Log entry nr. 45 I've spent over 50 days on this ship. I haven't been able to talk with anyone, and I'm getting a little lonely. I want to talk to somebody.
Alan stopped writing and went to the food storage to eat something.
On his way, he passed through one of the many battlefields. There were no bodies because Alan already threw them out of the ships.
Once he reached the kitchen, he looked to his left and saw the hibernation hall.
“Let's not get close. Ever again”.
Alan already flew in there once. He opened the hibernation pods and what greeted him were 200 brain-dead corpses.
It didn't smell bad because they were frozen, but 200 bodies flying out of their small pods broke the lonely Alan's mind.
He stopped thinking about this trauma-inducing experience and took a banana pudding from his food vault.
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Log entry nr. 72 I started reading physics and astronomy books. I found out that The Ship is probably inside a wormhole. This would explain why I can't see any stars, but that leaves an important question. Where will it throw me out?
After writing in his diary, Alan started shaving his three-month-old beard.
He got used to being alone inside The Ship, even finding comfort in the solitude.
— Let's train today. — He spoke his plans to himself and went to the gym.
Because of the weaker gravity, training wasn't very useful for anything except passing time.
Alan entered the room and started working out.
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Log entry nr. 125 Stars! They are so beautiful! I can see so many of them. When was the last time I saw stars? I can't even remember!
Alan was looking out of the window with his face pressing against it. He was like a child looking at a very expensive toy in a shop.
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They were the first stars Alan saw in over half a year. It made him cry from happiness.
— I can't just look at them. Maybe there is a way to go down on some planet? — He thought about the possibility of
Alan pushed himself off the ground and started flying toward the power room.
Because of the finite energy on the ship, most systems were turned off all the time.
He flipped a few switches on and went to the observation room.
It was at the other end of the ship, so he had to make a long trip.
Throughout the journey, he was very excited. He spent a very long time on The Ship and was getting bored. Now there was a chance to see the outside world.
Inside the room, there were many telescopes, and he used one of them to look around the ship. Alan saw that he is in the orbit of a planet. It was mostly light purple and had a small patch of green and gray.
He made the system analyze the planet and after around an hour, he found out that everything except the island was a pink fluid.
Just when he wanted to descend the ship, the lights went out and a message appeared on the nearest computer's screen.
MAIN BATTERY EMPTY Please leave the ship using an escape pod or charge the main battery immediately
This was the reason almost everything was turned off all day long. The battle from half a year ago destroyed a lot of The Ship's compartments.
One of them was the reactor room.
— I should pack my things.
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An hour later, Alan packed all the essential products and a few miscellaneous ones.
For example, he took his personal super-pistol and a few, OK, tens of magazines, all fitting in 50 2.3 mm bullets.
A badge of Sun Guardians, pined on his jacket, was giving off a beautiful shine. This was the last memorabilia left of his old team, and he would make sure it stays safe until the day he died.
But before he left The Ship, he made sure that there won't be any plastique dirtying the space.
Now, before him was his new life, and behind him was a giant explosion. It was a metaphor for intellectuals and a grand show for the common folks.
But for zharians, just 120 km under him, it was the greatest horror they ever experienced.