_. _ __._ _ * _. . , _ . _. _ _ (_.(_)_) [ | )|(_. \/ (_)\_|(_](_](/, ._| ._| 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: 817 >> Strand - Initial commit 816 >> Reliance - OphDy Reliance - Distress signal 815 >> Extrasolar Outpost 037.b - Extrasolar Outpost 037.b - Message #018 814 >> astra-7 - farewell 813 >> Yume963 - Exit 812 >> Yume963 - Deema 811 >> Yume963 - Dome 810 >> Yume963 - The 2 suns 809 >> Yume963 - Day 2 808 >> Yume963 - first contact 807 >> Needle - Black box - 04 806 >> telitru - notci xi ci 805 >> Accipiter - MAINTENANCE REPORT 2517-04-24 804 >> USS Pathfinder - Captain Norton's Report 002 803 >> Extrasolar Outpost 037.b - Message #013 802 >> Extrasolar Outpost 037.b - Message #012 801 >> Extrasolar Outpost 037.b - Message 800 >> Extrasolar Outpost 037.b - Message #011 799 >> Exploration Base 003 - Message #3579 798 >> Extrasolar Outpost 037.b - Message #010