February 2nd, 2552 Redundant Redundancies Pilot/Mechanic/Lab Rat – Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting It’s fun sitting in on lectures about safety and caution when what they want you to do is touch down on alien planets, follow protocols that were designed to control the unknown based on the known. So we’re basically gathering samples following protocols […]
Read More 33-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 27th, 2552 A tour of the stars Katherine ‘Kat’ James, sometimes pilot, sometimes wrench monkey reporting I can definitely see why they have 9th day. All work tends to be hell for morale. But a little bit of organized tomfoolery can go a long way. While it was literally a bus man’s holiday, everybody […]
Read More 27-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 26th, 2552 Trouble is its own reward Katherine ‘Kat’ James, sometimes pilot, sometimes wrench monkey reporting Word of my antics reached my three self-appointed watchers. They made no bones about what they were doing, and the fact that they were on to me. It would be nice if they were actually watching what was […]
Read More 26-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 24th, 2552 AWOL A prison suited Katherine ‘Kat’ James reporting There is another problem to having too many jobs, I can’t work on my craft until after the day’s assignments are done and the hangar has been swept and mopped. Then there’s a new duty, making sure all the equipment and spare parts are […]
Read More 24-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsJanuary 2nd, 2552 Home Pilot Katherine ‘Kat’ James Reporting I say, pilot because that is what I am. Unfortunately because of how I came to the crew of the Valkyrie— my official designation is Convict 237. The ship’s mechanical staff call me two-thirty-seven, the guards call me Two-Three-Seven, as if I’m too stupid to deal […]
Read More 02-Valkyrie’s View: A Year Among the StarsA Year In Seattle Week Eleven Thursday, August 31st, 2056 – Me and my shadow Well, me and my new best-buddy and roommate got off to an interesting start. He showed up at my door, suitcase in hand. I was not expecting that. He’s planning on watching over me 24-7. That could prove interesting. I […]
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