Three weeks in Jump. The view is just as amazing and enthralling as before.
I also have so much more information at my fingertips. It is amazing really. Gonna keep going for three weeks more, and then drop out again. See where I am. With the implants and my deeper, more intimate connection to the Viteză Furie, I feel emboldened. I know I am never making it home, so I just want to explore what wild, weird, and amazing places exist out here in the universe, far beyond what my world knows of.
Still. I am still working on the coding of the printer interface so I can repair the ET/EC. At the very least it will give me peace of mind that my world will learn what I have; get to see at least some of what I have seen. I'm about three quarters done with the coding. The user interface itself is done, I'm just doing the background stuff. The part that actually matters really. I expect that it will still take months to finish, because I am still going to have to compile it, test it, then fix what I find doesn't work.
The garden doesn't seem to care if we are in Jump or not. The plants seem utterly unphased for being in Jump versus not. Though as I know now, the real issue with the Jump stun was because of the rough entry into the ARC drive jump space with the crew compartment strapped to the ship.
I really am still learning the Viteză Furie, it's systems, capabilities, and what it truly is. I feel so much closer to it now, and it does have it's own personality. You hear sailors, spacers, anyone really, that spends long periods on a single ship, and they will all tell you that the ships have personalities. They will describe interacting with their ships as if dealing with people. I totally get that now.
A new thing I have learned.. I have found out that I was given an actual rank. No. Really. I have a commission as the captain of the Viteză Furie. I was given the rank of Commander. This wasn't a hidden file or anything. It was in some of the paperwork that I was going through from the crew compartment. It was given to me so that I would have the authority to override decisions by the exploratory crew. It was in the paperwork for their leader, and refereed to me as Commander and how I had override authority.
So... What did I do? I have given myself a field promotion to full Captain. The Viteză Furie is my ship, I claim it as mine. I am it's captain. Owner. Pilot. Chief engineer. We are partners in this adventure.
Time to get back to coding. Then a run. Gotta keep in shape too.