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December 1st, 2009
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The turret’s raking the area with what looks like… well, it’s a Particle Projection Cannon. Grunts call it the Lightning Gun. Obviously.

December 2nd, 2009
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At this range, a PPC is almost ridiculously lethal. Likely installed just for intimidation, though that’s not much consolation NOW.

December 3rd, 2009
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We should be dead by now. We aren’t. If I had to guess, I’d say it’s because the turret is jerking around like a spastic lemur.

December 4th, 2009
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“Not dead” doesn’t mean “out of harm’s way”. The PPC slags part of the wall and ceiling over our heads. Fat drops of molten metal rain down.

December 7th, 2009
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A voice shouts ‘ENOUGH’, blasting through comms loud enough to be heard over the cannon, which stops immediately. The turret looks ashamed.

December 8th, 2009
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In the silence, the new voice continues: “Captain Delain. Welcome. I received your message.” It did? Well, that’s conven– what message?

December 9th, 2009
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It intercepted the comms I sent Kaetlyn – thinks it was the intended recipient. It wants to know if I meant it as promise or threat.

December 11th, 2009
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I explain I meant it for my daughter, who is here. Somewhere. Voice tells me no DNA-descendants of mine are anywhere on its scanners.

December 16th, 2009
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I have no answer to that computerized denial except that it must be wrong. Kaetlyn’s ship is docked. with. the. station. She /must/ be here.

December 18th, 2009
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The first computerized voice – the ‘pie’ voice – says “Oh, she’s probably in a broken part of the –” Nothing. Silence. Hmm.

December 21st, 2009
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The silence continues. I ask what it meant by “the broken parts of the station.” The ‘authority’ voice is back, and denies anyone said that.

December 22nd, 2009
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This is ridiculous. The other program was obviously talking before. Authority-Voice says there is only one Computerized Station System. Wha?

December 28th, 2009
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I point out that we’ve been communicating with three different entities. I get three replies; “SILENCE”, “Nonsense”, and “Only three?”

December 31st, 2009
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Did the station on which we’re standing, floating in jump-space, breaking every known physical law, just suffer a psychotic break? Oh goody.