<< BACK TO RS001 LOG ********************************************************************** _ _ _ __ ___ | |__ ( ) ___ | '_ \ / _ \| '_ \ |/ / __| | | | || __/| |_) | \__ \ |_| |_| \___||_.__/ |___/ _ _ _ __ __ _ __| |(_) ___ | '__| / _` | / _` || | / _ \ | | | (_| || (_| || || (_) | |_| \__,_| \__,_||_| \___/ _ _ ___ | |__ ___ __ __ / \ / __|| '_ \ / _ \ \ \ /\ / / / / \__ \| | | || (_) | \ V V / /\_/ |___/|_| |_| \___/ \_/\_/ \/ ********************************************************************** **** FROM: neb.symmons @ ases voyager **** SUBJECT: Lunch **** Transcript for QEC generated on: 2330.04.18 @ 21:13 (local time) by Aster, Neb's AI companion! ********************************************************************** **** BEGIN TRANSCRIPT Good evening, folks. Well, it's evening for me, at least. Who knows what time looks like in your part of the universe. Everyone on board has been talking about the leak in the core sector for the past two days. Some people are worried that it signals the start of the end, and that different parts of the ship are going to break one after another until something important stops working and we all die. That's a bit too morbid for me. The Ases Voyager certainly isn't a new ship, but it was designed to last for centuries. We have minor disasters every once in a while, but that's just a normal part of living in space. Most people are carrying around a healthy amount of worry about the whole situation. After all, we don't have big exciting events that often. Some equipment was damaged, but nothing too important was lost. The engine itself was apparently unscathed, but I couldn't really get much information about that. That reminds me - I had lunch with Corinna yesterday. It was nice to catch up with her. She doesn't talk to Mom or Dad as often as I do, so I filled her in on the interesting things our parents have been up to. Dad has gotten really into hydroponics lately, and he's helping out in the gardens when he can. Mom is leading another big software project, naturally. She works in a different part of the engineering sector than I do, but I still drop by and say hello every once in a while. The Ases is large enough for people to grow up and become independent, but it's small enough that you'll run into your family more often than you expect. Corinna is the exception, I suppose. She's been more withdrawn lately. I tried asking her how things were going at work and how her friends were doing, but she just kept giving me the same old terse answers. "Everything's great." "My friends are doing well." "No, I haven't been out much lately, what are people into these days?" The last one isn't really something Corinna said, but it was certainly similar. I should convince Mara to drag her to a movie or something. I know it's a little awkward because they're ex-girlfriends and all, but I'm pretty sure they're still friends? The strangest part of it all was how cagey Corinna got when I started asking her questions about the core. I know she was exhausted from the night before, but I don't think that's why. She loves working in the core sector. She told me once that it combined all of her favorite parts of engineering. And Corinna isn't talkative, but she used to talk about her work more often. I'm kind of worried about her. I'll let her rest, though. She definitely needs it. Hopefully she'll feel better next week and I can ask her more questions about the core during lunch. For some reason, I just can't get it out of my head. I realized that I really don't know that much about the Ases Voyager's engine. It seems like an interesting branch of engineering to get involved in. For now, I need to go to sleep. Maybe tomorrow I'll see what information the library has about the core. Stay curious, friends. Goodnight. **** END TRANSCRIPT **********************************************************************