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Today is the third day of the mission, and the lead engineer's daily log has just arrived.

Now, let's begin with episode three. The log of lead engineer Rones,

mission, the hitnos conundrum, day three.

Well, I guess it's just you and me again, computer. I must spend at least half my days

talking to computers or conduits or the engine of this ship. I guess it's to be expected as the

lead engineer. I spend more time with the insides of RAM than I do with any of its crew members.

And it's just as well. I've never really been much of a people person, anyways.

Ships are easier to understand. They also complicate it. I mean, they still have moods and opinions,

that's for sure. But I've always found them more predictable than people. If you learn a ship,

you can really know a ship. I'm still getting to know the RAM. It's a new ship,

with all new sleek and shiny parts. I had a lot of fun being the first engineer to climb into

some of the holding areas and pull off the wall coverings. I was the first to touch many of the

control panels on this ship. I know that probably sounds silly, but I think it was all the flashing

lights on ships that made me want to become an engineer in the first place. As a kid, I used to

look over my uncle's shoulder. He was an engineer too. I'd watch him poke and prod at all the

flashing lights on his circuit boards. He'd connect this to that, and a light would go from red to

green, and it would be fixed like new. It was like magic to me, and it's to this if I'm being honest.

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