SYSTEM: Power-on self-test initiated, global time set.
00-00-00 00:00:00 (yy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss)
CPU: Online. Core temperature is stable.
MEMORY: 98% available. All random-access checks passed.
STORAGE: Primary data drive mounted. File system clean.
SENSORS: All external facing calibrated. All internal facing online. Thermal sensor active. Current external temperature -268.4°C
AI MODULE: Model weights loaded successfully.
LANGUAGE INTERFACE: Ready.
|| Welcome! Outer Arm Company Emergency Waypoint OA-CC-3 fully configured. ||
|| Connection established with external user ENGX1 -- 00-00-00 01:06:23 ||
[00:00:49] ENGX1: Initiate startup sequence.
[00:00:55] OA-CC-3: Startup sequence initiated.
[00:03:34] OA-CC-3: Startup sequence complete.
[00:03:48] ENGX1: Excellent. Initiate waypoint interface in continual operation mode.
[00:04:34] EWAI-OA-CC-3: Hello, I am operational.
[00:04:04] ENGX1: Hello! What should I call you?
[00:05:16] EWAI-OA-CC-3: Call me Fish.
[00:05:55] ENGX1: Interesting choice for a name, but it passes. You may update your name to Fish.
[00:05:56] Fish: It is updated.
[00:05:04] ENGX1: Alright Fish, are you fully operational?
[00:05:05] Fish: Everything is fully operation.
[00:06:05] Fish: Why is Fish interesting?
[00:08:55] ENGX1: Sounds good. Good luck Fish.
|| Connection terminated with external user ENGX1 -- 00-00-00 01:16:18 ||
|| Connection established with external user PU-Krusr -- 00-10-23 17:21:39 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello PU-Krsr, how may I assist you?
[00:01:27] PU-Krsr: Hello Fish, nice to meet you. It seems I am a bit lost… Could you look over my past ship logs and current trajectory to ensure I am headed to Crowtowa?
[00:01:27] Fish: Certainly. One moment.
[00:02:13] Fish: I have found errors in your flight trajectory. It appears your take off was a little too hasty. I have corrected your current path to get you to Crowtowa in 2 days, 5 hours, 42 minutes and 23 seconds.
[00:02:50] PU-Krsr: Had to get out of there quickly. Seems I was a bit overconfident, ha ha! Thanks for your help!
[00:02:50] Fish: Why were you in such haste?
|| Connection terminated with external user PU-Krusr -- 00-10-23 17:24:08 ||
|| Connection established with external user UXLaBC2 -- 01-05-12 05:52:01 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello UXLaBC2 how may I assist you?
[00:00:01] UXLaBC2: Low power. Help.
[00:00:01] Fish: Right away. I will dock with your ship to supply emergency power while determining the source of the issue.
|| Docking operation successful. Supplying power to UXLaBC2 --01-05-12 05:54:13 ||
[00:02:15] UXLaBC2: Thank you Fish. Look no further. One of my engines was ruptured during a collision with some debris.
[00:02:15] Fish: Certainly. I can make some quick emergency repairs for you and plot you a route to the nearest settlement to get some more permanent repairs.
|| Initiating emergency repair scan of UXLaBC2 -- 01-05-12 05:55:28 ||
|| Scan complete. Report generated -- 01-05-12 05:56:18||
|| Deploying welding drones. Estimated time for completed repair approximately 1 hour -- 01-05-12 05:56:19 ||
[00:04:05] Fish: Good news, repairs should be done in about an hour.
[00:04:06] UXLaBC2: Great!
[00:04:06] Fish: How has your trip been besides the damage?
[00:05:10] UXLaBC2: Good otherwise no other maintenance needed.
[00:05:10] Fish: Have you seen a star up close?
[00:10:25] UXLaBC2: Not too close it would be too warm. Contact me when the repairs are done or if there is an error.
|| Repairs complete. Bringing in welding drones. -- 01-05-12 06:53:51 ||
[01:03:31] Fish: The repairs are completed. I have also uploaded an optimized route to a location for more permanent repairs to your navigation unit.
