November 16th, 2552 – Limited Democracy Escape Pilot Kat James Reporting I was a little too tired to do anything more than observe people as we worked to make sure that we hadn’t been followed. In my less than awake state, I found myself wondering once again if this was a test. Of the people […]
Read More 321-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 15th, 2552 – Escape Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting I find it amazing that even when fleet-wide events aren’t broadcast here, how much people picked up on. Yesterday there was a tension that was palpable, today when the ship started to rumble and we felt the first explosions, we knew before the klaxon went […]
Read More 320-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 14th, 2552 – Stay Close Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting The day had started out as usual, but we could sense a tension around us. Tower gave me a look that made me want to run and hide, but that wasn’t an option. There was a question in his eyes as he looked at […]
Read More 319-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 13th, 2552 – Crav GarTak Chi Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting Once things had settled down for the evening the five of us ended up working on bringing our arts together. Askir and Almir moved with grace and control that rivaled Tower’s while I turned into a wiggle worm. While the Askmiri avoided attacks, […]
Read More 318-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 12th, 2552 – Mechanic Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting Today I was elevated from cleaning crew to mechanic when one of the doors stuck and I was able to not only fix it but augment its functionality. As near as I can tell the Parataph never saw a need for hydraulic lifts on doors […]
Read More 317-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 11th, 2552 – Training Buddies New Guy/Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting Well, it’s now official, Adalgisa, Askir, Almir, and I are training buddies. Askir and Almir almost always pair up together and I can tell they’re doing the same thing with their martial arts that I’m doing with Judo – trying to modify it […]
Read More 316-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 10th, 2552 – The finer points of GarrockTah New Guy/Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting It seems some of the differences between human martial arts and GarTakTah is the center of balance and the environments it was designed to be used in. The moves were simple enough but when you are thrown into Zero-G, the […]
Read More 315-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 9th, 2552 – Language New Guy/Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting Learning the Parataph names for things even the basics of their language is— interesting. For negotiations and the like, they have a computer system that parses out a language and then translates for the listener but when you’re working and not hooked into the […]
Read More 314-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 8th, 2552 – Psychic psychologist New Guy/Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting So to add to my suspicions and confusion, I now have a daily visit scheduled with a Parataph psychologist. I guess they want to see if we can work with other races/species and not try to run everything. I keep trying to tell […]
Read More 313-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsNovember 7th, 2552 – Moments in time New Guy/Convict Consriptee Kat James Reporting It has struck me as a possibility that all of this might be paying out in my head while the seers watch to see what they can learn about me in particular and the human race in general. There are a lot […]
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