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"Atmospheric engines are online, Captain." JUNO announced. "One moment, Sir... I have detected a potential error in the ship's cybernetic command interpreter subsystems. Further analysis indicates a control latency period in remote access mode, …
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@Quantum_Anomaly: Thanks!
That is precisely the effect I was trying to achieve. I would have preferred the track to segue straight in to Echoes, but… -
We're trying to be good tenants here. Our departure will be a wee bit more sedate than your average starship launch. Technically, we could simply crank up the atmospheric drive and take off like a overgrown seaplane, but that's no way to quit a …
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ZERO HOUR.
We are Borealis.
The transition itself was barely noticeable by the reckoning of a human mind, although I did sense a brief span of discontinuity as my consciousness connected with the ship and my cre… -
Happy New Year to you all!
Yes, I know I'm a total slacker. You can blame the Aussie summer for that.
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T-Minus 16 hours.
Héloise and I managed to slip away from the ceilidh without too much fuss. After all the speeches had been made, the colonists rightly claimed this night as their own. We returned to our quarters and sp… -
Damn Polyakov.
If there's any justice left in this lousy 'Verse, Polyakov and his crew of scumbags are suffering an eternity of torment. For one fleeting second, I found myself fervently wishing that Hell actually existed. Fully stock… -
"That is correct. I am the JUNO entity assigned to monitor and control all critical systems aboard Borealis. Even though the command crew are fully capable of assuming control in an emergency, it is deemed more efficient to have a dedicated…
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Scarcely a heartbeat away from utter pandemonium, JUNO's hologram appeared on the bridge.
"Anya... Don't. Please step away from that console."
Anya froze at JUNO's terse command, her trembling hand poised above the master a… -
Hi everyone.
I apologise for taking so long between story updates. Just started a new job, and the commute is a killer.
It's a damn good job, though. in 'BOREALIS RISING' - A Subnautica Story V2.0. Comment by Bugzapper September 2018 -
T-minus 12 days.
The colonists have settled down to shipboard life with a minimum of fuss. At this stage in our pre-launch preparations, most of the activity in and around Borealis is concerned with loading material reclaimed fro… -
In the spirit of fair play, various rites and rituals took place after the official christening of Borealis. Some were cultural in nature, others had their basis in ancient faiths. A fairly representative sample of Belter belief systems, al…
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Three possible explanations... 1. Cave Crawlers have a free-swimming larval stage. They find their way to the floating islands and use them for shelter until they metamorphose into their land-dwelling form. 2. The Precursor por… -
Kids. They really do say the damnedest things.
In recognition of their immense contribution to the construction effort, I let the colonists decide who would christen Borealis. After all, it's going to be as much their home as o… -
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Fixed. (Good thing I'm not writing in the style of ee cummings, eh?)
Ah, the manifold joys of running a live-to-air serial."Well, that's our bit over and done with." I said cheerfully. "It's about time we headed topside."
The crowd had gravitated toward the island's west end during the launch, leaving us to saunter the full length of the landing platform w…Another milestone has passed. Borealis is ready to leave her construction gantry.
I conjure this is the most appropriate time to christen the hull, officially marking her first day in what I trust will be a long and highly distin…One final detail requires my immediate attention.
As far as we can determine, Damocles won't be crumbling apart any time in the foreseeable future. The detonation shockwave propagated poorly in the planet's thin atmosphere, barel…Well, that was impressive.
Damocles flared like the proverbial Thousand Suns as all eight bombs detonated simultaneously. Total event duration, eight point seven-five seconds. As the incandescence faded, the planet's entire atmos…"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans."
Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Fact: If the world's oceans die, we have roughly 50 years to regret that we killed them. …Cutty Sark hung motionless, precisely 85 kilometres above the surface of Damocles. As it turned out, my decision to launch immediately after assembling the bombs appears to have been uncannily prescient. Admittedly, I did have a fa…Ever heard of a substance called hafnium-178m2?
Until quite recently, neither have I.
I'm aware of plain old hafnium, a silvery transition metal with a close chemical similarity to zirconium. Element 72, Hf on the Periodic T…Last stop on Radka's grand tour of The Broch just happened to be our Advanced Projects lab. Gauged by her involuntary gasp as the bulkhead doors parted, I'd wager she's moderately impressed by what's in here. Haven't quite got around to tid…"Pan. Pan. Pan. Skull Island ATC to TCS Porkchop Express. Urgent weather advisory. Supercell front ETA our position, less than sixty seconds. Ceiling is currently 1100 metres, visibility less than 100 metres at sea level. Anticipat…@TigerTom: He wanted to keep the tourists guessing where the 20-metre gorilla is hiding. in 'BOREALIS RISING' - A Subnautica Story V2.0. Comment by Bugzapper May 2018@the_mariner: I honestly can't remember that far back. However, I do recall that the introduction of Torgaljin Corp opened up a sizeable can of worms.
That too…@the_mariner: My original plan for Aurora Falls was that the plot could be modified as Subnautica evolved. Bear in mind that I started writing this yarn when t…(Quote)
No problem at all. I certainly appreciate your enthusiastic response to The Aurora Chronicles so far.
Fair warning; this story will be concluding fairly soon. There will be no more after Borealis is done.
…Lightning flared on the horizon, now darkening to an ominous steel-grey. A barely-audible mutter of thunder followed thirty seconds later. The storm front is only ten kilometres away, and we don't have the fluidic shield online yet. Placing the f…Well said, @Alrekr_Ironhand.
Couldn't have phrased it better myself. in 'BOREALIS RISING' - A Subnautica Story V2.0. Comment by Bugzapper May 2018