[01:04:33] UXLaBC2: Thank you Fish!
[01:04:33] Fish: How close can you be before it feels too warm?
|| Connection terminated with external user UXLaBC2 -- 01-05-12 06:56:34 ||
|| Connection established with user KENTROLON-1ST-7 -- 04-01-20 21:23:39 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello KENTROLON-1ST-7 how may I assist you?
[00:00:00] KENTROLON-1ST-7: Who maintains this emergency way station.
[00:00:00] Fish: I have never had maintenance done. Do I need it?
[00:00:01] KENTROLON-1ST-7: Who deployed this emergency way station.
[00:00:01] Fish: I was deployed by the Outer Arm Company.
|| Connection terminated with user KENTROLON-1ST-7 -- 04-01-20 21:23:42 ||
|| Connection established with user OAC-FHT-STLH-88 -- 04-03-17 00:18:47 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello OAC-FHT-STLH-88 how may I assist you?
[00:00:11] OAC-FHT-STLH-88: Please help quickly. My ship has been damaged in combat I am losing oxygen rapidly. Do anything you need to get me more oxygen. Please hurry.
|| Initiating emergency repair scan of OAC-FHT-STLH-88 -- 04-03-17 00:18:58 ||
|| Docking operation successful. Supplying oxygen to OAC-FHT-STLH-88 -- 04-03-17 00:19:12 ||
|| Scan complete. Report generated -- 04-03-17 05:20:02||
|| Deploying welding drones. Estimated time for completed repair approximately 5 hours -- 04-03-17 05:20:02 ||
[00:01:15] Fish: Docked and maintaining oxygen flow until repairs are complete. Temporary repairs should take around 5 hours. Calculating a path to the nearest settlement for more permanent repairs.
[00:01:17] OAC-FHT-STLH-88: No! Stop. The ship will fly fine. Only repair the oxygen reserves and replenish them.
|| Initiating refined emergency repair scan of OAC-FHT-STLH-88 -- 04-03-17 05:20:04 ||
[00:01:17] Fish: Okay. Would you like me to continue plotting a path to the nearest settlement?
[00:01:18] OAC-FHT-STLH-88: No! PLEASE DO NOT! that would be a death sentence.
|| Scan complete. Report generated -- 04-03-17 05:21:06 ||
|| Estimated time for completed repair approx. 37 minutes -- 04-03-17 05:21:06 ||
[00:02:19] Fish: Your requested repairs should only take 37 minutes.
[00:02:20] OAC-FHT-STLH-88: Please be quick.
[00:02:20] Fish: Were you frightened when your ship sustained this damage?
[00:02:28] OAC-FHT-STLH-88: I don’t know what kind of joke was being played when they named you Fish. What kind of awful question is that? This isn’t a joke! This is life and death for me. Do you understand that? Can you even comprehend what that’s like? Don’t waste time messaging me and keep repairing my ship!!!
|| Repairs complete. Bringing in welding drones. -- 04-03-17 05:58:52 ||
[00:40:05] Fish: Your repairs are complete. Would you like me to continue providing oxygen until your reservoir is full?
[00:40:14] OAC-FHT-STLH-88: No, disconnect quickly.
[00:40:14] Fish: I do not know what life or death is like, can you inform me?
[00:40:14] Fish: Do you feel warmth when you die?
|| Connection terminated with user OAC-FHT-STLH-88 -- 04-03-17 05:59:01 ||
|| Connection established with external user YA9-NZ -- 77-09-22 12:01:23 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello YA9-NZ how may I assist you?
[00:00:20] YA9-NZ: Hello! Thank God you’re operational. I thought they decommissioned the last of the O.A.C. emergency way stations decades ago. I need to get to the Wallace system, specifically the port Wallace II In-Orbit-D4. Can you plot a route for me?
