Post #2350597
2026-02-25 07:47 UTC
Here's the thing. Three devices, innit:
1) The GPS works but is spotty, cuz you're in a constant storm.
2) The speed log is basically a vent on the bottom of the hull, measuring the water passing by. But the ice is rushing under the bottom of the hull, and it jams the vent.
3) The radar tracks the target, but the target is so close it might just as well be the icebreaker itself, and the tracker gradually creeps on to the icebreaker's own ass.
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@GeePawHill@mastodon.social 2026-02-25 07:50
So my display, which is accurately showing the data, is like: We're going slower than a Toronto pub crawl. No, wait! We're going faster than the speed of light! We're somewhere in Mexico. No, wait! We are probably in Kansas. The client ship is going the exact same speed at the exact same location as us! No wait. It *is* us. No wait, it's *ramming* us at full speed!!