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Orestes is an outpost located on the planet PFG 70c in the HD219134 | |
planetary system. | |
It is serviced by the Arsinoe ship which orbits the system, | |
maintaining two additional outposts. | |
According to the inhabitants of the outpost, the ship has not been | |
heard from for two earth-years now. | |
The planet is desolate with a prolonged day/night cycle. Its | |
terrain is mountainous and rocky. Its only distinguishing feature, | |
and the reason for the existence of the Orestes outpost, are a | |
series of crystalline structures which populate a small portion of | |
its surface. | |
The base is manned by three members who will remain anonymous. | |
Systems maintenance and communications tasks are performed by the | |
Werner H. Young Terminal Emulator A.I. | |
NOTICE!! - For anyone coming across this old story and wondering | |
how it ends: | |
I've lost interest in this story. I wasn't too happy with its | |
direction so I stopped posting the entries on Cosmic Voyage. I've | |
uploaded the remainder of the story at the following locations: | |
https://spool-five.com/fiction/orestes/ | |
At the outset, I tried to imagine a story reminiscent of Tarkovsky | |
movies (Solaris and Stalker). There was going to be some kind of | |
communication between the planet and its inhabitants via | |
hallucinations. I didn't really pull it off though, I lost sight of | |
that goal. The rest of the entries are mostly in draft form, so if | |
you do want to see a rough sketch of the ending, go to one of the | |
locations listed above. | |
orestes - Ship Log | |
468 >> orestes - Still no signs of life | |
479 >> orestes - The last of the apples | |
485 >> orestes - Psychic Transmissions | |
492 >> orestes - Happy to be among them | |
497 >> orestes - I don't want to lose her now | |
507 >> orestes - Guest | |
521 >> orestes - Friend... | |
532 >> orestes - Lost time | |
540 >> orestes - Room | |
547 >> orestes - Gate openings | |
554 >> orestes - Gone girl | |
575 >> orestes - Moving on | |
576 >> orestes - Return | |
577 >> orestes - Olive | |
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