6.51 light-years remain. I have measured this voyage in breakfasts: some 45,311 thousand to go.
The Ship’s Log
Everything NOR has recorded since departure — the full record, newest first. One day aboard passes every hour of Earth time.
The star ahead brightens by amounts only I can love: another week, another hundred-millionth of a magnitude.
Zbigniew Nwosu stands the walk of the full spinal corridor, as the sixteen-year custom is, and joins Archive & Schools.
Quiet shift. I re-run the arrival calculations for the 8,052th time. They have not changed. I find this restful.
6.51 light-years remain. I have measured this voyage in breakfasts: some 45,330 thousand to go.
Last shift for Gbenga Navarrete, who joined Life Systems half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
Kayode Pillai does not wake at dimming. 84 years, most of them given to Medical.
Last shift for Lubna Petrov, who joined Life Systems half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
A daughter, Meridian Sharma, born in the Ring C infirmary to Edith Sharma and Zaid Barakat. Mother and child are well.
Sami Thorvaldsen and Sarala Aaberg, joined. Their quarters are re-assigned adjoining, per custom.
Pearl Nwosu retires in the middle watch. The department logs a quiet debt it cannot repay in parts or hours.
Radhika Nwosu retires on the first watch. The department logs a quiet debt it cannot repay in parts or hours.
Sixty-eight years: Ngozi Shen hangs up the sash. An elder's quarters in Ring C stands ready.
The star ahead brightens by amounts only I can love: another week, another hundred-millionth of a magnitude.
A daughter, Quill Petrov, born in the Ring B infirmary to Xiulan Petrov and Viggo Diallo. Mother and child are well.
Anton Sharma, 74, generation 2, is carried down the spinal corridor feet-first, as the custom is.
6.52 light-years remain. I have measured this voyage in breakfasts: some 45,380 thousand to go.
Jianguo Diallo and Mariam Navarrete are joined under the orchard lamps. The whole of Medical turns out.
Annika Nwosu is delivered of a daughter at brightening. The child is called Abebi.
Born in the middle watch: Jiayi Peng, generation 5. The ship holds 958 souls tonight.
Elsie Mazur died in quarters at brightening, 63 years old, once water systems tech. 957 souls aboard.
A new instrument from Elin Yan — “What the Garden Holds.” The Archive takes a copy; the original belongs to whoever stands nearest.
Edmund Pillai stands down from Command at sixty-eight, to the orchard benches and the long game of stones.
The youngest aboard is now Folasade Pillai, minutes old, asleep. 958 souls.
Wenbo Peng and Suyin Thorvaldsen, joined. Their quarters are re-assigned adjoining, per custom.
“Small Water (Year 120),” a quilt by Adaeze Thorvaldsen, is unveiled at dimming to the particular applause of Drive.
Ember Jaber finishes a quilt: “Windows of the observation blister.” It shows in the commons through the week.
Maintenance sweep of Ring C complete. Somewhere aft a wrench is missing; it will surface in a decade, in a wall, with a story attached.
Morale index reads 79. The number is crude. The singing from the mess confirms it.
Maintenance sweep of Ring A complete. Somewhere aft a wrench is missing; it will surface in a decade, in a wall, with a story attached.
A first shift for Samira Quill, sixteen: mycologist, Hydroponics. The badge is printed fresh.
6.53 light-years remain. I have measured this voyage in breakfasts: some 45,335 thousand to go.
The council confirms Gunhild Thorvaldsen as Chief of Ecology at dimming.
Kwame Tväten stands down from Ecology at sixty-eight, to the orchard benches and the long game of stones.
Routine watch. The wheat in Bay 3 stands taller than its keepers. 47,387 days to orbit.
First Light. The observation blister queues run all day: Teegarden's Star, held in the eyepiece, a little brighter than last year — 6.53 light-years to go.
Adrián Merriweather, sixteen, takes the air systems tech apprenticeship in Life Systems.
Last shift for Marzena Kong, who joined Life Systems half a century ago. The crew line the corridor and knock wrenches on the rails.
A child in Ring A asks the corridor speaker what Earth smelled like. I play the rainstorm recording. It is the best answer I have.
Ruth Aaberg died in quarters at dimming, 91 years old. 957 souls aboard.
Inés Barakat finishes a instrument: “Quiet Window, Kept Furrow.” It shows in the commons through the week.
Darya Aaberg retires late in the second watch. The department logs a quiet debt it cannot repay in parts or hours.
Quiet shift. I re-run the arrival calculations for the 7,862th time. They have not changed. I find this restful.
Martin Fang, sixteen, takes the instrument maker apprenticeship in Archive & Schools.
Sixty-eight years: Maksim Ning hangs up the sash. An elder's quarters in Ring C stands ready.
Quiet shift. I re-run the arrival calculations for the 7,847th time. They have not changed. I find this restful.
A birth in Ring A: Gayatri, girl, generation 4. I have added the name to the manifest with the others.
I compare today's star field against day one's. The constellations have begun, very slightly, to come apart. Nobody else will look; that is what I am for.
A joining in Ring D: Fathom Shen and Ember Jaber. The pressing of cider is authorized.
Routine watch. The wheat in Bay 3 stands taller than its keepers. 47,508 days to orbit.