so i woke up at 07:40 today for a meeting with my opthamologist. it seems there is a chance of a future problem with my eyes going completely blind, apparently our technology isn't as advanced as we once believed. fortunately my chances of going blind, while long term, are thankfully slim. i have finished my basic level training in Astrometrics and have begun some miniscule training of Electronics Upgrades. my current outset of skill learning looks good and i have been awarded the Basic level certification in both Armor Tanking and Cartography. i am also gaining more experience in scanning which is all to important in the field of exploration. i am going to meet with Sister Alitura and see what she has for me to do in the meantime.
i met with Sister Alitura and, after investigating the wreckage of a ship she wanted me to check up on, i met with an associate of hers named Tevis Jak whom in the Tar system. they seem like stand up people but i am wary of these Servant Sisters of Eve. i took up a few jobs from Uadez Gothan but she too is an odd bird. she had me blow up the Center for Scientific Advancement in the Laurvier system. i was very hesitant but ISK can make you do things that are against your better judgement. Concord didn't seem to have a problem, but i question Uadez's mental state. the facts of her being Amarrian and holding the strange religious beliefs of a heaven beyond the EVE gate are utterly unnerving. i had hoped as a race we humans had moved beyond pure fantastic superstition but it seems all too alive and well.
i did one mission for Sister Alitura with my friend Mina. we saved a janitor from a few scum bastards and then took to the further stars to explore some of the sites i'd scanned down the other day. unfortunately for us they were long since abandoned, i should've known. i consulted with a company called M.E.T. about a neural remap, it looked as though this relatively simple procedure would alter my previous attributes to better fit my chosen skills. i undertook the suprisingly quick procedure and was back out amongst the stars in no time but as what seemed to be a new man. i am more adept at learning new astrometric techniques now and my learning pace should quicken in the coming days. i came to the realization that the Caldari ship Heron is more fitting for my exploration goals (as opposed to the mediocre Gallente Imicus) and have thus purchased one and am training to pilot it as i write this. i may be partial to Gallente political sensibilities, but their ship designs often leave something to be desired.
when i go outside of the Sisters station i tend to want to be alone so i warp over to Arnon VI. it is an uninhabitated world that is not available for colonization. no one ever visits Arnon VI so i find it comforting to sit in high orbit above it and wonder what kind of world it is, or could become. i suppose i find a kinship with Arnon VI and it's distance from the rest of the populated system. the info scan depicts it as a barren planet or "dead terrestrial" but i can't help but wonder if something lies down within it's flood channels or frozen in it's vast ice fields. i recall some surviving works by an H.P. Lovecraft who spoke of ancient beings who traveled the depths of space and landed on one called Earth many millenia past and after eons were frozen under sheets of ice. sure it's unlikely that a species could survive in the vaccuum of space but the concept amazes and astounds me.
my newest friend Sara Seraph is teaching me how to use my directional scanner and it's quite informative. i find her interesting (to say the least) and hope to learn more from here. i have asked to go on a, what she calls, fishing trip with her. i'm not sure what that entails but i'm excited to be talking to her nonetheless.
my head is acheing terribly and i think it's a combonation of not sleeping well when camping, having to wake up early for my doctor's appointment and all around tiredness. i won't blame the remap, that's a proven technology and it's unlikely i'd have some side effect from it.
Vena Cava Sagan signing off
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