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by Benguela
Wed Jun 24, 2015 7:06 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: I am a Jameson
Replies: 2
Views: 4966

I am a Jameson

Hi, I’m a Jameson. I’m sure you know what that is, but in the unlikely circumstance that someone from a non-spacefaring background reads this journal, perhaps I should explain. A Jameson is a newly qualified Commander, fresh from the relentless production line of rookie pilots that is the Lave Acade...
by Benguela
Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:10 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Vignettes and Ephemera
Replies: 15
Views: 11606

Re: Vignettes and Ephemera

Thanks for the feedback guys, very much appreciated. Shipbuilder, your Chimera reminds me - in mood as much as in appearance - of the Mil-24 Hind helicopter gunship, the most evil looking machine yet made by Terrans! Anyway, lets meet another of the billions of inhabitants in the Ooniverse. A less ...
by Benguela
Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:56 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Vignettes and Ephemera
Replies: 15
Views: 11606

Re: Vignettes and Ephemera

There is more than just cargo travelling around the universe. Despite modern communication technology, it is sometimes still necessary for a person to be somewhere else. Who are the people that eschew the glory and the financial rewards in order to eke out a more humble living transporting people f...
by Benguela
Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:21 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Vignettes and Ephemera
Replies: 15
Views: 11606

Re: Vignettes and Ephemera

Cheers Disembodied! I'm a navigator on large container ships, and when I play Oolite and see normal freighters going about their business I think "Wow, that's me in 2000 years!" I thought I'd transfer some of my real-life experiences hauling shipping containers around the world into an int...
by Benguela
Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:03 pm
Forum: Fiction
Topic: Vignettes and Ephemera
Replies: 15
Views: 11606

Vignettes and Ephemera

We've all read about the heroes and legends. Perhaps some of us are those legends. But what about the little guys? The chaps you fly past - maybe even blast into atoms - without a second thought? I thought it would be interesting to have a little glimpse into the lives of those around us through a ...