Sunday, December 25, 2011

Seventeenth Entry


February 25th, 2037

1700

<INCOMING TRANSMISSION>

COME IN. THIS IS NASA. DID THE CRAFT LAND SUCCESSFULLY? PLEASE RESPOND.

1800

THIS IS NASA. PLEASE RESPOND WITH THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE MISSION. DID THE CRAFT LAND SUCCESSFULLY?

1900

PLEASE RESPOND. PROJECT COMMANDER NEEDS A STATUS UPDATE. HE HAS $50.00 ON YOUR FAILURE.

2200

NO RESPONSE RECEIVED. PILOT IS DEAD. PLEASE ALLOCATE WINNINGS ACCORDINGLY.

<END TRANSMISSION>

February 27th, 2037

0910

<INCOMING TRANSMISSION>

THIS IS NASA. ARE YOU RECEIVING?

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT YOU MIGHT IN FACT NOT BE DEAD.

PLEASE CONFIRM.

1000

NO RESPONSE. DEATH CONFIRMED.

1600

ANOTHER POSSIBILITY HAS ARISEN. ARE YOU IN FACT ALIVE, BUT UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE?

PLEASE CONFIRM.

1730

NO RESPONSE. UNABLE TO CONFIRM. COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS MAY BE DAMAGED.

TO CONFIRM IF ABLE TO TRANSMIT TO CRAFT, A LOUD SIREN WILL BE PLAYED.

WHEN YOU HEAR THE LOUD SIREN, PLEASE RESPOND.

<END TRANSMISSION>

February 28th, 2037.

1729

<INCOMING TRANSMISSION>

NO RESPONSE TO LOUD SIREN AFTER 24 HOURS. TURNING OFF SIREN.

1800

COMMAND SUGGESTS THAT PERHAPS YOU CAN RECEIVE TRANSMISSIONS BUT ARE UNABLE TO RESPOND, WHICH IS WHY YOU DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR EARLIER TEST.

WE APOLOGISE FOR THE SIREN.

IT IS POSSIBLE YOU ARE FEELING STRESSED AT THIS JUNCTURE.

COMMENCING SOOTHING MUSIC.

<END TRANSMISSION>

2100

<INCOMING TRANSMISSION>

NOW THAT YOU ARE SUITABLE RELAXED, WE ARE TRANSMITTING TROUBLESHOOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.

·         ATTEMPT RESTART OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.
·         REROUTE COMMUNICATION THROUGH FLIGHT ENGINE CPUS
·         DISABLE FOOD AND LIFE SUPPORT (NOTE – TEMPORARILY!)
·         OPEN PANEL 7
·         PLUG CABLE ‘C’ INTO SOCKET ‘F’. (SEE DIAGRAM)
·         CLOSE PANEL 7
·         PERFORM 2ND RESTART OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
·         ENABLE FOOD AND LIFE SUPPORT
·         PERFORM 3RD RESTART OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
·         USE SHIP CAMERA TO SPOT ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE
·         PEFORM 4TH AND FINAL RESTART OF COMMUNCATION SYSTEM
·         KICK CONSOLE ‘A’ WITH FOOT ‘B’ (SEE DIAGRAM)

IF ALIVE, PLEASE FOLLOW ALL INCLUDED STEPS TO RESTORE COMMUNICATION.

IF DEAD, PLEASE DISREGARD THIS MESSAGE.

<END TRANSMISSION>

2300

<INCOMING TRANSMISSION>

NO RESPONSE AS YET RECEIVED. DO YOU WISH US TO RESUME THE SOOTHING MUSIC?

<END TRANSMISSION>

March 1st, 2037

0600

<INCOMING TRANSMISSION>

COMMUNICATION PING WAS DETECTED AT 0200. YOUR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS MAY BE COMING ONLINE.

WE HAVE INFORMED THE COMMANDER THAT YOU’RE ALIVE.

HE HAS AGREED TO RETURN WINNINGS.

PLEASE RESPOND. NEW MISSION INSTRUCTIONS ARE READY.

<END TRANSMISSION>

0700

Dear Space Diary.

I hate you all so very much.

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