A son, Walid Thorvaldsen, born in the Ring C infirmary to Efua Thorvaldsen and Rashid Kellaway. Mother and child are well.
The Ship’s Log
Everything NOR has recorded since departure — the full record, newest first. One day aboard passes every hour of Earth time.
Halley Northam, sixteen, takes the irrigation tech apprenticeship in Hydroponics.
The youngest aboard is now Joaquín Thorvaldsen, minutes old, asleep. 701 souls.
Bernardo Mansour, sixteen, takes the water systems tech apprenticeship in Life Systems.
Jamila Maalouf does not wake on the first watch. 90 years, most of them given to Medical.
A child in Ring D asks the corridor speaker what Earth smelled like. I play the rainstorm recording. It is the best answer I have.
Nora Jaber is delivered of a daughter late in the second watch. The child is called Efua.
Sixteen years for Qasim Ning, who signs to Fabrication on the night watch and is given a locker, a sash, and a schedule.
A first shift for Yaling Zhao, sixteen: drive engineer, Drive. The badge is printed fresh.
Katarzyna Vasiliev, 94, generation 0, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Sixteen years for Oluwadamilola Navarrete, who signs to Fabrication in the middle watch and is given a locker, a sash, and a schedule.
Born on the night watch: Yash Tväten, generation 3. The ship holds 701 souls tonight.
Two names braided on the manifest tonight: Vasili and Jiayi. The commons sings late.
Born late in the second watch: Jiayi Merriweather, generation 3. The ship holds 700 souls tonight.
Lumen Nwosu chooses Hydroponics — or it chooses her; the elders disagree cheerfully.
Dominika Thorvaldsen finishes a tale-cycle: “What the Signal Carries.” It shows in the commons through the week.
Two names braided on the manifest tonight: Arne and Yamini. The commons sings late.
“Windows of Year 65,” a tale-cycle by Hassan Pillai, is unveiled on the night watch to the particular applause of Command.
The hull ticks as it cools into the long night. Year 65, and I still log it faithfully: ticking, nominal.
The hull ticks as it cools into the long night. Year 65, and I still log it faithfully: ticking, nominal.
Born on the first watch: Clara Barakat, generation 3. The ship holds 699 souls tonight.
A son, Teodoro Thorvaldsen, born in the Ring B infirmary to Catalina Thorvaldsen and Mateo Mansour. Mother and child are well.
Vernon Eastwood, 86, generation 0, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
The schools release Qiaoyun Barakat to Ecology. Generation 3 takes up its tools.
A birth in Ring B: Tarun, boy, generation 4. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
Born on the first watch: Guowei Valdivia, generation 3. The ship holds 697 souls tonight.
Two names braided on the manifest tonight: Leonard and Florence. The commons sings late.
Abena Nwosu and Juniper Orellana name their son Juniper. The nursery lamps stay warm.
A son, Zhihao Nwosu, born in the Ring A infirmary to Maja Nwosu and Gilbert Quaye. Mother and child are well.
9.80 light-years remain. I have measured this voyage in breakfasts: some 46,813 thousand to go.
Green across the board: Comms Array holds after 1 weeks of work. Spares were spent; Fabrication is notified.
A joining in Ring C: Lakshman Ouyang and Raisa Merriweather. The pressing of cider is authorized.
9.80 light-years remain. I have measured this voyage in breakfasts: some 46,817 thousand to go.
A birth in Ring A: Aster, boy, generation 3. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
Comms Array goes down. I reroute what can be rerouted and wake who must be woken.
First Light festival. The children are lifted to the eyepiece one by one to see where they are going.
The manifest shortens by one: Signe Ulriksen, 89 years. 1 children carry the line on.
A son, Emeka Petrov, born in the Ring B infirmary to Gunhild Petrov and Bernard Ashworth. Mother and child are well.
Sixteen years for Temitope Yan, who signs to Archive & Schools in the middle watch and is given a locker, a sash, and a schedule.
Morale index reads 70. The number is crude. The singing from the mess confirms it.
A birth in Ring C: Sundiata, boy, generation 3. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
Census check: 692 souls, 279 of them children. The manifest balances to the person, as it must.
A daughter, Maja Aaberg, born in the Ring B infirmary to Ananya Aaberg and Gbenga Fossum. Mother and child are well.
A birth in Ring D: Vega, boy, generation 3. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
After 100 years, Nadia Najjar has let go. Remembrance in the Ring B commons at next dimming.
I dim the corridor lights a shade for Ludmila Ostrowski, 90. It is little enough.
Catalina Barrientos, 83, generation 0, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Sami Yacoub, 95, generation 0, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
Shanta Jaber is delivered of a daughter on the first watch. The child is called Meridian.
The youngest aboard is now Rotimi Nwosu, minutes old, asleep. 693 souls.