January 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 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 […]
Read More 13-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 12th, 2552 Crew Review Convict 237 reporting for duty I’m learning a lot more about the interplay between the Deep Space Exploration Agency, the Confed Military and the Justice department conscription committee, or more to the point, the lack thereof. It turns out that the majority of the crew was handpicked by the mission […]
Read More 12-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 3rd, 2552 Colorful Kat again Each section of the ship is color-coded. If you lose your way, all you have to do is find your line and follow it around the ship back to your area. There are, of course, variations on the color – patterns and shades where things overlap. Medical, for example, […]
Read More 03-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsWhen you realize you haven’t updated your website in 4 years, and you’re working on pages for other people… it’s time to start over and make your life easier… Now its time to take my site into the 2019’s. For earlier blog posts please check out: my original blog at WordPress
Read More And so it beginsA(nother) Year In Seattle Sunday – June 29, 2059 – Catching up Let’s see if I remember how to do this. Its late Sunday night- the terror is in bed and finally asleep. Case and I are in various states of collapse around the house. Sometimes it amazes me how much things have fallen into […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 01 – Back in the SaddleA Year In Seattle Week Thirty-eight Thursday, March 8th, 2057 – Cats I woke up to the sound of cats in need of attention. The cats were working on liberating the catnip from the kitchen cabinets when Case and I came out to see what the commotion was about. Caught red-handed… er pawed, they did […]
Read More A Year in Seattle – Week 38 – Surprise!… it’s a boyA Year In Seattle Week Four Thursday, July 13th, 2056 – Memories of Balmer Well, work is good for keeping my mind off of everything except what’s going on right then and there, usually. It was actually a rather slow day, but it let me catch up on old times with Ray. I’ve met some […]
Read More A Year in Seattle – Week 4 – The shadows step backI know in fiction, my heroes get hurt– like all the time. Well, in February I found out what it is like to break one bone… in your hand. First, there was the sound as I misjudged where I was and hit the doorframe with my ring and pinky finger. It was the usual ‘thump’ […]
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