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Base Camp

The hangar break room remains a rather lively and noisy place to be in the station. Mostly because pilots are generally coming in and going out regularly. And whichever way they are going, they generally tend to strike up conversation with someone they have become friends with. But all of that is a distraction to me right now. What I am dealing with is of utmost importance. It is something I have coveted ever since my posting here. I analyse the map. This is tense. If I can play the next few moves right, I will have achieved what is quickly becoming one of my life’s goals. But I must be careful, because every time I have gotten this close, I have been betrayed by my own anticipation. My opponent on the other hand seemed calm as ever, even in the face of possible defeat. I looked up at him in the hopes of gaining even the slightest of advantages. Ethan looked up at me observing him. He chuckled. “Staring at me isn’t going to do you any favours Sketch,” I looked back at the map, “Hmm, th...

Imminent Storm

Surveyor Report: Day 1519 Terrestrial mass driver launch sequence initiated Target: Beta AS2 Cargo: Slicer stellar interceptor-craft- 10 units Minion drone infantry- 10 units Long-range scanner- 1 unit All preparations complete Streaker pod launched Preparing for stellar mass driver arrival Streaker pod arrived at orbital mass driver Preparing for interplanetary launch All preparations complete Streaker pod launched On course for Beta AS2 intercept ETA- 5 days Warning- The above entries have been deemed as external interference and have been logged for review ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Internal Logs: Day 35 Transcender System System: Advisory- Massive power surge detected MasCon: Location? System: Preliminary readings indicate on far side of Beta II in orbit MasCon: Orbit?… Interesting. Log readings… System: Readings ...