It’s been too long since I recorded one of these. Useful to go back and interrogate my thoughts.

Power Block F needs repairs. One gas leak and the whole station goes up in flames. I’ll fix it myself, of course. Can’t trust anyone else to do the job right, or to survive if shit hits the proverbial fan.
Kyse would say I’m pushing myself too hard, as usual. Guess I’m lucky he can’t see me now.

Finished. Back to work.

Had an idea about the you-know-what. If we can intermix APSTX with the device Kyse left us, we might be able to scale it up a few metaphysical levels and really get things going. Can’t get ahold of the damn subject for a few weeks, though, and that’s being optimistic. The crew will have to make due with fine-tuning what we have already until schedules align.

Ordered No. 3 to make contact with the group he’s been so interested in. No. 1’s been telling me to execute first contact for cycles, but like hell am I getting myself stranded on some primitive backwater for cycles or years. Not when we’re this close to a breakthrough. Besides, 3 probably needs an excuse to get the philosophy out of his system.

Called it.

The work is proceeding slowly; too slowly. I directed the engineers in Bay 7 to move the timetable up, but they’ve hit roadblocks in the testing phase. The device fails to operate with subjects smarter than a rabbit. Something like Narrative interference field is getting in the way. So unless we’re going to turn ourselves into lagomorphs, it might as well be useless right now. If I could take a hands-on approach, the project would have been finished already, but the fucking shareholders insist on monopolizing all my time. I should direct No. 6 to handle it. Or just hurl them out the window myself and take my company back from those leeches.

APSTX is the key. I know it. I just know it. Miriam thinks so, too, but she’s not ready to test on sapient subjects yet when we don’t have any fucking results to show for our previous tests. We’ll see about that.

No. 5 is here. She’s apprehensive, but APSTX will have its way, and she knows it. I’ll go first, just to set her mind at ease. I’ve always wanted to know what stepping into the Void feels like.

Device is fully operational. End log.