Stories tagged “captain's log”

  • Hobson's Shoes

    Captain’s Log, Day 8191 Ship operations were as normal as could be expected today. It feels weird writing that. I have this nagging feeling inside me, that I can’t live up to Hobson’s standards, but everybody else seems to have faith ...

  • Happy New Year

    Captain’s Log, Day 8191 For what it’s worth, Happy New Year. 34 L.E. Thirty-four years since the Earth blew itself to hell. How far we’ve come…almost a tenth of our journey, behind us… I for one am glad that Donald and the...

  • A Crack in the Wall

    Captain’s Log, Day 8211 Four in the morning. Four this accursed morning. I hear someone banging on my door and screaming “CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN!” at the top of his lungs. It was almost like a scene out of one of those old movies. Nobody ma...

  • Tin Can

    Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8247 Earlier I said everything went to hell. I was wrong. Everything went to hell today. The verdict was announced and a truly massive riot broke out outside the rec hall, where deliberations were taking place. Jus...

  • Father Returns

    Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8249 Can this get any worse? I was reviewing the recycling logs for two days ago when I noticed the numbers didn’t add up. This was a substantial error, too—not just one kilogram, or two kilograms…...

  • Killing the Spider

    Captain’s Log, Ship’s Day 8251 We did it. We finally did it. We killed Tertius. We busted into the cafeteria at about 0300 hours, using various pieces of pipes and paneling as makeshift shields and weapons. Tertius was a fair bit surprised,...