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+ Slantwise Convection + Status: 5 + Notes: +
+ MY: 2461 + AMS: -8M + +
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+ Lead Pilot Mandated Log Entry #1 +
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Log Entry Begins:
Arthen Damasatra making my first official log entry.
The ship began waking the crew yesterday. All is well. The first
thirty people have all been successfully woken. Records from the
interregnum show that crew members Argen and Tizara fulfilled their
roles in inspections successfully, we won't hear from them until
later, but they deserve their sleep.
The fears and worries of the Disaster Planners have all been for
naught, the ship is hale and unblemished, there is no apparent
damage to the craft, the computer systems are fully functional.
The deceleration burn records show that all went precisely as
planned, we are on course for our final orbital insertion.
We have examined the sails in preparation for their deployment, all
is within expected parameters. We hope to begin the unfurling
before AMS -6M, once we get close enough to the star for them to
make deployment worthwhile.
:Log Entry Ends
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+ Slantwise Convection + Status: 5 + Notes: +
+ MY: 2461 + AMS: -8M + +
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+ Lead Pilot Personal Log Entry #1 +
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Just completed the first mandated log!
I am so tired. We have been working flat-out since yesterday.
I must stop saying that! Correction: We have been working flat out
for nearly ninety-thousand seconds. Ship time is seconds!
The ship is dark, cold, and quiet - its a relief to get to our
designated locations, full of warmth and light. The air mixers and
the heating systems all worked "within parameters" but that just
means most places won't kill you immediately. Thousands of years,
Billions of Seconds, of a vacuum doesn't just end.
The others are adjusting in various ways, I am forbidden to write
of this in my official logs, that's for the doc and the header, I'm
just the driver! Some seem spooked about the dark. There are noises
as the ship settles into its new mode, as the external skin slowly
begins to heat.
I talked with Bartik, he's been reviewing the Wakers' logs - none
of the systems they lived through were useful, Scalding Hot
Jupiters with useless moons, one had usable planets but ridiculous
stellar instability. Barty says that the computer claims this
system will be our new home, 99.8% confidence.
That's why we're here, and Barty is watching videos instead of
prepping for scans. We don't even know what this system is yet,
what constellation we're hiding in!
I just wish we could see it for ourselves. We won't even have
external cams for the next three weeks - ~2M Seconds - and that's
IF we can get the sails out as soon as we complete the insertion
burn. But for now we're flying blind, drawn onwards by the
implacability of maths and Sir Isaac's scribblings.
We are excited, but we are nervous, scared, and busy. So busy.
I'm going to grab some sleep, and will send this along with the
Mandated Log.
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