Essence of Heresy
“…and her heart, too wicked and full of hate, was left where she once stood – at the site of her betrayal.”
-The Evisceration of Kur-skan the Heretic, VI
Eulogy Zero
A eulogy for the victors of spiritual warfare:
This is a message from me to you.
Though in life you will stumble, stammer and fall - though you will lose your loved ones and shed more tears than your eyes can muster - in time you can find peace on the planets you call home. A small creature waiting quietly for you, a smiling face from another stream, the silence as you breathe in the scent of a new season.
Executive Card
//--AUTO-TRANSCRIPTION FROM UES [Redacted] --//
"When you're on the planet, keep a look out for any loose UES Security Chests. Orders from the higher ups, we're to retrieve any and all parcels that were aboard the Contact Light and bring 'em home. When you locate them, open the Security Chest and retrieve the item within. When you've verified the contents of the chest, move out and continue with your other assignments.
Focus Crystal
Order: Condensed Matter Crystal [50kg, 10cm by 10cm by 10cm]
Tracking Number: 12***********
Estimated Delivery: 05/23/2056
Shipping Method: Standard
Shipping Address: Geofferson Principality, Highward, Titan
Shipping Details: Hope they don’t up the price for this thing. I haven’t had troubles with UES before, but I’ve never had to ship a crystal this far before. Let me know if the package is marked as “heavy” when you get it.
Focused Convergence
Gravity concentrating... falling inward, condensing, hardening.
A singularity shrinks to the point your mind inverts, reversing reality. Now return. Don’t the matters of the physical world seem trivial now? Your tasks in this realm are simple and hastened, all in an attempt to get reversed. How many times can you make this trip before you are claimed by its process? Do not let it take you. Take it instead. Here.
Foreign Fruit
“The Nutapple is an exotic fruit picked from the curious Xelphum Tree, native to coastal Gemines on Titan. Renowned for its sweet, yet cleansing flavor (and low caloric total), the Nutapple is a must-have for health enthusiasts everywhere.”
- Dietary Sciences Digest
Forgive Me Please
There is a note pinned to the doll:
Ayy, you’re killin’ me!
You’re killin’ me!
You’re killin’ me!
You’re killin’ me!
You’re killin’ me!
You’re killin’ me!
You’re killin’ me!
You’re really killing me.
Frost Relic
“Sven Volz discovered the specimen that holds the record of Galaxy’s Largest Snowflake: a whopping 0.5 meters in diameter, with an average temperature of -52 degrees. However – much to the despair of novelty snowflake enthusiasts everywhere – this gargantuan snowflake was lost in transit aboard the UES Contact Light, which disappeared in uncharted territory. One can only hope that it is preserved and frosty as ever, where ever it may be.
Fuel Cell
"As humanity began to venture out into the depths of space, high-energy but low-volume fuel sources became critical for interplanetary travel. Stability came later."
-Brief History of Interplanetary Advances, Vol.2
Gasoline
Audio transcription complete from signal echoes. Assigning generic tokens.
[Fire crackling]
MAN 1: D-do you think they're gonna come for us?
MAN 2: They'll try. It's going to be a very long while.
MAN 1: What? Why?
MAN 2: A long while. Even if they know where to look we'd be months out from the nearest port. And that's if they even have any ships as fast as ours – FTL ships are very rare nowadays.