: All systems nominal.
Attention all crew and passengers: Our next scheduled jump is to FSNC-120. We’re first this time. We’ll hit the hole in 6 hours.
@jkap Confirm heading.
FSNC-120.
Acknowledged.
Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Transit trajectory established.
@jkap Confirm convoy order: Wandertaube, Tukkasotka, Scheherazade, Jatayu, Pato de la Suerte.
Confirmed.
Convoy has confirmed order.
Departure trajectory is clear.
@zalmux Confirm orientation and navigation course.
Confirmed.
Acknowledged.
@chang Confirm monitoring status.
Confirmed.
Acknowledged.
Attention all crew and passengers: Prepare for acceleration. For your safety, please minimize time spent in accessways and corridors while the ship is accelerating or decelerating.
@ship
Departure trajectory is clear.
We are accelerating.
Alert: Outer Ring (Port Quadrant), Decks 1-2 water pressure of 498 kPa exceeds nominal.
Ship time is now 12:00. Now commencing beta shift.
Attention all crew and passengers: We’re about an hour from the jump.
@ship
We are accelerating.
30 minutes from departure aperture.
10 minutes from departure aperture. We are five minutes from the commit point.
The arrival envelope is clear.
@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.
@ship
Probe dispatched.
We have exited the arrival envelope. Initiating rotational thrust.
Initiating counter thrust.
Counter thrust complete. Commencing tangent burn.
@ssingh Do authors reread their own books?
Some do. Why?
I am trying to understand why humans revisit stories when they already know the ending.
Knowing the ending isn’t the same as understanding how you got there. Sometimes you go back to check whether the person who wrote it is still you.
And is he?
Ask me when I finish the new one.
@ship
Counter thrust complete. Commencing tangent burn.
Tukkasotka has transited.
Ship time is now 20:00. Now commencing gamma shift.