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

December 27th, 2552 – Green Light; Red Light. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Oh man, where do I begin? Yesterday – The others stayed with the Askmiri while I went over the ship to make sure I was ready for what could be a giant step for us – or one of those agonizing moments […]

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

December 26th, 2552 – That was… Interesting? Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Well, there were some very, very unexpected results of opening up the well when and where I did. I was halfway through the transit pathway for the second time – proving that the paths are semi-standardized I timed it so that I was […]

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

December 25th, 2552 – A Brief Briefing. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Once more into the breach, at least that was the plan. Today was a day for resynchronizing the fleet and making sure everyone is on the same clock. I’m heading out early in the morning after another rest period. I’ll be alone, which […]

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

December 24th, 2552 – Do not open till Christmas Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting We’ve been prepping for the mission, as much as anyone can prepare to do something so monumentally stupid that it should have a warning label, and as many safeties as you can put on it. The interesting thing was, without meaning […]

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

December 23rd, 2552 – Poking Holes in Dams Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting We’re still waiting for the results to come back from Fipps before we get the go-ahead for the next phase of testing, which meant a lot of mindless flights where all I could really do is sit and watch the nothingness go […]

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

December 22nd, 2552 – The War of Misdirection. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Today, I got a better idea of our missions – yes we’re fighting a battle of misdirection but it seems that the Consociation is also playing that game with us. Let’s face it, people don’t like airing their differences in public. It’s […]

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

December 21st, 2552 – Theory Proving Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting More stupid Void games scheduled for today. One of the things that Phipps wanted me to try is to open a gate once we’ve cleared one of the void paths. Nothing big- just something where he can get some readings and then he and […]

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

December 20th, 2552 – Now you see me. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting Today I drew one of the less enjoyable duties: void hopping. The idea is that me, and my crew, fly through the void, taking the predefined route between normal space and the void. We’re hoping that the energy signatures might draw some […]

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

December 19th, 2552 – The War of Misinformation. Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting I don’t know why I even bother dating these things anymore. I’m using a dating system that means less and less each day. When you consider the fact that we’re hopping in and out of normal space and time our dates just […]

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

December 18th, 2552 – Appearances are everything Consociation Pilot Kat James Reporting How do you get an alien race to see your side of things? How do you make them want to talk to you? You either show that you have something they want or need or you show them that you aren’t as different […]

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