SID 23201.12

POLIS REDCHILI, ANBARIUM, KASMAKANI III
PLASMA DRILL TECHNICAL TEAM KTT-1
CT2 ARMIN SHALE

TECHNICIAN'S LOG


Totally didn't think they'd let us off for Tupelotide, at least not for the full week. Here I am, though, back at home on Kasmakani, burning through my last free day before I have to shuttle off back to Kismy. Just goofing, kicking around town. Popped by Boot Source for an hour to catch up with Deke, then I bummed around the Old Mall and, afterwards, hiked down to the waterfront. Kinda warm out today, sunny for this time of year. I bought some pastecos from a cart at Riverplace, and then I made my way back to the Redwalk. I'm at Kafa Imperia now, sucking down a trenta of Java Fortika and plotting my next move. I might head down to Fountain Street, maybe check out the ladies in their seasonal attire (nothing sexier on a lady than a spangled jumpsuit, after all). Or, I may just hang around Redwalk for a bit, see what's happening at the Kettle or over by Aladdin's Castle.

Do not want to go back to the folks' place right now, though. I love the family, of course, but I just can't spend another long afternoon in that hot parlor, listening Memphis Startractor butcher Kentucky Rain while we all eat another heaping plate full of Fool's Gold Loaf. I love the holidays, but I think I might be Festini'd out. Honestly, I think I might be glad to get back to work, even if it is just to grind through a dozen more plasdrill tests- which, frankly, will be no more tedious than watching Blue Hawaii for the fifth time in a week, glori al frato.

SID 23112.29

KEINMOND-CLASS MINING PLATFORM KEINMOND II

PLASMA DRILL TECHNICAL TEAM KTT-1

CT2 ARMIN SHALE

TECHNICIAN'S LOG

Ok, so here's my big question about this whole feedback damper katastrofo: why are we sending so much accumulated plasma energy to the drill in the first place? As it is now, the SOP has us feeding 400 kilocams of APE into a plasdrill that is rated for a max of 250 kilocams. We have to shunt half of the APE to the damper loop just so the drill doesn't go redline and blow us all to smidirini. Of course, with this damper loopback deal, the reserved plasma energy is being channeled back into the main drill stream with enough of a delay that we stay below the maxline on the drill. Yeah, the drill stays in the blue, but the drill stream gets a turbo boost, which if awesome if we're trying to blow up planets but sucks if we're just trying to make a big hole.

The obvious solution to the problem is to just disable the damper and cut the the volume of APE we send to the drill, which is what I've suggested to Bert. He agrees, in principle, but says the bosses don't want us to tamper with the damper (hee hee, rhyme) at all, not under any circumstances. They just want us to keep running live tests (we've started to attract quite a crowd for these, for some reason), keep gathering data (and debris), keep giving presentations and demonstrations. I'm like, "How many times do we need to demonstrate that the drill doesn't work right?", and Bert just gave me a funny look and shook his head.

Anyway, hope this testing doesn't mess up the holidays coming up. Festini da fratos is in less than a week, and I'm looking forward to going back home to Kasmakani and getting some of Aunt Hank's home-made peanut butter banana pie. Man, I can't help it, but I do love Tupelotide. Gotta get my shopping done, though. Need to zip down to the exchange, see if they have any of that Spico Malnovo that my Ma likes. Tried to give her that Ledo de la Angla stuff instead last Festini, and I thought she was going to chuck it at my head. My Ma doesn't mess around when it comes to fragrances.