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<blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 5320769" data-attributes="member: 11437">June 23It's been nearly a week since I've heard from Earth.&nbsp; I'm starting to wonder if I've been cut off.&nbsp; I don't know why Houston would purposely cut me out of the loop, but, given NASA's silence on their translations of the Martian transmissions I've sent them, I have to speculate that something is indeed going on.&nbsp; I hate to be a conspiracy nut, but this all smacks of some sort of cover-up.Maybe this is the isolation and loneliness talking.&nbsp; I don't know.&nbsp; Earth seems so very far away right now.&nbsp; NASA spent considerable time and resources to train me for this assignment.&nbsp; One year away from Earth.&nbsp; One year mostly, if not entirely, alone.&nbsp; NASA never planned for the team that's now planetside to meet me here.&nbsp; Deep Red was going to be an unmanned station.&nbsp; That was the plan.&nbsp; I would be stationed here for a year and then go home.But that one year has mostly come and gone and I see no signs that NASA plans to bring me back home.&nbsp; And now I've been cut off.&nbsp; Again, I have to wonder why.Speaking of the inexplicable, the EROS still hasn't moved from the spot where it stopped about a week ago.&nbsp; No energy signature, no signals, no communication.&nbsp; I know the team wasn't supposed to be communicating with me, but still... I figured they would say something if they were in trouble.Come to think of it, Lloyd hasn't called since the 18th, either.&nbsp; No communication from anyone for a week.&nbsp; No wonder I'm going nuts.I'm almost out of stim.&nbsp; Now what?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Insight, post: 5320769, member: 11437"] [i]June 23[/i] It's been nearly a week since I've heard from Earth. I'm starting to wonder if I've been cut off. I don't know why Houston would purposely cut me out of the loop, but, given NASA's silence on their translations of the Martian transmissions I've sent them, I have to speculate that something is indeed going on. I hate to be a conspiracy nut, but this all smacks of some sort of cover-up. Maybe this is the isolation and loneliness talking. I don't know. Earth seems so very far away right now. NASA spent considerable time and resources to train me for this assignment. One year away from Earth. One year mostly, if not entirely, alone. NASA never planned for the team that's now planetside to meet me here. Deep Red was going to be an unmanned station. That was the plan. I would be stationed here for a year and then go home. But that one year has mostly come and gone and I see no signs that NASA plans to bring me back home. And now I've been cut off. Again, I have to wonder why. Speaking of the inexplicable, the EROS still hasn't moved from the spot where it stopped about a week ago. No energy signature, no signals, no communication. I know the team wasn't supposed to be communicating with me, but still... I figured they would say something if they were in trouble. Come to think of it, Lloyd hasn't called since the 18th, either. No communication from anyone for a week. No wonder I'm going nuts. I'm almost out of stim. Now what? [/QUOTE]

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