Journal Entry 120 / 0413 OUTSIDE: There is a strong preference on this ship for the forward lounge, and I suppose that's normal, being an exploration vessel.Journal Entry 120 / 0413 OUTSIDE: There is a strong preference on this ship for the forward lounge, and I suppose that's normal, being an exploration vessel. Most people prefer to look ahead, to where they're going, to watch the stars approach and fly by. But me? At the moment, I'd rather sit in the aft lounge. It's emptier, the bartender less busy, and the music a little more subdued. Besides, we're two days out of Pendor, and Ian is taking it a little more slowly than usual. He's cautious, but more than that he knows that in two days all this that has been built on his ship will end. 1107 people crammed into a microscopic society, much of us very dependent upon the decisions Ian, Wendy, and the Engineering crew make. We depend on Wendy to make sure nobody does anything stupid, like double-cycle an airlock, or overcharge the carbon releases into the s-space fusion drives. |