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 […]
Read More 47-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFebruary 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 […]
Read More 46-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFebruary 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 […]
Read More 45-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFebruary 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 […]
Read More 44-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFebruary 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 […]
Read More 42-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFebruary 10th, 2552 Project Tweaks Shuttle pilot/Lab Rat/mechanic in training – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting The Franken-ship is looking more ship, less cobbled-together these days. She’s not as sleek as the other exploratory ships, but she wasn’t designed to win any beauty contests. She’s a multi-purpose vehicle and as such, she’s a thing of her […]
Read More 41-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFebruary 8th, 2552 Arcade Games Flight Simulator Failure/Lab Rat – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting Today, based on the new protocols, all pilots were called upon to report to the simulator for training. My problem is— the simulator isn’t real. In the history of simulators, I have yet to find one that actually handled like a […]
Read More 39-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFebruary 6th, 2552 Robot arm Metallurgy trainee/Lab Rat – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting It would seem that working in an iso suit is like working in a spacesuit that is far more delicate and unforgiving and you have almost no dexterity whatsoever. Working in an iso suit over a spacesuit is just plain ridiculous. On […]
Read More 37-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFeb 4th, 2552 Adapt or get left behind Katherine ‘Kat’ James, sometimes pilot, sometimes wrench monkey reporting While I am still working on the Franken-ship, I am also taking science classes on types of rocks and minerals and how they are formed. Or as Tower put it – If a bunch of Einherjar can learn […]
Read More 35-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsFebruary 3rd, 2552 New Job, better job Pilot/Mechanic/Lab Rat – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting Daniels has decided that I need to focus on one thing right now and that is my project. He seems convinced that we are going to need to be able to scavenge parts, coble them together and make something we need. […]
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