January 22nd, 2552 Something borrowed Pilot with a side job, Katherine ‘Kat’ James reporting With our extended work hours, and limited rack time, you’d think another assignment would be the straw that broke this camel’s back, but— Cookie has given me a new assignment – and my own space in the shop. My project? Taking […]
Read More 22-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 21st, 2552 Trust Pilot Mechanic Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting It’s been over a week since it was discovered that there had been no sabotage, that no one was to blame for what happened onboard the Twilight of the Gods, but I’m still running into people on my own crew who haven’t heard— or have […]
Read More 21-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 20th, 2552 Stark, grim— breathtaking Pilot Mechanic Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting I’m still a wrench monkey in training, but this… this is what I came out here for. Okay, not the grueling hours and the reminder of just how fragile life is, but for the view. Today was a continuation of yesterday’s work, scrapping… […]
Read More 20-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 19th, 2552 Supply Run Jr. Wrench Monkey in Training, Pilot, beast of burden Katherine ‘Kat’ James, Reporting I figured I would be doing one or the other of my assigned areas, but instead, somehow Daniels found a way to combine what I’ve learned. Since the Twilight is not really space worthy, she can sit […]
Read More 19-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 18th, 2552 Close Call Jr. Wrench Monkey in Training, Pilot, beast of burden Katherine ‘Kat’ James, Reporting This is going to be short, I’m too tired to last too long writing. Today was another day of detection and overhauls, and proof that the different ship board units do not talk to each other— at […]
Read More 18-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 17th, 2552 Repeat Performance Jr. Wrench Monkey in Training, Kat ‘237’, Reporting Today, I learned about welding. Spot welding; Arc Welding, Mig Welding, Tig-Welding, and everybody’s favorite when you’re not in space Gas Welding, we covered the gambit. Then there was cutting and I think I’ve pretty much mastered ‘toting’. Then there was the […]
Read More 17-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 16th, 2552 Next Verse Jr. Wrench Monkey in Training, Kat ‘237’, Reporting Next verse, same as the first. All Day. The only break we got from inspection duty was time spent cleaning up the commissary. On the bright side, I believe every ship’s engineer, grease monkey, and backyard mechanic in the fleet has been […]
Read More 16-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 15th, 2552 Patiently Waiting Jr. Wrench Monkey in Training, Kat ‘237’, Reporting Well, my, we’ve been busy. I have to remind myself that we are not being slow and inefficient, we’re being careful and thorough. I had to remind myself of that again when I was assigned to schlep equipment for another team of […]
Read More 15-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 14th, 2552 Backfire Pilot 237, Reporting Remember how I mentioned that there were different castes, and they don’t talk to each other? It’s more that they tend to issue orders to each other and no one is listening. Case in point, the Military was running the investigation into the explosion and at about 02:00 […]
Read More 14-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 13th, 2552 The stick Convict 237 Well, two months after launch and any progress we’d made as individuals has been forfeit. We’re all back to washing dishes, doing laundry, and cleaning areas no one else wants to clean. Worse, the guards are being particularly focused on keeping us away from anything that could be […]
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