51-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 20th, 2552 Psych Eval Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic’s apprentice – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting 4 months since I was assigned to the Vision Project, 3 Months after leaving Tera-prime and being dumped on the Valkyrie’s view, a month after we lose half of a ship’s crew and just days after another pilot is killed – […]

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50-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 19th, 2552 Troubleshooting Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic’s apprentice – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting They broke Big Momma again – Different pilots, different pressures, different breakage– same arm. I looked at it, looked at Mac and shook my head – the chances of two different pilots using the same tools, doing the same job and breaking […]

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49-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 18th, 2552 A new Project Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic’s apprentice – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting It seems that before I can work on adding an arm to the Gumbo, I need to work on the arm on Big Momma. It started malfunctioning during some of the training runs for taking samples. So, I have to […]

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48-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 17th, 2552 Stir Crazy Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic’s apprentice – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting It seems that the attitude of the flight deck is following the science department’s lead – the only pilots who need to work on landing and dusting off from different surfaces are the pilots selected for the exploration missions, so all […]

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47-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 16th, 2552 Assignment Envy Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/Mechanic’s Apprentice – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting The science boys have mapped out the area and have identified several likely planets to explore – with FTL up and operational, the plan is to leave the Valhalla as our base of operations and then have different ships take different […]

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46-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 15th, 2552 Wrong Pilot, Right Time Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic in training – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting Sometimes you get assignments based on the best person for the job – when you can plan things out— that’s what happens when things go according to plan. The universe, it seems, loves a plan, and how little […]

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45-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 14th, 2552 Shakedown cruise Pilot of the RS Gumbo/Lab Rat/mechanic in training – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting I have been informed by several people in several departments, that I am not taking myself and/or my position seriously enough. Several people demanded I rename my ship with something more heroic but— that’s just not who […]

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44-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 13th, 2552 Christening Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic in training – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting I know Cookie is trying to bring me out of my funk – and I know we need proof that we can adapt vehicles to our new environment but it seems a little crass to launch the Franen-ship, not this close […]

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43-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 12th, 2552 A moment Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic in training – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting I nearly hit someone today, which usually a good sign that I need to back off and regroup, only I’m on a ship that’s more like a small town. Sure there are people I haven’t met and haven’t ticked off […]

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42-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the Stars

February 11th, 2552 Failure to maintain Philosopher/Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic in training – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting The universe is not a forgiving place. Sometimes we forget that— sometimes the reminder is a little hard to take. We really didn’t have time to mourn properly when the Twilight ruptured, we were too busy trying to make […]

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