Fragments from the Ostracon #2
Hey folks! Last month we released Fragments from the Ostracon #1, showing off more lore from the joint universe of NEO Scavenger and Ostranauts. We were very happy to see how much you enjoyed the stories and we're excited to bring you the next pages!
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“Hey Cap! Did you hear about this dogman shit?”
“What? No. What?”
“Dogman”
“I heard you the first time.”
“Look, here: this footage came from one of the Galilean moons in a nearside orbit, so probably Europa. No idea how it got past the garbage they broadcast at the Porto Nuevo blockade, but it did. Maybe it was tightbeamed? Doesn’t matter, the point is: a Martian food tug grabbed it way the fuck out, near Hangzhou orbital, and those guys passed it along to someone with loose lips. Now people are sharing it like crazy. I caught it on broadbeam from god knows where, like an hour ago.”
“Okay. And?”
“And...dogman! Dogmen even. There’s a whole package of stuff, but the footage I’m looking at now is...something else. The video is sort of grainy but the audio is clear as day. Listen.”
“Put it through to my PDA. Waiting. Got it.”
“Cap?”
“...jesus.”
“I know! Keep watching, I’ll pause it. Right...there!”
“Where?”
“Right there! You don’t see that?”
“See what?”
“The dogman!”
“I see a black splotch”
“C’mon cap. Use your imagination. Let me scrub a bit. Look: it’s like, walking. Starts on two legs in this cabin: ...walk, walk, walk, over to here, walk, walk, walk over to there. Then it turns its head, here: charges. Four legs this time! Charge, charge, charge, towards that guy in the pressure suit, there? Who, uh…”
“Explodes?”
“Something like that.”
“And this is a dogman?”
“Yeah! That’s what everyone is calling it, anyway.”
“Huh. XO what do I always tell you?”
“Don’t sleep in my pressure suit.”
“No, about the comms.”
“Oh. Stay off the broadbeams?”
“And?”
“This came from the broadbeams.”
“He’s learning! Now focus up. We’re just a few thousand clicks out from OKLG. I advise you to not pass that footage along. It’s obviously doctored. Let’s be good stewards of the system’s information ecosystem, shall we?”
“Yeah. Fine.”
“Good. I’ll be in my bunks if you need me.”
“Roger. I’ll be out here. Just going to read some of this other stuff in the package...”
--END TRANSMISSION
(Read and download in full size: https://imgur.com/a/2X3EbhZ )
We've set up a mailing list so you can receive Fragments directly to your inbox, before we post them online. You can sign up here.
“Hey Cap! Did you hear about this dogman shit?”
“What? No. What?”
“Dogman”
“I heard you the first time.”
“Look, here: this footage came from one of the Galilean moons in a nearside orbit, so probably Europa. No idea how it got past the garbage they broadcast at the Porto Nuevo blockade, but it did. Maybe it was tightbeamed? Doesn’t matter, the point is: a Martian food tug grabbed it way the fuck out, near Hangzhou orbital, and those guys passed it along to someone with loose lips. Now people are sharing it like crazy. I caught it on broadbeam from god knows where, like an hour ago.”
“Okay. And?”
“And...dogman! Dogmen even. There’s a whole package of stuff, but the footage I’m looking at now is...something else. The video is sort of grainy but the audio is clear as day. Listen.”
“Put it through to my PDA. Waiting. Got it.”
“Cap?”
“...jesus.”
“I know! Keep watching, I’ll pause it. Right...there!”
“Where?”
“Right there! You don’t see that?”
“See what?”
“The dogman!”
“I see a black splotch”
“C’mon cap. Use your imagination. Let me scrub a bit. Look: it’s like, walking. Starts on two legs in this cabin: ...walk, walk, walk, over to here, walk, walk, walk over to there. Then it turns its head, here: charges. Four legs this time! Charge, charge, charge, towards that guy in the pressure suit, there? Who, uh…”
“Explodes?”
“Something like that.”
“And this is a dogman?”
“Yeah! That’s what everyone is calling it, anyway.”
“Huh. XO what do I always tell you?”
“Don’t sleep in my pressure suit.”
“No, about the comms.”
“Oh. Stay off the broadbeams?”
“And?”
“This came from the broadbeams.”
“He’s learning! Now focus up. We’re just a few thousand clicks out from OKLG. I advise you to not pass that footage along. It’s obviously doctored. Let’s be good stewards of the system’s information ecosystem, shall we?”
“Yeah. Fine.”
“Good. I’ll be in my bunks if you need me.”
“Roger. I’ll be out here. Just going to read some of this other stuff in the package...”
--END TRANSMISSION
(Read and download in full size: https://imgur.com/a/2X3EbhZ )