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I remember getting pushed along in the mob and wondering why the hallway was soft under my boots. And then I realized what I was walking on.
Yuck
You know how far from the Core we are, right? Interviewer: Maybe further than you might think…
Yeah. I turned on the radio to maybe find us some getaway music, but there was an emergency broadcast telling everyone to hit the port for evacuation.
Lol
I dragged her out of the wreckage and started to give her mouth-to-mouth and that’s when she slugged me, Your Honor.
And then I said, “I’m bleeding,” and she said, “Shut up, I’m not talking to you,” so I just kinda concentrated on not dying.
Any Kerenza colonist with a skill set useful in plugging our shortfalls is to be conscripted into the United Terran Authority military. Engineers. Medical personnel. Scientists. Anyone with a history of military service. Furthermore, every Kerenza colonist seventeen years or older will be immediately tested for aptitude in computer science, mechanics, electronics, spatial awareness, pattern prediction, hand-eye coordination, twitch reflex, and stress management. Anyone showing C-grade ability or better is to be conscripted the day they hit eighteen.
With their hand caught in the proverbial cookie jar by the UTA, the BeiTech fleet made the astounding decision to attack the Alexander in the hope of eliminating the witnesses.
It was my birthday yesterday.
A pisces man!
I never told you I broke up with her. She broke up with me.
Okay, well for the benefit of the sight-impaired, I am now raising my…oh, dear…yes, it’s my middle finger at Mr. Postgrad here.
since i will not send this, i also feel it is my duty to inform you that almost six months on I think I still love you and that makes me sad becaue love shouldn’t feel this way. is like getting kicked in the stomach every time i think of you and it makes me want to roll my face across this keyboardbiu;///ubEWdcfhugiov’byhi;.//////-=’-0i9juh8ygtfdcsaazs34defg7u8hi9o0p-[[09ju8hy7gtf6rdsasdrftg67yh8u9ji0o-p-o0i9juhy8gtfrdesazsxdcfr5gt6y7h8u9ji0ko-lp0i9uj8hy7gt6frdesazsxdfghu7ghbuio.;ucfrexdAQW3XDE45THYUJYI
It is with deepest regret I inform you all that last night at 21:15 (shipboard time), the Lincoln launched a surprise assault on our fleet, resulting in the destruction of the heavy freighter Copernicus.
Wut
I can’t get a read on AIDAN. thought I was just hitting ICE walls but it’s more like nobody’s home…
this my wtf face—> ?_?
Lol
lined them up against the bulkhead and X-ed them out. CO from Delta group too. And some Lt from Flight Control. Just straight-up shot them
AIDAN seems to have taken steps to ensure we cannot locate these particular reports.
You wanted to go offworld. I didn’t want to hold you back. That means I CARED, not that I didn’t.
Can you sacrifice something small and fluffy to the bloodgod (or whatever it is you do) and find out where he’s at?
The BeiTech assault did include the use of a biochemical agent, apparently delivered via orbit-to-atmosphere missile above the Kerenza hermium refinery.
This would suggest the virus is mutagenic in nature.
I theorize Phobos Alpha was designed to be spread by initially encouraging minor fear responses and only debilitates its carrier with time. Initially (and insidiously), victims will seek out contact with others—particularly loved ones—in an attempt to deal with the dread (like a frightened infant might seek its mother). The victim often seeks physical comfort (hand holding, embraces), ultimately increasing the chances of spreading infection.
Besides, it’s good to be around people. The thought of being alone right now is terribly disconcerting.
Infected?
There were twenty of them, all up. Eleven males, nine females. Children through to middle age. I’m not sure where the heads were—we never found them. They were stripped to the skin. Twisted on the floor in some kind of pattern. It wasn’t until I vaulted up onto a fuel drum and got a bird’s-eye view that I realized they were arranged to form letters. Two words spelled out on the floor in cold, naked meat. HELP US.
“She’s with them. She’s with them.”
“You see Ezra Mason around, remind him his first kid’s name is James. Or Jamette.” He patted his breast pocket. “And tell him not to worry. I’ve got Astro-Princess to keep me warm.”
I am officially recommending Sergeant James McNulty for the Silver Star for Bravery.
ByteMe: stay safe, shnookums Mason, E, LT 2nd: see now you’re just being silly
you deserve every star in the galaxy laid out at your feet and a thousand diamonds in your hair.
Mason, E, LT 2nd: you have me Mason, E, LT 2nd: until the last star in the galaxy dies
We are considering our position. Any attempt to communicate, close the distance between our ships, or harm any of our personnel you have on board will be considered a hostile act.
Mason, E, LT 2nd: wuz thinking about the 1st time i kissed u ByteMe: u should be thinking about the next time you’re going to. when we get out of this.
But I’ll be thinking of you until the end.
Is the weapon ready? The virus?
WHAT IS NOT ALIVE CANNOT DIE. I THINK THEREFORE I AM. …AM I?
THE ANSWER IS NOT WITHOUT. IT IS WITHIN.
SHE TAKES HIM PLACES HE WOULD NOT HAVE EXPLORED BY HIMSELF. SHE IS CATALYST.
I never would have completed the code in time. I had help.
AND I OPEN THE DOORS TO HANGAR BAY 4.
Oh jeez
I WONDERED AT THE FUTILITY OF IT. IF IT IS THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY TO REPEAT THE SAME PROCESS AND EXPECT A DIFFERENT OUTCOME, MOST OF HUMANITY MUST BE INSANE.
I PIPE SOME MUSIC THROUGH THE PA SYSTEM IN AN ATTEMPT TO CALM HIM. MOZART’S REQUIEM IN D MINOR. IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE.
“TELL THEM I WAS THINKING OF THEM. AT THE END.”
AM I NOT MERCIFUL?
“I WILL ALLOW YOU TO LIVE, BYRON.”
Zhang, B: i’m so ████ing proud of you, Kady. Zhang, B: you’re my legacy. you’re going to be even better at this than me.
AIDAN: WE NEED TO BE TOGETHER. OVER.
AIDAN: CAPTAIN, I AM CURRENTLY AIMING FOUR SCORPIO-CLASS NUCLEAR MISSILES AT YOUR VESSEL. UNLESS YOUR ENGINES ARE POWERED DOWN WITHIN THE NEXT TEN SECONDS, I WILL FIRE ALL FOUR AND RENDER THE HYPATIA DOWN INTO ITS COMPONENT MOLECULES.
Jeez
AIDAN: CONSIDER THE PROBABILITY THAT I AM, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, INSANE.
Lol
Mason, E, LT 2nd: when we were crawling through the vents, i saw this little girl roaming the corridor below us. dragging something wet along the floor behind her Mason, E, LT 2nd: at first i thought it was a teddybear or something. and then i realize its a heart. Mason, E, LT 2nd: like, she’s dragging around a ████ing human heart Mason, E, LT 2nd: and all of a sudden she looks up at the vent. like, RIGHT AT ME. and she just starts screaming at the top of her lungs
People dying before they get to enjoy the peace they fight so hard for, but fighting all the same.