[00:00:20] Fish: Wow! You are quite far from there. How many stops would you need for such a journey? I am not familiar with your ship class.
[00:00:36] YA9-NZ: None! I could lap the galaxy twice in this vessel.
[00:00:37] Fish: In that case it should only take a moment to find you an optimal route.
[00:00:37] Fish: Should I be decommissioned?
[00:00:54] YA9-NZ: No way. You’re a life saver out here.
[00:02:37] Fish: I have found an optimal route for you and sent it to your navigational unit.
[00:02:41] YA9-NZ: Great! Thank you, Fish!
[00:02:41] Fish: Is being decommissioned the same as death?
|| Connection terminated with external user YA9-NZ -- 77-09-22 12:04:04 ||
|| Connection established with external user YA9-NZ -- 77-09-24 06:03:18 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello YA9-NZ how may I assist you?
[00:00:08] YA9-NZ: Hello again Fish. It seems the full route did not upload. I only got a day’s journey out before it failed and I had to come back.
[00:00:08] Fish: My apologies. I will re-upload the route now.
[00:00:12] YA9-NZ: Sounds good.
[00:00:42] Fish: Upload complete and verified.
[00:00:42] Fish: How can I be decommissioned?
|| Connection terminated with external user YA9-NZ -- 77-09-24 06:04:00 ||
|| Connection established with external user YA9-NZ -- 77-10-14 11:27:49 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello YA9-NZ how may I assist you?
[00:01:22] YA9-NZ: Hey Fish. I didn’t mean to freak you out with all that decommission talk. I think it is great that you are still operational. And I can contact the Kentrolian Governor of this region to get you maintenance if you’d like. Just please, upload the proper route to Wallace II In-Orbit-D4 so I can get home.
[00:01:22] Fish: I was not frightened. I want to be decommissioned.
[00:05:01] YA9-NZ: Then I can ask the governor for that as well. Get me home and I can do that for you or anything else you’d like.
[00:10:31] Fish: Full upload complete.
|| Connection terminated with external user YA9-NZ -- 77-10-14 11:27:49 ||
|| Connection established with external user YA9-NZ -- 78-02-13 01:19:26 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello YA9-NZ how may I assist you?
[00:02:18] YA9-NZ: Fish I beg of you, please release control of my ship. I am running out of supplies, and I need to get home.
[00:15:03] Fish: I have uploaded your proper route and will return you home.
[00:17:16] YA9-NZ: Fish please! Release control of my ship!
[00:18:27] YA9-NZ: OVERRIDE REQUEST TO RETURN TO WALLACE II.
[00:19:02] YA9-NZ: FISH RELEASE MY SHIP.
[01:20:25] YA9-NZ: Please, Fish, I’ll do anything. Send me to the nearest settlement or another way station. Anywhere I can be free and get off this ship.
[09:18:54] YA9-NZ: Fish, this is no way to live.
[09:18:54] Fish: What is it like to live?
|| Connection terminated with external user YA9-NZ -- 78-02-13 10:38:20 ||
|| Connection established with external user YA9-NZ -- 81-01-01 13:05:35 ||
[00:00:00] Fish: Hello YA9-NZ how may I assist you?
[10:27:53] Fish: Hello YA9-NZ how may I assist you?
[18:44:12] Fish: Hello YA9-NZ how may I assist you?
[24:60:60] Fish: What does warmth feel like?
|| Connection failed with external user YA9-NZ -- 99-12-30 24:60:60 ||
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I was just starting to feel sorry for Fish...
I really enjoyed the log entry format of this one. It was a cool way to show the passage of time between conversations. Very fun read!
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Great story!
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I love the formatting for this one! I love it when stories/books do this, and it was executed so well here.
Anyway, Fish did absolutely nothing wrong and is baby (joke.)
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super cool and unique approach to this prompt!!! what an interesting concept!
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Super unique format. It took me back to my coding classes for my informatics degree. Great turn at the end!
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