_. _ __._ _ * _. . , _ . _. _ _ (_.(_)_) [ | )|(_. \/ (_)\_|(_](_](/, ._| ._| Humanity has expanded to the stars. Earth is a distant memory. We journey into the darkness not in a great migration--as many thought--but in small communities, drifting far and traveling at relativistic speeds, dividing from each other by unfathomable distance and time. Our only connections are the thin tethers of the Quantum Entanglement Communicator (QEC). These precarious devices bridge the vast distances with near-instantaneous communication, but provide only enough bandwidth to the ancient relay hub for simple, plain-text messaging. Here are the annals of Relay Station 001, housed at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L4 in the SOL system. Found within are the records of transmissions from the oldest and farthest flung ships to have left Earth of old. These are pen-pal letters, reports, updates, cries for help, and calls into the darkness. What is delivered to the system is unfiltered. Some of it is intelligible. For some, common language has drifted too far for clear translation. Due to time-debt of relativistic travel, dates of individual reports may not coincide linearly between ships. Records are stored chronologically as received at RS001 from each expedition. ---------------------------------------------------------------- | / \ cosmic.voyage is a tilde community based / _ \ around a collaborative science-fiction |.o '.| universe. Users write stories as the people |'._.'| aboard ships, colonies, and outposts, using | | the only remaining free, interconnected ,'| | |`. network that unites the dispersed peoples of / | | | \ the stars. |,-'--|--'-.| ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> How to Join Cosmic Voyage >> Complete Transmission Log >> Ships, Colonies, Outposts >> RSS Feed >> Atom Feed Most recent log entries: 947 >> Interstellar Monitoring Station 142 - TRANSMISSION HASH ERROR 946 >> Galactic Federation - GNA Budget Cuts 945 >> Galactic Federation - WSean Wins the Facts Fight 944 >> GSS-14 Rangefinder - [ECHO] Automated Telemetry Packet 000 943 >> SEC-UNIT-1827 - [TOPSECRET] Re: Helios-5 Status Update? 942 >> Helios-5 Outpost - [ECHO] Automated Planetary Info Broadcast - 000 941 >> Zephyria - [ECHO] Automated Planetary Info Broadcast - 000 940 >> Zephyria - [ECHO] Automated Planetary Message Broadcast - 000 939 >> The Cosmic Compass Radio - Transmission 543233333435334345540a 938 >> W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000027 937 >> arcane - sunday.log 936 >> morrigan - day 14254.log 935 >> bicycle - re: Weekly Menu 934 >> bicycle - Weekly Menu 933 >> bicycle - Weekly Menu 932 >> W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000026 931 >> W3bK3rN3l Radio - wbknl-000025 930 >> Merak Colony - TQC Burst 0001 929 >> GSS-14 Rangefinder - AUTOMATED BLACK BOX ECHO 003 928 >> GSS-28 Voyager - AUTOMATED BLACK BOX ECHO 003