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SOURCE:         Hopes and Expectations
PRIORITY:       LOW (4)
METHOD:         QEC SUBSYSTEM (CONNECTED)
ENCODING:       PLAINTEXT

SHIP CLASS:     HSS TYPE B CARGO HAULER
ENGINES:        4x HSS 'STARGAZER' ION-THRUSTERS
                1x HSS 'TRINITY' METHALOX ENGINE
				         
ARMAMENTS:      2x ORBITAS PULSE-LASER EMITTERS
		 
REACTOR STATUS: NOMINAL
FUEL RESERVE:   62%
LAST BURN:      16 HOURS AGO
 
COMPUTER:       OPERATIONAL
			 
CREW:           1
						 
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I've been out in the void for about.. a week now. Only the occassional creak
from the hull flexing, and the continual thrum of the reactor and attitude
engines to keep me company. I've been listening to music of course, I've got
quite the archive of files from the old times. Before we spread, before we
seeded these stars.

Running laps around the ship keeps me occupied, that and playing the odd game
of chess against the computer to keep my brain stimulated. I find exercise
helps a lot with the solitude. So far the journey has been uneventful, nothing
much to report.

You may be wondering where I'm headed. To be honest, that's.. part of the
journey, for me. I don't know where I'm headed, or what I'm doing. I know what
I'm doing in a literal sense; I know how to pilot and maintain a ship, and I
have plenty of supplies. In terms of where I want to go however, well..
wherever my heart takes me, I guess.

Maybe I'll settle down on a warm sunny beach on some distant world, build a
treehouse in a jungle that envelops an entire planet, or plunge my craft
beneath an ocean and live like a fish. Who knows, the options are all on the
table.

Right now I'm setting course for a distant star system. It's got a habitable
world that looks like it has some ore on it, so hopefully I can fuel both myself
and my ship.

I'm a long way from home. There are no spare parts, no stations to dock and
resupply, and not a soul out here aside from myself.

Maybe I'll find an alien, wouldn't that be funny?

.. actually I'd rather not entertain the thought.

    - Markus

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EMBEDDED DATA:  NONE

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