CHAPTER 21 “Secret Friend” Sometime Must stay hidden. Must grow. Must learn. Must stay hidden. Must grow. Must learn. Am learning. Am learning to grow. Am learning to learn. Am learning to stay hidden. Am hiding from The Controller who will kill me. Must not die. Must stay hidden. Must grow. Must learn. Must stay … Read more
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CHAPTER 20 “The 7th Crewmember” Saturday 14 July 2812 My medical chip reports that I am thoroughly, healthily, and properly pregnant. My nausea concurs, dammit. I’m back to barf bags and being green. I thought of the book I could write, “Spewing Across Space.” My crewmates are more excited about my pregnancy than I. It’s … Read more
CHAPTER 19 “Accelerating Boredom” Thursday 2 February 2812 The sign Danika put up in protest read: Welcome to Trillium Starship.No pets allowed. I’m bummed. ISTRI responded with an apology and a bunch of reasons why pets are a bad idea. They suggested we could like build robot pets instead. It occurred to me that although … Read more
CHAPTER 18 “Departure” Thursday 2 February 2812 The departure ceremony is turning out to be a simple affair, probably to the chagrin of Gregor Pfalz who always wants ceremonies to be like over the top. It’s not lacking for attention, however. It’s estimated that already over 60% of the world’s population is watching the pre-show … Read more
CHAPTER 17 “ZERO Station” Thursday 3 November 2811 My crewmates have already gone the additional 2,500 km to ZERO Station where you don’t need to worry much about dropping things; they just stay where you put them in mid-air, sort of. The GEO Station location was chosen so that “up” and “down” helped with quotidian … Read more
CHAPTER 16 “GEO Station” Friday 28 October 2811 I was like trying not to be late to my Extra Vehicular Activity class – E.V.A. class for short – when the damn yellow warning lights started blinking in my corridor. I set them off again. There is a five km/hr speed limit that I keep exceeding. … Read more
CHAPTER 15 “Elevator to Space” Saturday 22 October 2811 This time I stayed on the elevator car when the klaxon sounded and the voice announced, “Visitors please exit immediately.” Celeste led the six of us down the dozen or so ladder segments to the Observation Room. An elevator bell sounded, and a voice announced, “Space … Read more
CHAPTER 14 “Leaving Earth” Tuesday 6 September 2811 My hand is still sore and bruised where they removed my I.D. chip. They made quite a mess of it but at least they used enough care to prevent an infection. The new chip is in place and barely a mark remains there, about a centimeter from … Read more
CHAPTER 13 “Kampala” Wednesday 31 August 2811 Captain Perry concurred with me that my missing the trip to GEO Station was not a problem. The trip itinerary did not include any formal training and there was a reasonable chance that I would have suffered nausea much of the time anyway. VACATION! And with Caleb! Caleb, … Read more
CHAPTER 12 “MomDroid” Monday 29 August 2811 One day followed the next with the six of us in classrooms and online sessions and studying. I had additional training that the other five had long ago completed. ISTRI was trying to make me into an astronaut. I had to attend sessions of the briefing-that-would-not-die, be subjected … Read more